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Talk:ThinkPad Port Replicator II

2008-10-27T06:46:10Z

Nephilim:

I have this Port replicator and was wondering if the '''DVI''' port is incompatable with my system.
I have Thinkpad R40 2722-BBG.
Thanks,

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There is no 2722-BBG. However, if that is a 2722-B3G, these would be the specs:
Product: ThinkPad R40 2722-B3G
Operating system: All [change]
Original description: P M 1.4GHz, 256MB RAM, 40GB HDD, 15 XGA(1024x768) TFT LCD, 32MB ATI Radeon 7500, 24x10x24x/8x CD-RW/DVD, Wireless upgradeable(MPCI), Modem(CDC), 10/100 Ethernet(LOM), Secure Chip, 8 cell Li-Ion battery, WinXP Pro

This computer uses an ATI Radeon 7500 video chip set that supports a DVI port on a dock or port replicator. It may be able to run dual external monitors, one each attached to the DVI and VGA ports.

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There is almost no documentation on which systems support DVI, and which do not.

If I where to guess, I would say no, but the best way to find out is to simply attach a DVI display and see if it works.

If you find out, either way, let us know.

--[[User:Tonko|Tonko]] 02:44, 2 Nov 2005 (CET)

Generally speaking. Thinkpads which use Intel Integrated graphics don't support DVI ports. Those with ATI graphics support the DVI, and most ATI grpahics support simultaneous use of the DVI and VGA ports for dual external monitors. In this mode, the built-in LCD is turned off as the chip can only drive two monitors). [[User:Maccess|Maccess]] 04:53, 9 May 2008 (CEST)
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Does anybody know anything about the compatibility to '''Linux''' in general? Does anything work without problems?

Is it really compatible with the '''R52''' (1860), it's not listed on the IBM/Lenovo website [[http://www-131.ibm.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=-840&storeId=10000001&langId=-1&dualCurrId=73&categoryId=2581897&productId=8581830]].

Thank you

--[[User:Kwbolte|Kwbolte]] 17:28, 26 Dec 2005 (CET)

No problem whatsoever with '''T41''' and this replicator in '''Linux'''. I have most of the ports in use, except DVI.

--[[User:APz|APz]] 03:29, 28 January 2008 (CET)

I have a [[:Category:T43|T43]] [[2668-71U]] with [[ATI Mobility Radeon X300]] graphical card and a DELL 2408WFP 24 inch LCD (1920x1200).

I tested the DVI connection between the laptop and the LCD with both [[ThinkPad Port Replicator II]] (FRU: 74P6733) and [[ThinkPad Mini-Dock]] (FRU: 62P4551). They work very stable at the native 60Hz refresh rate. (DVI cable is the original one shipped with the LCD)

The operating system is [[:Category:Ubuntu_8.04|Ubuntu Linux 8.04 (hardy)]] and the graphic card driver is the open source driver: xserver-xorg-driver-ati.

--[[User:P3n9|P3n9]] 15:28, 20 June 2008 (CEST)

== Limitations of video signal output ==

Apparently, some thinkpad port replicators II and some thinkpads don't play well with the video signal when connected.

This is '''not''' a general problem of all thinkpads and all port replicators, so I have removed the only report so far to the talk page. Please update the topic, and when we get some sort of idea of what is affected by what, we can update the main page.

--[[User:Hmh|hmh]] 04:11, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Screen resolution restricted to 640x480 when attached to the port replicator. Without, 1024x768 (on a T40 2373-12G) possible.

--[[User:Gille|Gille]] 2007-07-11T10:25:17

Talk:ThinkPad Port Replicator II

2008-10-23T08:50:07Z

Nephilim: Question on using dvi port on port replicator

I have this Port replicator and was wondering if the '''DVI''' port is incompatable with my system.
I have Thinkpad R40 2722-BBG.
Thanks,

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There is no 2722-BBG. However, if that is a 2722-B3G, these would be the specs:
Product: ThinkPad R40 2722-B3G
Operating system: All [change]
Original description: P M 1.4GHz, 256MB RAM, 40GB HDD, 15 XGA(1024x768) TFT LCD, 32MB ATI Radeon 7500, 24x10x24x/8x CD-RW/DVD, Wireless upgradeable(MPCI), Modem(CDC), 10/100 Ethernet(LOM), Secure Chip, 8 cell Li-Ion battery, WinXP Pro

This computer uses an ATI Radeon 7500 video chip set that supports a DVI port on a dock or port replicator. It may be able to run dual external monitors, one each attached to the DVI and VGA ports.

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There is almost no documentation on which systems support DVI, and which do not.

If I where to guess, I would say no, but the best way to find out is to simply attach a DVI display and see if it works.

If you find out, either way, let us know.

--[[User:Tonko|Tonko]] 02:44, 2 Nov 2005 (CET)

Generally speaking. Thinkpads which use Intel Integrated graphics don't support DVI ports. Those with ATI graphics support the DVI, and most ATI grpahics support simultaneous use of the DVI and VGA ports for dual external monitors. In this mode, the built-in LCD is turned off as the chip can only drive two monitors). [[User:Maccess|Maccess]] 04:53, 9 May 2008 (CEST)
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Does anybody know anything about the compatibility to '''Linux''' in general? Does anything work without problems?

Is it really compatible with the '''R52''' (1860), it's not listed on the IBM/Lenovo website [[http://www-131.ibm.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=-840&storeId=10000001&langId=-1&dualCurrId=73&categoryId=2581897&productId=8581830]].

Thank you

--[[User:Kwbolte|Kwbolte]] 17:28, 26 Dec 2005 (CET)

No problem whatsoever with '''T41''' and this replicator in '''Linux'''. I have most of the ports in use, except DVI.

--[[User:APz|APz]] 03:29, 28 January 2008 (CET)

I have a [[:Category:T43|T43]] [[2668-71U]] with [[ATI Mobility Radeon X300]] graphical card and a DELL 2408WFP 24 inch LCD (1920x1200).

I tested the DVI connection between the laptop and the LCD with both [[ThinkPad Port Replicator II]] (FRU: 74P6733) and [[ThinkPad Mini-Dock]] (FRU: 62P4551). They work very stable at the native 60Hz refresh rate. (DVI cable is the original one shipped with the LCD)

The operating system is [[:Category:Ubuntu_8.04|Ubuntu Linux 8.04 (hardy)]] and the graphic card driver is the open source driver: xserver-xorg-driver-ati.

--[[User:P3n9|P3n9]] 15:28, 20 June 2008 (CEST)

I'm using an R52 (1400x1050 X300). Is it possible to attach an external LCD monitor to the DVI port of the Port Replicator II and use the internal and external displays as one big desktop (via xrandr)? At the moment this works without the Port Replicator and the LCD connected to the VGA port.

--[[User:Nephilim|Nephilim]] 10:50, 23 October 2008 (CEST)

== Limitations of video signal output ==

Apparently, some thinkpad port replicators II and some thinkpads don't play well with the video signal when connected.

This is '''not''' a general problem of all thinkpads and all port replicators, so I have removed the only report so far to the talk page. Please update the topic, and when we get some sort of idea of what is affected by what, we can update the main page.

--[[User:Hmh|hmh]] 04:11, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Screen resolution restricted to 640x480 when attached to the port replicator. Without, 1024x768 (on a T40 2373-12G) possible.

