Re: A Laptop where all hardware is perfectly supported

[Michael Ekstrand <michael@elehack.net>]

Andrei Popescu wrote:
> On Mon,03.Aug.09, 09:43:02, Michael Ekstrand wrote:
>> In my experience with an R61, Thinkpads come pretty close (with the
>> Intel wireless card and firmware from non-free).  Stay away from the
>> memory card reader option for "perfect" (the memory stick support won't
>> work, although SD should).  I don't know on the modem; I never have a
>> need to use it.  Some of the keys are a little odd/non-working (volume
>> buttons particularly).
> 
> $ grep thinkpad /etc/default/console-setup
> XKBMODEL="thinkpad60"
> 
> and then I bind them in Xfce to:
> 
> aumix -v+10
> aumix -v-10
> aumix -v0

Thank you.  Mute still doesn't show up in X11 (it just mutes the volume
and either of the other two keys restores it), but it's certainly more
working than it was :)

- Michael