Installing Fedora 14 on a ThinkPad X40 - Revision history

Tonko at 09:14, 18 May 2011

2011-05-18T09:14:47Z

Fultonj: /* WiFi */

2011-03-02T03:06:04Z

‎WiFi

Fultonj: /* Untested on Fedora 14 */

2011-03-02T03:03:34Z

‎Untested on Fedora 14

Fultonj: /* WiFi */

2011-03-02T03:03:20Z

‎WiFi

Fultonj: /* Success Chart - Out of the box experience */

2011-03-02T03:02:23Z

‎Success Chart - Out of the box experience

Tonko: /* X Server - Intel 855GM */

2010-12-13T09:49:18Z

‎X Server - Intel 855GM

Tonko: F14 is out

2010-11-02T14:21:12Z

F14 is out

Tonko: /* ThinkPad Extra keys */

2010-10-12T07:46:59Z

‎ThinkPad Extra keys

Tonko: /* ThinkPad Extra keys */

2010-10-12T07:46:20Z

‎ThinkPad Extra keys

Tonko: /* Installation */

2010-10-11T09:59:24Z

‎Installation

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 {{NOTE|This is based on Fedora 14 with the default GNOME desktop. Your experience with KDE may be different.}}
 {{HELP|Not all models of this ThinkPad are equal, you may have a different WiFi adapter, or some options I did not have. If you tested them, please add their status down below.}}
 |}
 == New in this release ==

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 I did limited tested with the Intel 2200BG and it seemed to worked.
-Atheros WiFi was tested and worked.
+Atheros WiFi (Atheros Communications Inc. AR5212 802.11abg NIC (rev 01)) was tested and worked.
 === ThinkPad Extra keys ===

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 = Untested on Fedora 14 =
 * Parallel port
 [[Category:X40]][[Category:Fedora]]

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 I did limited tested with the Intel 2200BG and it seemed to worked.
-Atheros WiFi was not tested.
+Atheros WiFi was tested and worked.
 === ThinkPad Extra keys ===

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 |colspan=2| Audio || {{Cyes}} ||
 |-
-|rowspan=3| Wireless || WiFi - Atheros || {{Cunk}} ||
+|rowspan=3| Wireless || WiFi - Atheros || {{Cyes}} ||
 |-
 | WiFi - [[Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Mini-PCI Adapter|Intel 2200BG]]|| {{Cyes}} ||

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 * Cycling through external display modes with Fn-F7 only works, if the combined horizontal resolutions of the LVDS and external display combined does not exceed 2048 pixels. Since the LVDS (ThinkPad LCD) is 1024 pixels horizontal on a X40, that means the external display cannot have more then 1024 pixels either or otherwise Fn-F7 will fail.
 * Xv (Xvideo) when in mirror mode works on the external display, but not the LVDS
-* Hotplugging an external VGA display with Compiz enabled causes corruption
+* Hotplugging an external VGA display with Compiz enabled causes corruption - fixed after installing updates
 === WiFi ===

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 |style="vertical-align:top;padding-right:20px;width:10px;white-space:nowrap;" | __TOC__
 |style="vertical-align:top" |
-{{NOTE|This is based on Fedora 14 '''Beta''' with the default GNOME desktop. Your experience with KDE may be different.}}
+{{NOTE|This is based on Fedora 14 with the default GNOME desktop. Your experience with KDE may be different.}}
 {{HELP|Not all models of this ThinkPad are equal, you may have a different WiFi adapter, or some options I did not have. If you tested them, please add their status down below.}}
 |}
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 |-
 |rowspan=3|Installation
-| Local CD/DVD install || {{Cpart}} || Invisible Mouse cursor, fixed in newer kernel available from updates repository
+| Local CD/DVD install || {{Cyes}} ||
 |-
-| Network Installation || {{Cpart}} || Invisible Mouse cursor, fixed in newer kernel available from updates repository
+| Network Installation || {{Cyes}} ||
 |-
-| USB Installation     || {{Cpart}} || Invisible Mouse cursor, fixed in newer kernel available from updates repository
+| USB Installation     || {{Cyes}} ||
 |-
 |rowspan=2|[[Intel Extreme Graphics 2|Display]]
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 == Installation ==
-Installation is '''NOT''' straight forward; you cannot follow the generic Fedora install instructions.
+Installation is straight forward; you can follow the generic Fedora install instructions.
 == Configuration ==

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 | {{key|Fn}}{{key|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 || thinkpad_acpi || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || no OSD. Hardware and Software volume are independent from each other.
+| VolumeUp || Volume Up || thinkpad_acpi || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || no OSD. Hardware and Software volume controls are independent from each other.
 |-
-| VolumeDown || Volume Down || thinkpad_acpi || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || no OSD. Hardware and Software volume are independent from each other.
+| VolumeDown || Volume Down || thinkpad_acpi || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || no OSD. Hardware and Software volume controls are independent from each other.
 |-
-| Mute || Mute || thinkpad_acpi || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || no OSD. Hardware and Software mute are independent from each other.
+| Mute || Mute || thinkpad_acpi || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || no OSD. Hardware and Software mute controls are independent from each other.
 |-
 | Access IBM || Vendor key ||thinkpad_acpi ||  {{Cyes|text=}} HAL|| {{Cpart}} || No default action, but can be associated with gnome-keybinding-properties

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 | {{key|Fn}}{{key|F12}} || hibernate || acpi button|| {{Cyes|text=}} HAL|| {{Cyes}} ||
 |-
-| {{key|Fn}}{{key|Home}} || brightness up || - || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || no default OSD.
+| {{key|Fn}}{{key|Home}} || brightness up || - || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || no OSD
 |-
-| {{key|Fn}}{{key|End}} || brightness down || - || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || no default OSD.
+| {{key|Fn}}{{key|End}} || brightness down || - || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || no OSD
 |-
-| {{key|Fn}}{{key|PgUp}} || thinklight || - || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || no default OSD.
+| {{key|Fn}}{{key|PgUp}} || thinklight || - || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || no OSD
 |-
 | {{key|Fn}}{{key|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 || thinkpad_acpi || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || no default OSD.
+| VolumeUp || Volume Up || thinkpad_acpi || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || no OSD. Hardware and Software volume are independent from each other.
 |-
-| VolumeDown || Volume Down || thinkpad_acpi || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || no default OSD.
+| VolumeDown || Volume Down || thinkpad_acpi || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || no OSD. Hardware and Software volume are independent from each other.
 |-
-| Mute || Mute || thinkpad_acpi || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || no default OSD.
+| Mute || Mute || thinkpad_acpi || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || no OSD. Hardware and Software mute are independent from each other.
 |-
 | Access IBM || Vendor key ||thinkpad_acpi ||  {{Cyes|text=}} HAL|| {{Cpart}} || No default action, but can be associated with gnome-keybinding-properties

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 Installation is '''NOT''' straight forward; you cannot follow the generic Fedora install instructions.
-When booting into graphical mode using for instance a Live image, no mouse cursor will be visible. This is a known bug which is resolved in a newer kernel build, but this kernel has not yet been pushed into the updates repositories. [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=628217]
+When booting into graphical mode using for instance a Live image, no mouse cursor will be visible. This is a known bug which is resolved in a newer kernel build available from the updates repository. [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=628217]
 == Configuration ==