[ltp] T410(s) support [was: recommended laptops of new batch?]
Mark Wotton
linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Fri, 15 Nov 2013 14:28:22 -0700
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On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 12:26 PM, Sean Leonard <
meanderingcode@aetherislands.net> wrote:
>
> On Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 11:03:41 -0800, Mark Wotton <mwotton@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I'm looking to upgrade from my t410 - while it's a lovely machine in many
> > ways, the linux compatibility doesn't seem to be that great (suspend has
> > never worked, hibernate took some effort, sound still drops out
> > unpredictably.)
>
> Wow, I'm surprised to hear this. What distro are you running?
>
Lubuntu, though I'm running raw xmonad rather than whatever desktop
environment they have.
> I have a T410s running Kubuntu 12.04.x (since release and moving up with
> the minor versions)
>
> Suspend has worked well for me, though I suspect I have the known battery
> drain problem that I haven't troubleshot.
>
It does suspend properly, it just doesn't come back :/ I get the pulsing
power led and nothing but a hard powercycle brings it back.
> Sound has not been an issue, quirks of complicated multi-sync and -source
> pulseaudio configurations notwithstanding.
>
Sound is always fine with headphones, it's only the speakers that sometimes
don't work. Isn't too much of an issue, really, I always use headphones.
mark
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><br><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail=
_quote">On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 12:26 PM, Sean Leonard <span dir=3D"ltr">&l=
t;<a href=3D"mailto:meanderingcode@aetherislands.net" target=3D"_blank">mea=
nderingcode@aetherislands.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir=3D"ltr"><br>
On Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 11:03:41 -0800, Mark Wotton <<a href=3D"mailto=
:mwotton@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">mwotton@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> I'm looking to upgrade from my t410 - while it's a lovely mach=
ine in many<br>
> ways, the linux compatibility doesn't seem to be that great (suspe=
nd has<br>
> never worked, hibernate took some effort, sound still drops out<br>
> unpredictably.) </p>
<p dir=3D"ltr">Wow, I'm surprised to hear this.=A0 What distro are you =
running?</p></blockquote><div>Lubuntu, though I'm running raw xmonad ra=
ther than whatever desktop environment they have.=A0</div><blockquote class=
=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padd=
ing-left:1ex">
<p dir=3D"ltr"> </p>
<p dir=3D"ltr">I have a T410s running Kubuntu 12.04.x (since release and mo=
ving up with the minor versions)</p>
<p dir=3D"ltr">Suspend has worked well for me, though I suspect I have the =
known battery drain problem that I haven't troubleshot.</p></blockquote=
><div>=A0It does suspend properly, it just doesn't come back :/ I get t=
he pulsing power led and nothing but a hard powercycle brings it back.=A0</=
div>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<p dir=3D"ltr">Sound has not been an issue, quirks of complicated multi-syn=
c and -source pulseaudio configurations notwithstanding.</p></blockquote><d=
iv>Sound is always fine with headphones, it's only the speakers that so=
metimes don't work. Isn't too much of an issue, really, I always us=
e headphones.=A0</div>
<div><br></div></div><div>mark</div><div><br></div>-- <br>A UNIX signature =
isn't a return address, it's the ASCII equivalent of a <br>black ve=
lvet clown painting. It's a rectangle of carets surrounding a <br>quote=
from a literary giant of weeniedom like Heinlein or Dr. Who. <br>
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 -- Chris Maeda<br>
</div></div>
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