Lenovo ThinkPad T410

Just a few quick Qs:

1. someone earlier asked if the trackpad/point both work. Do they both?

2 I use the optional Smart Card reader, does anyone know if it is working and where the driver would be thanks in advance.

-Chris

Fngerprint reader on T410 works perfectly with FingerprintGUI

info and manually download: http://www.n-view.net/Appliance/fingerprint/

easy installation instructions: https://launchpad.net/~fingerprint/+archive/fingerprint-gui

That is the my last T410/Ubuntu problem. Good luck.

Majkee

Installed ubuntu 10.10 x64 and it just worked, I did not try the fingerprint reader, but wireless worked, bluetooth worked, (Intel graphics) and it was crazy fast. The only thing that doesn't work is citrix. There is no Linux x64 Citrix client, because Citrix is for retards and they knew anyone smart enough to run x64 linux would not want their crap on that system. Unfortunately I need Citrix to do my work, so I will not be running linux on this system.

And before you ask, yes I tried IE via wine, it installed fine (IE), but would never load a web page, it just sat there with a “connecting to server” message at the bottom on a blank white page. I might consider installing 10.10 32bit, I do not know enough about how linux works (even though I have been using it for 4 years) to know why a 32 bit app won't install in x64 when you can install the 32 bit libraries for a lot of things and the kernel supports 32bit apps.

It really is sad that companies do not make x64 compatible software considering x64 has been available to consumers for about a decade (Linux was the first operating system kernel to run the x86-64 architecture in long mode, starting with the 2.4 version in 2001 | Windows XP x64 April 25, 2005 | FreeBSD 3.0 supported x64 alpha platform in 1999 | FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE in June 2003 supported the AMD64 architecture | Mac OS X v10.6 is the first version of Mac OS X that supports a 64-bit kernel released on August 28, 2009).

Sorry to go off on a tangent, even if it was related…

http://intellinuxwireless.org/ Lists the 6250AGN as supported now ..
can someone confirm?

hi,

somehow, my wired nic is not working with 10.04 64bit
it does not detect the network card.

with the live cd, the same problem

does anyone have 64bit working on the t410 2622-kdg

regards
stefan

For some strange reason, my Debian installation does not have the xorg.conf file in /etc/X11.

Instead, I've add the following into the file /etc/X11/XF86Config

Section “Device”

  Identifier     "Device0"
  Driver         "nvidia"
  VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
  Option "RegistryDwords" "EnableBrightnessControl=1"

EndSection

The Nvidia portion is generated when installing Nvidia drivers - and it works !

Hi!

I'm going to buy a T410. It has “60Y3203 FRU 1000 WLAN” WiFi. I'am right if I think that it is not the Intel 6250 (so it should work)?

Thanks,
ktorpi

The current Debian Lenny and Squeeze Installer does NOT detect the wired/wireless module of the T410.

To proceed with the debian installation, download the debian installer with custom kernel from a debian developer's site at http://kmuto.jp/debian/d-i/

Following this link you can find the fix for the brightness control problem:

http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_Ubuntu_9.10_(Karmic_Koala)_on_a_ThinkPad_T410

In /etc/X11/corg.conf you need to include Option “RegistryDwords” “EnableBrightnessControl=1” in the “Device” Section.

Worked perfectly for me. Hope it does so for you, too.

Regards

Kane

Following this link you can find the fix for the brightness control problem:

http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_Ubuntu_9.10_(Karmic_Koala)_on_a_ThinkPad_T410

In /etc/X11/corg.conf you need to include Option “RegistryDwords” “EnableBrightnessControl=1” in the “Device” Section.
Worked perfectly for me. Hope it does so for you, too.

Regards

Kane

I have installed Mint 8 on a T410s with intel HD graphics. The max screen resolution I get is 1280×800 and I can't see external monitor. Is there any way to get the graphics card working properly?
Thanks!

Excuse me, what abou multitouch touchpad? is it implemented/working? Thanks

@tassiebear

Unfortunetly the 6250 does not yet have support under Linux. Intel is supposed to release a firmware & driver soon. Though no firm date. It's best to switch out for a non *50 card or just use a usb dongle till support comes along.

Received my T410 (2518F5U) 11 days ago. Partitioned the 500Gb HD for dual boot, installed Linux Mint 8 without any problems. Linux/Gnome works extremely well and super fast. Only 2 things didn't work: the fingerprint reader, as expected (power-up authentication can be set up easily in Win7), and the wireless adapter (a VERY bad problem).

Everything else is working fine: webcam, mic, speakers, ports, SD card reader, thinklight, trackpoint and trackpad. I loaded NVidia drivers and made a small change in xorg.conf to fix the brightness control problem.

If anyone can help me with wireless (Intel Advanced-N 6250 AGN) I would be most grateful!