[Trisquel-users] Re : Libreboot T400 on Minifree reduces in price once again

[nicolas . chatillon]

I've just searched the doc and the relevant part is probably here :

https://libreboot.org/faq.html#sound-card

I had missed this point. I'll think about the USB DAC substitute !
Thank you for your answer !

[Trisquel-users] Re : Libreboot T400 on Minifree reduces in price once again

[ariella]

Sounds good. I'll try what you send and see how it goes. I'd love to be able  
to get up to at least 3 hours. My usage will be writing while doing some web  
research and email.

[Trisquel-users] Re : Libreboot T400 on Minifree reduces in price once again

[ariella]

That's so very thoughtful. I'll be super careful but I wouldn't want to  
trouble you with fixing any of my potential future physical mistakes. :) The  
ThinkPenguin device is working really well and is my backup plan should  
things not go well. Thanks for all the help. 

[Trisquel-users] Re : Libreboot T400 on Minifree reduces in price once again

[ariella]

I've noticed it's touchier than other trackpads I've used even with all the  
sliders moved to the left in the System Prefs speed settings. I'm tempted to  
try something that I had to do on my tower with a high sensitivity mouse. The  
steps are something like:


$ xinput list (find the ID of the input device)
$ xinput list-props  (look at settings)
$ xinput set-prop  'Device Accel Profile' -1 (turn off acceleration)
$ xinput set-prop  'Device Accel Constant Deceleration' 1.5 (the less the  
deceleration the higher the sensitivity)


Find the right mix for you, and then save the ideally tweaked commands in  
~/.xinputrc .


This works really well for me in Linux Mint 18. Will try it for the T400  
trackpad in Trisquel soon. This won't address accidental input or disable  
trackpad-touch while typing.


I also need to figure out how to get scrolling via touchpad to work, either  
from swiping along its right edge (arrow indicators are printed), or two  
finger gestures. 

[Trisquel-users] Re : Libreboot T400 on Minifree reduces in price once again

[ariella]

Ooof, very technical. I can try to see what I have and know more about what  
behaviours to expect. Thanks!

[Trisquel-users] Re : Libreboot T400 on Minifree reduces in price once again

[ariella]

I know right? I could have been saved with that this morning. :) I feel so  
silly.

[Trisquel-users] Re : Libreboot T400 on Minifree reduces in price once again

[ariella]

Ordered and bank transfer initiated. It wasn't fun. Bank took forever to  
complete the task, and I argued with them over the ridiculous $30 service  
fee. I lost. :( Anyway, after exchange rates and the fee the T400 is costing  
me $400 CAD. Not quite what I had hoped for, but it will be worth it. Thanks  
for the price reduction so that it didn't cost even more haha! :)

[Trisquel-users] Re : Libreboot T400 on Minifree reduces in price once again

[aether]

Might be a bit old indeed but it works really well. x264 1080p remuxes play  
just fine with mpv.
Hell, I even use my x200 on my 1920x1200 screen to watch movies (same GPU)  
and no issues.

Of course, if you try to throw 4k x265 stuff, you'll have a bad time. ;)

Even Mame and such works great with old 90's games. Great laptop.