--[[User:Gille|Gille]] 2007-07-11T10:25:17

List of DMI IDs

2006-07-25T15:09:16Z

Nephilim:

{| width="100%"
|style="vertical-align:top;padding-right:20px;width:10px;white-space:nowrap;" | __TOC__
|style="vertical-align:top" |
This page maintains a database of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desktop_Management_Interface DMI] information which can be used to identify ThinkPad models. It is intended as an aid for driver development.
{{HELP|We need more information about older models, especially those released before 2004. Please [[#Adding_entries|add your model]] to the database.}}
|}

==DMI ID database==

<div style="font-size: 80%">
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"
|-
! Model
! <tt>system- manufa cturer</tt>
! <tt>system- product- name</tt>
! <tt>system- version</tt>
! <tt>baseboard- manufa cturer</tt>
! <tt>baseboard- product- name</tt>
! <tt>baseboard- version</tt>
! <tt>chassis- manufa cturer</tt>
! <tt>chassis- version</tt>
! <tt>bios- vendor</tt>
! <tt>bios- version</tt>
! <tt>bios- release- date</tt>
! Embedded controller
! Notes
|-
! colspan=14 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef;" |
====Numbered series====
|-
| {{600E}} 2645-5AU
|| IBM || 26455AU || Not Available || IBM || 26455AU || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || INET36WW || 11/20/1999
|| <nowiki></nowiki> || no system version
|-
! colspan=14 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef;" |
====A series====
|-
| {{A22p}} 2629-USG
|| IBM || 2629USG || Not Available || IBM || 2629USG || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || KYET36WW (1.09a) || 10/17/2002
|| || no system version
|-
! colspan=14 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef;" |
====G series====
|-
| {{G41}} 2881-75M
|| IBM || 288175M || ThinkPad G41 || IBM || 288175M || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1XET47WW (1.06 ) || 01/14/2005
|| <nowiki></nowiki> ||
|-
! colspan=14 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef;" |
====R series====
|-
| {{R40}} 2681-5UU
|| IBM || 26815UU || Not Available || IBM || 26815UU || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1OET57WW (1.23 ) || 03/23/2005
|| <nowiki></nowiki> || no system version
|-
| {{R40}} 2722-B3G
|| IBM || 2722B3G || Not Available || IBM || 2722B3G || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1PET62WW (1.30 ) || 09/29/2005
|| <nowiki></nowiki> || no system version
|-
| {{R51}} 1829-9MG
|| IBM || 18299MG || ThinkPad R51 || IBM || 18299MG || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1RETDOWW (3.20 ) || 02/27/2006
|| <nowiki> String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[1RHT71WW-3.04 ]-</nowiki> ||
|-
| {{R51}} 1829-L7G
|| IBM || 1829L7G || ThinkPad R51 || IBM || 1829L7G || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1RETDNWW (3.19 ) || 10/13/2005
|| <nowiki> String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[1RHT70WW-3.03 ]-</nowiki> ||
|-
| {{R51}} 2883-ELU
|| IBM || 2883ELU || ThinkPad R51 || IBM || 2883ELU || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1VET69WW (1.27 ) || 03/03/2006
|| <nowiki> String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[1VHT28WW-1.04 ]-</nowiki> ||
|-
| {{R52}} 1846-AQG
|| IBM || 1846AQG || ThinkPad H || IBM || 1846AQG || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 76ET58WW (1.18 ) || 07/19/2005
|| <nowiki>Handle 0x0029, DMI type 11, 5 bytes String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[76HT14WW-1.04 ]-</nowiki> || weird system version
|-
| {{R52}} 1846-AQG
|| IBM || 1846AQG || ThinkPad R52 || IBM || 1846AQG || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 76ET65WW (1.25 ) || 05/18/2006
|| <nowiki> String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[76HT16WW-1.06 ]-</nowiki> ||
|-
| {{R52}} 1847-W62
|| IBM || 1847W62 || ThinkPad . || IBM || 1847W62 || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 76ET58WW (1.18 ) || 07/19/2005
|| <nowiki>Handle 0x0029, DMI type 11, 5 byte String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[76HT14WW-1.04 ]-</nowiki> || weird system version
|-
| {{R52}} 1847-W62
|| IBM || 1847W62 || ThinkPad R52 || IBM || 1847W62 || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 76ET65WW (1.25 ) || 05/18/2006
|| <nowiki>Handle 0x0029, DMI type 11, 5 byte String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[76HT16WW-1.06 ]-</nowiki> ||
|-
! colspan=14 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef;" |

====T series====
|-
| {{T30}} 2366-85G
|| IBM || 236685G || Not Available || IBM || 236685G || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1IET69WW (2.08 ) || 06/11/2004
|| <nowiki> String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[1IHT18WW-1.05 ]-</nowiki> || no system version
|-
| {{T40}} 2378-D2U
|| IBM || 2378D2U || ThinkPad T40 || IBM || 2378D2U || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1RETC2WW (3.03 ) || 04/07/2004
|| <nowiki></nowiki> ||
|-
| {{T40p}} 2373-G1G
|| IBM || 2373G1G || ThinkPad T40p || IBM || 2373G1G || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1RETDPWW (3.21 ) || 06/02/2006
|| <nowiki> String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[1RHT71WW-3.04 ]-</nowiki> ||
|-
|{{T41}} 2373-XNX
|| IBM || 2373XNX || ThinkPad T41 || IBM || 2373XNX || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1RETDOWW (3.20 ) || 02/27/2006
|| <nowiki> String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[1RHT71WW-3.04 ]-</nowiki> ||
|-
| {{T41}} 2373-2FG
|| IBM || 23732FG || ThinkPad T41 || IBM || 23732FG || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1RET84WW (2.11 ) || 10/30/2003
|| <nowiki></nowiki> ||
|-
| {{T41p}} 2373-GEG
|| IBM || 2373GEG || ThinkPad T41p || IBM || 2373GEG || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1RETDNWW (3.19 ) || 10/13/2005
|| <nowiki> Handle 0x0029, DMI type 11, 5 byte String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[1RHT71WW-3.04 ]-</nowiki> ||
|-
| {{T42}} 2373-FWG
|| IBM || 2373FWG || ThinkPad T42 || IBM || 2373FWG || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1RETDHWW (3.13 ) || 10/29/2004
|| <nowiki> String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[1RHT71WW-3.04 ]-</nowiki> ||
|-
| {{T42}} 2373-M1G
|| IBM || 2373M1G || ThinkPad T42 || IBM || 2373M1G || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1RETDPWW (3.21 ) || 06/02/2006
|| <nowiki> String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[1RHT71WW-3.04 ]-</nowiki> ||
|-
| {{T42p}} 2373-GYG
|| IBM || 2373GYG || ThinkPad T42p || IBM || 2373GYG || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1RETDOWW (3.20 ) || 02/27/2006
|| <nowiki> String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[1RHT71WW-3.04 ]-</nowiki> ||
|-
| {{T43}} 1871-F1G
|| IBM || 1871F1G || ThinkPad T43 || IBM || 1871F1G || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 70ET61WW (1.21 ) || 11/01/2005
|| <nowiki>Handle 0x0029, DMI type 11, 5 byte String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[70HT26WW-1.03 ]-</nowiki> ||
|-
| {{T43}} 2686-DGU
|| IBM || 2686DGU || ThinkPad T43 || IBM || 2686DGU || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1YET62WW (1.27 ) || 05/18/2006
|| <nowiki>Handle 0x0029, DMI type 11, 5 bytes String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[1YHT29WW-1.06 ]-</nowiki> ||
|-
| {{T43p}} 2668-G2G
|| IBM || 2668G2G || ThinkPad T43p || IBM || 2668G2G || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1YET47WW (1.08 ) || 06/09/2005
|| <nowiki> String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[1YHT26WW-1.03 ]-</nowiki> ||
|-
| {{T60}} 2007-49G
|| LENOVO || 200749G || ThinkPad T60 || LENOVO || 200749G || Not Available || LENOVO || Not Available || LENOVO || 79ET62WW (1.07 ) || 06/12/2006
|| <nowiki> String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[79HT45WW-1.04 ]-</nowiki> ||
|-
| {{T60p}} 2007-83U
|| LENOVO || 200783U || ThinkPad T60p || LENOVO || 200783U || Not Available || LENOVO || Not Available || LENOVO || 79ET60WW (1.05a) || 04/18/2006 || <nowiki> String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[79HT43WW-1.02 ]-</nowiki> ||
|-
! colspan=14 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef;" |

