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Installing OpenSUSE 10.1 on a ThinkPad R60e

2006-09-04T11:23:27Z

Tomas: /* Modem */

== System ==

This {{SUSE}} installation was performed on a Thinkpad {{R60e}},
see [[0657-3LG]] for a complete description of the system including PCI-ID information.

== Get the DVD ==

You can download the 32bit iso images DVD from many sites such as
[ftp://ftp.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.1/non-oss-dvd-iso/ opensuse]

== Partitioning choice ==

Im my specific case I had no interest in keeping the windows system or
the [[Predesktop Area]]. Therefore, disabled the Predesktop Area and installed the Linux system on the entire disk.

Typically, if you wish to keep you windows partition, the SuSE installer
will offer shrinking it. Note that shrinking may not be possible if your
windows partition is heavily fragmented.

== Installation ==

Simply place the DVD into the drive and boot your laptop and follow
the installation instructions which are really very straightforward.

If you choose a typical KDE installation, without adding any further
packages, you should be done in about 20 minutes.

== What works? ==

Basically everthing works out-of-the-box and requires
no further setup. The wireless board requires installing ipw3945d, but
this may be selected during installation and should also work out-of-the-box (see also wireless section).

All [[Ibm-acpi]] functions work, as well as suspend-to-disk. suspend-do-ram requires setting of
SUSPEND2RAM_FORCE=yes in System/Powermanagement/Powersave/Sleep_Modes in the /etc/sysconfig editor of Yast2.

== Not tested (yet) ==

Bluetooth, external monitor.

== Modem ==

Internal modem works excelent (both data and fax) with driver from IBM:

[ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/pc/pccbbs/mobiles/l79m05ww.rpm]

Driver is originally developed for T60p, but works without any problems on R60e (modem in both laptops are identical piece of hardware).

Instalation instructions [SuSE 10.1]:

{{cmdroot|rpm -i l79m05ww.rpm}}

== Sound ==

Sound works but not always as reliably as it should, mixer settings
and not saved. This requires some further investigation and perhaps a
bit of fine-tuning.

== Wireless ==

{{NOTE|There is a radio switch which turns off the wireless and the bluetooth interface. It is located beneath the left side of palm rest. If you turn it on the bluetooth light comes on immediately.}}

Select, either during the installation or afterwards (using Yast2),
to install the package ipw3945d, and reload the module ipw3945

{{cmdroot|modprobe -r ipw3945d}}

{{cmdroot|modprobe ipw3945}}

alternatively reboot the system.
Once installed wireless works out of the box.

Usually the ipw3945d package
should have been installed once a ipw3945 board is detected, this bas been
registered as a [http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=197098 bug].

SuSE 10.1 uses the Network Manager by default, which means that the wireless interface can be managed by the user directly and requires no
further setup.

== Conclusion ==

Installation is straightforward, fast and gives you immediate
availability of to a highly sophisticated system without need for any further configuration. Sound may need some kernel module
fine-tuning though. It is this reviewers opinion that Intel-graphics based
Thinkpad laptops seem to provide the best out-of-the-box installation
experience.

Installing OpenSUSE 10.1 on a ThinkPad R60e

2006-09-04T11:23:07Z

Tomas: /* Modem */

== System ==

This {{SUSE}} installation was performed on a Thinkpad {{R60e}},
see [[0657-3LG]] for a complete description of the system including PCI-ID information.

== Get the DVD ==

You can download the 32bit iso images DVD from many sites such as
[ftp://ftp.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.1/non-oss-dvd-iso/ opensuse]

== Partitioning choice ==

Im my specific case I had no interest in keeping the windows system or
the [[Predesktop Area]]. Therefore, disabled the Predesktop Area and installed the Linux system on the entire disk.

Typically, if you wish to keep you windows partition, the SuSE installer
will offer shrinking it. Note that shrinking may not be possible if your
windows partition is heavily fragmented.

== Installation ==

Simply place the DVD into the drive and boot your laptop and follow
the installation instructions which are really very straightforward.

If you choose a typical KDE installation, without adding any further
packages, you should be done in about 20 minutes.

