Quoting Torkild Ulv?y Resheim
I'm thinking about upgrading from a Thinkpad A22p to the new R50p (it seems that the A-series is gone). So I'm wondering if the hardware will cause any problems. Specifically the ATI Mobility FIREGL T2 graphics (will the 3D work?), the Intel Pro gigabit ethernet/Wi-Fi components and the DVD RW drive. Has anyone had any experience with this computer or these components under SuSE 9.0?
I have put SuSE 9.0 on a T41 (no p). I did a network installation in safe mode (no ACPI, no APM, no IDE DMA). I turned all but APCI back on after installation. 3D acceleration works (1200 pfs in glxgears @ 1400x1050). Intel Pro wireless (centrino) works with the linuxant driver wrapper and the drivers from WinXP. The NIC uses the e1000 driver. I have not tried reading DVDs or buring CD-Rs yet. The kraxel 2.6.2-6 kernel works. The Open Source ndiswrapper w/ 2.6.2 locks it up solid requiring a power cycle and e2fsck from a rescue disk. I haven't tried much 2.6.2 w/o WiFI. I am still learning and configuring. There is a linux on thinkpads web site and e-mail list. http://www.linux-thinkpad.org/ http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-thinkpad HTH, Jeffrey