Installing OPENSUSE 11.1 on a ThinkPad T61p - Revision history

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Szaboka at 04:06, 10 February 2009

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 I wanted to give a try to GNOME and reinstalled the whole system. In the meantime a new nvidia driver (NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-180.29-pkg2.run) came out, I have choosen that one.
 * suspend to RAM works (without editing {{path|/etc/pm/config.d/defaults}}).
-* wireless does not always come back after s2ram, but you can fix it by removing and loading a wireless kernel module ({{cmdroot|modprobe -r iwlagn; modprobe iwlagn}}), in case if it does not come up.
+* wireless does not always come back after s2ram. You can fix it by removing and loading a wireless kernel module ({{cmdroot|modprobe -r iwlagn; modprobe iwlagn}}), in case if it does not come up.
 * composite effects in GNOME were OK. However in terminal the texts were not always displayed correctly; if a window was updated, only parts of it was refreshed, I had to bring the cursor above the elements to make them refresh. I have played with many xorg and compiz parameters (switched sync_to_vblank off; refresh rate set to 60). The problem has completely vanished after removing the --loose-binding in COMPIZ_OPTIONS in {{path|/usr/bin/compiz-manager}}. See [http://fedorasolved.org/Members/mock/fix_refresh_nvidia_compiz_f10].

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 I wanted to give a try to GNOME and reinstalled the whole system. In the meantime a new nvidia driver (NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-180.29-pkg2.run) came out, I have choosen that one.
-* suspend to RAM works (without editing {{path|/etc/pm/config.d/defaults}})
+* suspend to RAM works (without editing {{path|/etc/pm/config.d/defaults}}).
-* wireless does not always come back after s2ram, but you can fix it by removing and loading a wireless kernel module ({{cmdroot|modprobe -r iwlagn; modprobe iwlagn}}), if it does not want to work
+* wireless does not always come back after s2ram, but you can fix it by removing and loading a wireless kernel module ({{cmdroot|modprobe -r iwlagn; modprobe iwlagn}}), in case if it does not come up.
-* composite effects in GNOME were OK, however in terminal the texts were not always displayed correctly, if a window was updated, only parts of it was refreshed, I had to bring the cursor above the elements to make them refresh. I have played with many xorg and compiz parameters (switched sync_to_vblank off; refresh rate set to 60). The problem has completely vanished after removing the --loose-binding in COMPIZ_OPTIONS in {{path|/usr/bin/compiz-manager}}. See [http://fedorasolved.org/Members/mock/fix_refresh_nvidia_compiz_f10].
+* composite effects in GNOME were OK. However in terminal the texts were not always displayed correctly; if a window was updated, only parts of it was refreshed, I had to bring the cursor above the elements to make them refresh. I have played with many xorg and compiz parameters (switched sync_to_vblank off; refresh rate set to 60). The problem has completely vanished after removing the --loose-binding in COMPIZ_OPTIONS in {{path|/usr/bin/compiz-manager}}. See [http://fedorasolved.org/Members/mock/fix_refresh_nvidia_compiz_f10].

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 * suspend to RAM works (without editing {{path|/etc/pm/config.d/defaults}})
 * wireless does not always come back after s2ram, but you can fix it by removing and loading a wireless kernel module ({{cmdroot|modprobe -r iwlagn; modprobe iwlagn}}), if it does not want to work
-* composite effects in GNOME were OK, however in terminal the texts were not always displayed correctly, if a window was updated, only parts of it was refreshed, I had to bring the cursor above the elements to make them refresh. I have played with many xorg and compiz parameters (switched sync_to_vblank off; refresh rate set to 60), but the problem has completely vanished after removing the --loose-binding in COMPIZ_OPTIONS in {{path|/usr/bin/compiz-manager}}. See [http://fedorasolved.org/Members/mock/fix_refresh_nvidia_compiz_f10].
+* composite effects in GNOME were OK, however in terminal the texts were not always displayed correctly, if a window was updated, only parts of it was refreshed, I had to bring the cursor above the elements to make them refresh. I have played with many xorg and compiz parameters (switched sync_to_vblank off; refresh rate set to 60). The problem has completely vanished after removing the --loose-binding in COMPIZ_OPTIONS in {{path|/usr/bin/compiz-manager}}. See [http://fedorasolved.org/Members/mock/fix_refresh_nvidia_compiz_f10].

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 * suspend to RAM works (without editing {{path|/etc/pm/config.d/defaults}})
 * wireless does not always come back after s2ram, but you can fix it by removing and loading a wireless kernel module ({{cmdroot|modprobe -r iwlagn; modprobe iwlagn}}), if it does not want to work
-* composite effects in GNOME were OK, however in terminal the texts were not always displayed correctly, if a window was updated, only parts of it was refreshed, I had to bring the cursor above the elements to make them refresh. Solution can be found
+* composite effects in GNOME were OK, however in terminal the texts were not always displayed correctly, if a window was updated, only parts of it was refreshed, I had to bring the cursor above the elements to make them refresh. I have played with many xorg and compiz parameters (switched sync_to_vblank off; refresh rate set to 60), but the problem has completely vanished after removing the --loose-binding in COMPIZ_OPTIONS in {{path|/usr/bin/compiz-manager}}. See [http://fedorasolved.org/Members/mock/fix_refresh_nvidia_compiz_f10].

