Talk:ThinkWiki

2005-06-22T21:11:46Z

81.57.190.231:

The main page of ThinkWiki is not protected, so feel free to edit it. But do it with caution - it's the primary connection to the all content of our '''ThinkWiki''' ;-)

--[[User:Akw|akw]] 00:11, 25 Sep 2004 (CEST)
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I added to wikipedia-like templates. To edit them go to Template:ThinkWiki_Preamble and Template:ThinkWiki_News.
Shall we put the other parts of the page in templates, too? If we do so, we could have that nice block design from wikipedia on our mainpage.

--[[User:Akw|akw]] 11:37, 25 Sep 2004 (CEST)

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I think this is too much color. Makes it less readable, takes longer to orientate than the plain list style layout.

Liked it with only the two blocks in the beginning.

If we want to use blocks for everything, please stick to fewer colors. I think the yellow of the first block is not bad, and else i'd suggest light grey, maybe light blue.

However, if we stick to having all in blocks, how about [[User:Wyrfel/mainlayouttest | this color scheme]]?

[[User:Wyrfel|Wyrfel]] 16:35, 25 Sep 2004 (CEST)

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Made [[User:Wyrfel/mainlayouttest-LTP | another Mainpage layout sketch]]. This tries to resemble the Tux and IBM logo colors and therefor looks quite "fresh".

[[User:Wyrfel|Wyrfel]] 18:59, 25 Sep 2004 (CEST)

: Too colorful for my taste, I think the other one is better --[[User:Nomeata|Nomeata]] 19:46, 28 Sep 2004 (CEST)
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'''Important change:''' Moved Main_Page to ThinkWiki for cosmetical reasons..

--[[User:Akw|akw]] 16:54, 26 Sep 2004 (CEST)
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== Needed: older ThinkPad specs... ==

As you can tell by my userid here, I've got a 600E. There are a whole lot of them out there thanks to the fact it was the current model during the Dot-Com era. We should cover the older ThinkPads and their quirks as well as the later models.

I also had a 365X, which is now living with a friend in the UK.

Yes, the next ThinkPad I'll probably score is a T4x, they are really kewl machines and inspire technolust in this geek. But until then, I love my 600E and I'm looking forward to some upgrades this weekend.

I will make copious notes on the upgrade process, which will include the installation of a 40GB hard drive and using the stock 10GB drive as extra Windows storage space. I have a hard drive bay module so the stock drive can be reused. The vast majority of the HD will be given over to an install of Debian Linux, with a 7GB Windows 2K partition because the University I will be attending a year from now demands it. (Yeah, I know, sucks, doesn't it.)

ThinkPad different,
Michelle

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I totally agree.

All specs of all models can be found on the IBM support pages, we just need volunteers to transfer the infos into internal pages.

Since this is not the most interesting thing to do and hence it would be best if people using older ThinkPads transfer the specs for their models themselves. The same goes for other articles as installation infos, problems or whatever. I had a 570 once and loved it even though T30s where available at the same time...and i'd like to see more about these machines here, which everyone of them had some special characteristics and ideas behind them. So please show up, proud owners of Thinkpad 730TEs. 701s, 360Ps, Transnotes etc. ... ! ;)

Owners of the newer machines should take care of writing their articles (especially when creating new pages or sections) in a way that they are open for older models as well...i.e. make clear in the page or section title that its a specific topic for newer models.

Thanks,
[[User:Wyrfel|Wyrfel]] 00:45, 29 Sep 2004 (CEST)
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I just inserted [[Special:Benchmarks|Benchmarks]] into the main menu.

--[[User:Akw|akw]] 14:07, 15 Oct 2004 (CEST)
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I replaced the old logo with the great new one crafted by [[User:Wyrfel|Wyrfel]]

--[[User:Akw|akw]] 14:22, 1 Mar 2005 (CET)

:The new logo is too large to fit the sidebar. I can only see the yellow center with the ThinkWiki text and the left foot of Tux. I am using 1024x768 resolution and Opera. --[[User:137.226.40.2|137.226.40.2]] 14:37, 1 Mar 2005 (CET)
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In Firefox the rest of the logo appears overlaid over the page frame. Interesting, that Opera doesn't do this.

