[ltp] lenovo support for linux

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:44:20 +0200

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Am 04.08.2009 17:37, schrieb Jesse Sheidlower:
> On Tue, Aug 04, 2009 at 05:34:06PM +0200, Florian Manschwetus wrote:
>> Am 04.08.2009 16:42, schrieb Jesse Sheidlower:
>>> On Tue, Aug 04, 2009 at 04:32:09PM +0200, Jochen Schulz wrote:
>>>> Florian Manschwetus:
>>>>>
>>>>> [...] Furthermore the won't give any support for any thinkpad model=

>>>>> used with a different OS than those available as preinstalled.
>>>>
>>>> Well, the question is what he meant by "support". At least in German=
y
>>>> (where I guess you are located, too), they are legally *obliged* to =
do
>>>> warranty repairs, no matter which operating system you use, unless t=
he
>>>> OS actually damaged the hardware physically (or perhaps by flashing =
a
>>>> corrupot BIOS).
>>>
>>> For what it's worth, I had a difficult problem with a T41 repair
>>> along these lines, as the OP said:
>>>
>>>> Additionally my 3 year warranty was timed out during the
>>>> time it was in repair center, waiting for a decision from
>>>> lenovo, he told me that he will ask someone for some
>>>> warranty extension, maybe there is a small chance.
>
> [...]
>
>>> I had to make a huge commotion, including writing an angry
>>> letter to the CEO of IBM, before they agreed to replace the
>>> machine for me.
>>>
>>> The original machine was running FreeBSD, BTW, but I have
>>> Debian on the T60 that finally arrived to replace it.
>>
>> Correct me if I miss understood you, but they have given you a T60 wit=
h
>> debian preinstalled?
>> If yes could you give me more information about exact model and featur=
es?
>
> No, no, it had some flavor of Windows; I installed Debian
> myself, and haven't had a problem with it. I'm running Debian
> problem-free on two different T60s (with slightly different
> hardware configurations).
Could you give some detail about the exact hardware and the linux=20
outfitting (driver, kernel version, xorg-version, desktop environment,=20
desktop effects, direct rendering, gaming)?

thx,
Florian
>
> Jesse Sheidlower

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