== What works? ==

Basically everthing works out-of-the-box and requires
no further setup. The wireless board requires installing ipw3945d, but
this may be selected during installation and should also work out-of-the-box (see also wireless section).

All [[Ibm-acpi]] functions work, as well as suspend-to-disk. suspend-do-ram requires setting of
SUSPEND2RAM_FORCE=yes in System/Powermanagement/Powersave/Sleep_Modes in the /etc/sysconfig editor of Yast2.

== Not tested (yet) ==

Bluetooth, external monitor.

== Modem ==

Internal modem works excelent (both data and fax) with driver from IBM:

[[Media:http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-65354]]
[ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/pc/pccbbs/mobiles/l79m05ww.rpm]

Driver is originally developed for T60p, but works without any problems on R60e (modem in both laptops are identical piece of hardware).

Instalation instructions [SuSE 10.1]:

{{cmdroot|rpm -i l79m05ww.rpm}}

== Sound ==

Sound works but not always as reliably as it should, mixer settings
and not saved. This requires some further investigation and perhaps a
bit of fine-tuning.

== Wireless ==

{{NOTE|There is a radio switch which turns off the wireless and the bluetooth interface. It is located beneath the left side of palm rest. If you turn it on the bluetooth light comes on immediately.}}

Select, either during the installation or afterwards (using Yast2),
to install the package ipw3945d, and reload the module ipw3945

{{cmdroot|modprobe -r ipw3945d}}

{{cmdroot|modprobe ipw3945}}

alternatively reboot the system.
Once installed wireless works out of the box.

Usually the ipw3945d package
should have been installed once a ipw3945 board is detected, this bas been
registered as a [http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=197098 bug].

SuSE 10.1 uses the Network Manager by default, which means that the wireless interface can be managed by the user directly and requires no
further setup.

== Conclusion ==

Installation is straightforward, fast and gives you immediate
availability of to a highly sophisticated system without need for any further configuration. Sound may need some kernel module
fine-tuning though. It is this reviewers opinion that Intel-graphics based
Thinkpad laptops seem to provide the best out-of-the-box installation
experience.

Installing OpenSUSE 10.1 on a ThinkPad R60e

2006-09-04T11:21:18Z

Tomas: /* What works? */

== System ==

This {{SUSE}} installation was performed on a Thinkpad {{R60e}},
see [[0657-3LG]] for a complete description of the system including PCI-ID information.

== Get the DVD ==

You can download the 32bit iso images DVD from many sites such as
[ftp://ftp.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.1/non-oss-dvd-iso/ opensuse]

== Partitioning choice ==

Im my specific case I had no interest in keeping the windows system or
the [[Predesktop Area]]. Therefore, disabled the Predesktop Area and installed the Linux system on the entire disk.

Typically, if you wish to keep you windows partition, the SuSE installer
will offer shrinking it. Note that shrinking may not be possible if your
windows partition is heavily fragmented.

== Installation ==

Simply place the DVD into the drive and boot your laptop and follow
the installation instructions which are really very straightforward.

If you choose a typical KDE installation, without adding any further
packages, you should be done in about 20 minutes.

== What works? ==

Basically everthing works out-of-the-box and requires
no further setup. The wireless board requires installing ipw3945d, but
this may be selected during installation and should also work out-of-the-box (see also wireless section).

All [[Ibm-acpi]] functions work, as well as suspend-to-disk. suspend-do-ram requires setting of
SUSPEND2RAM_FORCE=yes in System/Powermanagement/Powersave/Sleep_Modes in the /etc/sysconfig editor of Yast2.

== Not tested (yet) ==

Bluetooth, external monitor.

== Modem ==

Internal modem works excelent (both data and fax) with driver from IBM:

[[Media:http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-65354]]

Driver is originally developed for T60p, but works without any problems on R60e (modem in both laptops are identical piece of hardware).

Instalation instructions [SuSE 10.1]:

{{cmdroot|rpm -i l79m05ww.rpm}}

== Sound ==

Sound works but not always as reliably as it should, mixer settings
and not saved. This requires some further investigation and perhaps a
bit of fine-tuning.

