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Talk:BIOS Upgrade Downloads

2008-12-16T22:18:25Z

Colo: New section: BIOS update on x200 w/o Windows?

== BIOS update on x200 w/o Windows? ==

I'm looking for a way to update the BIOS of my new x200, which is running 64bit GNU/Linux exclusively. I don't have a dock/external CD driver. Is there a way to do the update without installing Microsoft Windows to my hard driver or obtaining a suitable CD drive?
--[[User:Colo|Colo]] 23:18, 16 December 2008 (CET)

Talk:UltraNav

2006-10-25T21:11:09Z

Colo:

Is there a reliable way to turn off the touchpad and the lowermost buttons, but leave the other functions (trackpoint and three buttons above the pad) not tampered with?
Thanks for input!

Update: Nevermind, I just found the BIOS-option to disable it :D

- colo

Talk:UltraNav

2006-10-25T20:48:00Z

Colo:

Is there a reliable way to turn off the touchpad and the lowermost buttons, but leave the other functions (trackpoint and three buttons above the pad) not tampered with?
Thanks for input! :)
- colo

Talk:ATI Open Source

2006-06-11T11:41:47Z

Colo:

This article has a bad title, and confuses the two components of the driver (<tt>radeon</tt> in X.org and <tt>r300</tt> in the kernel).

--[[User:Thinker|Thinker]] 09:31, 11 June 2006 (CEST)
----

While I agree to the former poster, I'm trying for months now to get my hands on some benchmarks of Quake 3 "demo four" on a r3x0-card driven by the "r300"-driver. If anybody is willing to undergo such a procedure, please contact me (or just post figures of relevance in here ;)

--[[User:colo|colo]] 13:33, 11 June 2006 (CEST)
----

Category talk:X60s

2006-03-22T12:48:43Z

Colo:

There's a review of the X60 over at ArsTechnica ( http://arstechnica.com/reviews/hardware/x60.ars/ ), stating that the X60s actually boasts an 1.8" harddrive. Can anyone clear things up for me, is this correct information, or bogus?

Talk:Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950

2006-03-03T21:31:41Z

Colo:

Any information about whether this chip supports DRI/hardware-accelerated GLX with free drivers or not?

Cheers :)

Distribution

2006-03-02T19:07:14Z

Colo:

There are several '''Linux Distributions''' (collections of Linux/GNU-related software) available on the net.

Visit our [[:Category:Distributions|Distributions category]] page for an overview of Distros you can find information about on ThinkWiki.

A good starting point for news, comparisons and more detailed information about distributions is [http://www.distrowatch.com distrowatch.com].

You can download CD images (aka isos) of distributions from [http://www.linuxiso.org linuxiso.org], which seems to be unmaintained and out-of-date for quite some time now. A viable alternative is provided by the nice folks of [http://linuxquestions.org linuxquestions.org], to be found at [http://www.lqiso.org www.lqiso.org].

[[Category:Glossary]]

Intel Core Solo (Yonah)

2006-02-28T12:11:58Z

Colo: /* GCC Optimization Flags */

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|style="vertical-align:top" |
<div style="margin: 0; margin-right:10px; border: 1px solid #dfdfdf; padding: 0em 1em 1em 1em; background-color:#F8F8FF; align:right;">
===Intel Core Solo (Yonah)===
The Intel Core Solo is the successor of the [[Intel_Pentium_M_(Dothan)|Pentium M processor]]. The structures were shrinked again to 65 nm. The Intel Core processors feature a 667 MHz FSB and accompany the Napa Centrino platform.

