[ltp] T61p with nVIDIA Quadro FX 570M / WUXGA on 15.4" ?

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I struggled with suspend/hibernate about three days now. Finally i found=
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solution on gentoo-wiki.com.
Appending "acpi_sleep=3Ds3_mode" to the kernel line solved my problem. I=
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using Gentoo which is quite different, but maybe it'll by useful to you =
;)
Peter

On Wed, 12 Sep 2007 16:21:00 +0200, Robin Randhawa  =

<robin.randhawa@gmail.com> wrote:

> Greetings.
>
> On Tue, 2007-09-11 at 17:35 +0100, gneeki@gmail.com wrote:
>> Quick scan of the archives and nothing definitive - briefly, can anyo=
ne
>> tell me if the T61p with nVIDIA Quadro FX 570M works well under linux=
?
>
> I own a T61p and am running Ubuntu Feisty on it. Currently I have most=

> things working just fine but getting here was a fair bit of trouble.
> I'll enumerate some of the things for your benefit :
>
> 1. The proprietary NVIDIA driver works just fine. However,
> suspend/resume goes out the door with these and since I rely on that
> feature, I'm using the kernel VESA driver instead.
>
> 2. I had to use compatibility mode for the SATA controller in the BIOS=

> in order to get the installation going. I switched back to AHCI mode a=
nd
> things are fine.
>
> 3. The audio chipset isn't supported by the ALSA drivers in the ubuntu=

> mainline kernel for feisty or gutsy - even now. One must build them fr=
om
> cvs and then things work fine. I didn't realise that one must explicit=
ly
> un-mute the sound using the special button - keep that in mind.
>
> 4. The Intel 4965 wireless chipset is unsupported by the ubuntu kernel=
s,
> last time I checked, so I had to get gutsy kernel sources from the git=

> repository, patch in mac80211 support, rebuild, and then build the
> iwl4965 Intel drivers separately. With these drivers, all the Network
> management utilities work fine. I hope this gets sorted out within the=

> Ubuntu kernel itself.
>
> 5. I also have the fingerprint recognition subsystem working after
> following the instructions on thinkwiki.
>
>> Very general question I know!  I'm after the best build/graphics
>> Thinkpad available - dual-boot - only need tip-top graphics power in
>> Windows - but it has to be functional in Linux!
>
> If you can live with the initial labour, this is by far a very powerfu=
l
> beast. I'm quite pleased with its performance.
>
>> Any gotchas with the T61p with this card?
>
> Look above.
>
>> Also, is 1920x1200 WUXGA only readable by small animals on a 15.4"
>> screen or is it ok for humans too?  I'm very happy with 1400x1050 on
>> a 14.1" T40, as a comparison point.
>
> Initially, I was a bit daunted and was reaching for my glasses but am
> quite used to the 1920x1200 resolution now. Cannot use anything lower.=

>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Cheerio!
> Robin
>
>