Installing Debian Lenny on a ThinkPad T61 - Revision history

Phate: /* WiFi: Intel 4965AGN */

2008-11-18T17:43:12Z

‎WiFi: Intel 4965AGN

Phate: /* WiFi: ThinkPad 11a/b/g Wi-Fi wireless LAN Mini-PCIe US/EMEA/LA/ANZ (Atheros) */

2008-11-18T17:27:15Z

‎WiFi: ThinkPad 11a/b/g Wi-Fi wireless LAN Mini-PCIe US/EMEA/LA/ANZ (Atheros)

Pflanze: OpenSource NVidia Driver from unstable works, the one from testing not

2008-04-19T20:49:05Z

OpenSource NVidia Driver from unstable works, the one from testing not

Jaskiern: /* WiFi: Intel 4965AGN */

2008-03-04T17:01:36Z

‎WiFi: Intel 4965AGN

TorstenMarek: IRQ Issues resolved

2007-12-23T20:17:23Z

IRQ Issues resolved

Ajoshithinkpad: /* WiFi: Intel 4965AGN */

2007-12-17T00:56:12Z

‎WiFi: Intel 4965AGN

TorstenMarek: mention AD1984 support in 2.6.23

2007-09-27T11:17:57Z

mention AD1984 support in 2.6.23

TorstenMarek at 22:49, 24 September 2007

2007-09-24T22:49:52Z

Sammys: /* WiFi: Intel 4965AGN */

2007-09-03T04:55:13Z

‎WiFi: Intel 4965AGN

Atoponce: /* WiFi: Intel 4965AGN */

2007-08-21T02:47:13Z

‎WiFi: Intel 4965AGN

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	This same procedure should work with amd64 kernels with the obvious change to the linux-image and linux-header package installations above. The procedure should also work for the 3945 card provided you've removed the ipw3945 drivers before running the modprobe line.		This same procedure should work with amd64 kernels with the obvious change to the linux-image and linux-header package installations above. The procedure should also work for the 3945 card provided you've removed the ipw3945 drivers before running the modprobe line.
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		+	Another (less complicated) way to get it to work is following:
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		+	If you have added non-free repositories, you can install a package called firmware-iwlwifi [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/firmware-iwlwifi]. The Debian-Package-Info page says, that it is architecture independent.
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		+	That package contains the binary firmware for Intel Wireless 3945 and 4965 cards.
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		+	But the disadvantage referred to the kernel patch is, that it isn't open source.

	== WiFi: ThinkPad 11a/b/g Wi-Fi wireless LAN Mini-PCIe US/EMEA/LA/ANZ (Atheros) ==		== WiFi: ThinkPad 11a/b/g Wi-Fi wireless LAN Mini-PCIe US/EMEA/LA/ANZ (Atheros) ==

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 == WiFi: ThinkPad 11a/b/g Wi-Fi wireless LAN Mini-PCIe US/EMEA/LA/ANZ  (Atheros) ==
-Using madwifi which is very easy or downloading the modules from the page and usig ndviswrapper(not recommended, uncharted waters). Just add
+Using madwifi which is very easy or downloading the modules from the page and using ndviswrapper(not recommended, uncharted waters). Just add
 "deb ftp://ftp.au.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free"
 "deb-src ftp://ftp.au.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free"

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	I installed the drivers using ENVY. It worked, just download the latest package at http://www.albertomilone.com/nvidia_scripts1.html, and run it, the driver's installation it's quite easy.		I installed the drivers using ENVY. It worked, just download the latest package at http://www.albertomilone.com/nvidia_scripts1.html, and run it, the driver's installation it's quite easy.

		+	(Note: "100.14.11" etc are referring to the commercial drivers, right, like ENVY?) Another statement about the open drivers in Debian: it's called "nv" there (and comes in the xserver-xorg-video-nv package). The driver from lenny as of 2008-04-17 did't work on my T61 Quadro NVS 140M (rev a1) (it would just turn the screen black and then not proceed), whereas the one from unstable (version 1:2.1.8-3) does (I did reinstall all of xorg from unstable though, using apt pinning).

	==== Problems ====		==== Problems ====

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 With kernel 2.6.24RC3 the driver comes part of the kernel and does not need manual installation. You still have to copy and install the firmware though.
-* Driver: iwlwifi
+* Driver: [[iwl4965]]
 * Version: 0.0.34

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 ==== Temporary Workaround 2 ====
 Adding noirqdebug to the kernel commandline at least removes the messages. Let's hope for a BIOS update from Lenovo.
 === Custom Patches ===

