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Ideapad

Model SUSE Linux
version
Hardware Support Remark:
Video Sound Ethernet Wireless Bluetooth Power
Management
Other
Ideapad S10-3 11.4 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-question.png UMTS Module not tested There is a bug in the BIOS. If you turn off the WLAN at the same time in the software and the switch (at the left side of the Netbook) and shutdown the System, you can not reactivate the WLAN at next start. You must install Windows and reactivate WLAN or remove the BIOS Battery for 5 Minutes (not the normal Battery). This also applies to the Ideapad S10-3T. A guide can found here: bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/577114/comments/31 Attention! void your warranty!
Ideapad S215 13.1 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png NotApplicable.png Icon-question.png Icon-checked.png SD Card Reader, Webcam Without kernel option nomodeset boot hangs. Power off to restart.
Ideapad Y450 13.2 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-question.png Icon-checked.png NotApplicable.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png SD Card Reader
Ideapad Y530 11.1 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png NotApplicable.png Icon-question.png Icon-checked.png SD Card Reader, Webcam|
Ideapad Y510 11.0 & 11.1 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png TV Tuner Card Not Tested. Internal Modem not working. Everything else works by default. WebCam Works upside down.
Ideapad Y550P 11.2 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png WebCam not tested.
IdeaPad Yoga 11s 13.1 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png NotApplicable.png Icon-checked.png Icon-question.png Icon-checked.png Webcam works as 'Lenovo Easy Camera'. Bluetooth not yet tested. Add 'acpi_backlight=vendor' to grub boot parameters. For WLAN add 'blacklist ideapad_laptop' to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf.
IdeaPad 320 15.0 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Webcam,Mic,sd card everything works well.
IdeaPad 330 15.0 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png NotApplicable.png Icon-checked.png System works well overall. WebCam not tested. Has occasional lockups when streaming video for long (4+hr) stretches, likely due to AMD Ryzen 5 processor.
IdeaPad S340 15.2 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Webcam,Mic,sd card System works well overall. I installed the proprietary Nvidia drivers, for the easy way, and they seem to work.

Lenovo

Model SUSE Linux
version
Hardware Support Remark:
Video Sound Ethernet Wireless Bluetooth Power
Management
Other
Lenovo 3000 N100 10.1 / 10.2 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png external speakers not working Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-question.png Icon-checked.png Ethernet auto-mdi/mdix does not work
Lenovo 3000 N200 10.3 / 11.0 /
11.1
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3D in 11.1
Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png ipw3945 kernel module bug in 10.3: go to HCL/Network Adapters (Wireless) for fix.

In 11.1 after switch ON of wireless kill switch need to manually "ip link set wlan0 up" to use a wlan connection
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11.1 s2ram & s2disk
Pent. dualCore T2330, Graphic Intel965, NetLinkBCM5906, WLAN IntelPRO 3945 ABG

Icon-checked.png 11.1 card reader
Every thing works with 10.3 with bit of digging. Install and firmwaretest with boot option: 'install=exec:/bin/run_biostest. sounds do not work out of the box, you need to modify the first line in /etc/modprobe.d/sound to "options snd-hda-intel model=lenovo enable=1 index=0" after configuring sound with yast.

Fingerprint reader can be used by following http://www.reactivated.net/fprint/wiki/Main_Page ' (Bug #331531)