===Features===
*1.66 GHz clock speed
*667 MHz FSB
*27 watt thermal design power consumption
*151 Million Transistors
*65 nm process
*2 MB L2-Cache
*[[SpeedStep|Enhanced Intel SpeedStep (EIST)]], power states: normal (C0), AutoHALT/MWAIT (C1), Stop Grant (C2), Deep Sleep (C3), Deeper Sleep (C4)
*[[SIMD|MMX]], [[SIMD|SSE]], [[SIMD|SSE2]], [[SIMD|SSE3]] instruction sets, XD-Bit
</div>
|}

==Available Types and ThinkPads featuring them==
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2
|- style="background:#ffdead;white-space:nowrap;"
! Nr. || colspan=2 | Frequency (MHz) || FSB (MHz)|| XD-Bit || colspan=2 | core Voltage (V) || colspan=2 | TDP (W) || ThinkPad Models
|- style="background:#ffdead;"
! !!max. !! min. !! !! !! high !! low !! high !! low !!
|- style="background:#efefef;"
! colspan="10" | Intel Core Solo
|-
| T1300 || 1666 || 1000 || 667 || yes || 1.2 || ... || 27 || 13.1 || {{X60}}, {{T60}}
|}

==Thermal Specifications==
The maximum temperature for safe operation is 100 Â°C.

==GCC Optimization Flags==
Safe, recommended optimizations for GCC 3.4.x and later:
-pipe -O2 -march=pentium-m -msse3 -fomit-frame-pointer

Possibly unsafe optimizations for GCC 3.3.x and later:
-mfpmath=sse

Optimizations likely to break binary-only compatibility:
-ffast-math

==See also==
[[Intel_Core_Duo_(Yonah)|Intel Core Duo (Yonah)]]

[[Category:Components]]

Intel Core Duo (Yonah)

2006-02-28T12:09:13Z

Colo: /* GCC Optimization Flags */

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|style="vertical-align:top" |
<div style="margin: 0; margin-right:10px; border: 1px solid #dfdfdf; padding: 0em 1em 1em 1em; background-color:#F8F8FF; align:right;">
===Intel Core Duo (Yonah)===
The Intel Core is the successor of the [[Intel_Pentium_M_(Dothan)|Pentium M processor]]. The fabrication process was reduced again to 65 nm and with this generation Intel introduced Dual Core processors to the mobile market. The Intel Core processors feature a 667 MHz FSB and accompany the Napa Centrino platform.

===Features===
*Dual Core
*1.5 - 2.16 GHz clock speed
*15 (low voltage) or 31 (normal voltage) watt thermal design power consumption
*667 MHz FSB
*151 Million Transistors
*65 nm fabrication process
*2 MB L2-Cache with dynamic cache sizing
*[[SpeedStep|Enhanced Intel SpeedStep (EIST)]], power states: normal (C0), AutoHALT/MWAIT (C1), Stop Grant (C2), Deep Sleep (C3), Deeper Sleep (C4)
*[[SIMD|MMX]], [[SIMD|SSE]], [[SIMD|SSE2]], [[SIMD|SSE3]] instruction sets, XD-Bit
</div>
|}

==Available Types and ThinkPads featuring them==
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2
|- style="background:#ffdead;white-space:nowrap;"
! Nr. || colspan=2 | Frequency (MHz) || FSB (MHz)|| XD-Bit || colspan=2 | core Voltage (V) || colspan=2 | TDP (W) || ThinkPad Models
|- style="background:#ffdead;"
! !!max. !! min. !! !! !! high !! low !! high freq !! low freq !!
|- style="background:#efefef;"
! colspan=10 | Intel Core Duo
|-
| T2600 || 2166 || 1000 || 667 || yes || 1.2 || ... || 31 || 13.1 || {{T60p}}
|-
| T2500 || 2000 || 1000 || 667 || yes || 1.2 || ... || 31 || 13.1 || {{T60}}, {{T60p}}
|-
| T2400 || 1833 || 1000 || 667 || yes || 1.2 || ... || 31 || 13.1 || {{T60}}, {{X60}}
|-
| T2300 || 1666 || 1000 || 667 || yes || 1.2 || ... || 31 || 13.1 || {{T60}}, {{X60}}
|- style="background:#efefef;"
! colspan=10 | Intel Core Duo (Low Voltage)
|-
| L2400 || 1666 || 1000 || 667 || yes || 1.1 || ... || 15 || 13.1 || {{X60s}}
|-
| L2300 || 1500 || 1000 || 667 || yes || 1.1 || ... || 15 || 13.1 || {{X60s}}
|}

==Thermal Specifications==
The maximum temperature for safe operation is 100 Â°C.

