This is a compatibility guide to running Linux with the Lenovo Thinkpad L412 laptop.
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For full specifications see the Lenovo Thinkpad L412 specifications page.
| Name | Lenovo Thinkpad L412 |
| Processor | Intel® CoreTM i5-540M (2.53 GHz, 3 MB L3) NV Intel® CoreTM i5-520M (2.40 GHz, 3 MB L3) NV Intel® CoreTM i5-430M (2.26 GHz, 3 MB L3) NV Intel® CoreTM i3-350M (2.26 GHz, 3 MB L3) NV Intel® CoreTM i3-330M (2.13 GHz, 3 MB L3) NV |
| Screen | 14” (1366×768) Widescreen |
| RAM | Up to 8GB |
| HDD | up to 500GB |
| Optical Drive | DVD+-RW DVD-ROM |
| Graphics | Intel HD Graphics ATI® Mobility Radeon® HD 5145 |
| Network | 10/100/1000 Ethernet 802.11bgn |
| Device | Compatibility | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | Yes | speedstep works, APM not fully supported (gets a bit warm and fans spin from time to time) |
| Screen | Yes | |
| HDD | Yes | |
| Optical Drive | Yes | |
| Graphics | Yes | Hardware acceleration works (ubuntu 10.04) |
| Sound | Yes | |
| Ethernet | Yes | |
| Wireless | Yes | WPA/WPA2/WEP works |
| Bluetooth | Not Tested | (adaper recognized) |
| Modem | Not Tested | |
| USB | Yes | |
| Card Reader | Not Tested | |
| ExpressCard Slot | Not Tested | |
| Fingerprint Reader | Not Tested | |
| Webcam | Yes | Works out of the box with ubuntu 10.04 |
Support is generally good. Special keys (Sound volume, brightness etc) work. Suspending works great and does drain a minimal amount of battery. Kernel still says: thinkpad_acpi: Not yet supported ThinkPad detected!
This is discussed here: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.acpi.ibm-acpi.devel/2334/focus=2413
You can enter a summary of how well the Lenovo Thinkpad L412 works with Linux here.
Discussion
Bluetooth and Cardreader works outofthebox.
Fingerprint Reader works after a small installation, but not as fast as under the preinstalled W7.
Sometimes there is an issue with the volumekeys under xfce.
Wifi is not working outofthebox with Fedora.
The ThinkpadACPI is working mostly.
No freezes or similar with Xubuntu 11.04.
Xubuntu 11.10 sucked a bit by release, not tested again.
Notebook: Lenovo ThinkPad L412 (4403-52G).
Spec: P6000/2GB/Intel HD Graphics/250GB/wifi/bt/lan/cam
1. Ubuntu 10.10 amd64 - X-server not configured and start properly.
2. Ubuntu 10.10 i686 - also.
3. Ubuntu 10.04 amd64 - thinkpad_acpi: Not yet supported ThinkPad detected!. Result - on LiveCD not worked hotkeys and bt + wifi.
4. Ubuntu 10.04.2 (kernel 2.6.35-22) - worked fine from box. Upgrade to 2.6.35-23 - work properly.