11.1 Screen Brightness not adjustable (see Bug https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=451024).

Lenovo 3000 C100 11.2 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Intel Pentium M 2.00GHz, Intel 915GM, eth0 RLK-8139, eth1 Intel Pro/Wireless 2915ABG Works out of the box
Lenovo 3000 C200 10.3 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png wireless not reconnect at restore from disk. Icon-question.png Icon-checked.png Not work bright monitor control Intel Celeron M, Broadcom BCM94311MCG wlan mini-PCI
Lenovo 3000 N500 11.0/11.1 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-cross.png 11.0 Icon-checked.png 11.1 Icon-question.png Icon-checked.png webcam 11.0 Icon-checked.png
webcam 11.1 Icon-checked.png
modem Icon-cross.png
touchpad needs tweaks for scrolling to work
Lenovo 3000 N500 11.0/11.1 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-cross.png 11.0 Icon-checked.png 11.1 Icon-question.png Icon-checked.png webcam 11.0 Icon-checked.png
webcam 11.1 Icon-checked.png
modem Icon-cross.png
touchpad needs tweaks for scrolling to work
Lenovo 3000 V200 11.1 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-question.png Icon-checked.pngBrightness Fn keys not working webcamIcon-question.png modem Icon-question.png Still early days but positive so far
Lenovo G455 11.2, 11.3, 11.4 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Yes, with Broadcom driver from Packman. Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Lenovo Easy Camera works only with Kopete.
Lenovo G550 11.2, 11.3, 11.4 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Yes, with Broadcom driver from Packman. Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png G550 Laptop PC – Intel Pentium Dual Core Processor T4300, 3GB RAM, 250GB Hard Drive, 15.6” Widescreen WebCam - Lenovo easy cam, was working out of the box in kopete. Wireless required the broadcom packages from Packman. http://www.smolts.org/client/show/pub_4386d0bd-ca74-4f2b-8e25-0aec0ff05b0a
Lenovo G560 11.4 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Broadcom from Packman. Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Webcam
Lenovo MIIX 320-10ICR Icon-checked.png 15.4, 15.5 KDE/Gnome; Icon-checked.png Tumbleweed Icon-cross.png 15.6 (CPU-bug) Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.pngwith sof-firmware; the 15.4 version needs to "blacklist snd_hdmi_lpe_audio" with a "(yourname).conf"-file in /etc/modprobe.d ; all versions needs "options snd_sof sof_debug=1" in a "(yourname).conf"-file in /etc/modprobe.d Icon-question.pngno LAN socket Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png CPU Intel Atom x5-Z8350; OS-install via external USB DVD-device; 2 Cameras (front/back) not tested

Thinkpad

A Series

Model SUSE Linux
version
Hardware Support Remark:
Video Sound Ethernet Wireless Bluetooth Power
Management
Other
A22m/A22p 11.0/11.2 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png NotApplicable.png NotApplicable.png Icon-question.png ACPI ok, P3/1Ghz, 512MB RAM, PCMCIA ok, USB Wireless ok, Autoconfig Video failed on 11.2, did not test Suspend
A30 10.2 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png NotApplicable.png NotApplicable.png Icon-question.png acpi alright, Irda working, Internal modem found, not sure if working. D-Link Wireless PCMCIA card found, but not working
A31p 9.3 / 10.0 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Internal modem working, Irda working
A285 Leap 15.0 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png To make WiFi working newer kernel should be installed

R Series

Model SUSE Linux
version
Hardware Support Remark:
Video Sound Ethernet Wireless Bluetooth Power
Management
Other
R30 10.0 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png NotApplicable.png NotApplicable.png Icon-checked.png Internal modem not working. Suspend buggy. Not checked external video connection.
R32 10.0 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png NotApplicable.png Icon-checked.png
R40 SLED10 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png NotApplicable.png Icon-checked.png
R50e 11/11.1 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png NotApplicable.png Icon-cross.png Doesn't suspend.See Remark R50e is not in the s2ram whitelist. It needs some extend search to check what s2ram options work fine. See: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=190481. Other powermanagement features works fine.
R50e 11.2 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png NotApplicable.png Icon-checked.png
R51 10.0 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png External video connection not working properly (OK in clone mode). Suspend-to-RAM consumes too much power under ACPI.
R51 10.1 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.pngIcon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Try pushing the hardware buttons if sound is not working ;-)
R51 10.2 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Suspend-to-RAM needs config tweaks to get sensible power drain.
R52 10.1 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Video requires x-server download from ATI, see HOWTO.
R60 10.2 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Video Bios requires tweaking with 915resolution.
R60e 11.2 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Didn't originally come with BT, BT module installed and works great.
R61 10.2 / 10.3 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png >= alsa-1.0.14 AD1984HD Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Intel4965AGN with ndiswrapper Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png see comments When installing 10.3 choose 800x600 or 1024x768 (change to 1280x1024 later). For s2ram - 10.3: s2ram -f ;10.2: s2ram -f -a 2 Finger print reader did not work.
R61 11.0 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png see comments Icon-checked.png SD Card reader Use s2ram -f. Does not resume from s2disk with NVIDIA driver. Fingerprint reader does not work. See ThinkWiki for details.
R61 11.1 Icon-checked.png see comments Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png see comments Icon-checked.png SD Card reader After installation, you might have to change screen resolution to correct one with SaX. Current NVIDIA driver is buggy, logging out from X or quitting yields to black screen, use Ctrl-Alt-Del to reboot cleanly or, as a workaround, change ServerTimeout to 45 in /usr/share/kde4/config/kdm/kdmrc. s2ram and s2disk work out of the box. Fingerprint reader does not work. See ThinkWiki for details.
R61 11.2 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Fingerprint reader is not supported. See ThinkWiki for details.
R61e 11.3, 11.4 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png see comments Works Out of the Box. This a Intel Celron model - Vista Business pre-installed. Works flawlessly. Wireless and Video all perfect. KDE4 or Gnome (Including Gnome3)
R61i 11.0 & 11.1 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png It's a budget model with intel graphics. Type 8943