====X series====
|-
| {{X60}} 1709-47U
|| LENOVO || 170947U || ThinkPad X60 || LENOVO || 170947U || Not Available || LENOVO || Not Available || LENOVO || 7BET44WW (1.04 ) || 03/13/2006
|| <nowiki> String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[7BHT29WW-1.02 ]-</nowiki> ||
|-
| {{X60s}} 1702-55G
|| LENOVO || 170255G || ThinkPad X60s || LENOVO || 170255G || Not Available || LENOVO || Not Available || LENOVO || 7BET44WW (1.04 ) || 03/13/2006
|| <nowiki> String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[7BHT29WW-1.02 ]-</nowiki> ||
|-
! colspan=14 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef;" |
====Z series====
|-
| {{Z60m}} 2529-FKG
|| IBM || 2529FKG || ThinkPad Z60m || IBM || 2529FKG || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 77ET42WW (1.05 ) || 11/19/2005
|| String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[77HT28WW-1.02 ]- ||
|-
| {{Z61m}} 9453-A11
|| LENOVO || 9453A11 || ThinkPad Z61m || LENOVO || 9453A11 || Not Available || LENOVO || Not Available || LENOVO || 7FET48WW (1.08 ) || 05/26/2006
|| <nowiki> String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[7FHT21WW-1.03 ]-</nowiki> ||
|-
| {{Z60t}} 2511-FEU
|| IBM || 2511FEU || ThinkPad Z60t || IBM || 2511FEU || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 77ET42WW (1.05 ) || 11/19/2005
|| <nowiki> String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[77HT28WW-1.02 ]-</nowiki> ||

|}
</div>

==Adding entries==

Click the "Edit" link on the appropriate series above and add an entry of the following form:
:<tt>!-</tt>
:<tt>| </tt>description of your model
:data line 1
:data line 2

where the two data lines are genereated by the following <tt>bash</tt> command:

<pre>
for X in system-{manufacturer,product-name,version} \
baseboard-{manufacturer,product-name,version} \
chassis-{manufacturer,version} bios-{vendor,version,release-date}; do \
echo -n "|| `sudo /usr/sbin/dmidecode -s $X` "; done; \
sudo /usr/sbin/dmidecode | perl -0777 -ne \
'm/\n(.*).\n.*\n(.*Embedded Cont.*)\n/i; print "\n|| <nowiki><</nowiki>nowiki>$1$2</nowiki> ||\n"'
</pre>

While at it, you may also want to test [[tp_smapi]] and update its [[tp_smapi#Model-specific_status|model-specific status table]].

==Software using ThinkPad DMI IDs==
* [[HDAPS]] driver whitelist
* [[tp_smapi]] driver whitelist

List of DMI IDs

2006-07-25T12:44:52Z

Nephilim:

{| width="100%"
|style="vertical-align:top;padding-right:20px;width:10px;white-space:nowrap;" | __TOC__
|style="vertical-align:top" |
This page maintains a database of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desktop_Management_Interface DMI] information which can be used to identify ThinkPad models. It is intended as an aid for driver development.
{{HELP|We need more information about older models, especially those released before 2004. Please [[#Adding_entries|add your model]] to the database.}}
|}

==DMI ID database==

<div style="font-size: 80%">
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"
|-
! Model
! <tt>system- manufa cturer</tt>
! <tt>system- product- name</tt>
! <tt>system- version</tt>
! <tt>baseboard- manufa cturer</tt>
! <tt>baseboard- product- name</tt>
! <tt>baseboard- version</tt>
! <tt>chassis- manufa cturer</tt>
! <tt>chassis- version</tt>
! <tt>bios- vendor</tt>
! <tt>bios- version</tt>
! <tt>bios- release- date</tt>
! Embedded controller
! Notes
|-
! colspan=14 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef;" |
====Numbered series====
|-
| {{600E}} 2645-5AU
|| IBM || 26455AU || Not Available || IBM || 26455AU || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || INET36WW || 11/20/1999
|| <nowiki></nowiki> || no system version
|-
! colspan=14 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef;" |
====A series====
|-
| {{A22p}} 2629-USG
|| IBM || 2629USG || Not Available || IBM || 2629USG || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || KYET36WW (1.09a) || 10/17/2002
|| || no system version
|-
! colspan=14 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef;" |
====G series====
|-
| {{G41}} 2881-75M
|| IBM || 288175M || ThinkPad G41 || IBM || 288175M || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1XET47WW (1.06 ) || 01/14/2005
|| <nowiki></nowiki> ||
|-
! colspan=14 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef;" |
====R series====
|-
| {{R40}} 2681-5UU
|| IBM || 26815UU || Not Available || IBM || 26815UU || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1OET57WW (1.23 ) || 03/23/2005
|| <nowiki></nowiki> || no system version
|-
| {{R40}} 2722-B3G
|| IBM || 2722B3G || Not Available || IBM || 2722B3G || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1PET62WW (1.30 ) || 09/29/2005
|| <nowiki></nowiki> ||
|-
| {{R51}} 1829-9MG
|| IBM || 18299MG || ThinkPad R51 || IBM || 18299MG || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1RETDOWW (3.20 ) || 02/27/2006
|| <nowiki> String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[1RHT71WW-3.04 ]-</nowiki> ||
|-
| {{R51}} 1829-L7G
|| IBM || 1829L7G || ThinkPad R51 || IBM || 1829L7G || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1RETDNWW (3.19 ) || 10/13/2005
|| <nowiki> String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[1RHT70WW-3.03 ]-</nowiki> ||
|-
| {{R51}} 2883-ELU
|| IBM || 2883ELU || ThinkPad R51 || IBM || 2883ELU || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1VET69WW (1.27 ) || 03/03/2006
|| <nowiki> String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[1VHT28WW-1.04 ]-</nowiki> ||
|-
| {{R52}} 1846-AQG
|| IBM || 1846AQG || ThinkPad H || IBM || 1846AQG || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 76ET58WW (1.18 ) || 07/19/2005
|| <nowiki>Handle 0x0029, DMI type 11, 5 bytes String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[76HT14WW-1.04 ]-</nowiki> || weird system version
|-
| {{R52}} 1846-AQG
|| IBM || 1846AQG || ThinkPad R52 || IBM || 1846AQG || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 76ET65WW (1.25 ) || 05/18/2006
|| <nowiki> String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[76HT16WW-1.06 ]-</nowiki> ||
|-
| {{R52}} 1847-W62
|| IBM || 1847W62 || ThinkPad . || IBM || 1847W62 || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 76ET58WW (1.18 ) || 07/19/2005
|| <nowiki>Handle 0x0029, DMI type 11, 5 byte String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[76HT14WW-1.04 ]-</nowiki> ||
|-
! colspan=14 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef;" |

====T series====
|-
| {{T30}} 2366-85G
|| IBM || 236685G || Not Available || IBM || 236685G || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1IET69WW (2.08 ) || 06/11/2004
|| <nowiki> String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[1IHT18WW-1.05 ]-</nowiki> ||
|-
| {{T40}} 2378-D2U
|| IBM || 2378D2U || ThinkPad T40 || IBM || 2378D2U || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1RETC2WW (3.03 ) || 04/07/2004
|| <nowiki></nowiki> ||
|-
| {{T40p}} 2373-G1G
|| IBM || 2373G1G || ThinkPad T40p || IBM || 2373G1G || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1RETDPWW (3.21 ) || 06/02/2006
|| <nowiki> String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[1RHT71WW-3.04 ]-</nowiki> ||
|-
|{{T41}} 2373-XNX
|| IBM || 2373XNX || ThinkPad T41 || IBM || 2373XNX || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1RETDOWW (3.20 ) || 02/27/2006
|| <nowiki> String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[1RHT71WW-3.04 ]-</nowiki> ||
|-
| {{T41}} 2373-2FG
|| IBM || 23732FG || ThinkPad T41 || IBM || 23732FG || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1RET84WW (2.11 ) || 10/30/2003
|| <nowiki></nowiki> ||
|-
| {{T42}} 2373-FWG
|| IBM || 2373FWG || ThinkPad T42 || IBM || 2373FWG || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1RETDHWW (3.13 ) || 10/29/2004
|| <nowiki> String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[1RHT71WW-3.04 ]-</nowiki> ||
|-
| {{T42}} 2373-M1G
|| IBM || 2373M1G || ThinkPad T42 || IBM || 2373M1G || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1RETDPWW (3.21 ) || 06/02/2006
|| <nowiki> String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[1RHT71WW-3.04 ]-</nowiki> ||
|-
| {{T42p}} 2373-GYG
|| IBM || 2373GYG || ThinkPad T42p || IBM || 2373GYG || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1RETDOWW (3.20 ) || 02/27/2006
|| <nowiki> String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[1RHT71WW-3.04 ]-</nowiki> ||
|-
| {{T43}} 2686-DGU
|| IBM || 2686DGU || ThinkPad T43 || IBM || 2686DGU || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1YET62WW (1.27 ) || 05/18/2006
|| <nowiki>Handle 0x0029, DMI type 11, 5 bytes String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[1YHT29WW-1.06 ]-</nowiki> ||
|-
| {{T43p}} 2668-G2G
|| IBM || 2668G2G || ThinkPad T43p || IBM || 2668G2G || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1YET47WW (1.08 ) || 06/09/2005
|| <nowiki> String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[1YHT26WW-1.03 ]-</nowiki> ||
|-
| {{T60}} 2007-49G
|| LENOVO || 200749G || ThinkPad T60 || LENOVO || 200749G || Not Available || LENOVO || Not Available || LENOVO || 79ET62WW (1.07 ) || 06/12/2006
|| <nowiki> String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[79HT45WW-1.04 ]-</nowiki> ||
|-
| {{T60p}} 2007-83U
|| LENOVO || 200783U || ThinkPad T60p || LENOVO || 200783U || Not Available || LENOVO || Not Available || LENOVO || 79ET60WW (1.05a) || 04/18/2006 || <nowiki> String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[79HT43WW-1.02 ]-</nowiki> ||
|-
! colspan=14 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef;" |

