black-Friday notebook deal -- Linux!

[James Knott]

Daniel Wayne Armstrong wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 11:09 PM, James Knott<james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org>  wrote:
>    
>> James Knott wrote:
>>      
>>> I recently bought a Lenovo E520 ThinkPad that has the normal keyboard.
>>>        
>> Forgot to mention, this computer works well with Linux.  It's a type
>> 1143-3BU and I've installed openSUSE 12.1 on it.  All the hardware I've
>> tried works, including WiFi, web cam, audio etc.
>> http://canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=710_664_665&item_id=039067
>>      
> Good to know its Linux-friendly. My Dad will probably be looking for a
> laptop soon ... this machine looks like a good fit for him at a
> reasonable price. Normally I would steer him towards the Thinkpad T520
> but its overkill for his needs and this Edge E520 would save him a few
> hundred dollars.
>
> Thanks for sharing.
>
>    

In order to get WiFi to work in openSUSE 12.1, I had to do the following:

Install rfkill
Edit /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-wlan0 to change "WIRELESS_POWER="no" 
to "none"

At root command prompt:
rfmod -f acer_wmi
rfkill unblock all
echo "blacklist acer_wmi" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
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