T Series

Model SUSE Linux
version
Hardware Support Remark:
Video Sound Ethernet Wireless Bluetooth Power
Management
Other
T14s Leap 15.3 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-cross.png Icon-question.png Icon-checked.png RTL8852AE wirless chipset is not supported in Leap 15.3 and it is necessary to enable it installing a downstream kernel driver:

   Add this repo.
   Install the rtw89-kmp-default package.
Source: Bugzilla - Bug 1191321.

T20 11.1 Icon-checked.png see comments Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png NotApplicable.png NotApplicable.png Icon-question.png Video card works with model "THINKPAD 1024X768 TFT LCD PANEL" configured with sax2, and with this following line altered: "Modeline "1024x768" 60.00 1024 1080 1184 1344 768 769 772 795" in Modes section in xorg.conf

Solution for hardisk failure after installation: http://forums.opensuse.org/hardware/laptop/404485-11-1-ibm-thinkpad-t20-disc-access-failure-solved.html

T21 10.2 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png NotApplicable.png NotApplicable.png Icon-checked.png internal modem not working, thinkpad keys not functioning and PCMCIA cards can cause problems as I needed to add "exclude irq 3" in /etc/pcmcia/config.opts to avoid irq 3 conflict during install/boot with 16 bit cards
T22 9.3 / 10.0 final Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png NotApplicable.png NotApplicable.png Icon-checked.png internal modem does not work
T23 10.0 RC1 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png
T30 10.0 / 11.0 RC1 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png NotApplicable.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Desktop effects work great once you enable them in 11.0 RC1, other than being a little slow. May lock up if Ultra Bay is hot-swaped without Thinkpad management. Had funny DHCP issues, would not resolve name server, but don't believe that's hardware based.
T40 9.3 / 10.0 RC1 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-question.png Icon-checked.png apm OK / acpi works, but consumes too much power in suspend2ram
T400 11.1 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png 3G not supported out-of-the-box by NetworkManager
T400 13.1 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Everything is working out of the box
T41 9.3,10.0,10.1 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-question.png Icon-checked.png apm OK / acpi works
T41 10.3 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png
T40p 9.3,10.1 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png
T41p 9.3/10.0/10.1/10.2 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png for suspend see /usr/share/doc/packages/
powersave/README.suspend2ram
To add an external monitor with bigger resolution than the internal LCD, see also Lenovo T41p.
T42 9.2,10.0,10.1,10.2 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Added ww2.ati.com/suse/10.2/ installation source for fglrx 8.33 for M10 9600. Have Beryl Xgl working with final xorg 7.2. Suspend to Ram works and finally does not show video corruption at the top of the display upon resume. Bluetooth works fine. Didn't need to configure nvram on OpenSuse 10.2.
T42p 10.0 beta2 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png you need kernel-default-nongpl that is not provided Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Numlock does currently not work within X. This is a minor issue and should be fixed with beta3.
T43 10.3 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Installing Linux failed initially since resizing of ntfs partition failed - after complete new installation of Windows XP with IBM recovery CDs and resizing of the ntfs everything worked. Tip: Burn recovery CDs first and don't install grub into the MBR since you'll loose the IBM recovery key function (cf. SuSE Linux & T43)
T43-2668 10.0 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Internal modem doesn't work with the default driver, look at http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/
T43-2687 11.0 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Everything I have tested works fine though I haven't played with the internal modem. Needs ATI driver for 3d.
T410s 12.1 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png (not tested s2disk) WWAN needs firmware See ThinkWiki for details.
T410s 11.4 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png (not tested s2disk) WWAN needs firmware See ThinkWiki for details.
T410s 11.3 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png (not tested s2disk) WWAN needs kernel patches See ThinkWiki for details.
T430s 12.3 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png (laptop-mode, acpid, powertop: ~7W at idle) WWAN not tested; Fingerprint scanner not tested. Type:2356-GE9. +UltraBay 3-cell battery & 500GB SSD.
T430s 12.3 Icon-checked.png (disabled NVIDIA Optimus) Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png (not tested s2disk) See ThinkWiki for details.