====X series====
|-
| {{X60}} 1709-47U
|| LENOVO || 170947U || ThinkPad X60 || LENOVO || 170947U || Not Available || LENOVO || Not Available || LENOVO || 7BET44WW (1.04 ) || 03/13/2006
|| <nowiki> String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[7BHT29WW-1.02 ]-</nowiki> ||
|-
| {{X60s}} 1702-55G
|| LENOVO || 170255G || ThinkPad X60s || LENOVO || 170255G || Not Available || LENOVO || Not Available || LENOVO || 7BET44WW (1.04 ) || 03/13/2006
|| <nowiki> String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[7BHT29WW-1.02 ]-</nowiki> ||
|-
! colspan=14 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef;" |
====Z series====
|-
| {{Z60m}} 2529-FKG
|| IBM || 2529FKG || ThinkPad Z60m || IBM || 2529FKG || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 77ET42WW (1.05 ) || 11/19/2005
|| String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[77HT28WW-1.02 ]- ||
|-
| {{Z61m}} 9453-A11
|| LENOVO || 9453A11 || ThinkPad Z61m || LENOVO || 9453A11 || Not Available || LENOVO || Not Available || LENOVO || 7FET48WW (1.08 ) || 05/26/2006
|| <nowiki> String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[7FHT21WW-1.03 ]-</nowiki> ||
|-
| {{Z60t}} 2511-FEU
|| IBM || 2511FEU || ThinkPad Z60t || IBM || 2511FEU || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 77ET42WW (1.05 ) || 11/19/2005
|| <nowiki> String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[77HT28WW-1.02 ]-</nowiki> ||

|}
</div>

==Adding entries==

Click the "Edit" link on the appropriate series above and add an entry of the following form:
:<tt>!-</tt>
:<tt>| </tt>description of your model
:data line 1
:data line 2

where the two data lines are genereated by the following <tt>bash</tt> command:

<pre>
for X in system-{manufacturer,product-name,version} \
baseboard-{manufacturer,product-name,version} \
chassis-{manufacturer,version} bios-{vendor,version,release-date}; do \
echo -n "|| `sudo /usr/sbin/dmidecode -s $X` "; done; \
sudo /usr/sbin/dmidecode | perl -0777 -ne \
'm/\n(.*).\n.*\n(.*Embedded Cont.*)\n/i; print "\n|| <nowiki><</nowiki>nowiki>$1$2</nowiki> ||\n"'
</pre>

While at it, you may also want to test [[tp_smapi]] and update its [[tp_smapi#Model-specific_status|model-specific status table]].

==Software using ThinkPad DMI IDs==
* [[HDAPS]] driver whitelist
* [[tp_smapi]] driver whitelist

Fglrx

2006-06-27T19:45:35Z

Nephilim:

{| width="100%"
|style="vertical-align:top;padding-right:20px;width:10px;white-space:nowrap;" | __TOC__
|style="vertical-align:top" |
== ATI fglrx driver ==
This is a proprietary binary-only driver for ATI graphic chips with support for 3D acceleration.

Also see [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/R300 opensource driver] with 3D support
|}

==Availability / Project Homepage==
Home page: https://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&folderID=356

== Packages ==
The ATI drivers have explicit permission for repackaging and redistribution of the Linux drivers. Many distributions are supported within the installer, and many more repackaged by external developers. Please visit the [http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Category:Distributions Distribution Page at the Unofficial ATI driver Wiki]

*{{Debian}} packages: http://xoomer.virgilio.it/flavio.stanchina/debian/fglrx-installer.html
** These packages have been added to Debian unstable as <tt>fglrx-driver</tt>, so you can now apt-get them and use module-assistant to install.
** If you are on stable sarge with backport's kernel 2.6.15, download ATI's installer, let it build Debian packages and proceed as usual. There's a [http://jroller.com/page/erAck?entry=lot_day_6_2_fglrx detailed description] available.
*{{SUSE}} packages: http://www.suse.de/~sndirsch/ati-installer-HOWTO.html
*{{Gentoo}} {{cmdroot|emerge x11-drivers/ati-drivers}}
*{{Fedora}} 4 packages: http://rpm.livna.org
** For stock Fedora kernels: {{cmdroot|yum install kernel-module-fglrx-$(uname -r) ati-fglrx }}
** Creating and installing a custom RPM for a custom-compiled kernel on {{Fedora}} 4:
::{{cmdroot|yum install ati-fglrx}}
::{{cmdroot|1=VER=8.20.8.1-0.lvn.1.4 # copy version string from output of above command}}
::{{cmdroot|1=wget http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/4/i386/SRPMS.lvn/ati-fglrx-$VER.src.rpm}}
::{{cmdroot|1=rpmbuild --rebuild --target $(uname -m) --define "ksrc /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build" --without userland ati-fglrx-$VER.src.rpm}}
::{{cmdroot|1=rpm -Uvh --replacepkgs /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/$(uname -m)/kernel-module-fglrx-$(uname -r)-$VER.$(uname -m).rpm}}
*{{Fedora}} 5 packages: http://rpm.livna.org
** For stock Fedora kernels: {{cmdroot|yum install xorg-x11-drv-fglrx}}
** Creating and installing a custom RPM for a custom-compiled kernel on {{Fedora}} 5:
::{{cmdroot|1=yum install xorg-x11-drv-fglrx}}
::{{cmdroot|1=VER=8.25.18-1.2.6.16_1.2122_FC5 # copy version string of kmod-fglrx package added by the above command}}
::{{cmdroot|1=wget -c http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/5/SRPMS/fglrx-kmod-$VER.src.rpm}}
::{{cmdroot|1=mkdir fglrx-workdir; cd fglrx-workdir}}
::{{cmdroot|1=rpm2cpio ../fglrx-kmod-$VER.src.rpm <nowiki>|</nowiki> cpio -i}}
::{{cmdroot|1=perl -i -pe 'print "#disabled: " if m/BuildRequires: +kernel/' kmodtool}}
::{{cmdroot|1=perl -i -pe 'print "#disabled: " if m/Requires: +\$\{kdep\}/' kmodtool}}
::{{cmdroot|1=perl -i -pe 's@(^ +ksrc)=.*$@$1=/lib/modules/%{kverrel}/build@' fglrx-kmod.spec}}
::{{cmdroot|1=tar czf pack.tgz --exclude pack.tgz .}}
::{{cmdroot|1=rpmbuild --tb --clean --target $(uname -m) --define "ksrc /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build" --define "kversion $(uname -r)" --define 'kvariants ""' pack.tgz}}
::{{cmdroot|1=cd ..; rm -fr fglrx-workdir}}
::{{cmdroot|1=sudo rpm -Uvh --replacepkgs ~/rpm/RPMS/$(uname -m)/kmod-fglrx-${VER/.2.6.*/}.$(uname -r).$(uname -m).rpm}}
*{{Arch Linux}}
:{{cmdroot|pacman -S ati-fglrx}} (kernel module for 2.6.15-ARCH)
:{{cmdroot|pacman -S ati-fglrx-archck}} (kernel module for 2.6.15-archck)
:{{cmdroot|pacman -S ati-fglrx-utils}} (xorg7 stuff and tools)

