[ltp] R Series

[Jérôme]

I just bought a R40 thinkpad, P4M 1.9, ati radeon 7000 (top sellers)...
Everything worked nice, except the installation of debian SID for which 
I had to install woody then dist-upgrade...
Audio is ok (i810_audio), net OK (e100), vesafb for console framebuffer, 
acpi or apm worked great (suspend with APM and NO radeonfb module), I 
have no wifi card.
The autonomy seems great but for speedstep and other advanced cpu 
scaling functionnality you may consider trying a 2.6 kernel.
I have no fan nor exhausts under the laptop... Mine is on top left corner.

stp@rhythm.cx wrote:
> Hi. I'm going to buy a new laptop in the near future, and I'm strongly
> considering a Thinkpad R series. I'm looking at a custom one with these
> specs:
> 
> o  1.3Ghz pentium M
> o  Cisco Aironet wireless
> o  1400x1050 display (15")
> o  ATI Radeon Mobility 7500 video 
> o  plain old CDROM drive 
> o  1394 Port
> o  ultrabay battery (2nd battery)
> 
> I didn't see any R Series listed on IBM's linux certified page, so I thought
> I'd ask if there are any linux compatibility issues with the above hardware?
> I have some specific questions. I apologize if some of these questions are
> irrelevant, this is the first laptop I've ever bought.
> 
> o  Does the video hardware work OK? Under linux, I'm only interested in 2D.
> 
> o  If I run at a run at a resolution less than the native, will the display
> be scaled out, or will there be a black border?
> 
> o  Does the 1394 hardware work? 
> 
> o  And the audio hardware?
> 
> o  Will linux use the battery power efficiently (as efficiently as similar
> useage in XP at least)?
> 
> And last, do Thinkpads (and specifically the R-Series) have any vents or
> fans on the bottom? My current old laptop has an exhaust fan on the bottom
> which must be kept clear, so I can't set it on any soft surface without
> putting it on a book or binder. I consider that to be a major design flaw
> and hope Thinkpads don't suffer from that.
> 
> Thanks in advance

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* Jérôme Andrieux * j-andrieux@laposte.net *
Sunday	07/27/03
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