== Wireless ==

{{NOTE|There is a radio switch which turns off the wireless and the bluetooth interface. It is located beneath the left side of palm rest. If you turn it on the bluetooth light comes on immediately.}}

Select, either during the installation or afterwards (using Yast2),
to install the package ipw3945d, and reload the module ipw3945

{{cmdroot|modprobe -r ipw3945d}}

{{cmdroot|modprobe ipw3945}}

alternatively reboot the system.
Once installed wireless works out of the box.

Usually the ipw3945d package
should have been installed once a ipw3945 board is detected, this bas been
registered as a [http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=197098 bug].

SuSE 10.1 uses the Network Manager by default, which means that the wireless interface can be managed by the user directly and requires no
further setup.

== Conclusion ==

Installation is straightforward, fast and gives you immediate
availability of to a highly sophisticated system without need for any further configuration. Sound may need some kernel module
fine-tuning though. It is this reviewers opinion that Intel-graphics based
Thinkpad laptops seem to provide the best out-of-the-box installation
experience.

Installing OpenSUSE 10.1 on a ThinkPad R60e

2006-09-04T11:19:48Z

Tomas: /* Modem */

== System ==

This {{SUSE}} installation was performed on a Thinkpad {{R60e}},
see [[0657-3LG]] for a complete description of the system including PCI-ID information.

== Get the DVD ==

You can download the 32bit iso images DVD from many sites such as
[ftp://ftp.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.1/non-oss-dvd-iso/ opensuse]

== Partitioning choice ==

Im my specific case I had no interest in keeping the windows system or
the [[Predesktop Area]]. Therefore, disabled the Predesktop Area and installed the Linux system on the entire disk.

Typically, if you wish to keep you windows partition, the SuSE installer
will offer shrinking it. Note that shrinking may not be possible if your
windows partition is heavily fragmented.

== Installation ==

Simply place the DVD into the drive and boot your laptop and follow
the installation instructions which are really very straightforward.

If you choose a typical KDE installation, without adding any further
packages, you should be done in about 20 minutes.

== What works? ==

Basically everthing, except modem, works out-of-the-box and requires
no further setup. The wireless board requires installing ipw3945d, but
this may be selected during installation and should also work out-of-the-box (see also wireless section).

All [[Ibm-acpi]] functions work, as well as suspend-to-disk. suspend-do-ram requires setting of
SUSPEND2RAM_FORCE=yes in System/Powermanagement/Powersave/Sleep_Modes in the /etc/sysconfig editor of Yast2.

== Not tested (yet) ==

Bluetooth, external monitor.

== Modem ==

Internal modem works excelent (both data and fax) with driver from IBM:

[[Media:http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-65354]]

Driver is originally developed for T60p, but works without any problems on R60e (modem in both laptops are identical piece of hardware).

Instalation instructions [SuSE 10.1]:

{{cmdroot|rpm -i l79m05ww.rpm}}

== Sound ==

Sound works but not always as reliably as it should, mixer settings
and not saved. This requires some further investigation and perhaps a
bit of fine-tuning.

== Wireless ==

{{NOTE|There is a radio switch which turns off the wireless and the bluetooth interface. It is located beneath the left side of palm rest. If you turn it on the bluetooth light comes on immediately.}}

Select, either during the installation or afterwards (using Yast2),
to install the package ipw3945d, and reload the module ipw3945

{{cmdroot|modprobe -r ipw3945d}}

{{cmdroot|modprobe ipw3945}}

alternatively reboot the system.
Once installed wireless works out of the box.

Usually the ipw3945d package
should have been installed once a ipw3945 board is detected, this bas been
registered as a [http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=197098 bug].

SuSE 10.1 uses the Network Manager by default, which means that the wireless interface can be managed by the user directly and requires no
further setup.

== Conclusion ==

Installation is straightforward, fast and gives you immediate
availability of to a highly sophisticated system without need for any further configuration. Sound may need some kernel module
fine-tuning though. It is this reviewers opinion that Intel-graphics based
Thinkpad laptops seem to provide the best out-of-the-box installation
experience.

