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Subject:    Re: [opensuse] opensuse 11.1 on a Lenovo Thinkpad T61p
From:       "Low Kian Seong" <low.suse () gmail ! com>
Date:       2008-12-31 17:41:46
Message-ID: 4c2feaff0812310941m1985d86eq4cb34fa04e3c08cf () mail ! gmail ! com
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Same here. Mine is slow too on a X61

On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 12:50 AM, Wendell Nichols <wcn00@shaw.ca> wrote:
> Regarding my complaints about suspend:  The tests were done with the
> stock 11.1 kernel.  Since my upgrade to 1.6.28-9 I find that it suspends
> to ram properly and to disk almost properly.  The only problem with
> suspend to disk is that resume takes a LOOONG time.  It beeps as soon as
> it restores ram, then twice more at intervals of about 60 seconds.  Then
> resumes normally.  I'll look into what causes that delay, I've heard of
> other people with that symptom.  If I get satisfaction I'll post here...
> wcn
>
>
> Low Kian Seong wrote:
>> Funny on my X61 everything works including wifi and suspend. The only
>> mild issue I have is that the icons on the panel in kde-4 goes missing
>> after a reboot.
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 2:38 AM, Wendell Nichols <wcn00@shaw.ca> wrote:
>>
>>> I posted here a week ago with several complaints about 11.1, some of
>>> which were legitimate and others which were just "whines".
>>>
>>> Whines:
>>> -taskbar is hard to configure (I'll just get over myself on that)
>>> -Some kde4 application settings (konsole tab button for instance) seem
>>> to get lost between sessions.
>>> -konqueror no longer has a picture view mode, (I installed google
>>> picassa, which is quite nice).
>>>
>>>
>>> Real problems:
>>> -The kernel shipped with 11.1 locks up on this machine.  No messages to
>>> the console log nor anywhere else I looked.   it locks up with the caps
>>> lock and wifi leds flashing alternately.  The only recourse is to power
>>> cycle the machine.  I dealt with this by downloading and installing
>>> kernel 2.6.28-9, which is pretty new, but is very stable so far on this
>>> machine.  Note that I had to get nvidia drivers from their beta area for
>>> this kernel, but that is also true of the 2.6.27 kernel shipped with 11.1.
>>>
>>> -the machine will not suspend to ram or disk.  Suspend to ram fails and
>>> restarts right away.  There is a log but nothing in it points to a
>>> culprit.  Suspend do disk seems to work, but resume just locks up with a
>>> blank screen.  Vt's are not available.   I'll just get along without
>>> this until it gets fixed.  I would be happy to coordinate and test fixes
>>> as they are available....
>>>
>>> -Knetworkmanager simply does not work for wifi connections.  My adapter
>>> is an intel 4965.  It works perfectly (with kernels 2.6.26,27,28) using
>>> the traditional ifup/ifdown method when configured correctly.  But
>>> knetworkmanager will not connect or show any signs of progress when
>>> connecting (you just see the green icon).  It eventually prints this
>>> message in the knetworkmanager log:
>>>
>>> Dec 29 00:08:34 bilbo NetworkManager: <WARN>
>>> wait_for_connection_expired(): Connection (2)
>>> /org/freedesktop/NetworkManagerSettings/Connection/0 failedto activate
>>> (timeout): (0) Connection was not provided by any settings service
>>>
>>> I'll use ifup/down for now.  I've no immediate plans to travel...  I'll
>>> also "me too" the bug for this.
>>>
>>> -Like most people with 64 bit machines I eagerly await a 64 bit java
>>> plugin for firefox.  I'm currently running the 32 bit version of firefox
>>> and the plugin.  Most things work this way, but not my juniper sslvpn
>>> connection.  It gets segfaults in varous places, which I suspect is
>>> related to not having the correct version of some lib somewhere...  I
>>> can also use vpnc  for my vpn and it connects nicely and is reliable.
>>>
>>> Hopefully other Thinkpad owners will find this useful.
>>>
>>> wcn
>>>
>>>
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