==GCC Optimization Flags==
Safe, recommended optimizations for GCC 3.4.x and later:
-pipe -O2 -march=pentium-m -msse3 -fomit-frame-pointer

Possibly unsafe optimizations for GCC 3.3.x and later:
-mfpmath=sse

Optimizations likely to break binary-only compatibility:
-ffast-math

==See also==
[[Intel_Core_Solo_(Yonah)|Intel Core Solo (Yonah)]]

[[Category:Components]]

Ipw3945

2006-02-27T11:31:52Z

Colo: /* Linux WiFi driver */

__NOTOC__
{| width="100%"
|style="vertical-align:top" |
<div style="margin: 0; margin-right:10px; border: 1px solid #dfdfdf; padding: 0em 1em 1em 1em; background-color:#F8F8FF; align:right;">
=== Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Mini-PCI Express Adapter ===
This is a Mini-PCI Express WiFi Adapter

=== Features ===
* Chipset: Intel WM3945AG
* IEEE Standards: 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g
* PCI ID: 8086:????
</div>
|style="vertical-align:top" |
[[image:mini-pci-wifi-card.gif|Mini-PCI WiFi Adapter]]
|}
=== IBM Partnumbers ===
??
{{NOTE| Only the IBM Parts will work, any other parts will give an 1802 error on Post because the sub-vendor PCI ID is different, see [[Problem with unauthorized MiniPCI network card]] for more details}}

=== Also known (in IBM literature) as.... ===
* ...

=== Linux WiFi driver ===
The most recent revision of the Intel Centrino platform does utilize a new generation of wireless networking device, connected to the system via '''PCI-E''', and not PCI (like the [[ipw2200]]-line used to do). Therefore, a new driver is to be used. A sourceforge-project aimed to support the new cards is available on [http://ipw3945.sourceforge.net/ http://ipw3945.sourceforge.net/]. However, as of today, the project's code (which is not in production stable condition) depends on a '''binary-only, proprietary''' user-space-daemon communicating to the driver via sysfs. It is '''not possible''' to operate this device with Free Software exclusively at the moment. The license-terms the daemon is released under prohibit reverse-engineering of the communication-protocol; this will hopefully not hold developers from countries other than the US, where clauses like this one are not enforceable, from re-implementing a free variant of some sort.
==== External Discussion ====
This issue already sparked discussions on the [http://lkml.org/ Linux Kernel Mailing List], accessible via [http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/2/24/266 http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/2/24/266].

==== Current State ====
The [[ipw2200]]-drivers in kernel 2.6.15 (and possibly later) do '''not''' work with this adapter. There is '''no mainline-kernel support''' at the moment, and without a change in the license of the required user-space-daemon, or mechanics of the code itself, '''probably''' will never be any.

=== ThinkPads this card may be found in ===
* {{T60}}, {{T60p}}
* {{X60}}, {{X60s}}

[[Category:Components]]

User:Colo

2006-02-27T11:20:08Z

Colo:

== Personal ==
You're welcome to visit my [http://gnulords.org/~colo/ homepage] at [http://gnulords.org/~colo/ http://gnulords.org/~colo/].

Ipw3945

2006-02-27T11:05:45Z

Colo: /* External Discussion */

__NOTOC__
{| width="100%"
|style="vertical-align:top" |
<div style="margin: 0; margin-right:10px; border: 1px solid #dfdfdf; padding: 0em 1em 1em 1em; background-color:#F8F8FF; align:right;">
=== Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Mini-PCI Express Adapter ===
This is a Mini-PCI Express WiFi Adapter

=== Features ===
* Chipset: Intel WM3945AG
* IEEE Standards: 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g
* PCI ID: 8086:????
</div>
|style="vertical-align:top" |
[[image:mini-pci-wifi-card.gif|Mini-PCI WiFi Adapter]]
|}
=== IBM Partnumbers ===
??
{{NOTE| Only the IBM Parts will work, any other parts will give an 1802 error on Post because the sub-vendor PCI ID is different, see [[Problem with unauthorized MiniPCI network card]] for more details}}

=== Also known (in IBM literature) as.... ===
* ...