Installing OpenSUSE 10.1 on a ThinkPad R60e

2006-09-04T11:19:13Z

Tomas: /* Modem */

== System ==

This {{SUSE}} installation was performed on a Thinkpad {{R60e}},
see [[0657-3LG]] for a complete description of the system including PCI-ID information.

== Get the DVD ==

You can download the 32bit iso images DVD from many sites such as
[ftp://ftp.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.1/non-oss-dvd-iso/ opensuse]

== Partitioning choice ==

Im my specific case I had no interest in keeping the windows system or
the [[Predesktop Area]]. Therefore, disabled the Predesktop Area and installed the Linux system on the entire disk.

Typically, if you wish to keep you windows partition, the SuSE installer
will offer shrinking it. Note that shrinking may not be possible if your
windows partition is heavily fragmented.

== Installation ==

Simply place the DVD into the drive and boot your laptop and follow
the installation instructions which are really very straightforward.

If you choose a typical KDE installation, without adding any further
packages, you should be done in about 20 minutes.

== What works? ==

Basically everthing, except modem, works out-of-the-box and requires
no further setup. The wireless board requires installing ipw3945d, but
this may be selected during installation and should also work out-of-the-box (see also wireless section).

All [[Ibm-acpi]] functions work, as well as suspend-to-disk. suspend-do-ram requires setting of
SUSPEND2RAM_FORCE=yes in System/Powermanagement/Powersave/Sleep_Modes in the /etc/sysconfig editor of Yast2.

== Not tested (yet) ==

Bluetooth, external monitor.

== Modem ==

Internal modem works excelent (both data and fax) with driver from IBM:

[[Media:http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-65354]]

Driver is originally developed for T60p, but works without any problems on R60e (modem in both laptops are identical piece of hardware).

Instalation instructions [SuSE 10.1]:

\# rpm -i l79m05ww.rpm

== Sound ==

Sound works but not always as reliably as it should, mixer settings
and not saved. This requires some further investigation and perhaps a
bit of fine-tuning.

== Wireless ==

{{NOTE|There is a radio switch which turns off the wireless and the bluetooth interface. It is located beneath the left side of palm rest. If you turn it on the bluetooth light comes on immediately.}}

Select, either during the installation or afterwards (using Yast2),
to install the package ipw3945d, and reload the module ipw3945

{{cmdroot|modprobe -r ipw3945d}}

{{cmdroot|modprobe ipw3945}}

alternatively reboot the system.
Once installed wireless works out of the box.

Usually the ipw3945d package
should have been installed once a ipw3945 board is detected, this bas been
registered as a [http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=197098 bug].

SuSE 10.1 uses the Network Manager by default, which means that the wireless interface can be managed by the user directly and requires no
further setup.

== Conclusion ==

Installation is straightforward, fast and gives you immediate
availability of to a highly sophisticated system without need for any further configuration. Sound may need some kernel module
fine-tuning though. It is this reviewers opinion that Intel-graphics based
Thinkpad laptops seem to provide the best out-of-the-box installation
experience.

Installing OpenSUSE 10.1 on a ThinkPad R60e

2006-09-04T11:18:13Z

Tomas: /* Modem */

== System ==

This {{SUSE}} installation was performed on a Thinkpad {{R60e}},
see [[0657-3LG]] for a complete description of the system including PCI-ID information.

== Get the DVD ==

You can download the 32bit iso images DVD from many sites such as
[ftp://ftp.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.1/non-oss-dvd-iso/ opensuse]

== Partitioning choice ==

Im my specific case I had no interest in keeping the windows system or
the [[Predesktop Area]]. Therefore, disabled the Predesktop Area and installed the Linux system on the entire disk.

Typically, if you wish to keep you windows partition, the SuSE installer
will offer shrinking it. Note that shrinking may not be possible if your
windows partition is heavily fragmented.

== Installation ==

Simply place the DVD into the drive and boot your laptop and follow
the installation instructions which are really very straightforward.

If you choose a typical KDE installation, without adding any further
packages, you should be done in about 20 minutes.

== What works? ==

Basically everthing, except modem, works out-of-the-box and requires
no further setup. The wireless board requires installing ipw3945d, but
this may be selected during installation and should also work out-of-the-box (see also wireless section).

