System Type: Laptop
Test Completed: 2004-11-15 IBM® ThinkPad R51 2887-F9U is awarded the AppLabs Linux Compatibility mark.
AppLabs' www.Linux-Tested.com compatibility testing of this system showed the following distributions compatible with the IBM® ThinkPad R51 2887-F9U:
SuSE 9.1 Professional Novell Linux Desktop 9 RedHat Enterprise WS 3.0
This document presents the compatibility testing results.
System Configuration
The following table defines the system configuration tested by AppLabs.
| System Configuration as Tested |
| Company | IBM |
| Model | IBM® ThinkPad R51 2887-F9U |
| BIOS Revision | 1.05 (1VET47WW)2004-07-2 |
| Main Board and Chipset | NA |
| Processor(s) | Intel® Celeron M processor 360 1.40 GHz |
| RAM | 512MB SODIMM |
| HBA | NA |
| Motherboard Features and Capabilities | Integrated XGA Video using Intel® G55ME chipset, Sound, Wireless and Network. |
| Display Adapter | Intel® Extreme Graphics 2 |
| Serial Ports | None |
| Parallel Ports | One (1) Enhanced Bi-directional |
| USB Ports | Two (2) USB 2 |
| I/O Ports and buses | |
| Host Bus Adapter | NA |
| Network Interface | Integrated Intel® Pro 1000 Gigabit Ethernet |
| Network Interface | Intel® PRO/Wireless 2200BG Mini-PCI |
| Audio Chipset / Sound Card | SoundMax |
| Optical Drive | CD-RW/DVD-ROM Combo V Ultrabay Enhanced |
| Hard Drive | 40 GB ATA-100 Enhanced IDE harddrive |
| Floppy Drive | None |
| Keyboard | Standard 101 Keyboard |
| Pointing Device | IBM® ThinkPad UltraNav |
| Miscellaneous Hardware | One (1) Type II or Type III PCMCIA slots
56K V.92 Fax/modem |
Testing Results
The following table defines the hardware as tested in this system by AppLabs, and provides the pass/fail results.
Tests and determinations are available for reference in ASCII format for immediate viewing.
| Test | Comment | Result |
| Installation Testing |
| CD-ROM Installation | | PASSED |
| NFS/FTP Installation | | PASSED |
| Device Auto Probing | | PASSED |
| Base System Testing |
| Kernel Compatibility | | PASSED |
| GRUB/LILO Compatibility | | PASSED |
| Heavy I/O Test | | PASSED |
| Network Test | | PASSED |
| Network Load Test | (Not required on workstation test) | PASSED |
| SMP Test | (Only required multiprocessor systems) | PASSED |
| Display Adapter |
| Console Compatibility | | PASSED |
| X Server Compatibility | | PASSED |
| Stand Alone Monitor | (Laptop Test Only) | NA |
| Simultaneous Display CRT/LCD | (Laptop Test Only) | NA |
| Sound Adapter |
| Basic Sound Compatibility | | PASSED |
| Advanced Sound Availibility | | PASSED |
| Advanced Sound Compatibility | | PASSED |
| Serial Ports |
| Kernel Detection | | NA |
| Compatibility Testing | | NA |
| Throughput Testing | | NA |
| Parallel Ports |
| Kernel Detection | | PASSED |
| Compatibility Testing | | PASSED |
| Mouse |
| Kernel Detection | | PASSED |
| Compatibility Testing | | PASSED |
| Keyboard |
| Compatibility Testing | | PASSED |
Notes and Observations:
Wireless support was not tested because it was not detected by any of the distributions tested. Intel® however provides a driver and installation instructions at http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/
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