== Building for Xorg 7.0==
To compile fglrx versions <= 8.24.8 for Xorg 7.0.0, fake Xorg 6.9.0 by
:{{cmdroot|1=export X_VERSION=x690; sh ati-driver-installer-8.24.8-x86.run}}
Next, move the various resulting libraries and modules from /usr/X11R6 to /usr/lib/xorg

In {{path|/usr/src/ATI}} additional sources are installed for fireglcontrol and fgl_glxgears

== Status ==
Current version: 8.26.18 (27th June 2006)

Major changes:
* 8.26.18: support for dynamically attached DFPs and Thermal Event Power Management (both via daemon), minor bug fixes
* 8.25.18: Xorg 7.0 support, FireGLâ„¢V5xxx/V7xxx support, Dynamic Display Management, fixed a lot of critical bugs.
* 8.24.8: support for X1300, X1400, X1600, X1800 (generic and mobility) and 3D accelerated video playback on Avivo
* 8.23.7: support for X850 and X800, OpenGL 2.0 Enhancement, FSAA for some chips
* 8.22.5: added kernel 2.6.15 support -- patch no longer required
* 8.21.7: initial OpenGL 2.0 support
* 8.20.8: fixed resume issues, fixed compile problems with kernels 2.6.13 and 2.6.14
* 8.19.10: has added suspend / resume and dynamic GPU power management support. Using vbetool no longer required.

== Known problems and solutions ==
See [[Problems with fglrx]].
== User experience ==
=== Speed ===
How much is the speed gain versus the opensource drivers?

Compared to the old drivers, approximately 40% speed gain have been noticed with fglrx. However, there are issues with freezing/garbage after suspend, garbage when resizing desktop (via {{key|ctrl}}{{key|alt}}{{key|plus}}, {{key|ctrl}}{{key|alt}}{{key|minus}}), and garbage while using VMware. The current 8.14.13 has shown 400% improvement over using the open source radeon driver: 1200 FPS for glxgears{{footnote|1}}!
However the situation seems to be changing today. With recent x11-drm-20060608 driver (gentoo) and thinkpad t42 (ati 9600) the speed is confirmed as 1900fps without any single crash so far.

{{NOTE|1=Video overlay acceleration may be disabled when 3D acceleration is enabled. The following comment from the xorg.conf file bundled with the fglrx driver indicates that:
# === OpenGL Overlay ===
# Note: When OpenGL Overlay is enabled, Video Overlay
# will be disabled automatically
Option "OpenGLOverlay" "1"
However, you can use either regular Xv video overlay or make the video an opengl texture and let the OpenGL engine scale your video. This has nothing to do with the acceleration of 2D drawing primitives. Further, your mileage on performance may vary depending on what card you have. The open source drivers don't support newer cards, while the ATI drivers don't support older cards.}}

=== Power saving ===
Power saving is much better than with the <tt>radeon</tt> driver, but doesn't work in dual-screen configuration (see [[How to make use of Graphics Chips Power Management features]]).

=== Display Switching (Dynamic Display Management) ===

Version 8.25.18 introduces a new feature: Dynamic Display Management. It allows display switching on-the-fly.

To list all connected and enabled monitors:
:{{cmdroot|1=aticonfig --query-monitor}}

To switch displays:
:{{cmdroot|1=aticonfig --enable-monitor=STRING,STRING}}, where STRING can be: none, lvds, crt1, crt2, tv, tdms1, tdms2

Only 2 displays can be enabled at the same time. Any displays that are not on the list will be disabled.

== Useful links ==
* [http://www.ati.com/products/catalyst/linux.html ATI Linux Driver FAQ]
* [http://www.rage3d.com/content/articles/atilinuxhowto/ ATI Radeon Linux How-To]
* [http://www.rage3d.com/board/forumdisplay.php?f=61&daysprune=30&order=asc&sort=title Rage3D Linux Discussion Forum]
* [http://www.driverheaven.net/forumdisplay.php?f=103 Radeon Driver Forum at Driverheaven]
* [http://odin.prohosting.com/wedge01/gentoo-radeon-faq.html Gentoo ATI Radeon FAQ]
* [http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-374745-highlight-t42+ati+dri.html Gentoo T42 ATI. DRI + xorg driver]
* [http://ati.cchtml.com/ Unofficial community ATI bugzilla] - tracks bugs in the driver. Might be monitored by ATI ([http://www.rage3d.com/board/showpost.php?p=1333438751&postcount=386], [http://www.rage3d.com/board/showpost.php?p=1333439009&postcount=390]).
* [http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubuntu_Dapper_Installation_Guide Installing Version 8.24.8 in Ubuntu] for X1*00 support.

== ThinkPads that may be supported ==
Supported chips, as found in select IBM ThinkPads:
* [[ATI Mobility FireGL 9000]]
** {{T40p}}
* [[ATI Mobility FireGL T2]]
** {{R50p}}
** {{T41p}}, {{T42p}}
* [[ATI Mobility FireGL V3200]]
** {{T43p}}
* [[ATI Mobility Radeon 9000]]
** {{R50}}, {{R51}}
** {{T40}}, {{T41}}, {{T42}}
* [[ATI Mobility Radeon 9600]]
** {{T42}}
* [[ATI Mobility Radeon X300]]
** {{R52}}
** {{T43}}
** {{Z60m}}
* [[ATI Mobility Radeon Xpress 200M]]
** {{R51e}}
* [[ATI Mobility Radeon X600]]
** {{Z60m}}

== ThinkPads that are NOT supported by fglrx==
Unsupported chips, as found in select IBM ThinkPads:
* [[ATI Mobility Radeon 7500]]
** {{R40}}

{{footnotes|
#Note that glxgears isn't a benchmark tool, it's so simple that its FPS values is without any meaning... you can only compare glxgears using the same drivers/machine, if you change any of then you can have higher/lower values and in real life programs/games happen to have the opposite effects. Think in terms of a car engines rpms: higher rpms in the same car usually means a faster car, change anything and it's meaningless, ie: gears, truck, wheel size, etc. make it useless.
}}
[[Category:Drivers]]

Template:Industry News

2006-06-27T19:41:21Z

Nephilim:

27.06.2006: New [[fglrx]] driver version 8.26.18 released

05.06.2006: According to CNET [http://news.com.com/2100-1003_3-6080115.html?part=rss&tag=6080115&subj=news], Lenovo is now denying dropping official Linux support.

04.06.2006: Sad news! According to CRN [http://www.crn.com/sections/breakingnews/breakingnews.jhtml?articleId=188701277], Lenovo drops official Linux support for its PCs, including ThinkPads.

24.05.2006 New [[fglrx]] driver version 8.25.18 released

15.04.2006 Several news ([http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=2843], [http://www.graphiland.fr/produc_t/produc1b.asp?Code=X60&Ed=]) appeared that the next Lenovo models will be the {{R60}}, {{Z61m}}, {{Z61t}} and a new Tablet PC {{X60t}}.

12.04.2006 New [[fglrx]] driver version 8.24.8 released

09.03.2006 New [[fglrx]] driver version 8.23.7 released

10.02.2006 New [[fglrx]] driver version 8.22.5 released

Ipw2200

2006-06-16T15:07:05Z

Nephilim: update to new versions as of jun 12 2006

{| width="100%"
|style="vertical-align:top;padding-right:20px;width:10px;white-space:nowrap;" | __TOC__
|style="vertical-align:top" |
=== Intel PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Driver for WiFi ===
Linux driver for the 802.11bg and 802.11abg NICs - miniPCI cards - found in Centrino laptops. This driver only works on 2.6.x kernels (2.6.4 or newer).

Starting with kernels 2.6.14 the driver is included in kernel.

