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2008-07-12T06:14:46Z

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Hello!

This is my first wiki, so please heap on as much criticism (constructive or not), praise, or unrelated comments as you can!

--[[User:Stei7766|Stei7766]] 08:14, 12 July 2008 (CEST)

Installing Gentoo 2008.0 beta2 on a ThinkPad X41 Tablet

2008-07-12T06:12:39Z

Stei7766:

More to come shortly!

== Success Chart ==

{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"
|-
|colspan=2| '''Item''' || '''Working''' || '''Notes'''
|-
|rowspan=2|Installation
| Gentoo Minimal CD Installation ||class="diff-addedline"| Yes ||
|-
| Other Installation Methods (LiveCD(DVD), etc...) ||class="diff-context"| Not tested || Don't see why it shouldn't work though.
|-
|rowspan=4|Display
| Laptop Screen ||class="diff-addedline"| Yes || Brightness controls work fine.
|-
| CRT / Projector ||class="diff-addedline"| Yes || Well, sort of working...see below.
|-
| Screen Rotation ||class="diff-addedline"| Yes ||
|-
| Stylus ||class="diff-addedline"| Yes ||
|-
|rowspan=3|Power Management
| Software Suspend (hibernate) ||class="diff-context"| Not Tested || Working on getting TuxOnIce-sources working.
|-
| Suspend to Memory (ACPI sleep) ||class="diff-addedline"| Yes || See details below.
|-
| Battery ||class="diff-addedline"| Yes || Charge/discharge thresholds, etc... working with tp_smapi.
|-
|colspan=2| Audio ||class="diff-addedline"| Yes ||
|-
|rowspan=3| Wireless || 802.11b/g ||class="diff-addedline"| Yes ||
|-
| Bluetooth ||class="diff-context"| Not Tested || Not present on my machine. Should work though.
|-
| Infrared ||class="diff-context"| Not Tested || Didn't bother..don't have anything to test it with anyhow.
|-
|rowspan=2|Extra Buttons || Keyboard Section ||class="diff-addedline"| Yes || thinkpad-acpi driver
|-
| Tablet buttons ||class="diff-addedline"| Yes || Using setkeycodes and xbindkeys.
|-
|colspan=2| Fingerprint Scanner ||class="diff-addedline"| Yes || Using thinkfinger.
|-
|colspan=2| Harddisk Active Protection ||class="diff-context"| Not Tested || Installed the tp_smapi hdaps driver, just haven't actively tested it yet.
|-
|rowspan=2| X4 Ultrabase || Dock/Undock ||class="diff-addedline"| Yes || Docking/Undocking requires a bit of tweaking...see below
|-
| Ultrabay ||class="diff-addedline"| Yes || DVD/CD-RW drive works fine. Haven't tried hot swapping a drive.
|-
|colspan=2| SD Card reader ||class="diff-context"|Not Tested || Should work.
|-
|colspan=2| USB Drive ||class="diff-addedline"|Yes ||
|}

== Install Prep ==

See [[Pre-Installation_steps]] for lots of good general info.

Note that this install was done with the [[Predesktop Area]] removed.

You probably should update the BIOS and HDD firmware if you haven't already.

== Installation ==

Installation is very straightforward using the [http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml Gentoo x86 Handbook]. I've tried to keep this guide independent of desktop environment. Wherever that is not true, it will (or should anyways) be noted.

{{HINT|I highly suggest having a second computer nearby to follow along in the Handbook if you aren't comfortable installing Linux. Borrow your Mom's laptop if you have to.}}

The rest of the install guide assumes that you're following the Installation Handbook pretty much verbatim. Hopefully things are still clear if you're not.

The following subsections contain notes for each chapter of the Handbook.

==== Network configuration ====

I didn't try to get the wireless working for the install, rather I used wired networking. This worked like magic out of the box with the genkernel included on the install CD, wireless did not.

==== Disk partitioning ====

Works as advertised.

==== Installing the Gentoo Installation files ====

{{HINT|If you're new to Linux, I would strongly recommend that you follow the instructions regarding the checksums, I actually had a few fail during the installation process. If one continually fails, try a different mirror.}}

Here is what I found worked well for my /etc/make.conf:

CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium-m -pipe"
CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium-m -pipe"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
VIDEO_CARDS="i810 i830 i915"
INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse wacom"
USE="xscreensaver tetex latex acpi xinerama xrandr networkmanager gnome-keyring hdaps fluidsynth -kde"
ALSA_CARDS="intel8x0"

{{NOTE|This is for a GNOME/gtk enviroment, change per your desired setup.}}

==== Installing the Base System ====

I used the desktop subprofile for my system:

{{cmdroot|ln -snf /usr/portage/profiles/default/linux/x86/2008.0/desktop /etc/make.profile}}

== Configuration ==

==== Stylus Configuration ====

Installing Gentoo 2008.0 beta2 on a ThinkPad X41 Tablet

2008-07-12T06:12:19Z

Stei7766: /* Success Chart */

More to come shortly!

