Lenovo ThinkPad W520
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Bug #776999 in linux (Ubuntu): “[Lenovo W520] laptop freezes on ACPI-related actions”
Category:W520 - ThinkWiki
The W520 comes with a special 170W AC adapter (P/N 0A36227) that is currently not shipped with any other Thinkpad. Note that it is different from the W700 170W AC adapter (P/N 41R4421) . The W520 AC adapter is larger but lighter than the W510 135W AC adapter. Most newer (20V) Thinkpad AC adapters have a compatible plug with the W520, but not all of them will work due to power constraints. The following table shows which AC adapters can be used to run the W520:
How to enable integrated fingerprint reader with BioAPI - ThinkWiki
The Script for enabling the fingerprint reader with BioAPI automates the installation of most components (bioapi framework, driver, pam_bioapi, pam setup, device permissions, pamtester and enrolling), for some Linux distributions. Binary packages Note that these packages only take care of this one section. If you can use one, you should do so and then proceed to the section entitled, Installing and Configuring the Driver. Debian/ Ubuntu Dapper
Select ThinkPads feature a Pantone Huey PRO Colorimeter by X-Rite in the palm rest. This is used for calibrating the colours of the LCD display. The way calibration works is that you close the LID and the display remains on with a special test screen, and the sensor in the palm rest does its thing. This sensor works with argyllcms and dispcalGUI under openSUSE 11.3. However, the sensor is not recognized properly under Ubuntu 10.04 or Debian (Lenny and Etch).
Huey PRO Colorimeter - ThinkWiki
dispcalGUI—Open Source Display Calibration and Characterization powered by Argyll CMS
About dispcalGUI dispcalGUI is a graphical user interface for the display calibration and profiling tools of Argyll CMS , an open source color management system by Graeme Gill. Calibrate and characterize your display devices using one of the many supported hardware sensors , with support for multi-display setups and a variety of available settings like customizable whitepoint, luminance, black level, tone response curve as well as the option to create matrix and look-up-table ICC profiles, with optional gamut mapping. Other features include: Support of colorimeter correction for wide-gamut screens via correction matrices or calibration specral sample files (the latter only for specific colorimeters i.e. i1 Display Pro, ColorMunki Display and Spyder 4). Profile verification: Check the quality of profiles via measurements.