T430s 13.1 Icon-checked.png (disabled NVIDIA Optimus) Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png (not tested s2disk) See ThinkWiki for details.
T450 42.3 42.3 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png better with tlp package Icon-checked.png SD Card reader Fingerprint reader works fine
T500 11.0 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png - Atheros AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express. Requires following these directions, BUT, not installing the kernel modules (drivers) from http://madwifi.org/suse/11.0 but instead installing the v0.10.5.6 madwifi hal drivers (ath_hal in particular apparently) , from here as noted here. Icon-question.png Icon-question.png Suspend seems to work but may affect wireless card. Wireless card does not function if the hardware kill switch is turned off and then back on again.
T500 42.3 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Needs a newer kernel than the standard one to get the integrated graphics working (modesetting updates)
T60 10.1,10.2,10.3, 11.1 Icon-checked.png In 11.1, the open drivers support 3D & suspend. For 3D in prior versions, you need to install ATI Driver. Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png For 11.1, use default. For 10.3, make sure all ipw3945 drivers & firmware (esp. non-oss) selected during install. Otherwise, post install ipw-firmware and ipw3945d packages from non-oss repository or Extras CD. Also, be sure the wireless kill switch is not turned off, it is near the IR port. ipw3945 kernel module bug in 10.3: go to HCL/Network Adapters (Wireless) for fix. Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png In 11.1 w/ open source drivers, suspend works out of the box. Will try setting up fingerprint login. Tried installing Suse 9.3: didn't recognise HD. Advanced mini-dock seems to work well (tested parallel, USB, & DVI-D ports). http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_opensuse_10.2_on_a_ThinkPad_T60 -/- HDAPS Hard Disk Active Protection System.
T61 (Intel GM965/GL960 video) 10.3 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png I had some problems with Bluetooth and suspend, not sure what causing it though. I don't use Bluetooth, so I just disabled it and the problem is gone. See more here and here.
T61 (nVidia Quadro NVS 140M video) 10.3 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Does not resume properly after hibernating from runlevel 5. Hibernating from runlevel 3 is ok after following this fix Modem not detected. The Quadro 140M adapter is not XGL compatible, use AIGLX instead for compiz.
T61p 11.2 x64 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Fingerprint reader works out-of-the-box. X did not start with binary nVidia driver. Suspend/hibernate does not work with OSS nv driver.
T60p SLED10, 10.2 Icon-checked.png only vesa or install the ATI Driver. Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png make sure all ipw3945 drivers & firmware (esp. non-oss) selected during install. ipw3945 kernel module bug in 10.3: go to HCL/Network Adapters (Wireless) for fix. Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Note for openSUSE 10.2: You need at least fglrx 8.32 driver to make it work with xorg 7.2

X Series

Model SUSE Linux
version
Hardware Support Remark:
Video Sound Ethernet Wireless Bluetooth Power
Management
Other
X1 Carbon 12.3 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Fingerprint reader
Icon-checked.png Function buttons
Fingerprint reader requires BSAPI libraries and patched libfprint. Backlight can only be controlled from software- keyboard backlight controls are non-functional.
X1 Yoga Gen1 Tumbleweed Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png (with adapter) Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png (Icon-checked.png) (Suspend to Disk not tested) Icon-checked.png Touch and Stylus
Icon-checked.png Auto-Rotation
Icon-question.png LTE
Icon-checked.pngFingerprint reader
Fingerprint reader requires patched libfprint, see https://blog.karatek.net/2021/09/26/2016-thinkpad-fingerprint-tumbleweed/
X30 10.2 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-question.png Icon-checked.png suspend-to-{disk/ram} both work
X31 10.3 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-question.png Icon-checked.png
X40 9.3 / 10.0 / 11.2 / 11.4 Icon-checked.png to activate external video, use cloning or use the development driver from fairlite on 11.4 x86 3D acceleration doesn't work Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png for suspend in 9.3 see /usr/share/doc/packages/
powersave/README.suspend2ram
SD Slot not working by default, alpha state kernel patches that have been tested on this laptop are available on http://mmc.drzeus.cx/wiki/Linux/Drivers/sdhci, IR not working smolts link
X41 10.2/10.3 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png

