Installing Fedora 13 on a ThinkPad T510

NOTE! This is based on the RC2 version of Fedora 13 which is basically going to be moved to stable without any changes. KDE desktop live cd was used. Your experience with GNOME may be different. While I this page is still very raw, i do invite t510 fedora users to edit and fill it up

Success Chart - Out of the box experience

Item		Working	Notes
Installation	Local CD/DVD install	yes
	Network Installation	unknown
	USB Installation	yes
Display	Laptop Screen (15.6" TFT display with 1920x1080(FHD))	yes	However noveou driver has issues posted in bugzilla
	VGA	yes
Power Management	Software Suspend (hibernate)	unknown
	Suspend to Memory (ACPI sleep)	yes
Audio		yes
Wireless	WiFi - ThinkPad 11b/g/n Wireless LAN Mini-PCI Express Adapter II	unknown
	Bluetooth	unknown
Input	Keyboard	yes
	(TrackPoint / Touchpad combo)	yes
	Extra keys	partial	see ThinkPad Extra keys section below
	Fingerprint	no	Am still working on it. fprint seems not to recognize the device
Ports	Ethernet	yes
	Modem	unknown
	Serial	unknown
	ExpressCard_slot	unknown
	PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse	unknown	Requires dock. I do not have a doc. Maybe someone with it can test and edit this page
	Parallel	unknown
	USB	yes
	Firewire_Port	unknown
	PCMCIA/Cardbus	yes
[Multicard reader 5-in-1 (MMC, MS, MS Pro, SD, SDHC)]	yes	2GB SanDisk Ultra II SD flash card automatically detected.
2.0MP webcamera		yes	Tested with Skype. Works perfectly.
Harddisk Active Protection		no	There is now a hdapsd rpm, but it is not installed by default, and neither is the hdaps kernel module getting automatically loaded. And even after install it is not started automatically. Tried it manually (modprobe hdaps) but seems the module is not there in the kernel.
TPM (security subsystem)		unknown
Dock removal		unknown

Tested and Verified on Fedora 13

Information in this section has been tested and verified using Fedora 13.

Installation

Installation is straight forward; you can follow the generic Fedora install instructions.

Configuration

Kernel

It is recommended to edit /boot/grub/grub.conf and add hpet=force to the kernel line. This will activate HPET (High Precision Event Timer), which will allow the CPU to sleep for longer periods and save power.

Issues

• Still testing

WiFi

Still Testing

ThinkPad Extra keys

ThinkPad keys are handled by a mixture of the thinkpad_acpi, acpi button and acpi dock drivers.

Key	Function	Handled by	Event	Works	Notes
FnF2	Lock the computer	-	unknown	unknown
FnF3	Select Power Plan	-	unknown	unknown
FnF4	Put Computer to sleep/standby mode	-	unknown	unknown
FnF5	wireless	-	unknown	unknown
FnF6	Change camera/audio settings	-	unknown	unknown
FnF7	Switch Display output location	-	unknown	unknown
FnF8	Change ultranav device settings	-	unknown	unknown
FnF12	Put computer in hibernation mode	-	unknown	unknown
FnHome	brightness up	-	unknown	unknown
FnEnd	brightness down	-	unknown	unknown
FnPgUp	thinklight	-	unknown	unknown
FnSpace	zoom	-	unknown	unknown
FnPrtSc	Have the same function as the SysRq key.	-	unknown	unknown
FnScrLk	Enable or disable the numeric keypad.	-	unknown	unknown
FnPause	Have the same function as the Break key.	-	unknown	unknown
ThinkVantage	Vendor key	-	unknown	unknown
VolumeUp	Volume Up	-	unknown	unknown
VolumeDown	Volume Down	-	unknown	unknown
Mute	Mute	-	unknown	unknown
NextTab	Browser Next tab	-	unknown	unknown
PreviousTab	Browser Previous tab	-	unknown	unknown
Power	Power button	-	unknown	unknown
Lid	Lid button	-	unknown	unknown