=== Linux WiFi driver ===
The most recent revision of the Intel Centrino platform does utilize a new generation of wireless networking device, connected to the system via '''PCI-E''', and not PCI (like the [[ipw2200]]-line used to do). Therefore, a new driver is to be used. A sourceforge-project aimed to support the new cards is available on [http://ipw3945.sourceforge.net/ http://ipw3945.sourceforge.net/]. However, as of today, the project's code (which is not in production stable condition) depends on a '''binary-only, proprietary''' user-space-daemon communicating to the driver via sysfs. It is '''not possible''' to operate this device with Free Software exclusively at the moment. The license-terms the daemon is released under prohibit reverse-engineering of the communication-protocol, this will hopefully not hold developers from countries other than the US, where clauses like this one are not enforceable, from re-implementing a free variant of some sort.
==== External Discussion ====
This issue already sparked discussions on the [http://lkml.org/ Linux Kernel Mailing List], accessible via [http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/2/24/266 http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/2/24/266].

==== Current State ====
The [[ipw2200]]-drivers in kernel 2.6.15 (and possibly later) do '''not''' work with this adapter. There is '''no mainline-kernel support''' at the moment, and without a change in the license of the required user-space-daemon, or mechanics of the code itself, '''probably''' will never be any.

=== ThinkPads this card may be found in ===
* {{T60}}, {{T60p}}
* {{X60}}, {{X60s}}

[[Category:Components]]

Ipw3945

2006-02-27T11:05:03Z

Colo: /* Linux WiFi driver */

__NOTOC__
{| width="100%"
|style="vertical-align:top" |
<div style="margin: 0; margin-right:10px; border: 1px solid #dfdfdf; padding: 0em 1em 1em 1em; background-color:#F8F8FF; align:right;">
=== Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Mini-PCI Express Adapter ===
This is a Mini-PCI Express WiFi Adapter

=== Features ===
* Chipset: Intel WM3945AG
* IEEE Standards: 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g
* PCI ID: 8086:????
</div>
|style="vertical-align:top" |
[[image:mini-pci-wifi-card.gif|Mini-PCI WiFi Adapter]]
|}
=== IBM Partnumbers ===
??
{{NOTE| Only the IBM Parts will work, any other parts will give an 1802 error on Post because the sub-vendor PCI ID is different, see [[Problem with unauthorized MiniPCI network card]] for more details}}

=== Also known (in IBM literature) as.... ===
* ...

=== Linux WiFi driver ===
The most recent revision of the Intel Centrino platform does utilize a new generation of wireless networking device, connected to the system via '''PCI-E''', and not PCI (like the [[ipw2200]]-line used to do). Therefore, a new driver is to be used. A sourceforge-project aimed to support the new cards is available on [http://ipw3945.sourceforge.net/ http://ipw3945.sourceforge.net/]. However, as of today, the project's code (which is not in production stable condition) depends on a '''binary-only, proprietary''' user-space-daemon communicating to the driver via sysfs. It is '''not possible''' to operate this device with Free Software exclusively at the moment. The license-terms the daemon is released under prohibit reverse-engineering of the communication-protocol, this will hopefully not hold developers from countries other than the US, where clauses like this one are not enforceable, from re-implementing a free variant of some sort.
==== External Discussion ====
This issue already sparked discussions on the [http://lkml.org/ LKML], accessible via [http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/2/24/266 http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/2/24/266].
==== Current State ====
The [[ipw2200]]-drivers in kernel 2.6.15 (and possibly later) do '''not''' work with this adapter. There is '''no mainline-kernel support''' at the moment, and without a change in the license of the required user-space-daemon, or mechanics of the code itself, '''probably''' will never be any.

=== ThinkPads this card may be found in ===
* {{T60}}, {{T60p}}
* {{X60}}, {{X60s}}

[[Category:Components]]