The following adapters sold by IBM use these chips:
* [[Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Mini-PCI Adapter]]
* [[Intel PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Mini-PCI Adapter]]
|}

{{NOTE|Make sure you have installed the firmware! The ipw2200 documentation will tell you where to find these firmware files and where to install those.}}

=== Project Homepage / Availability ===
http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/

=== Packages ===
*{{Fedora}} Packages(1): Fedora Core includes the ipw2200-drivers in FC3 (with updates) and FC4. You still need to grab the firmware from http://rpm.livna.org/
*{{Fedora}} Packages(2): http://www.atrpms.net/name/ipw2200/
*{{Mandrake}} 10.1: The ipw2200 driver modules are included in the stock kernel package.
*{{Gentoo}}: The driver is in the portage tree: emerge net-wireless/ipw2200 and net-wireless/ipw2200-firmware
*{{Debian}} Packages: http://packages.debian.org/ipw2200-source

=== Status ===
In development, usable, WEP 128bit encryption works, WPA does also work with drivers >= 1.0.2 and [[wpa_supplicant]], monitor/rfmon is supported as with version >= 1.0.6. Generally works well, but some users experience problems (especially with firmware restarts and with WPA functionality using [[wpa_supplicant]]). Passing the <tt>hwcrypto=0</tt> module parameter improves reliability for many users.

The [[ipw2200]] driver up to version 1.0.6 (in combination with some newer kernels) had a problem getting DHCP leases (it turned out to be a bug in the broadcasting code). Version 1.0.7 seems to have fixed this.

Older [[ipw2200]] driver versions shipped by many distributions have been reported to freeze a T43 after several minutes of intensive communication. Installing version 1.1.2 of the driver solved the problem.

Latest stable versions:
* ipw2200 driver: 1.1.0
* firmware: 2.4
* ieee80211 stack: 1.1.12

Latest development versions:
* ipw2200 driver: 1.1.3
* firmware: 3.0
* ieee80211 stack: 1.1.14

Mainline kernels contain older (but mostly functional) versions of ipw2200 and ieee80211, and still require the addition of the [http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/firmware.php firmware] files. To get the latest versions you need to separately install the [http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/downloads.php ipw2200] module and [http://ieee80211.sourceforge.net/downloads.php ieee80211] stack.

==Installation==
=== Installation from sourcecode ===
Download the latest [http://ieee80211.sourceforge.net/downloads.php ieee80211] stack and install it:
:{{cmdroot|tar xzvf ieee80211-1.1.14.tgz}}
:{{cmdroot|cd ieee80211-1.1.14}}
:{{cmdroot|make}}
:{{cmdroot|make install}}

Download the latest [http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/downloads.php ipw2200] module and install it:
:{{cmdroot|tar xzvf ipw2200-1.1.3.tgz}}
:{{cmdroot|cd ipw2200-1.1.3}}
:{{cmdroot|make}}
:{{cmdroot|make install}}

Download the matching [http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/firmware.php firmware] and install it:
:{{cmdroot|tar xzvf ipw2200-fw-3.0.tgz -C /lib/firmware}}

=== Installation on Debian ===
Install ieee80211-source:
:{{cmdroot|apt-get install ieee80211-source}}
:{{cmdroot|module-assistant -t build ieee80211-source}}

Install ipw2200-source:
:{{cmdroot|apt-get install ipw2200-source}}
:{{cmdroot|module-assistant -t build ipw2200-source}}

There is a bug in the {{Debian}} package (last checked: Dec 30th 2005) that prevents from linking to <tt>ieee80211</tt> modules using module-assistant. In case it is not fixed in your version, fall back to the regular source installation procedure described above.

The firmware is not distributed with debian due to licensing reasons, download the matching [http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/firmware.php firmware] and install it:

:{{cmdroot|tar xzvf ipw2200-fw-2.4.tgz -C /lib/hotplug/firmware}}

see /etc/hotplug/firmware.agent for details on configured firmware locations

In etch the firmware can also be placed in /lib/firmware

===Testing the driver ===
:{{cmdroot|modprobe ipw2200}}
:{{cmdroot|iwconfig}}

{{cmdroot|dmesg}} output might look similar to this:
ieee80211: 802.11 data/management/control stack, 1.1.6
ieee80211: Copyright (C) 2004-2005 Intel Corporation <jketreno@linux.intel.com>
ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.0.8
ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2005 Intel Corporation
ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Network Connection

NB: To make the wifi LED work on the thinkpad, pass the option {{bootparm|led|1}} to the kernel while loading the module. eg. {{cmdroot|1=modprobe ipw2200 led=1}}. This can also be accomplished by adding that option to the file where your distribution looks for modprobe options so that it becomes automatic.

In debian this can be done by putting a file named after the module in /etc/modutils with the options in it

here we might run a cmd like this

:{{cmdroot|1=echo options ipw2200 led=1 > /etc/modutils/ipw2200 }}

then we must run update-modules to remake /etc/module.conf

:{{cmdroot|update-modules}}

== WPA support ==

Use [[wpa_supplicant]] with the <tt>-Dwext</tt> argument (not <tt>-Dipw</tt>), and pass the <tt>hwcrypto=0</tt> argument to the <tt>ipw2200</tt> module.

== Power Management ==
To enable power management, issue:
:{{cmdroot|iwpriv wlan0 set_power 7}}
where <tt>wlan0</tt> is the name if your interface. This will reduce idle power consumption by several Watts compared to no power management.

*To disable the radio (and further reduce power consumption) when the card is not in use, issue:
:{{cmdroot|echo 1 > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ipw2200/*/rf_kill}}
*To enable the radio, issue:
:{{cmdroot|echo 0 > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ipw2200/*/rf_kill}}
*To make the radio off by default after boot, add
options ipw2200 disable=1
to your {{path|/etc/modprobe.conf}} or equivalent.

See {{path|README.ipw2200}} in the <tt>ipw2200</tt> package for details and other options.

== Additional Comments ==
Your kernel may include an old version of the ipw2200 driver. It is recommended to use the latest version.

Make sure you also install the firmware version needed by the driver version you use. You can find the firmware [http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/firmware.php here]. To install it, decompress the <tt>.tgz</tt> file into {{path|/lib/firmware}}.

The driver doesn't appear to support the MII interface, so any tools like automatic network configuration managers (i.e. whereami) that rely on mii-tool do not work.

[[Category:Drivers]]

Talk:Problems with fglrx

2006-03-22T18:41:54Z

Nephilim: /* On Kernel 2.6.16(_rc4-mm1) fglrx doesn´t load anymore */

== using kernel AGP vs fglrx AGP ==

Anyone know whether this makes a performance and/or stability difference?

== 8.20.8 and later works with current Debian sid packages ==

<pre>
spiney@t43p:~$ dpkg -l xserver-xorg
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-============================-============================-==================
ii xserver-xorg 6.9.0.dfsg.1-2 the X.Org X server
spiney@t43p:~$ fglrxinfo
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: MOBILITY FireGL V3200 Pentium 4 (SSE2) (FireGL) (GNU_ICD)
OpenGL version string: 1.3.5519 (X4.3.0-8.20.8)
</pre>

--[[User:Spiney|spiney]]
----

Ahh - thanks for the info. You perhaps compiled the modules for the drivers yourself and did not use the debian packaged fglrx-driver? Thus, it must be an unneeded limitation on the debian packaged driver which limits its installation... Full listing at http://packages.debian.org/unstable/x11/fglrx-driver which lists as required packages:

xserver-xorg (<< 6.8.99)
the X.Org X server
xserver-xorg (>= 6.8.0)

The first limitation (<<6.8.99) is what prevents installation. I'm sure I could force apt to install it, but I may go back to compiling the modules myself, as using fglrx 8.20.8 with kernel 2.6.15 needs a small patch to compile correctly anyway... --[[User:gsmenden|gsmenden]]

Spiney, where exactly do you have your package from? I re-build the 8.20.8-package from debian with the <<6.8.99 dependecy removed, but when I try to run X, I get
[R200Setup] X version mismatch - detected X.org 7.0.0.0, required X.org 6.8.0.0
(EE) Failed to load module "fglrx" (module requirement mismatch, 0)
Any hints? --[User:nomeata|nomeata]

I used the ati-installer (the huge download), created a Debian sid package and installed it, but got the same error. The installer seems to fetch the wrong driver version from the archive, so I extracted it with