All [[Ibm-acpi]] functions work, as well as suspend-to-disk. suspend-do-ram requires setting of
SUSPEND2RAM_FORCE=yes in System/Powermanagement/Powersave/Sleep_Modes in the /etc/sysconfig editor of Yast2.

== Not tested (yet) ==

Bluetooth, external monitor.

== Modem ==

Internal modem [[works]] excelent (both data and fax) [[with driver from IBM]]:

[[Media:http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-65354]]

Driver is originally developed for T60p, but works without any problems on R60e (modem in both laptops are identical piece of hardware).

Instalation instructions [SuSE 10.1]:

$ rpm -i l79m05ww.rpm

== Sound ==

Sound works but not always as reliably as it should, mixer settings
and not saved. This requires some further investigation and perhaps a
bit of fine-tuning.

== Wireless ==

{{NOTE|There is a radio switch which turns off the wireless and the bluetooth interface. It is located beneath the left side of palm rest. If you turn it on the bluetooth light comes on immediately.}}

Select, either during the installation or afterwards (using Yast2),
to install the package ipw3945d, and reload the module ipw3945

{{cmdroot|modprobe -r ipw3945d}}

{{cmdroot|modprobe ipw3945}}

alternatively reboot the system.
Once installed wireless works out of the box.

Usually the ipw3945d package
should have been installed once a ipw3945 board is detected, this bas been
registered as a [http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=197098 bug].

SuSE 10.1 uses the Network Manager by default, which means that the wireless interface can be managed by the user directly and requires no
further setup.

== Conclusion ==

Installation is straightforward, fast and gives you immediate
availability of to a highly sophisticated system without need for any further configuration. Sound may need some kernel module
fine-tuning though. It is this reviewers opinion that Intel-graphics based
Thinkpad laptops seem to provide the best out-of-the-box installation
experience.

Installing OpenSUSE 10.1 on a ThinkPad R60e

2006-09-04T10:59:25Z

Tomas: /* Modem */

== System ==

This {{SUSE}} installation was performed on a Thinkpad {{R60e}},
see [[0657-3LG]] for a complete description of the system including PCI-ID information.

== Get the DVD ==

You can download the 32bit iso images DVD from many sites such as
[ftp://ftp.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.1/non-oss-dvd-iso/ opensuse]

== Partitioning choice ==

Im my specific case I had no interest in keeping the windows system or
the [[Predesktop Area]]. Therefore, disabled the Predesktop Area and installed the Linux system on the entire disk.

Typically, if you wish to keep you windows partition, the SuSE installer
will offer shrinking it. Note that shrinking may not be possible if your
windows partition is heavily fragmented.

== Installation ==

Simply place the DVD into the drive and boot your laptop and follow
the installation instructions which are really very straightforward.

If you choose a typical KDE installation, without adding any further
packages, you should be done in about 20 minutes.

== What works? ==

Basically everthing, except modem, works out-of-the-box and requires
no further setup. The wireless board requires installing ipw3945d, but
this may be selected during installation and should also work out-of-the-box (see also wireless section).

All [[Ibm-acpi]] functions work, as well as suspend-to-disk. suspend-do-ram requires setting of
SUSPEND2RAM_FORCE=yes in System/Powermanagement/Powersave/Sleep_Modes in the /etc/sysconfig editor of Yast2.

== Not tested (yet) ==

Bluetooth, external monitor.

== Modem ==

Internal modem [[works]] excelent (both data and fax) [[with driver from IBM]]:

[[Media:http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-65354]]

Driver is originally developed for T60p, but works without any problems on R60e (modem in both laptops are the same piece of hardware).

Instalation instructions (SuSE 10.1)

$ rpm -i l79m05ww.rpm

== Sound ==

Sound works but not always as reliably as it should, mixer settings
and not saved. This requires some further investigation and perhaps a
bit of fine-tuning.

