Installing Gentoo 2007.0 on a ThinkPad R61
Contents
Model
Lenovo Thinkpad R61 7743-Y1B
General
This installation instruction describes the steps after a Gentoo 2007.0 base installation. Please read the gentoo handbook for installation instructions
Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M
To install and configure the nVidia driver, just emerge nvidia-driver. Tested with nvidia-driver-100.14.19, everything works fine, games run smooth.
Framebuffer works fine with vga=791, might work on higher resolutions as well, hwinfo --framebufer displays the supported resolutions.
Sound: AD1984
Did not work with older Versions of ALSA driver, works fine with ALSA 1.0.15 and should work with ALSA 1.0.14 as well. The in-kernel ALSA works since 2.6.23.
The mute button is hardwired and works, the volume up and volume down buttons work as well but you need to configure them first.
Note: After muting you have to press a volume up or down button to unmute, and the mute status is not displayed in any mixer application.
Network: Intel E1000 NIC and IPW4965abgn WNIC
The integrated e1000 LAN NIC works out of the box.
For wireless you have to unmask and emerge the iwlwifi package with the ipw4965 USEFlag enabled.
Don't forget that the interface (wlan0) has to be set as up (ifconfig wlan0 up) before scanning and associating works.
Ports: PCMCIA, USB, IEEE 1394 Firewire
PCMCIA port works out of the box, tested with an audigy pcmcia. I have no express slot cards available for testing.
The left hand usb ports generate an IRQ nobody cared error from time to time, Try to boot with irqpoll in your kernel line as suggested.
Firewire is untested but should work, as the port is recognized and the module loaded.
Drives
The optical drive and hard drive work out of the box
Input
TouchPad
Works out of the box here, with scrolling. Have a look at my Xorg.conf section at the end
Trackpoint
Works out of the box as well, with no scrolling however. Can be configured via xorg.conf, I prefer using the middle button as mouse3.
Keyboard
Works out of the box, most of the Fn Keys work.
Hardwired: Mute, Thinklight, Brightness
Generates a keycode and can be configured: Volume Down, Volume Up, Fn+F2, Fn+F3, Fn+F4, Fn+F5, Fn+F7, Fn+Arrows
Does not generate a key event: Fn+F8, Fn+F9, Fn+F12, Fn+Space
Power Management
Suspend to RAM worked out of the box here, echo 3 > /proc/acpi/sleep puts the machine in suspend mode, opening it or pressing the power button wakes it up. Worked with nvidia driver and in X11. All devices came back without problems, wlan might have disconnected, but by using networkmanager, wicd or a good configuration it should reconnect after waking up. Works here with wicd.
Integrated Fingerprint Reader
Emerge the thinkfinger package, add a user with the tf-tool. Then you have to edit the /etc/pam.d/system-auth file by adding
auth sufficient pam_thinkfinger.so
between pam.unix and pam.env.
Refer to the Gentoo-Wiki to use it with xscreensaver, there is a good solution over there
Note: kdm has problems with thinkfinger auth and might crash. There are patches, but I didn't test them yet. gdm works fine here.
Configuration Files
xorg.conf
Note that I use the XFont Server, you might have to change the font path.
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "single head configuration"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
inputDevice "Touchpad" "SendCoreEvents"
EndSection
Section "Files"
FontPath "unix/:-1"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "fbdevhw"
Load "glx"
Load "record"
Load "freetype"
Load "type1"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc102"
Option "XkbLayout" "ch"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Touchpad"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mouse0"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "LeftEdge" "1700"
Option "RightEdge" "5300"
Option "TopEdge" "1700"
Option "BottomEdge" "4200"
Option "FingerLow" "25"
Option "FingerHigh" "30"
Option "MaxTapTime" "180"
Option "MaxTapMove" "220"
Option "VertScrollDelta" "100"
Option "MinSpeed" "0.02"
Option "MaxSpeed" "0.28"
Option "AccelFactor" "0.0010"
Option "SHMConfig" "on"
Option "UseSHM" "true"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7"
Option "buttons" "7"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Flat Panel 1400x950"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA"
BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce FX (generic)"
Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
Option "RenderAccel" "true"
Option "Backingstore" "true"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "true"
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1440x900" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
Modes "1440x900" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
Modes "1440x900" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Group 0
Mode 0666
EndSection
xmodmap
Note: you have to xmodmap /path/to/file this file in your autostart. You might have different keycodes, use the application xev to display them.
# Fn + Fx Keys ,from F2 to F7 keycode 146 = F22 keycode 241 = F23 keycode 223 = F24 keycode 142 = F25 keycode 214 = F26 keycode 215 = F27 # Volume buttons keycode 174 = F30 keycode 176 = F31 # Fn + Arrows keycode 144 = F32 keycode 162 = F33 keycode 153 = F34 keycode 164 = F35
