Hello Network gurus of Linux Lite

This question may seem a bit odd. But I've noticed that Linux network drivers are sometimes not very efficient. Especially the wireless module drivers.
So I want to know if there are some specific tweaks that can make a difference to those modules?:

pci@0000:00:19.0  eth0        network        82579LM Gigabit Network Connection
pci@0000:03:00.0  wlan0      network        Centrino Advanced-N 6205 [Taylor Peak]
                              wwan0      network      interface 3G WWAN H5321gw

And I prefer not to use proprietary windows drivers.

Thank you in advance,
vaikus84

Hello fellow touchpad users

Can someone show me how to make the Lenovo Thinkpad T430's touchpad and trackpoint fully work on Linux Lite 2.2 64bit edition?

Thank you in advance,
vaikus84

Hello Linux Lite gurus

What optimizations to do additionally to make the CPU I have on my lappy more efficient on Linux Lite 2.2 64bit?

Is Intel CPU Microcode installation required?

My CPU is:

cpu@0                        processor      Intel® Core™ i5-3320M CPU @ 2.60GHz
                              memory        32KiB L1 cache
                              memory        256KiB L2 cache
                              memory        3MiB L3 cache
                              memory        32KiB L1 cache
                              memory        4GiB System Memory
                              memory        2GiB SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1600 MHz (0,6 ns)
                              memory        2GiB SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1600 MHz (0,6 ns)
                              memory        128KiB BIOS
pci@0000:00:00.0              bridge        3rd Gen Core processor DRAM Controller
pci@0000:00:02.0              display        3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller

Thank you in advance,
vaikus84

Hello Display tweakers of Linux Lite

Has anyone experience in setting up a Lenovo Thinkpad T430's display properly?

*ICC profile ( laptop display color profile )
*So that display brightness is remembered for Battery and AC use (separate values)
*So that display brightness is remembered after restart, sleep, hibernate, shutdown
*f.lux software usage good or bad? https://justgetflux.com/
*Maybe something else that I don't know about

Thank you in advance and better vision for you all,
vaikus84

Hello fellow lappy power users

Does someone know how to specifically set up a Lenovo Thinkpad T430's keyboard under Linux Lite? So that all keys function properly including the Function and Special keys like the ThinkVantage, Sound Mute, Mic mute buttons? (FN + Wifi sign button / F7 -- FN + Camera and Headset sign / F6 -- FN+ Lock sign / F3) and the other ones too?

Possibly some advice on what the ThinkVantage button is best used for under Linux Lite?

Thank you in advance,
vaikus84

Hello Fellow lappy users

What would be the best way for tweaking TLP power manager under Linux Lite 2.2 64 bit? Do I need to disable some tweaks that could conflict with it?

The goal is to have balanced usage and power consumption and to generate less heat with my lappy.

Do I need to post some hardware info and what would those commands be?

Thank you in advance,
vaikus84

Hello Sound aficionados of Linux Lite

What are the specific settings to allow to use all the features that T430's sound solution has to offer?

Some of them that come to my mind are:
*Setting up Pulseaudio to have Noise Cancellation for the Mic
*Setting up pulseaudio to have DisplayPort audio visible in pavucontrol
*So that Skype usage is not disturbed by other programs

I'm definitely missing something. Hope some sound gurus can help me out on this one.

Thank you in advance and my sound clarity be the goal,
vaikus84

Hello

How would I go about installing and setting up "thinkfan" to controll my Thinkpad's system fan 1?
And how to make it start with the system permanently?
What information do I need to paste here from my hardware? And what commands would they be?

I need it to be quiet when doing nothing in particular and revs higher only after 55'C degrees Celsius.

Also wondering is there a way to read more fan speed steps than low rpm and high rpm? Would love for it to have at lest 3 or 4 steps on different levels of heat.

Does this thinkfan software affect the hdd temps badly in real life situation use?

Thank you in advance,
vaikus84

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Hello People of Linux Lite

Does someone have extensive experience on optimizing the Intel HD 4000 graphics card on a Lenovo Thinkpad T430 when it's the only graphics chip in the system?
(having tearing issues)

And is there a way so that the graphics memory and clock speed can ramp up to maximum specified usage when needed and use low power and memory when not needed for intensive tasks?
(It seems to use very little of the available memory).