Hotswapping the ultrabase X4 works (but I seem to need a suspend-to-ram cycle to recognise the CD drive after attaching in 10.3?) The SD card reader works. I've not tried the fingerprint reader.

X60 10.2 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Installation report
X60s 11.1 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-question.png Did not try PCMCIA slot or the modem In Gnome virtually everything worked out of the box. Just required some configuration to get it working as I wanted. In KDE4 some of the Fn-Buttons do not work. Docking / Undocking is not handled very well and is not reliable in Gnome or KDE. Fn-F7 (toggle external monitor) not working in KDE. I think there are work arounds for most of these issues in the Thinkwiki but I have not had a chance to check them.
X61 10.3 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Nearly everything is supported and works perfectly. Highly recommened! openSUSE 10.3 installation guide
X200t

7450-8TG
11.1 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-question.png Icon-checked.png Icon-question.png Icon-checked.png Suspend to Ram
Icon-checked.png Suspend to disk
Icon-checked.png Brightness-Controll: Bugzilla
Not working out of the box: UMTS, Tabletscreen.
Setup Tabletscreen: Thinkwiki - /dev/ttyS4 worked instead of /dev/ttyS0.
X201i 11.3 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Webcam Icon-cross.png WWAN Type 3323-BTG. Laptop with Qualcomm Gobi 2000 WWAN. Laptop without fingerprint reader and internal broadband modem. 56k modem not tested. Memory card reader not tested. Touchpad not tested.
X201i 11.3 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-cross.png See notes NotApplicable.png Icon-checked.png see notes Icon-checked.png volume keys
Icon-cross.pngIcon-question.png56k Modem (cannot locate in /dev, cannot test)
Icon-checked.pngSD card reader
Type 3249 with 56k Modem, Thinkpad BGN Wireless; without fingerprint reader, bluetooth or webcam. Thinkpad BGN card requires drivers and firmware from Driver: Wireless repo, still does not work. Wireless Off switch does not appear to be properly recognized. Suspend to disk does not work. Brightness controls don't work on initial DVD install, will work after full system updates
X201i 11.3 11.4 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png NotApplicable.png Icon-checked.png see notes Icon-checked.png volume keys
Icon-cross.pngIcon-question.png56k Modem (cannot locate in /dev, cannot test)
Icon-checked.pngSD card reader
Type 3249 with 56k Modem, Intel 6300 Wireless; without fingerprint reader, bluetooth or webcam. Suspend to disk does not work. Brightness controls require package tp_smapi_kmp from Contrib or OBS repo.
X230 42.2 42.3 TW Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png better with tlp package Icon-checked.png SD Card reader
X240 42.3 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png
X250 42.2 42.3 x86-64 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Webcam, VGA, DP, SD card reader work, bad fingerprint reader HW SUSE work laptop, works perfectly ootb, only Leap 42.1 was crap (display and therefore system locking up completely in some games, bug in libxcb).
X260 Tumbleweed Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png TouchPad
Icon-checked.png TrackPoint
Icon-checked.png SD Card Reader
Icon-checked.png FingerPrint
Icon-checked.png Function Button Volume & Brightness
Icon-checked.png Dual Battery
Icon-checked.png TPM 2.0
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X270 Tumbleweed Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Everything works out of the Box.

