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Installation instructions for the ThinkPad R51e
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I have an IBM ThinkPad R51E, and I have installed Debian Sarge on it.
Just run the cd-rom of installation, boot it and press FN + F7.
Running SuSE 10.2 (net upgrade from a 10.1 DVD install) on a R51e, machine model 1843.
- Get openSUSE-10.2-GM-i386-mini.iso
- Under Windows: Multimedia Center for Think Offerings > RecordNow Data > Copy > Burn Image
- find the IP address of the installation repository and directory on server
- Boot from CD, select HTTP install, enter server IP and directory eg, /pub/opensuse/distribution/10.2/repo/oss
Video
fglrx ATI RADEON XPRESS 200M Series with Xorg 7.x
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# ./ati-driver-installer-8.33.6-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg SuSE/SUSE102-IA32
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# rpm -Uvh fglrx_7_1_0_SUSE102-8.33.6-1.i386.rpm
[...] 1:fglrx_7_1_0_SUSE102 ########################################## [100%]/usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx /make: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.18.2-34-obj/i386/default'[...] INSTALL /usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/fglrx.koDEPMOD 2.6.18.2-34-defaultPlease read "/usr/share/doc/packages/fglrx/README.SuSE" forconfiguration details when using SaX2.
- Configure with # sax2 -r -m 0=fglrx
- If
$ fglrxinfo
display: :0.0 screen: 0OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: www.mesa3d.orgOpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX IndirectOpenGL version string: 1.2 (1.5 Mesa 6.4.1)
then as per Problems_with_fglrx,
# mkdir -p /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri# ln -s /usr/lib/dri/fglrx_dri.so /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri
- This is the expected result of
$ fglrxinfo
display: :0.0 screen: 0OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.OpenGL renderer string: RADEON XPRESS Series GenericOpenGL version string: 2.0.6286 (8.33.6)
Hint:
Invoke # fglrx-kernel-build.sh after each kernel upgrade/change.
madwifi for Atheros 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI
Hint:
Add http://madwifi.org/suse/10.2 to YaST2 Installation Sources for Atheros drivers for default SuSE kernel.
Sound
$ lspci
[...] 00:14.5 Multimedia audio controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
$ lsmod
[...] snd_ac97_codec 95648 1 snd_atiixp
amongst other modules.
NOTE!
If Headphone Sense or Line Jack Sense are unmuted audio is dead. This can cause considerable grief.