{{NOTE|Work in progress!}}

== Success Chart ==

{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"
|-
|colspan=2| '''Item''' || '''Working''' || '''Notes'''
|-
|rowspan=2|Installation
| Gentoo Minimal CD Installation ||class="diff-addedline"| Yes ||
|-
| Other Installation Methods (LiveCD(DVD), etc...) ||class="diff-context"| Not tested || Don't see why it shouldn't work though.
|-
|rowspan=4|Display
| Laptop Screen ||class="diff-addedline"| Yes || Brightness controls work fine.
|-
| CRT / Projector ||class="diff-addedline"| Yes || Well, sort of working...see below.
|-
| Screen Rotation ||class="diff-addedline"| Yes ||
|-
| Stylus ||class="diff-addedline"| Yes ||
|-
|rowspan=3|Power Management
| Software Suspend (hibernate) ||class="diff-context"| Not Tested || Working on getting TuxOnIce-sources working.
|-
| Suspend to Memory (ACPI sleep) ||class="diff-addedline"| Yes || See details below.
|-
| Battery ||class="diff-addedline"| Yes || Charge/discharge thresholds, etc... working with tp_smapi.
|-
|colspan=2| Audio ||class="diff-addedline"| Yes ||
|-
|rowspan=3| Wireless || 802.11b/g ||class="diff-addedline"| Yes ||
|-
| Bluetooth ||class="diff-context"| Not Tested || Not present on my machine. Should work though.
|-
| Infrared ||class="diff-context"| Not Tested || Didn't bother..don't have anything to test it with anyhow.
|-
|rowspan=2|Extra Buttons || Keyboard Section ||class="diff-addedline"| Yes || thinkpad-acpi driver
|-
| Tablet buttons ||class="diff-addedline"| Yes || Using setkeycodes and xbindkeys.
|-
|colspan=2| Fingerprint Scanner ||class="diff-addedline"| Yes || Using thinkfinger.
|-
|colspan=2| Harddisk Active Protection ||class="diff-context"| Not Tested || Installed the tp_smapi hdaps driver, just haven't actively tested it yet.
|-
|rowspan=2| X4 Ultrabase || Dock/Undock ||class="diff-addedline"| Yes || Docking/Undocking requires a bit of tweaking...see below
|-
| Ultrabay ||class="diff-addedline"| Yes || DVD/CD-RW drive works fine. Haven't tried hot swapping a drive.
|-
|colspan=2| SD Card reader ||class="diff-context"|Not Tested || Should work.
|-
|colspan=2| USB Drive ||class="diff-addedline"|Yes ||
|}

== Install Prep ==

See [[Pre-Installation_steps]] for lots of good general info.

Note that this install was done with the [[Predesktop Area]] removed.

You probably should update the BIOS and HDD firmware if you haven't already.

== Installation ==

Installation is very straightforward using the [http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml Gentoo x86 Handbook]. I've tried to keep this guide independent of desktop environment. Wherever that is not true, it will (or should anyways) be noted.

{{HINT|I highly suggest having a second computer nearby to follow along in the Handbook if you aren't comfortable installing Linux. Borrow your Mom's laptop if you have to.}}

The rest of the install guide assumes that you're following the Installation Handbook pretty much verbatim. Hopefully things are still clear if you're not.

The following subsections contain notes for each chapter of the Handbook.

==== Network configuration ====

I didn't try to get the wireless working for the install, rather I used wired networking. This worked like magic out of the box with the genkernel included on the install CD, wireless did not.

==== Disk partitioning ====

Works as advertised.

==== Installing the Gentoo Installation files ====

{{HINT|If you're new to Linux, I would strongly recommend that you follow the instructions regarding the checksums, I actually had a few fail during the installation process. If one continually fails, try a different mirror.}}

Here is what I found worked well for my /etc/make.conf:

CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium-m -pipe"
CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium-m -pipe"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
VIDEO_CARDS="i810 i830 i915"
INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse wacom"
USE="xscreensaver tetex latex acpi xinerama xrandr networkmanager gnome-keyring hdaps fluidsynth -kde"
ALSA_CARDS="intel8x0"

{{NOTE|This is for a GNOME/gtk enviroment, change per your desired setup.}}

==== Installing the Base System ====

I used the desktop subprofile for my system:

{{cmdroot|ln -snf /usr/portage/profiles/default/linux/x86/2008.0/desktop /etc/make.profile}}

== Configuration ==

==== Stylus Configuration ====

Installing Gentoo 2008.0 beta2 on a ThinkPad X41 Tablet

2008-07-12T04:50:46Z

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Installing Gentoo 2008.0 beta2 on a ThinkPad X41 Tablet

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Installing Gentoo 2008.0 beta2 on a ThinkPad X41 Tablet

2008-07-12T03:41:53Z

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2008-07-12T03:41:18Z

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2008-07-12T03:31:44Z

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Installing Gentoo 2008.0 beta2 on a ThinkPad X41 Tablet

2008-07-12T03:07:18Z

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Installation instructions for the ThinkPad X41 Tablet

2008-07-12T03:06:50Z

Stei7766: /* Distro specific instructions */

Specific installation notes for the ThinkPad {{X41T}}.

==Distro specific instructions==
*{{Install|Fedora| Core 4|X41 Tablet}}
*{{Install|Fedora| Core 5|X41 Tablet}}
*{{Install|Ubuntu| 6.10|X41 Tablet}}
*{{Install|OpenSUSE| 10.1|X41 Tablet}}
*{{Install|Gentoo| 2008.0_beta2|X41 Tablet}}

==External Sources==
* [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaptopTestingTeam/ThinkpadX41Tablet <strong>Outdated</strong> Ubuntu support status page]