Difference between revisions of "Installing Debian 3.1 (Sarge) (alternative) on a ThinkPad T42"
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== Kernel == | == Kernel == | ||
| − | + | * Set preemptive kernel | |
| − | + | * Add madwifi | |
| − | + | * Add patch from: http://bugme.osdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3022 , adding the 2373VUW model | |
| − | + | * Add swsusp | |
| − | + | * {{cmduser||make-kpkg --append-to-version -t42 --initrd kernel_image modules_image}} | |
== Additional packages == | == Additional packages == | ||
| − | + | * acpid | |
| − | + | * alsa-base, alsa-utils, alsa-oss | |
| − | + | * anacron | |
| − | + | * gnome-volume-manager | |
| − | + | * libc6-i686 | |
| − | + | * tpb for OSD display of IBM keys and remapping the Access IBM key | |
== Frequency scaling == | == Frequency scaling == | ||
| − | + | * Load modules: cpufreq_ondemand, speedstep-centrino | |
| − | + | * Add the following to your startup sequence {{cmdroot|echo >/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor ondemand}} | |
== HDAPS == | == HDAPS == | ||
| − | + | * Add module hdaps | |
| − | + | * Add package hdaps-utils | |
== Additional modules == | == Additional modules == | ||
| − | + | * ibm_acpi | |
| − | + | * nvram | |
== ACPID == | == ACPID == | ||
| − | + | * To map Fn-F4 (suspend) and Fn-F12 (hibernate) | |
{{cmduser|cat /etc/acpi/events/ibm}} | {{cmduser|cat /etc/acpi/events/ibm}} | ||
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ifup ath0 | ifup ath0 | ||
</verbatim> | </verbatim> | ||
| − | + | * Add echo enable >/proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey to enable hotkey reporting to ACPI | |
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| − | * Caveats | + | == GRUB == |
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| + | * Add resume=<swap device> so that the system finds the hibernated ram on power up | ||
| + | * Add a noresume option to boot without recovering the hibernation | ||
| + | |||
| + | == Caveats == | ||
| + | |||
| + | * Using cifs causes hiccups suspending/hibernating, use smbnetfs | ||
Revision as of 20:20, 27 November 2005
Some notes I took for my install:
IBM THINKPAD T42 (2373VUW)
I installed Debian Sarge (testing with selected packages from unstable/experimental).
Contents
Kernel
- Set preemptive kernel
- Add madwifi
- Add patch from: http://bugme.osdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3022 , adding the 2373VUW model
- Add swsusp
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Additional packages
- acpid
- alsa-base, alsa-utils, alsa-oss
- anacron
- gnome-volume-manager
- libc6-i686
- tpb for OSD display of IBM keys and remapping the Access IBM key
Frequency scaling
- Load modules: cpufreq_ondemand, speedstep-centrino
- Add the following to your startup sequence
# echo >/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor ondemand
HDAPS
- Add module hdaps
- Add package hdaps-utils
Additional modules
- ibm_acpi
- nvram
ACPID
- To map Fn-F4 (suspend) and Fn-F12 (hibernate)
$ cat /etc/acpi/events/ibm
{{{1}}}
alex@armitage:~$ cat /etc/acpi/ibm.sh
- !/bin/sh
case $4 in
00001004) /usr/local/sbin/suspend.sh mem ;;
0000100c) /usr/local/sbin/suspend.sh disk ;;
esac
alex@armitage:~$ cat /usr/local/sbin/suspend.sh
- !/bin/sh
ifdown ath0 echo -n $1 >/sys/power/state ifup ath0 </verbatim>
- Add echo enable >/proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey to enable hotkey reporting to ACPI
GRUB
- Add resume=<swap device> so that the system finds the hibernated ram on power up
- Add a noresume option to boot without recovering the hibernation
Caveats
- Using cifs causes hiccups suspending/hibernating, use smbnetfs