Is there a way to see the exact maximum usage in the command line?

My graphics hardware info looks like this:

[    22.182] (--) intel(0): Integrated Graphics Chipset: Intel® HD Graphics 4000
[    22.182] (--) intel(0): CPU: x86-64, sse2, sse3, ssse3, sse4.1, sse4.2, avx
[    22.182] (II) intel(0): Creating default Display subsection in Screen section
"Default Screen Section" for depth/fbbpp 24/32
[    22.182] (==) intel(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
[    22.182] (==) intel(0): RGB weight 888
[    22.182] (==) intel(0): Default visual is TrueColor
[    22.182] (**) intel(0): Framebuffer tiled
[    22.182] (**) intel(0): Pixmaps tiled
[    22.182] (**) intel(0): "Tear free" disabled
[    22.182] (**) intel(0): Forcing per-crtc-pixmaps? no
[    22.182] (II) intel(0): Output LVDS1 has no monitor section
[    22.183] (--) intel(0): found backlight control interface acpi_video0 (type 'firmware')
[    22.183] (II) intel(0): Output VGA1 has no monitor section
[    22.183] (II) intel(0): Output HDMI1 has no monitor section
[    22.183] (II) intel(0): Output DP1 has no monitor section
[    22.183] (II) intel(0): Output HDMI2 has no monitor section
[    22.183] (II) intel(0): Output HDMI3 has no monitor section
[    22.183] (II) intel(0): Output DP2 has no monitor section
[    22.183] (II) intel(0): Output DP3 has no monitor section
[    22.183] (II) intel(0): Output VIRTUAL1 has no monitor section
[    22.183] (--) intel(0): Output LVDS1 using initial mode 1600x900 on pipe 0
[    22.183] (--) intel(0): Output DP1 using initial mode 1920x1080 on pipe 1
[    22.183] (==) intel(0): DPI set to (96, 96)
[    22.183] (II) Loading sub module "dri2"
[    22.183] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
[    22.183] (II) Module "dri2" already built-in
[    22.183] (II) UnloadModule: "modesetting"
[    22.183] (II) Unloading modesetting
[    22.183] (II) UnloadModule: "fbdev"
[    22.183] (II) Unloading fbdev
[    22.183] (II) UnloadSubModule: "fbdevhw"
[    22.183] (II) Unloading fbdevhw
[    22.183] (II) UnloadModule: "vesa"
[    22.183] (II) Unloading vesa
[    22.183] (==) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
[    22.183] (II) intel(0): SNA initialized with Ivybridge (gen7, gt2) backend
[    22.183] (==) intel(0): Backing store enabled
[    22.183] (==) intel(0): Silken mouse enabled
[    22.183] (II) intel(0): HW Cursor enabled
[    22.183] (II) intel(0): RandR 1.2 enabled, ignore the following RandR disabled message.
[    22.184] (==) intel(0): DPMS enabled
[    22.184] (II) intel(0): [DRI2] Setup complete
[    22.184] (II) intel(0): [DRI2]  DRI driver: i965
[    22.184] (II) intel(0): [DRI2]  VDPAU driver: i965
[    22.184] (II) intel(0): direct rendering: DRI2 Enabled
[    22.184] (==) intel(0): hotplug detection: "enabled"
[    22.184] (--) RandR disabled
[    22.187] (II) SELinux: Disabled on system

Thank you in advance,
vaikus84

Hello

I'm new to Linux Lite. How would I go about optimizing My HDD to work balanced and long on it?
Meaning : scheduler / hdparm etc.

Would love to use TLP for it. So I could potentially tweak some other aspects of power management also like - Runtime Power Management / advanced power management / SATA aggressive link power management (ALPM) / PCI Express Active State Power Management (PCIe ASPM) etc.

Also would love to know the best balanced settings for those mentioned.

Any advice on what settings to use for this?:
(From what I understand this gives info to hdparm so essentially those are numbers to send to hdparm?)

# Hard disk advanced power management level: 1(max saving)..254(off)
# Levels 1..127 may spin down the disk.
# Separate values for multiple devices with spaces.
DISK_APM_LEVEL_ON_AC="254 254"
DISK_APM_LEVEL_ON_BAT="160 160"

Also how to set up the Lenovo Thinkpad T430's Free-fall sensor correctly?

Thank you in advance,
vaikus84