Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2011 20:02:45 +0100 From: "=?UTF-8?B?5paH6bOl?=" <bunchou@googlemail.com> To: Pierre-Luc Drouin <pldrouin@pldrouin.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Which Lenovo Laptop? Message-ID: <20111209200245.1e149559@kuro.5550h.net> In-Reply-To: <CANT0rcv_=F5T3o%2BocPkTdHk_YbPYi%2B3KvWseLcP0mv-2cZx=ng@mail.gmail.com> References: <CANT0rct0-4wB1FHyh6puNpCsF7XS-yJC3J6=Wo==n4vY_-vzuA@mail.gmail.com> <4EE0E96C.8090406@locolomo.org> <CANT0rctw5bcP1-1kNNZCZNxeRfVh1KbaRmywoGebZ921kv38eA@mail.gmail.com> <20111209080355.118d7aa5@kuro.5550h.net> <CANT0rcv_=F5T3o%2BocPkTdHk_YbPYi%2B3KvWseLcP0mv-2cZx=ng@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, 9 Dec 2011 09:18:17 -0500 Pierre-Luc Drouin <pldrouin@pldrouin.net> wrote: > On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 2:03 AM, =E6=96=87=E9=B3=A5 <bunchou@googlemail.co= m> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am typing this message on a W520 running 9.0 stable, which should > > be similar enough to the T520. > > > > - MBR boot works fine, but GPT seems to be impossible (Lenovo > > =C2=A0appears to have messed up again). > > - The NVidia driver is working almost perfectly once you enforce it > > in BIOS, but occasionally (3 times in last 2.5 months) the screen > > starts displaying a strange block pattern after some time and > > renders the display unusable until I restart X (logging in via SSH > > works, as does the power button =3D=3D ACPI shutdown). Haven't been > > able track the cause down yet. > > - Suspend seems to be unreliable, so I stopped trying (back on > > BETA2). > > - acpi_ibm.ko works once you patch sys/dev/acpi_support/acpi_ibm.c, > > =C2=A0line 338, and replace "IBM0068" with "LEN0068", which makes most = of > > =C2=A0the multimedia keys usable. > > - Wireless is working (iwn), but I'm not using it that frequently so > > =C2=A0YMMV. > > - I cannot comment on bluetooth, camera or SD card reader, since I > > =C2=A0never use those. > > > > But there is one annoying problem I did not manage to fix yet: The > > screen brightness control does not work at all, i.e. it's always at > > maximum (hw.acpi.video sysctls seem to have no effect). All in all, > > this laptop is a nice desktop replacement, just don't expect the > > battery to last too long. > > > > Best regards >=20 > When you say that suspending seems unreliable, do you mean that it > sometimes work? Did you try unloading kernel modules before putting it > in sleep mode to see if it makes a difference? > About screen brightness, I thought there was a setting in xorg.conf > that made it to work? >=20 > Cheers OK, now I feel foolish now: I _had_ tried the "RegistryDwords" "EnableBrightnessControl=3D1" setting once, but had a typo in it and didn't notice. Now I brightness control also works. So the only remaining problem really is putting the machine to sleep. Should teach me not to accept failure to quickly ;) Best regards, and thanks for the tip.
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