{{cmd|./ati-driver-installer-8.20.8-i386.run --extract <sometempdir>|}}

and put the necessary files from the created {{path|<sometempdir>/x690}} subdirectory into {{path|/usr}} by hand. All IIRC, it's been some time since. :)

--[[User:Spiney|spiney]] 07:29, 11 Jan 2006 (CET)

Thanks for the pointer. This is how you get proper debian packages out of the ati-installer:
./ati-driver-installer-8.20.8-i386.run --extract fglrx-tmp
cd fglrx-tmp
$editor packages/Debian/ati-packager.sh # in the line "sid|unstable) X_DIR=x680;;", put a x690 for the x680
./fglrx-tmp/packages/Debian/ati-packager.sh --buildpkg sid
cd ..
sudo dpkg -i fglrx-kernel-src_8.20.8-1_i386.deb fglrx-driver_8.20.8-1_i386.deb
--[[User:Nomeata|Nomeata]] 00:35, 13 Jan 2006 (CET)

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I had to do following steps :

$ ./ati-driver-installer-8.20.8-i386.run --extract fglrx-tmp
$ cd fglrx-tmp
$ ''editor'' packages/Debian/ati-packager.sh # in the line "sid|unstable) X_DIR=x680;;", put a x690 for the x680
$ ./packages/Debian/ati-packager.sh --buildpkg sid
$ cd /tmp
$ sudo dpkg -i fglrx-kernel-src_8.20.8-1_i386.deb fglrx-driver_8.20.8-1_i386.deb
--[[User:Fbianco|Fbianco]] 13:36, 26 February 2006 (CET)

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Nice - confirmed works on my T43p running sid. From then on (or until 8.21.x comes out) you'll have to tell apt to hold back fglrx-driver package, or it will try to "update" fglrx-driver to 8.20.8-1.1 and therefore revert back to the problematic drivers.
--[[User:gsmenden|gsmenden]]
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Thanks for the info, Nomeata, that's a lot cleaner a solution than my manual way.

--[[User:Spiney|spiney]] 08:32, 13 Jan 2006 (CET)
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To get this working under 2.6.15 with x.org 6.9, you will also need to apply a small patch - there is a link on the main article page. After you install the fglrx-driver package with the 6.9 versioning hack above, go to
/usr/src/modules
and copy the patch here. Modify the first two lines of the patch file to take out the "build_mod" directory, e.g. first line should begin with
--- fglrx.orig/firegl_public.c
and call it with the -p0 strip option. It should patch the firegl_public.c file cleanly. You can then install as usual for your kernel (2.6.14.x or 2.6.15) using module-assistant.

Update - although X will come up in kernel 2.6.15 with the fglrx drivers patched as above, there is some strange behavior exhibited in all of X apllications - frequent hanging of applications when closing windows. Reverting back to the radeon driver in 2.6.15 solves these - so it is likely the ATI proprietary driver causing some problems.

Yet another update - fglrx 8.21.7 is out as of 1/19/2006, now supporting OpenGL 2.0, so eventually we will have beautiful complex shading / fog effects on Linux, too. It works well with X.Org 6.9 out of the box.

Unfortunately, this version gives the same problems when used (unpatched) with kernel 2.6.15 with strange lockups occasionally requiring reset of X. I have not tried this with the ~10 line patch listed on the main site, but that patch not work for me with 8.20.8. Anybody else have experience with 2.6.15 and fglrx?

Yay - new version out - 8.22.5 - works well with 2.6.15.x. Finally, running a plain-vanilla kernel on a T43p! (SATA+libata passthrough+SMART in mainline, 3d accel drivers up to date. Linux life is good.)

--[[User:gsmenden|gsmenden]] 12:39, 9 Feb 2006 (EST)
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I don't know which patch you mean exactly (10 lines? the patch from lkml is just one line changed, no?), but I've been using 8.20.8 with 2.6.15 for quite some time (actually started with some -rc version IIRC), no lockups at all. No idea about 8.21.7 though, because I switched to 2.6.16-rc1 and can't compile the fglrx module at the moment, need to investigate the cause.

--[[User:Spiney|spiney]] 07:24, 21 January 2006 (CET)
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Ok - strange. Yeah, the actual change is only one line, the rest is just commenting, etc. The lockups that I get are quite rare, but flightgear occasionally gives a hard lock. glxgears and fgl_glxgears work fine, netscape occasionally will hard-lock, and strangely enough issuing a shutdown command often makes the display blank and hard lock. I can't reproduce them too consistently, but these _never_ occur with the radeon driver / mesa or under 2.6.14.x.

Unfortunately vanilla 8.21.7 with kernel 2.6.15.1 (Xorg 6.9) gives the same X lockups.

--[[User:gsmenden|gsmenden]] 11:36, 21 Jan 2006 (EST)
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I can't compile the 8.21.7 driver modules with 2.6.15.1 at all. They compile with 2.6.14.4 cleanly and 8.20.8 compile with 2.6.15.1.
What I don't understand though is, that when I let the ATI installer build debian packages, it does so without hassle, but the packages don't work.
(this is about 8.21.7 - 2.6.15.1) Also patching doesn't seem to help. It shouldn't of course.

--[[User:Rasto|Rasto]] 15:04, 23 Jan 2006 (CET)

I looked at the compile problems last night. I have no idea, how it is possible that it works for other people with 2.6.15, perhaps when you install
precompiled modules? I don't really understand how that ati-installer thing works. Anyway. This may solve the problems with 8.21.7 and 2.6.15-
it is just two minor line changes (+ the one line patch with little extra), but now it compiles. pm_register and similar were moved to linux/pm_legacy.h
in 2.6.15, so that's one problem. It also reports unknown symbol verify_area, but this should not pose a problem, as it is already obsolete and redundant.
If you feel, that the one line should be left as the separate patch, copy it somewhere else and change it. It's here [http://people.ksp.sk/~rasto/fglrx_with_2.6.15.patch], but I'll put it on the main page as well.

--[[User:Rasto|Rasto]] 18:29, 25 Jan 2006 (CET)

== Disabling the external VGA port? ==

Does anyone know how disable the VGA port ''completely'' even when a cable is attached? Fiddling around with the DesktopSetup and ForceMonitor options didn't do the trick for me, and the MonitorLayout option found in some documentation is no longer valid in the current fglrx driver.

--[[User:Spiney|spiney]] 19:42, 10 Jan 2006 (CET)
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== Debian-specific script to switch fglrx<->radeon ==

Don't know where to put it exactly, but if someone's interested (and using Debian), I've put up a [http://linux.spiney.org/debian_gnu_linux_on_an_ibm_thinkpad_t43p_graphics_card_switching_fglrx_radeon script for easily switching graphics driver configurations]. Feedback appreciated (altho I haven't got any to the xscreensaver patch ;)), especially if someone could do something similar for other distributions (Gentoo being half-way there it seems) and incorporate it into the script.

--[[User:Spiney|spiney]] 15:25, 17 January 2006 (CET)
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==Compile ATI driver???==
How can you compile a binary only distributed driver? If I'm not getting something wrong, please change the formulation of the just added info.
[[User:Wyrfel|Wyrfel]] 20:10, 25 January 2006 (CET)
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[http://xoomer.virgilio.it/flavio.stanchina/debian/fglrx-installer.html#overview1]
"The driver as a whole is made of three main components: the driver proper, a replacement libGL and a kernel module. The driver and libGL are in the fglrx-driver package, the kernel module's source code is in the fglrx-kernel-src package."
--[[User:Dunno|Dunno]] 23:49, 13 February 2006 (CET)
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Yepp, my fault, didn't think of the kernel part when i wrote that. [[User:Wyrfel|Wyrfel]] 02:50, 14 February 2006 (CET)
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== On Kernel 2.6.16(_rc4-mm1) fglrx doesnÂ´t load anymore ==

Hi,

if i emerge ati-drivers 8.22.5 and try to modprobe it on Kernel 2.6.16_rc4-mm1 i get the following console output:
<pre>
FATAL: Error inserting fglrx (/lib/modules/2.6.16-rc4-mm1/video/fglrx.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
</pre>
my dmesg Output reads:
<pre>
fglrx: Unknown symbol inter_module_unregister
fglrx: Unknown symbol inter_module_get_request
fglrx: Unknown symbol inter_module_put
fglrx: Unknown symbol inter_module_register
</pre>
from the ati-driver wiki i know that the driver runs on 2.6.16 up to rc3. But on the mm Series it doesnt run since 2.6.15.4-mm4.

