[ILUG] Ubuntuisms

[Justin Mason]

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1


Paolo Marchiori writes:
> Sean O'Donnell, Tue, May 10, 2005 at 03:21:05PM +0100:
> > Power management is a bit dodgy
> 
> PM on thinkpads isn't standarp APM nor ACPI. You need special modules and
> control programs - debian packages:
> 
> thinkpad-base - Configuration files for thinkpad-modules packages
> thinkpad-source - Source code for thinkpad-modules packages
> tpctl - IBM ThinkPad hardware configuration tools

Actually APM works fine.  Those modules are just useful to control the
extra stuff IBM gives you in the BIOS -- like the ability to turn off
peripherals at a low level for extra power saving, or to react to the
extra buttons on the keyboard.

APM suspend and resume works very well, although you have to use an
unaccelerated X server to get hibernation working safely.  However the
machine is fast enough that unaccelerated is totally fine unless you're
playing games.

Thinkwiki.org has lots of useful info.

> otoh, ubuntu is excellent on T20/21/22/23. I'm currently using a T23
> (the corporate's Spare Laptotp) while my faithful A30p is out for repair.

T40 here with Ubuntu Hoary.  works great!  apart from the odd GNOME
bug ;)

- --j.
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux)
Comment: Exmh CVS

iD8DBQFCgOD5MJF5cimLx9ARAvdnAJ9pd9pjHdnfKdfqMlQkLPq1N87oVgCdHhxb
SKNN/w9axKQAMazvNzrU0EM=
=cXx/
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----