FC3 and ThinkPad T41 - FINALLY SOLVED

[Shannon McMackin]

Alfred Savageau wrote:
> On my Dell Inspiron I had a problem with no "Fn" key * Function key
> commands were recognized and found after researching the problem this is
> solved by editing grub.conf to include "acpi=off" on the line that calls
> the kernel.  Once you reboot and make sure APM daemon is running your
> "Fn" Key + Sleep key should work.
> 
> Fred
> 
> On Tue, 2005-02-01 at 22:08 -0500, Chris Ruprecht wrote:
> 
>>Harry,
>>
>>On Tuesday 01 February 2005 21:49, Harry Hoffman wrote:
>>
>>>Chris,
>>>
>>>Awesome! glad to hear it was solvable. What's the problem you are having
>>>with alsamixer?
>>
>>The problem is that there is no sound. There is a little trick that some 
>>people have suggested: open alsamixer and set Head Phone Jack Sense  and Line 
>>Jack Sense to 'Mute'. But that hasn't made a different.
>>system-config-soundcard has detected the card but when I click the 'Play Test 
>>Sound' button, there is only silence. Volume level is about 3/4 up.
>>
>>I read somewhere that this is an unsolved issue in Thinkpads. Another unsolved 
>>issue seems to be, that I can't get the machine to sleep. It worked once, 
>>only once, but when I woke it up again, it went to shut itself down (clean). 
>>This is one area where I must say, Apple did a great job with OS X and their 
>>Powerbooks. My powerbook goes to sleep within less than a second and wake up 
>>is instant.
>>
>>Best regards,
>>Chris
>>
>>PS. Trying sound from KDE instead of GNOME - same (no) result.
>>
> 
> 
I have a T41 running FC3 and I have sound.  There was an issue with 
sound in the latest 2 stock kernels, but recompiling seems to have made 
that issue go away.

As far as suspend, try Software Suspend 2.  I use it and I suspend in 
about 30 seconds and resume just fine.  Again, compiled kernel is the 
only way to get there.

Shannon