However, we'll fix this soon.

[[User:Wyrfel|Wyrfel]] 19:57, 1 Mar 2005 (CET)

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:Well, I am using Firefox and I only see half of Tux without any overlay. I guess I'll wait for the fix :-) --[[User:80.146.81.192|80.146.81.192]] 21:33, 1 Mar 2005 (CET)
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Strange, it works with firefox and epiphany for me. I'll fix it.
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Ok, now the smaller logo image is online. Looks nice for me :-)

--[[User:Akw|akw]] 22:15, 1 Mar 2005 (CET)
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=== Main Page now protected ===
I had to protect the mainpage from editing because of vandalism.
Everyone who wants to add something to the mainpage is asked to post it here, the admins ([[User:Akw|akw]],
[[User:Wyrfel|Wyrfel]]) will insert it into the mainpage. You can also [[ThinkWiki:Contact|contact us]] to make your suggestions!

We're sorry for inconvenience. :-(

--[[User:Akw|akw]] 10:20, 2 Mar 2005 (CET)
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Hei Arno,

i tried to do some stuff with templates, but it seems like templates in this version of MediaWiki are lacking some features and also seem a bit buggy (or i want too much). Is it troublesome to update to 1.4rc1? Shell we wait for the stable?
[[User:Wyrfel|Wyrfel]] 01:09, 14 Mar 2005 (CET)
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=== Updates todo ===

== MediaWiki Update ==

I updated the thinkwiki software to version mediawiki 1.4.4. I hope this update will not be too painful.
There is still a problem with URL rewriting, so I had to deactivate the .htaccess file. Because of this, we got this ugly URLS with this '''index.php''' before the entry. The problem seems to be with the wiki config file '''LocalSettings.php''' and/or the '''.htaccess''' file.
I hope I get it fixed soon.

== Thinkpad and Apple Cinema 20' ==

I have a thinkpad R50. I have det required docking station with DVI.
If i try to boot my computer from the docking station nothing happends - it seems that it freezes up.
The only way i can get the monitor to work is:
1. boot the computer disconnected from the docking.
2. when the computer has booted i place it on the docking station. Then i works!!!

Do you know how to solve the problem.

Hope to hear from you.
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Try changing the bootup display settings in the BIOS. Are you talking about Linux or Windows?
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== Thinkpad t40 and acx111 mini-pci wlan ==

hi there friends of the big blue...

i have a t40, modifided with a acx111 mini-pci wlan card. card is removed from a usr 5416 pci card.
able to work with it under xp with 125mbit g++... wpa-psk keyed
suse 9.3 also detects the card, after putting firmware files in the firmware folder. wpa is possible.
other linux versions, i will try this day's... my favortite distrib is gentoo...
running bios 3.16, my only problem is my t40 won't start from akku pack, if the acx111 is plugged in.
when i put in my ac plug, it starts, iminiadtly after the boot screen appears, i can remove the ac plug and be able to work from my akku pac for hours, wireless with 125mbit.
anybody intrested in some coopporation to fix this problem?
sorry for my bad english.
if anybody wants to contact me, feel free to contact me...

xtc

Installing Debian Sid (September 2004) on a ThinkPad T42p

2005-05-29T14:15:09Z

81.57.190.231: Add whereami

==Links==
During my install of Debian Linux on my T42p I found the following Links to be very, very useful:

