Lenovo Thinkpad R500

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Hardware

Standard

Note
Everything works except the fingerprint reader.
Device Make/model Status Vendor ID / Product ID Kernel driver(s) Kernel version Notes
CPU N/A Works N/A N/A N/A
GPU Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller Works N/A N/A N/A
Ethernet Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5787M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express Works N/A N/A N/A
Wi-Fi Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 5100 AGN [Shiloh] Network Connection Works N/A N/A N/A
SD Card Reader Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter Works N/A N/A N/A
Webcam N/A Works N/A N/A N/A
Fingerprint reader N/A Borked N/A N/A N/A
root #lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev 07)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
00:03.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset MEI Controller (rev 07)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 03)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 03)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 6 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801IBM/IEM (ICH9M/ICH9M-E) 4 port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 5100 AGN [Shiloh] Network Connection
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5787M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02)
15:00.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev ba)
15:00.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 04)
15:00.2 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 21)
15:00.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller (rev 11)
15:00.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 11)
15:00.5 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev 11)

Installation

Firmware

Install the firmware for Wi-Fi:

root #emerge --ask sys-kernel/linux-firmware

Kernel

KERNEL Ethernet and Wi-Fi
Device Drivers  --->
[*] Network device support  --->
[*]   Ethernet driver support  --->
[*]   Broadcom devices
<M>     Broadcom Tigon3 support

[*]   Wireless LAN  --->
<M>   Intel Wireless WiFi Next Gen AGN - Wireless-N/Advanced-N/Ultimate-N (iwlwifi)
-M-     Intel Wireless WiFi
KERNEL Sensors
Device Drivers  --->
-*- I2C support  --->
I2C Hardware Bus support  --->
<*> Intel 82801 (ICH/PCH)

-*- Hardware Monitoring support  --->
<M>   Intel Core/Core2/Atom temperature sensor

[*] X86 Platform Specific Device Drivers  --->
<M>   ThinkPad ACPI Laptop Extras
[*]     Console audio control ALSA interface
KERNEL Watchdog
Device Drivers  --->
[*] Watchdog Timer Support  --->
<M>   Intel TCO Timer/Watchdog
[*]     Intel TCO Timer/Watchdog Specific Vendor Support
KERNEL Random number generator
Device Drivers  --->
Character devices  --->
[*]   Intel HW Random Number Generator support
KERNEL Memory card reader
Bus options (PCI etc.)  --->
[*] PCCard (PCMCIA/CardBus) support  --->
[*]   CardBus yenta-compatible bridge support

Device Drivers  --->
[*] Memory Technology Device (MTD) support  --->
[*]   NAND SSFDC (SmartMedia) read only translation layer
[*]   NAND Device Support  --->
[*]   Ricoh xD card reader

[*] MMC/SD/SDIO card support  --->
[*]   Secure Digital Host Controller Interface support
[*]   SDHCI support on PCI bus

[*] Sony MemoryStick card support  ---> 
[*]   Ricoh R5C592 MemoryStick interface support
KERNEL Webcam
Device Drivers  --->
[*] Multimedia support  --->
  Media device types --->
    [*]   Cameras/video grabbers support
  Media drivers  --->
    [*]   Media USB Adapters  --->
      [*]   USB Video Class (UVC)

Emerge

FILE /etc/portage/make.conf
MAKEOPTS="-j2" # job count should match logical CPU count which is usually 2 for R500
INPUT_DEVICES="evdev synaptics"
VIDEO_CARDS="intel" # or "radeon" in case of AMD/ATi integrated graphics

Install the sensor monitoring program:

root #emerge --ask sys-apps/lm-sensors

Configuration

Trackpoint

Enable 3-button scroll:

FILE /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/11-evdev-trackpoint.conf
Section "InputClass"
        Identifier      "Trackpoint Wheel Emulation"
        MatchProduct    "TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint|DualPoint Stick|Synaptics Inc. Composite TouchPad / TrackPoint|ThinkPad USB Keyboard with TrackPoint|USB Trackpoint pointing device"
        MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
        Option  "EmulateWheel"          "true"
        Option  "EmulateWheelButton"    "2"
        Option  "Emulate3Buttons"       "false"
        Option  "XAxisMapping"          "6 7"
        Option  "YAxisMapping"          "4 5"
EndSection

Power saving

The following configuration enables aggressive power saving:

FILE /etc/udev/rules.d/10-local-powersave.rules
# PCI runtime power management
ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="pci", ATTR{power/control}="auto"

# USB autosuspend
ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{power/control}="auto"
ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="usb", TEST=="power/autosuspend" ATTR{power/autosuspend}="60"

# SATA active link power management
SUBSYSTEM=="scsi_host", KERNEL=="host*", ATTR{link_power_management_policy}="min_power"

# Wlan power save
ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="net", KERNEL=="wlan*" RUN+="/usr/sbin/iw dev %k set power_save on"

# Disable bluetooth
SUBSYSTEM=="rfkill", ATTR{type}=="bluetooth", ATTR{state}="0"

# Disable wake-on-LAN
ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="net", KERNEL=="eth*" RUN+="/usr/sbin/ethtool -s %k wol d"

External resources

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