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Lenovo Thinkpad L412
Introduction
This is a compatibility guide to running Linux with the Lenovo Thinkpad L412 laptop.
This page is just for discussing using Linux on the Lenovo Thinkpad L412. For a general discussion about this laptop you can visit the Lenovo Thinkpad L412 page on LapWik.
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Specifications
For full specifications see the Lenovo Thinkpad L412 specifications page.
| Name | Lenovo Thinkpad L412 |
| Processor | Intel® CoreTM i5-540M (2.53 GHz, 3 MB L3) NV Intel® CoreTM i5-520M (2.40 GHz, 3 MB L3) NV Intel® CoreTM i5-430M (2.26 GHz, 3 MB L3) NV Intel® CoreTM i3-350M (2.26 GHz, 3 MB L3) NV Intel® CoreTM i3-330M (2.13 GHz, 3 MB L3) NV |
| Screen | 14“ (1366×768) Widescreen |
| RAM | Up to 8GB |
| HDD | up to 500GB |
| Optical Drive | DVD+-RW DVD-ROM |
| Graphics | Intel HD Graphics ATI® Mobility Radeon® HD 5145 |
| Network | 10/100/1000 Ethernet 802.11bgn |
Linux Compatibility
| Device | Compatibility | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | Yes | speedstep works, APM not fully supported (gets a bit warm and fans spin from time to time) |
| Screen | Yes | |
| HDD | Yes | |
| Optical Drive | Yes | |
| Graphics | Yes | Hardware acceleration works (ubuntu 10.04) |
| Sound | Yes | |
| Ethernet | Yes | |
| Wireless | Yes | WPA/WPA2/WEP works |
| Bluetooth | Yes | Tested on Fedora (16, 17, 18, 19) |
| Modem | Not Tested | |
| USB | Yes | |
| Card Reader | Yes | Tested on Fedora (16, 17, 18, 19) |
| ExpressCard Slot | Not Tested | |
| Fingerprint Reader | Not Tested | |
| Webcam | Yes | Works out of the box with ubuntu 10.04 |
Notes
Support is generally good. Special keys (Sound volume, brightness etc) work. Suspending works great and does drain a minimal amount of battery. Kernel still says: thinkpad_acpi: Not yet supported ThinkPad detected!
This is discussed here: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.acpi.ibm-acpi.devel/2334/focus=2413
Summary
You can enter a summary of how well the Lenovo Thinkpad L412 works with Linux here.
Discussion
Laptop: Lenovo ThinkPad L412.
OS: Manjaro Linux Xfce 0.8.8. Kernel: 3.10.
Fast installation (10 minutes). All the hardware work flawlessly outof the box.
The system is very responsive, fast and snappy, however boot is a bit slow.
Fan is not running nor volume nor brightness buttons. They used to but not anymore 2012 AD
Have the same Problems with Fan and Fn-keys (not working), though they did so a week before. I'm running a dual-boot (arch & windows 8) and I think a driver&firmware update on windows broke it.
This is a problem with thinkpad-acpi. You need to halt the computer, unplug it and take off the battery for 5 seconds, then insert the battery, plug it in and boot it again. Everything should work as expected.
Bluetooth and Cardreader works outofthebox.
Fingerprint Reader works after a small installation, but not as fast as under the preinstalled W7.
Sometimes there is an issue with the volumekeys under xfce.
Wifi is not working outofthebox with Fedora.
The ThinkpadACPI is working mostly.
No freezes or similar with Xubuntu 11.04.
Xubuntu 11.10 sucked a bit by release, not tested again.
Notebook: Lenovo ThinkPad L412 (4403-52G).
Spec: P6000/2GB/Intel HD Graphics/250GB/wifi/bt/lan/cam
1. Ubuntu 10.10 amd64 - X-server not configured and start properly.
2. Ubuntu 10.10 i686 - also.
3. Ubuntu 10.04 amd64 - thinkpad_acpi: Not yet supported ThinkPad detected!. Result - on LiveCD not worked hotkeys and bt + wifi.
4. Ubuntu 10.04.2 (kernel 2.6.35-22) - worked fine from box. Upgrade to 2.6.35-23 - work properly.