Tools

Information on Tools helping you to get along with your ThinkPad.

Input

• tpb (ThinkPad buttons)
• tp-scroll (Use trackpoint and middle button to scroll vertically. You may also use the built-in EmulateWheel option in both XFree86 and XOrg.)
• configure-trackpoint (GUI TrackPoint configuration tool for the TrackPoint driver for 2.6 linux kernel)
• Linux Trackpoint Utilities (An earlier trackpoint configuration tool)

Graphics

• radeontool (Tool for enabling/disabling background light and external video)
• rovclock (Tool to under/overclock Radeon cards)
• s3switch (Tool to change the output devices and format for Savage cards)
• gsynaptics (Tool to control synaptics touchpad on some thinkpads)
• disper (Tool to switch displays quickly for Nvidia cards)

Power Management

• apmd (APM event daemon and tools)
• tpctl and configure-thinkpad (ThinkPad configuration programs that are compatible with APM)
• acpid (ACPI event daemon)
• acpitool (displays acpi information and can be used to set sleep mode)
• tphdisk (Tool to create a hibernation file, an alternative to the Software Suspend 2 kernel patch)
• laptop-mode-tools (laptop-mode configuration scripts)
• KThinkBat (KDE-Kicker applet to show the battery fuel state)

Networking

• ifplugd (Daemon to reconfigure your network settings on cable (un)plugging)
• waproamd (Daemon for Wireless roaming with automatic WEP key handling)
• Wpa_supplicant (waproamd's successor, can handle WPA)
• ifmetric (Tool to help set different route metrics for WLAN/cable connections, to be used in conjunction with ifplugd and waproamd)

Troubleshooting

Below are the Tools recommended / used by IBM service reps

• memtest86 for testing suspect memory
• Drive Fitness Test for testing suspected faulty hdd maintained and developed by Hitachi.

Movies

Installing / Adding / Removing Hardware from your thinkpad / Lenovo product?

• Thinkpad Movies
• Thinkcentre Movies (New desktops)
• Netvista Movies (Older Desktops)