[Wylug-help] Re: Is the Lenovo R61 a good choice? - graphics chipset

[James Holden]

On Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 10:06:51AM +0100, Chris Myers wrote:
> Thank guys for your replys.
> 
> I finally made my choice & went for the Lenovo 3000 N200 (TY2B4UK):
> 
> http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?Quicklinx=4LF3&SearchType=1&SearchTerms=3000+n200&PageMode=3&SearchKey=All&SearchMode=All&NavigationKey=0

Good choice! I've been eyeing one up for myself recently.

> Wireless LAN works perfectly.
> 
> Wired LAN works perfectly.
> 
> Bluetooth works perfectly.

Fan-effin-tastic :)

> Webcam works perfectly - In Ekiga, set:
> 
> 	edit>preferences>devices>video devices>V4L2
> 
> Sound does not work out-of-the-box, but this is simply fixed by adding 
> the following to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base
> 
> options snd-hda-intel single_cmd=1 model=lenovo

Useful to know - you can waste a lot of time googling stuff like that.

> The fingerprint scanner is not recognised, but there are projects such 
> as bioapi & thinkfinger. I have not had time to try these out yet.

Meh... it's a toy. Somebody will get round to it eventually.

> I hope this is useful.

Very much so. My old thinkpad is 8 years old now, so I might just take
the plunge soon.

James

> 
> Chris.
> 
> 
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