== Wireless ==

{{NOTE|There is a radio switch which turns off the wireless and the bluetooth interface. It is located beneath the left side of palm rest. If you turn it on the bluetooth light comes on immediately.}}

Select, either during the installation or afterwards (using Yast2),
to install the package ipw3945d, and reload the module ipw3945

{{cmdroot|modprobe -r ipw3945d}}

{{cmdroot|modprobe ipw3945}}

alternatively reboot the system.
Once installed wireless works out of the box.

Usually the ipw3945d package
should have been installed once a ipw3945 board is detected, this bas been
registered as a [http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=197098 bug].

SuSE 10.1 uses the Network Manager by default, which means that the wireless interface can be managed by the user directly and requires no
further setup.

== Conclusion ==

Installation is straightforward, fast and gives you immediate
availability of to a highly sophisticated system without need for any further configuration. Sound may need some kernel module
fine-tuning though. It is this reviewers opinion that Intel-graphics based
Thinkpad laptops seem to provide the best out-of-the-box installation
experience.

Installing OpenSUSE 10.1 on a ThinkPad R60e

2006-09-04T10:58:47Z

Tomas: /* Does not work */

== System ==

This {{SUSE}} installation was performed on a Thinkpad {{R60e}},
see [[0657-3LG]] for a complete description of the system including PCI-ID information.

== Get the DVD ==

You can download the 32bit iso images DVD from many sites such as
[ftp://ftp.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.1/non-oss-dvd-iso/ opensuse]

== Partitioning choice ==

Im my specific case I had no interest in keeping the windows system or
the [[Predesktop Area]]. Therefore, disabled the Predesktop Area and installed the Linux system on the entire disk.

Typically, if you wish to keep you windows partition, the SuSE installer
will offer shrinking it. Note that shrinking may not be possible if your
windows partition is heavily fragmented.

== Installation ==

Simply place the DVD into the drive and boot your laptop and follow
the installation instructions which are really very straightforward.

If you choose a typical KDE installation, without adding any further
packages, you should be done in about 20 minutes.

== What works? ==

Basically everthing, except modem, works out-of-the-box and requires
no further setup. The wireless board requires installing ipw3945d, but
this may be selected during installation and should also work out-of-the-box (see also wireless section).

All [[Ibm-acpi]] functions work, as well as suspend-to-disk. suspend-do-ram requires setting of
SUSPEND2RAM_FORCE=yes in System/Powermanagement/Powersave/Sleep_Modes in the /etc/sysconfig editor of Yast2.

== Not tested (yet) ==

Bluetooth, external monitor.

== Modem ==

Internal modem [[works]] excelent (both data and fax) [[with driver from IBM]]:

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-65354

Driver is originally developed for T60p, but works without any problems on R60e (modem in both laptops are the same piece of hardware).

Instalation instructions (SuSE 10.1)

# rpm -i l79m05ww.rpm

== Sound ==

Sound works but not always as reliably as it should, mixer settings
and not saved. This requires some further investigation and perhaps a
bit of fine-tuning.

== Wireless ==

{{NOTE|There is a radio switch which turns off the wireless and the bluetooth interface. It is located beneath the left side of palm rest. If you turn it on the bluetooth light comes on immediately.}}

Select, either during the installation or afterwards (using Yast2),
to install the package ipw3945d, and reload the module ipw3945

{{cmdroot|modprobe -r ipw3945d}}

{{cmdroot|modprobe ipw3945}}

alternatively reboot the system.
Once installed wireless works out of the box.

Usually the ipw3945d package
should have been installed once a ipw3945 board is detected, this bas been
registered as a [http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=197098 bug].

SuSE 10.1 uses the Network Manager by default, which means that the wireless interface can be managed by the user directly and requires no
further setup.

== Conclusion ==

Installation is straightforward, fast and gives you immediate
availability of to a highly sophisticated system without need for any further configuration. Sound may need some kernel module
fine-tuning though. It is this reviewers opinion that Intel-graphics based
Thinkpad laptops seem to provide the best out-of-the-box installation
experience.

Installing OpenSUSE 10.1 on a ThinkPad R60e

2006-09-04T10:48:58Z

Tomas: /* Modem */

== System ==

This {{SUSE}} installation was performed on a Thinkpad {{R60e}},
see [[0657-3LG]] for a complete description of the system including PCI-ID information.