Help would be appreciated...

Thanks and Greets

Oli

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Have a look at the (currently) last entry on http://www.rage3d.com/board/showthread.php?t=33847019, which explains how to revive the old inter_module routines. HTH

--[[User:Nephilim|Nephilim]] 19:41, 22 March 2006 (CET)

Problems with fglrx

2005-12-12T22:54:06Z

Nephilim: /* Troubles using software suspend */

This page discusses issues with the ATI proprietary [[fglrx]] display driver.

== Known Troubles and Solutions ==
=== No hardware acceleration ===
If the ATI driver works only without the hardware acceleration, take into consideration that {{path|fglrx_dri.so}} was linked against libstdc++.so.5 which may not be present if your system uses gcc-3.4.

To fix this, compile gcc-3.3.5 and copy <tt>libstdc++.so.5*</tt> to {{path|/usr/lib}} and update the dynamic linker cache via {{cmdroot|ldconfig}}.

Another possible cause for broken hardware acceleration (2D and 3D) is the radeonfb framebuffer: Switching to vesafb or vesafb-tng is reported to solve the problem on some systems. Also it has proven helpful to not perform {{cmdroot|modprobe fglrx}} after boot but to have the module loaded via {{path|/etc/modules.autoload/kernel2.x}} at boottime instead.

=== Softlink hell ===

The [[fglrx]] installer replaces the standard X.org OpenGL implementation (Mesa) with its own files, potentially causing collisions with the distribution's file and package management. It is best to install the driver via a package built for your distribution, which will typically include the necessary kludges to make things work. See the [[fglrx]] page for pointers.

====Discussion====

If you install the driver and type "fglrxinfo" which shows you are still using the mesa indirect software GL renderer, you likely have some misplaced softlinks. I find this *really* frustrating, and do not know why it occasionally occurs -> I think it has to do with an apt-get upgrade that sometimes replaces these links. Anyway, go to

: cd /usr/X11R6/lib

and list your GL libraries and links

: ls -la *GL*

You should see something like:

: libGL.so -> libGL.so.1.2

and
: libGL.so.1 -> libGL.so.1.2

If you see a link to a mesa library (something like ->libGL.mesa.1.2), then that's your problem! Restore the softlink with a command similar to:
: ln -s <actual file> <softlink name>

e.g.
: ln -s libGL.so.1.2 libGL.so.1

For some reason, this link might "break" later, giving you the software rendering once more. I renamed the mesa library to mesa.bkup, and the system still found it and linked to it despite the name change. If you have to do this a lot, you could write a restoreGL script...

=== Troubles using software suspend ===
When the computer resumes from suspend, X only displays a garbled image and the computer is frozen.
The problem is acknowledged in ATI's release notes and in knowledge base entry [https://support.ati.com/ics/support/KBResult.asp?searchFor=Search+Words&search.x=0&search.y=0&searchOption=id&questionID=737-218+&task=knowledge&searchTime=-1&productID=&folderID=-1&resultLimit=50 737-218]. Driver version 8.19.10 has "initial support for Suspend and Resume" but is working very nicely for most people (verified on T43, T43p and T42) without vbetool.

If you are using an older version of fglrx, using [http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~mjg59/vbetool/ vbetool] to save/restore the video card state before/after suspend worked for some people. If you use [[Software Suspend 2|Software Suspend 2 (suspend2)]] scripts, you can simply uncomment <tt>EnableVbetool yes</tt> in {{path|/etc/hibernate/hibernate.conf}}. Be aware though that it breaks suspend/resume for drivers beginning with version 8.19.10, so remember to disable it again when upgrading.

{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" border="1"
|+ tested with the following configurations
!model!!distro||kernel!!fglrx!!PM!!success!!comments
|-
|{{T42}}||SUSE 9.3||2.6.11||8.14.13||swsusp||yes||
|-
|{{T41p}}||???||2.6.14||8.19.10||suspend2 2.2-rc9||yes||needs a small [http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/pipermail/linux-thinkpad/2005-November/030381.html patch]
|-
|{{T42p}}||Debian||2.6.10||Debian packaged||suspend2||yes||
|-
|{{T43}}||Debian sid||2.6.14.2||8.19.10||swsusp||yes||works perfectly with 8.19.10 (but not earlier versions!)
|-
|{{T43}}||Debian etch||2.6.14.2||8.19.10||swsusp||yes||works perfectly with 8.19.10 and without vbetool
|-
|{{T43}}||Ubuntu Breezy||2.6.12-10||8.19.10||swsusp||yes||Perfect. (Finally.)
|-
|{{T43}}||FC4||2.6.14.1||8.19.10||suspend2 2.2-rc9||yes||needs a small [http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/pipermail/linux-thinkpad/2005-November/030381.html patch], requires DRI disabled in {{path|xorg.conf}} (hence no 3D acceleration)
|-
|{{T43}}||FC4||2.6.14.2||8.19.10||suspend2 2.2-rc11||yes||requires DRI disabled in {{path|xorg.conf}} (hence no 3D acceleration)
|-
|{{T43}}||FC4||2.6.14.3||8.19.10||suspend2 2.2-rc13||no||DRI enabled
|-
|{{T43}}||FC4||2.6.14.3||8.20.8||suspend2 2.2-rc13||no||DRI enabled
|-
|{{R50p}}||???||???||8.19.10||swsusp||yes||
|-
|{{T43p}}||Debian sid||2.6.14||8.19.10||Suspend to RAM||yes||without vbetool or UseDummyXServer, those two ''break'' the resume process here, with DRI enabled
|-
|{{T43p}}||Debian sid||2.6.14.3||8.20.8||Suspend to RAM||yes||without vbetool or UseDummyXServer, with DRI enabled
|-
|{{R52}}||Debian sid||2.6.15-rc5||8.20.8||swsup||yes||both vbetool and UseDummyXServer disabled, DRI enabled, needs [http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=113429835515001&w=2 patch]
|}

=== Troubles with large RAM ===
Version 8.14.13 (and probably earlier versions) of the driver does not seem to be able to cope with large amounts of RAM: with 512 MB it works, with 1.5 GB it crashes the machine as soon as X is started. The problem is present only if the <tt>fglrx</tt> kernel module is loaded, but independently of whether {{kernelconf|CONFIG_HIGHMEM||||||}} is enabled. A workaround is to limit RAM by adding the {{bootparm|mem|864m}} kernel parameter.

Version 8.16.20 fixes the problem.

===Display switching ===
The switching between internal and external display doesn't work, because the driver blocks messing around with the chipset via ACPI. If you want to use this feature (i.e. during presentations), you should use the VESA server instead (experienced with a R52, Kernel 2.6.11, xorg 6.8.2, fglrx 8.16.20).

===Composite Support===
ATI has not officially supported composite windowing (alpha channel) enabling hardware acclerated translucent windows (primarily for 'eye candy.') Enabling Composite in KDE and the fglrx driver results in a very pretty desktop but unacceptably slow performance on a T43p with ATI's FireGL T2. It is still unusable in its current state (as of driver 8.19.10).

ATI promises support in the future when composite is officially supported by Xorg. Discussion of current status of drivers can be found in the Rage3d forums' (rage3d.com/board) Linux area. Rumor has it that the Microsoft Vista will support composite, so hopefully we will see it before then...

== Patches ==
The following patches might be needed for certain versions of fglrx.

* [http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/9/22/183 for kernel >= 2.6.13 ] Missing verify_area bug

=== V 8.8.25 ===
* [http://www.rage3d.com/board/showthread.php?t=33798874 for kernels >= 2.6.10]
* [http://www.gehirn.org.uk/wiki/images/8.8.25-kernel-2.6.11+.patch For kernels >= 2.6.11-rc1]

== Beta Testing ==
The fglrx developers are looking for T Series users to take part in their beta program.

If interested, plese contact mtippett (at) ati.com.