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	Debian users (both Stable/Etch and Testing) can use the small script [http://www.klabs.be/~fpiat/linux/debian/Lenny_on_Thinkpad_T61/#Sound 2] i wrote to patch and build an alsa module package (with module-assistant). --Fpiat 00:52,20 August 2007 (UTC)		Debian users (both Stable/Etch and Testing) can use the small script [http://www.klabs.be/~fpiat/linux/debian/Lenny_on_Thinkpad_T61/#Sound 2] i wrote to patch and build an alsa module package (with module-assistant). --Fpiat 00:52,20 August 2007 (UTC)
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		+	With kernel 2.6.23, the workarounds above are not needed any more. --[[User:TorstenMarek\|TorstenMarek]] 11:17, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

	== Graphics: ==		== Graphics: ==

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 ==== Problems ====
 With 100.14.09 and RenderAccel/Compositing, I occasionally got hard locks after a couple of minutes, not even SysRq can reboot the machine. Only the NumLock LED is blinking, and no suspicious entries are in the logs. With 100.14.11 and no RenderAccel, the lockups are less frequently. I'm still trying to figure out which configuration makes them go away.
 * I've tried to pci=nommcconf on the kernel commandline, didn't help.
 ===Intel 965GM===

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	:How did you get this to work? I am following the INSTALL file to the letter, and I'm getting errors. Thanks. Aug 21, 2007 02:38 UTC [[user:Atoponce\|Atoponce]]		:How did you get this to work? I am following the INSTALL file to the letter, and I'm getting errors. Thanks. Aug 21, 2007 02:38 UTC [[user:Atoponce\|Atoponce]]
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		+	Installation of linux-image-2.6.22-2-686 along with linux-headers-2.6.22-2-686 works with mac80211 8.0.2 patched in (from the mac80211-8.0.2 directory: ln -s /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/source; make patch_kernel), iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.17 and iwlwifi-0.0.42. Steps for installation are given below.
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		+	If you haven't installed the unstable 2.6.22-2-686 kernel yet that needs to be done and reboot into it. Remember to add unstable or sid to your sources.list.
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		+	{{cmdroot\|aptitude install linux-image-2.6.22-2-686}}
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		+	{{cmdroot\|reboot}}
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		+	Now install the headers and build/install the driver.
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		+	{{cmdroot\|aptitude install linux-headers-2.6.22-2-686}}
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		+	{{cmdroot\|ln -s /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/source}}
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		+	{{cmdroot\|cd}}
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		+	{{cmdroot\|wget http://intellinuxwireless.org/mac80211/downloads/mac80211-8.0.2.tgz}}
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		+	{{cmdroot\|wget http://intellinuxwireless.org/iwlwifi/downloads/iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.17.tgz}}
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		+	{{cmdroot\|wget http://intellinuxwireless.org/iwlwifi/downloads/iwlwifi-0.0.42.tgz}}
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		+	{{cmdroot\|tar xzf mac80211-8.0.2.tgz}}
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		+	{{cmdroot\|tar xzf iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.17.tgz}}
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		+	{{cmdroot\|iwlwifi-0.0.42.tgz}}
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		+	{{cmdroot\|cd mac80211-8.0.2}}
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		+	{{cmdroot\|make; make patch_kernel}}
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		+	{{cmdroot\|cd ../iwlwifi-0.0.42.tgz}}
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		+	{{cmdroot\|make; make install}}
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		+	{{cmdroot\|cp iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.17/*.ucode /lib/firmware}}
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		+	{{cmdroot\|modprobe iwl4965}}
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		+	This same procedure should work with amd64 kernels with the obvious change to the linux-image and linux-header package installations above. The procedure should also work for the 3945 card provided you've removed the ipw3945 drivers before running the modprobe line.

	== WiFi: ThinkPad 11a/b/g Wi-Fi wireless LAN Mini-PCIe US/EMEA/LA/ANZ (Atheros) ==		== WiFi: ThinkPad 11a/b/g Wi-Fi wireless LAN Mini-PCIe US/EMEA/LA/ANZ (Atheros) ==

← Older revision		Revision as of 02:47, 21 August 2007
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	Since mac80211 is already a part of 2.6.22, only the [http://intellinuxwireless.org/?p=iwlwifi iwlwifi module] needs to be compiled. Following the instructions in the source package was sufficient. The module loads & finds some hardware and I can successfully scan for networks. Connecting to our local WiFi access point using WPA works just fine.		Since mac80211 is already a part of 2.6.22, only the [http://intellinuxwireless.org/?p=iwlwifi iwlwifi module] needs to be compiled. Following the instructions in the source package was sufficient. The module loads & finds some hardware and I can successfully scan for networks. Connecting to our local WiFi access point using WPA works just fine.
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		+	:How did you get this to work? I am following the INSTALL file to the letter, and I'm getting errors. Thanks. Aug 21, 2007 02:38 UTC [[user:Atoponce\|Atoponce]]

	== WiFi: ThinkPad 11a/b/g Wi-Fi wireless LAN Mini-PCIe US/EMEA/LA/ANZ (Atheros) ==		== WiFi: ThinkPad 11a/b/g Wi-Fi wireless LAN Mini-PCIe US/EMEA/LA/ANZ (Atheros) ==