== Get the DVD ==

You can download the 32bit iso images DVD from many sites such as
[ftp://ftp.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.1/non-oss-dvd-iso/ opensuse]

== Partitioning choice ==

Im my specific case I had no interest in keeping the windows system or
the [[Predesktop Area]]. Therefore, disabled the Predesktop Area and installed the Linux system on the entire disk.

Typically, if you wish to keep you windows partition, the SuSE installer
will offer shrinking it. Note that shrinking may not be possible if your
windows partition is heavily fragmented.

== Installation ==

Simply place the DVD into the drive and boot your laptop and follow
the installation instructions which are really very straightforward.

If you choose a typical KDE installation, without adding any further
packages, you should be done in about 20 minutes.

== What works? ==

Basically everthing, except modem, works out-of-the-box and requires
no further setup. The wireless board requires installing ipw3945d, but
this may be selected during installation and should also work out-of-the-box (see also wireless section).

All [[Ibm-acpi]] functions work, as well as suspend-to-disk. suspend-do-ram requires setting of
SUSPEND2RAM_FORCE=yes in System/Powermanagement/Powersave/Sleep_Modes in the /etc/sysconfig editor of Yast2.

== Not tested (yet) ==

Bluetooth, external monitor.

== Does not work ==

As usual for almost any laptop, the modem is not even detected and may never work.

== Sound ==

Sound works but not always as reliably as it should, mixer settings
and not saved. This requires some further investigation and perhaps a
bit of fine-tuning.

== Wireless ==

{{NOTE|There is a radio switch which turns off the wireless and the bluetooth interface. It is located beneath the left side of palm rest. If you turn it on the bluetooth light comes on immediately.}}

Select, either during the installation or afterwards (using Yast2),
to install the package ipw3945d, and reload the module ipw3945

{{cmdroot|modprobe -r ipw3945d}}

{{cmdroot|modprobe ipw3945}}

alternatively reboot the system.
Once installed wireless works out of the box.

Usually the ipw3945d package
should have been installed once a ipw3945 board is detected, this bas been
registered as a [http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=197098 bug].

SuSE 10.1 uses the Network Manager by default, which means that the wireless interface can be managed by the user directly and requires no
further setup.

== Conclusion ==

Installation is straightforward, fast and gives you immediate
availability of to a highly sophisticated system without need for any further configuration. Sound may need some kernel module
fine-tuning though. It is this reviewers opinion that Intel-graphics based
Thinkpad laptops seem to provide the best out-of-the-box installation
experience.

Installing OpenSUSE 10.1 on a ThinkPad R60e

2006-09-04T10:48:26Z

Tomas: /* Modem = */

== System ==

This {{SUSE}} installation was performed on a Thinkpad {{R60e}},
see [[0657-3LG]] for a complete description of the system including PCI-ID information.

== Get the DVD ==

You can download the 32bit iso images DVD from many sites such as
[ftp://ftp.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.1/non-oss-dvd-iso/ opensuse]

== Partitioning choice ==

Im my specific case I had no interest in keeping the windows system or
the [[Predesktop Area]]. Therefore, disabled the Predesktop Area and installed the Linux system on the entire disk.

Typically, if you wish to keep you windows partition, the SuSE installer
will offer shrinking it. Note that shrinking may not be possible if your
windows partition is heavily fragmented.

== Installation ==

Simply place the DVD into the drive and boot your laptop and follow
the installation instructions which are really very straightforward.

If you choose a typical KDE installation, without adding any further
packages, you should be done in about 20 minutes.

== What works? ==

Basically everthing, except modem, works out-of-the-box and requires
no further setup. The wireless board requires installing ipw3945d, but
this may be selected during installation and should also work out-of-the-box (see also wireless section).

All [[Ibm-acpi]] functions work, as well as suspend-to-disk. suspend-do-ram requires setting of
SUSPEND2RAM_FORCE=yes in System/Powermanagement/Powersave/Sleep_Modes in the /etc/sysconfig editor of Yast2.

== Not tested (yet) ==

Bluetooth, external monitor.

