[ltp] My new T42: Ubuntu, fan, acpi sleep

Marius Gedminas linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Wed, 16 Mar 2005 15:23:40 +0200


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On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 02:42:34PM +0200, Marius Gedminas wrote:
> I've got a brand new T42 yesterday (model 2373-FWG).
=2E..
> I now have three remaining problems:
>=20
>   Noisy fan: ...
>
>   High power drain during ACPI sleep: ...
>=20
>   Bluetooth was not detected: hcitool dev finds no devices.

This turned out trivial to solve:

    echo enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth

and then everything magically works.

> Minor notes: Fn-F7 doesn't do anything in Ubuntu -- both the LCD and the
> VGA port always show the same picture.  However when I pressed Fn-F7 in
> the installer, the system crashed with a black screen.  Fn-F8 doesn't
> toggle screen expansion in Ubuntu.

I just need to write an ACPI script that does

    echo toggle_expansion > /proc/acpi/ibm/video

Marius Gedminas
--=20
The *REAL* Y2K is the year 2048.

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