Installing Fedora 12 on a ThinkPad T60 - Revision history

Tonko: /* X Server - Intel 945GM */

2010-04-16T09:24:59Z

‎X Server - Intel 945GM

2010-04-14T01:37:56Z

‎X Server - ATI

2010-04-14T01:21:06Z

‎OSD

2010-04-14T01:11:20Z

‎Intel WiFi

2010-03-26T17:56:51Z

‎Untested on Fedora 12

2010-03-26T17:56:18Z

‎Untested on Fedora 12

2010-03-26T17:55:46Z

‎Success Chart - Out of the box experience

2010-03-26T15:28:42Z

‎ThinkPad Extra keys

2010-03-22T13:43:37Z

‎Success Chart - Out of the box experience

2010-03-01T16:21:15Z

XKB2 unknown date for merging into Xorg

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 What does not work though is the following;
 * combination of Compiz and extended desktop. Doing so freezes the system [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=513736] - With upstream fixes the system no longer freezes, but Compiz still crashes.
-* xvideo with a virtual desktop size >2048 resulting in a black window (easily reproduced with a webcam and Cheese). [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=497069 bugzilla]
+* xvideo with a virtual desktop size >2048 resulting in a black window (easily reproduced with a webcam and Cheese). [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=497069 bugzilla]. Workarounds are documented [[Intel_Graphics_Media_Accelerator_950#Issues|here]].
 * suspending, adding a display and then resuming causes gnome-screensaver to loose input focus. [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=546607 bugzilla]
 * Cycling through display modes with Fn-F7 there is one mode which does not work properly. Extended Desktop with the external display as primary, results in the LVDS being turned off (Extended desktop with LVDS primary works fine).

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 === X Server - ATI===
+Seems to work well without any further configuration, even with compiz. However, installing the binary driver from
 === DPI ===

← Older revision		Revision as of 01:21, 14 April 2010
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	Otherwise you will get two OSDs when using the brightness keys, one from gnome-power-manager and the other from tpb.		Otherwise you will get two OSDs when using the brightness keys, one from gnome-power-manager and the other from tpb.
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		+	As an alternative to tpb, putting the following in your /etc/rc.local will also get the OSD working on most thinkpads:
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		+	sudo cp /sys/devices/platform/thinkpad_acpi/hotkey_all_mask /sys/devices/platform/thinkpad_acpi/hotkey_mask
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		+	This isn't persistent, and will be reset on the next reboot. For permanence, you can add this line (without sudo) to your /etc/rc.local file.

	===Atheros AR5414 WiFi===		===Atheros AR5414 WiFi===

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 ===Intel WiFi===
+Intel 3945ABG works without any further configuration.
 === ThinkPad Extra keys ===

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 The following options have not been tested yet. If you try it with Fedora 12, please update the table.
-* ATI Graphics
+* ATI Graphics (DVI output)
 * WWAN
 * parallel port

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 * parallel port
 * Fingerprint reader
 [[Category:T60]][[Category:Fedora]]

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 | colspan=2| Fingerprint reader || {{Cunk}} ||
 |-
-| colspan=2| TPM (security subsystem) || {{Cunk}} || Not brave enough to mess around with it. May work with the tpm-tools rpm.
+| colspan=2| [[Embedded Security Subsystem|TPM (security subsystem)]] || {{Cyes}} || tpm_tis is automatically loaded. After installing the tpm-tools rpm, and starting the tcsd service, the tpm_* commands seem to work.
 |-
 |}

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 | Lid || Lid button || acpi button|| {{Cyes|text=}} HAL || {{Cyes}} ||
 |-
-| Dock || Dock eject button || acpi dock  || {{Cyes|text=}} udev || {{Cyes}} || causes a flurry of udev remove/change events. Does not restore video to LVDS only. Press Fn-F7 after undock as a workaround
+| Dock || Dock eject button || acpi dock  || {{Cyes|text=}} udev || {{Cyes}} || Works, but check out [[Docking Solutions#Linux support|this page]] for some potential issues and workarounds
 |-
 | Ultrabay || Ultrabay eject switch || acpi dock || {{Cyes|text=}} udev || {{Cno}} || Missing handler, see Ultrabay instructions below

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 | Ethernet || {{Cyes}} ||
 |-
-| Modem || {{Cno}} || Requires closed-source driver. May work with the slmodem rpm from the 32bit rpmfusion-nonfree repository. Not available for 64bit.
+| [[ThinkPad 56K Modem (MDC-1.5)|Modem]] || {{Cno}} || Requires closed-source driver. Should work with the [[Conexant HSF modem drivers#The Linuxant hsf driver|Linuxant HSF driver]]
 |-
 | Serial || {{Cyes}} || Requires port-replicator or dock

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 | Fn-PgUp || thinklight || - || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || no default OSD. Install the tpb rpm as a workaround.
 |-
-| Fn-Space || zoom || thinkpad_acpi || {{Cyes|text=}} HAL || {{Cno}} || Known Xorg limitation, scheduled to be fixed in Xorg 1.8 with the new XKB2 extension in 2Q 2010
+| Fn-Space || zoom || thinkpad_acpi || {{Cyes|text=}} HAL || {{Cno}} || Known Xorg limitation, scheduled to be fixed with the new XKB2 extension, whenever that may be.
 |-
 | VolumeUp || Volume Up || - || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || no default OSD. Install the tpb rpm as a workaround.