== Does not work ==

As usual for almost any laptop, the modem is not even detected and may never work.

== Sound ==

Sound works but not always as reliably as it should, mixer settings
and not saved. This requires some further investigation and perhaps a
bit of fine-tuning.

== Wireless ==

{{NOTE|There is a radio switch which turns off the wireless and the bluetooth interface. It is located beneath the left side of palm rest. If you turn it on the bluetooth light comes on immediately.}}

Select, either during the installation or afterwards (using Yast2),
to install the package ipw3945d, and reload the module ipw3945

{{cmdroot|modprobe -r ipw3945d}}

{{cmdroot|modprobe ipw3945}}

alternatively reboot the system.
Once installed wireless works out of the box.

Usually the ipw3945d package
should have been installed once a ipw3945 board is detected, this bas been
registered as a [http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=197098 bug].

SuSE 10.1 uses the Network Manager by default, which means that the wireless interface can be managed by the user directly and requires no
further setup.

== Modem ==

== Conclusion ==

Installation is straightforward, fast and gives you immediate
availability of to a highly sophisticated system without need for any further configuration. Sound may need some kernel module
fine-tuning though. It is this reviewers opinion that Intel-graphics based
Thinkpad laptops seem to provide the best out-of-the-box installation
experience.

Installing OpenSUSE 10.1 on a ThinkPad R60e

2006-09-04T10:48:17Z

Tomas: /* Wireless */

== System ==

This {{SUSE}} installation was performed on a Thinkpad {{R60e}},
see [[0657-3LG]] for a complete description of the system including PCI-ID information.

== Get the DVD ==

You can download the 32bit iso images DVD from many sites such as
[ftp://ftp.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.1/non-oss-dvd-iso/ opensuse]

== Partitioning choice ==

Im my specific case I had no interest in keeping the windows system or
the [[Predesktop Area]]. Therefore, disabled the Predesktop Area and installed the Linux system on the entire disk.

Typically, if you wish to keep you windows partition, the SuSE installer
will offer shrinking it. Note that shrinking may not be possible if your
windows partition is heavily fragmented.

== Installation ==

Simply place the DVD into the drive and boot your laptop and follow
the installation instructions which are really very straightforward.

If you choose a typical KDE installation, without adding any further
packages, you should be done in about 20 minutes.

== What works? ==

Basically everthing, except modem, works out-of-the-box and requires
no further setup. The wireless board requires installing ipw3945d, but
this may be selected during installation and should also work out-of-the-box (see also wireless section).

All [[Ibm-acpi]] functions work, as well as suspend-to-disk. suspend-do-ram requires setting of
SUSPEND2RAM_FORCE=yes in System/Powermanagement/Powersave/Sleep_Modes in the /etc/sysconfig editor of Yast2.

== Not tested (yet) ==

Bluetooth, external monitor.

== Does not work ==

As usual for almost any laptop, the modem is not even detected and may never work.

== Sound ==

Sound works but not always as reliably as it should, mixer settings
and not saved. This requires some further investigation and perhaps a
bit of fine-tuning.

== Wireless ==

{{NOTE|There is a radio switch which turns off the wireless and the bluetooth interface. It is located beneath the left side of palm rest. If you turn it on the bluetooth light comes on immediately.}}

Select, either during the installation or afterwards (using Yast2),
to install the package ipw3945d, and reload the module ipw3945

{{cmdroot|modprobe -r ipw3945d}}

{{cmdroot|modprobe ipw3945}}

alternatively reboot the system.
Once installed wireless works out of the box.

Usually the ipw3945d package
should have been installed once a ipw3945 board is detected, this bas been
registered as a [http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=197098 bug].

SuSE 10.1 uses the Network Manager by default, which means that the wireless interface can be managed by the user directly and requires no
further setup.

== Modem ===

== Conclusion ==

Installation is straightforward, fast and gives you immediate
availability of to a highly sophisticated system without need for any further configuration. Sound may need some kernel module
fine-tuning though. It is this reviewers opinion that Intel-graphics based
Thinkpad laptops seem to provide the best out-of-the-box installation
experience.