Others

Model SUSE Linux
version
Hardware Support Remark:
Video Sound Ethernet Wireless Bluetooth Power
Management
Other
ThinkPad E31-70 (with SSD disk) Leap 42.1, Tumbleweed Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png see Remark Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png see Remark Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Leap: Wifi (driver ath10k) works with kernel-firmware higher than 20150925git and kernel higher than version 4.1. Problems with soundcard is fixed by using PulseAudio (maybe not completely).
Thinkpad SL500 11.1 32-bit
11.2 32-bit
11.3 32-bit
Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Cardreader, webcam and even the Ericsson F3507g UMTS/GPS card work. I didn't try the 56k modem. Model: NRJALGE. With 11.1, for Bluetooth and basic hotkey fuctionality the lenovo-sl kernel module is required. Most important hotkeys work in 11.2, including the brightness keys.
Thinkpad Edge E520 11.4 x86-64 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png NotApplicable.png Icon-checked.png to enable wireless: install rfkill; open terminal as root:
$ rmmod -f acer_wmi
$ rfkill unblock all
$ echo "blacklist acer_wmi" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
Thinkpad Edge 13 (Intel i3) 12.3 & 13.1 x86-64 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Webcam, VGA and HDMI works. Did not try GPS, 3G module and HDD protection system.
Thinkpad X121e (AMD E-350 CPU) 13.2 x86-64 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png VGA works out of the box. Webcam and HDMI are not tested Everything I have tested so far works out of the box with this laptop.
w510 11.3 x86_64 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-question.png Icon-checked.pngSD card reader
Icon-checked.png USB3.0
Icon-checked.png keyboard LED
Icon-question.png WWAN (untested)
Icon-checked.png Webcam
Icon-question.png fingerprint scanner (untested)
KDE install from DVD, nvidia drivers (default drivers seemed to work fine), output to external monitor was not tested, volume keys work, USB3 (transfer ~40MB/s from a NTFS-3g mounted drive), suspend to ram and disk don't work for me. I only have 1.5GB swap and 8 GB of ram so suspend to disk should work, not sure a about suspend to ram
Z61m SLED10 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Advanced mini-dock seems to work well (tested parallel, USB, & DVI-D ports). Upgrade process during install handles video drivers for enabling XGL. Slowness issues make this laptop unusable for long term work.
Z61p 11.0 / 11.1 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png

The radeonhd-driver works nice although the 3d support is quite new. Some problems with using bluetooth and wireless are due to support for these features not yet being quite as polished in KDE4 as they were in KDE 3.5.

390X 11.0 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png NotApplicable.png NotApplicable.png NotApplicable.png Icon-checked.png Requires acpi=force on the boot command line P3/500, 384MB RAM
570 7.0..11.3 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png NotApplicable.png NotApplicable.png NotApplicable.png Icon-checked.png see comments

Requires acpi=force boot parameter. Boot parameter vga=0x317 is recommended. Lucent LT Winmodem works with Martian drivers. Use 16 Bit color for X server, not 24 Bit. If not equipped with much ram and doing network install for 11.1, use a NFS install source instead of HTTP. Use addswap=0 textmode=1 for installation of 11.2 on encrypted LVM when installation crashes.

600 E 9.2/9.3/10.0/10.1 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png NotApplicable.png NotApplicable.png NotApplicable.png Icon-checked.png APM OK, ACPI not supported by BIOS. Sound requires manual config. Best to have a small dos partition so you can use the IBM dos tools to configure hardware.
600X 10.1 Icon-checked.png Had to select display by hand in SaX after killing X11 repeatedly, also TrackPoint mouse Icon-question.png Icon-checked.png worked with Netgear FA410TX Icon-checked.png IBM High-Rate Wireless LAN PC (PCMCIA) card works and was configured by YAST to use Orinoco_cs driver NotApplicable.png Icon-question.png Did network install of 10.1 thru netgear card, upgrading from purchased 9.0.
G40 10.0 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png NotApplicable.png NotApplicable.png Icon-checked.png Some versions of G40 don't contain wireless network.
Thinkpad 770E 10.2 Icon-checked.png Icon-cross.png Icon-checked.png Using PCMCIA CNet SinglePoint 10/100 NotApplicable.png NotApplicable.png Icon-checked.png P233MMX, 96MB RAM, 4GB HDD, 1024x768x16-bit Installation was painfully slow - over 24 hours, including updates via broadband. Resultant system is significantly slower than original Windows 2000.
Lenovo V310 Tumbleweed Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png Finger Print Reader cant find the output Icon-question.png
Yoga 2 13" [not pro] 13.2 Icon-checked.png Icon-checked.png NotApplicable.png Icon-cross.png See remarks Icon-checked.png Icon-question.png Currently opensuse (upstream?) kernel causes wifi hard locked [1]

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