This is a compatibility guide to running Linux with the Lenovo ThinkPad T510 laptop.
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For full specifications see the Lenovo ThinkPad T510 specifications page.
| Name | Lenovo ThinkPad T510 |
| Processor | Intel® CoreTM 2 Duo i5-520M i5 (2.4GHz, 3MB L3, 1066MHz FSB, 35W) Intel® CoreTM 2 Duo i5-540M i5 (2.53GHz, 3MB L3, 1066MHz FSB, 35W) Intel® CoreTM 2 Duo i7-620M i7 (2.66GHz, 4MB L3, 1066MHz FSB, 35W) |
| Screen | 15.6” (1366×768) 15.6” (1600×900) 15.6” (1920×1080) |
| RAM | Up to 8GB |
| HDD | 160GB to 320GB |
| Optical Drive | DVD+-RW |
| Graphics | Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 5700MHD NVIDIA Quadro NVS 3100M |
| Network | 10/100/1000 Ethernet Intel® WifiLink 6200 2×2 Intel® WifiLink 6300 3×3 Intel® 2×2 6250 with WiMax ThinkPad WLAN Realtek 1×2 |
| Device | Compatibility | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | Works | |
| Screen | Works | |
| HDD | Works | |
| Optical Drive | Works | |
| Graphics | Intel - Works NVIDIA - Works | |
| Sound | Works | |
| Ethernet | Works | |
| Wireless | Works* | Models with the Intel 6250 wireless controller wont work yet, only the 6200 and 6300 will. |
| Bluetooth | Works | |
| Modem | Not Tested | |
| USB | Works | |
| Firewire | Not Tested | |
| Card Reader | Works | |
| ExpressCard Slot | Not Tested | |
| Fingerprint Reader | Works | |
| Webcam | Works |
The T510 models with the Quadro NVS 3100M works best with the proprietary NVIDIA drivers. You can see the guides section on this site for installation details.
Intel has yet to release firmware for the Intel 6250 wireless controller so that wont work at this stage. The 6200 and 6300 are fine.
In Ubuntu 9.10, to get wireless working you may need to install the linux-backport-modules-karmic package. Use the following:
sudo apt-get install linux-backport-modules-karmic
Install Protector Suite for Linux
To enroll: $ enroll
For PAM, Add this as the first line to PAM configuration files, Ex: /etc/pam.d/sudo
auth sufficient pam_upek.so
The Lenovo ThinkPad T510 is a great laptop to use with Linux as long as you avoid the Intel 6250 wireless controller.
Discussion
Ubuntu 1.04 works ok, having trouble with banshee to play mp3's correctly and worst cant not control display brightness
11.04*
I just got one of these for work, and installed Linux Mint 10 KDE x86-64 edition on it. Everything seems to work great, except for the video: it seems to have problem where it doesn't want to update immediately, and I have to flip windows to get it to update sometimes. According to lsmod, it's using the i915 video driver. Anyone see this problem, or know what to do about it?
Fedora 14 x86_64 worked just fine, out of the box. But right now I'm looking for how to get the built in web-cam to work. It is recognized by hal.
Model 431434M. Debian 6.0 64-bit working perfectly. USB and wireless mice both work flawlessly. Didn't try Bluetooth, modem, firewire, card reader. *.mp3's play perfectly. No special drivers were installed.
Mandriva 10 doesn't work. I have a black screen at startup. Anyone know this problem ?
X-Server crashes often completely (openSuSE 11.3, T510 with Intel Arrandale Graphics)
http://intellinuxwireless.org/ Lists the 6250AGN as supported now ..
can someone confirm?
Parsix 3.6 Vinnie(debian variant)couldn't detect my wireless card, which made me very sad. Xubuntu, Mint9 (isadora), and Mint XFCE could see it but had problems getting a signal. Peppermint worked flawlessly out of the box.
Installing protector suite 0.1 rc3 fedora rpm on openSUSE 11.3 64bit leads to segfault when trying to enroll
No problem installing Ubuntu 10.04, and running perfectly with the Nvidia Drivers… Quite nicely done!