Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 05:22:18 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org> To: Michael C Voorhis <mvoorhis@cs.wpi.edu> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Lenovo Thinkpad t61p and FreeBSD? Message-ID: <20080603122218.GA69827@eos.sc1.parodius.com> In-Reply-To: <18501.12329.638264.761303@cs.wpi.edu> References: <18501.12329.638264.761303@cs.wpi.edu>
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On Tue, Jun 03, 2008 at 07:51:05AM -0400, Michael C Voorhis wrote: > > Has anyone tried 7.0-Stable on a Thinkpad t61p. I've been using one > for a few weeks and have had many problems, after several event-free > years on a t42. > > My issues are mainly ACPI related--consistent lockups trying to > suspend; hangs during shutdown. Have updated the BIOS and I'm going > through the list of items in the acpi-debugging list, in the handbook. > > I'm also having issues with the DVD reader on the machine. I'm mainly > curious to know if anyone else is having these problems, Here's what I'm aware of. Apologies on some of these links; some of the participants do not use decent mail clients that utilise thread referencing headers. http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2007-October/037652.html http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2008-January/039452.html http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2008-March/041509.html http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2008-April/041794.html My co-worker runs Kubuntu Linux on his T60p, and it works great. Very decent ACPI support, with full driver support (including H/W monitoring and adjustments). I was quite impressed. > ... and if anyone has comments about the hardware in general. Based on my experiences with my workplace-provided T60p, it's safe to say I'll never recommend a Lenovo product. The temperatures of these laptops are absolutely insane, supported by an incredibly loud fan. I'm not interested in a product that can have a GPU reaching temperatures of almost 70C **while idling**. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |
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