* [http://www.digriz.org.uk/t40p-linux/ A page with instructions for T40p.] Lots of useful info, but do not use the IRQ layout on this page for a T42p!
* Two more pages about Debian on T42p's: [http://modular.fas.harvard.edu/t42/ here] and [http://www.icemark.net/beh/misc/T42P here]
* [http://pompone.cs.ucsb.edu/~graziano/PowerPlay.html Enabling Powerplay (Radeon Power saving)] in three simple steps for debian XFree packages
* the original (closed-source) [[Fglrx | ATI drivers]] [http://xoomer.virgilio.it/flavio.stanchina/debian/fglrx-installer.html pre-packaged for debian] (to be compiled into a module deb with make-kpkg)
* An interesting [http://www.sas.upenn.edu/%7Evbraun/computing/T41/power.html Benchmark Page on Powersaving] with Windows vs Linux and APM vs ACPI
* A page documenting the first attempts to get [http://r300.sf.net/ hardware acceleration for the R300 GPU] (the one built into the T42p) running without the closed-source ATI drivers.
* another special and useful kernel module: [[Ibm-acpi | IBM-ACPI]] (since kernel versin 2.6.10 this is part of the stock kernel tree!)
* Quite some interesting add-ons for thinkpad-users, namely an extended Trackpoint driver with graphical configuration tool can be found here: [http://tpctl.sf.net tpctl home page] (unfortunately the trackpoint driver seems to be incompatible with the latest 2.6 kernels)
* [[BIOS_Upgrade | BIOS Updates]] [http://www-3.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-55386 from IBM]

==First steps==
Unfortunately there are no detailed instructions here, yet. Visit the links above if you feel the present set of information is too terse for your taste.

For the first boot and maybe even the first install I recommend a recent [http://kanotix.mipooh.net/viewforum.php?f=8 Image of] [[Kanotix]] (a [[Knoppix]] descendant with lots of notebook-specific extensions built-in, so it should boot your Thinkpad with most bells and whistles right out of the box!)

Before you change or repartition your drive, visit the [[Installation steps which apply to every Thinkpad_model#Backup.2FRescue_CD_Set|Backup/Rescue-Section]].

If you want to keep your WinXP partition, take a look at the [[Installation steps which apply to every Thinkpad_model#Resizing_your_Windows_Partition|Partition-Resizing Section]].

If you compile a new kernel (recommended), you can use [http://fionn.de/config-t42p-2.6.8
this 2.6.8 kernel-configuration] as a starting point if you like. For kernel 2.6.8 you will also need to apply [http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.8-rc3/2.6.8-rc3-mm1/broken-out/bk-cpufreq.patch this patch] and [http://gort.metaparadigm.com/cpufreq/cpufreq-speedstep-dothan-3.patch this one], too. Otherwise speedstep will not work on your Dothan CPU. I think in 2.6.9 this is fixed.

You might want to change your [[IRQ]] settings in BIOS

==Debian Packages==

The following packages are relevant to your Thinkpad installation:

====Kernel:====

* kernel-source-2.6.11 (or the latest version available)
* If you have a kernel version < 2.6.10: ibm-acpi-source (see [[Ibm-acpi | IBM-ACPI]])
* sl-modem-source (for the built-in modem)
* ipw2100-source (if you have the "simple" 802.11b WLAN option, otherwise you either need the atheros or ipw2200 drivers!)
* thinkpad-source (optional, I have yet to find a feature that thinkpad-modules offer and the more modern ibm-acpi does not)
* (optional) the closed-source [[Fglrx | ATI drivers]] [http://xoomer.virgilio.it/flavio.stanchina/debian/fglrx-installer.html pre-packaged for debian]

====Other:====

* sl-modem-daemon (modem)
* tpb (for the thinkpad buttons a nifty OSD, actually alot nicer than the WinXP one!)
* tpctl (needed to control some functions of the thinkpad kernel extensions)
* thinkpad-base
* acpid
* [http://packages.debian.org/testing/net/whereami whereami] (automatically detects suitable LANs and supports drop-in configuration), waproamd is obselete and limited to WEP
* ifplugd (automatically detects network connections and brings up your interfaces accordingly)
* powernowd (Use this OPTIONS line in /etc/init.d/powernowd: OPTIONS="-q -m 0 -l 35 -p 500 -s 200000") and viola, there you got nice, all-automatic speedstepping.
* bluez-utils (for bluetooth)
* wireless-tools (for wlan)
* laptop-mode-tools (see [[Laptop-mode | laptop-mode]] for further information)

====DO NOT USE:====

* tleds (this package will fuck up your keyboard during network-io and tremendously slow down network throughput)

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