IBM_ThinkPad_Z61p

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1 Hardware
2 Troubleshooting
3 See also

Hardware

Model name: Lenovo Z61p
Intel Core 2 Duo (VT-enabled, vmx) processor (T7200), see this HowTo
Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub
Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS/940GML and 945GT Express PCI Express Root Port
Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port x4
Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) Serial ATA Storage Controller AHCI
Texas Instruments Cardbus

Audio and video

Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller
ATI Technologies Inc M56GL (ATI Mobility FireGL V5200)

USB and Firewire

Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI x4
Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller
Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller
Texas Instruments FireWire (IEEE 1394)

Network/wireless/bluetooth

Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5752M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express
Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Wireless or Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212 802.11abg NIC Wireless
Broadcom Corporation Bluetooth (exact device???)

Other

Texas Instruments 5-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO/xD) (SD and MMC card readers)
SGS Thomson Microelectronics Fingerprint Reader

Hardware-specific configuration files

Video: ATI-drivers providing OpenGL with FGLRX

In kernel 2.16.22, the steps described in the ATI driver howto works like a charm.

In short the following works to get OpenGL working/activated and have the Xorg configuration rewritten:

emerge x11-drivers/ati-drivers
modprobe fglrx
env-update && source /etc/profile
eselect opengl set ati
/opt/bin/aticonfig --initial --input=/etc/X11/xorg.conf

The resolution can be changed in /etc/X11/xorg.conf to work in at most depth 24 and modes 1920x1200.

Audio

The audio controller is supported by ALSA (this guide is not complete).

File: /etc/make.conf

...
USE="... alsa ..."
...

emerge alsa-utils
alsaconf
modprobe snd-hda-intel
rc-update add alsasound boot

Wireless LAN

Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG

See this guide. The IBM Wifi-Switch status (0 or 1) can be located at /sys/devices/platform/thinkpad_acpi/hotkey_radio_sw.

Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212 802.11abg

See the Atheros 5xxx article.

Fingerprint authentication for user login

See this guide.

Troubleshooting

Problem synchronizing hardware and software clock

If you want hardware clock synchronization at startup and shutdown and get error, add the following to /etc/conf.s/clock:

CLOCK_OPTS="--directisa"

Suspend to RAM hangs

Add the following kernel parameter to the booloader config:

acpi_sleep=s3_bios,s3_mode

Suspend to DISK and Resume sets off a loud noise

This is a BIOS setting. Disable alarms in the BIOS.

Suspend to disk blacklisted modules

ath_pci
ath_rate_sample
ath_hal
wlan_scan_sta
wlan

ESC and CAPS keys misbehave in X.Org

Run this script to fix ESC and CapsLock. Substitute dvorak with the keymap of your choice.

Code: keymap-fix.sh

 # This script generates a dvorak keymap with ESC in the right
 # place (next to 1/!), Control_L in the right place (left of A), and
 # Caps_Lock in the right place.
 rm /etc/X11/Xmodmap # ensure we're not overwriting something through a symlink
 echo 'clear Lock' >> /etc/X11/Xmodmap
 echo 'clear Control' >> /etc/X11/Xmodmap
 cat /usr/share/xmodmap/xmodmap.dvorak | \
 	sed 's/  66 = Caps_Lock/  66 = Control_L/' | \
 	sed 's/  37 = Control_L/  37 = Control_R/' | \
 	sed 's/ 109 = Control_L/ 109 =/' | \
 	sed 's/   9 = Escape Escape/  9 = grave asciitilde/' | \
 	sed 's/  49 = grave asciitilde/  49 = Escape Escape/' | \
 	cat >> /etc/X11/Xmodmap
 echo 'add Control = Control_L Control_R' >> /etc/X11/Xmodmap

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