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 My T61p is a 6457-BQG, Intel Core2Duo 2,6GHz, 4GB RAM, 180 GB HDD, Nvidia Quadro FX 570M, 15.4" TFT (1900x1200), Intel AGN 4965 wifi, Bluetooth, Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio.
-== Installation ==
+== Partitioning ==
 Factory disk: two partitions: r&r and vista. I was first preparing a dual boot system, but gparted was not able to resize the vista partition. After many retries, I dropped the idea of dual boot and decided for suse-only system. I kept only the r&r and partitioned the rest with gparted as:
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   /dev/sda7 /home 130GB
-Network install was almost without problems (the partition configuration had to be edited during the installation, since the installers was offering some foolish configuration). Windowmanager: KDE4.
+Network install was almost without problems (the partition configuration had to be edited during the installation, since the installers was offering some foolish configuration).
-== Worked out of the box ==
+== Setup - 1st try - KDE4 ==
-== Problems ==
+First I have choosen KDE4 for desktop enviroment. Installed nvidia driver from source (needs kernel source package installed) instead of rpm. It seemed that these components
-There is a strange interplay between the nvidia driver and suspend2ram. Since s2ram was not working with nvidia-rpms,
+* suspend to RAM (add {{bootparm|S2RAM_OPTS|"--force"}} to {{path|/etc/pm/config.d/defaults}})
-I deinstalled them and installed the driver using the script NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-180.22-pkg2.run (needs kernel-source package installed). Accept to write new {{path|/etc/X11/xorg.conf}} file at the end of install script. FPS is around 12000. Adding
+* composite effects in KDE4 (add to {{path|/etc/X11/xorg.conf}} with {{cmdroot|nvidia-xconfig --composite}})
-{{bootparm|S2RAM_OPTS|"--force"}} to {{path|/etc/pm/config.d/defaults}} makes s2ram work, however no 3d animations in kde. Adding Composite flag to the {{path|/etc/X11/xorg.conf}} file (by calling {{cmdroot|nvidia-xconfig --composite}}) makes 3d animations work, but s2ram fails. I tried out an older nvidia-driver (NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-177.82-pkg2.run), too: s2ram ok, 3d animations work, but FPS is only 3000.
+* wireless

← Older revision		Revision as of 04:16, 10 February 2009
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−	~~Installing opensuse 11.1 on T61p.~~
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	== Configuration ==		== Configuration ==
	My T61p is a 6457-BQG, Intel Core2Duo 2,6GHz, 4GB RAM, 180 GB HDD, Nvidia Quadro FX 570M, 15.4" TFT (1900x1200), Intel AGN 4965 wifi, Bluetooth, Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio.		My T61p is a 6457-BQG, Intel Core2Duo 2,6GHz, 4GB RAM, 180 GB HDD, Nvidia Quadro FX 570M, 15.4" TFT (1900x1200), Intel AGN 4965 wifi, Bluetooth, Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio.

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 There is a strange interplay between the nvidia driver and suspend2ram. Since s2ram was not working with nvidia-rpms,
 I deinstalled them and installed the driver using the script NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-180.22-pkg2.run (accept to write new {{path|/etc/X11/xorg.conf}} file at the end of install script). FPS is around 12000. Adding
-{{bootparm|S2RAM_OPTS|"--force"}} to {{path|/etc/pm/config.d/defaults}} makes s2ram work, however no 3d animations in kde. Adding Composite flag to the {{path|/etc/X11/xorg.conf}} file (by calling {{cmdroot|nvidia-xconfig --composite}}) makes 3d animations work, but s2ram fails. I tried out an older nvidia-driver (NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-177.82-pkg2.run), too: s2ram ok, 3d animations work, but FPS is 3000 again.
+{{bootparm|S2RAM_OPTS|"--force"}} to {{path|/etc/pm/config.d/defaults}} makes s2ram work, however no 3d animations in kde. Adding Composite flag to the {{path|/etc/X11/xorg.conf}} file (by calling {{cmdroot|nvidia-xconfig --composite}}) makes 3d animations work, but s2ram fails. I tried out an older nvidia-driver (NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-177.82-pkg2.run), too: s2ram ok, 3d animations work, but FPS is only 3000.

← Older revision		Revision as of 04:06, 10 February 2009
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	Installing opensuse 11.1 on T61p.		Installing opensuse 11.1 on T61p.
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		+	== Configuration ==
		+	My T61p is a 6457-BQG, Intel Core2Duo 2,6GHz, 4GB RAM, 180 GB HDD, Nvidia Quadro FX 570M, 15.4" TFT (1900x1200), Intel AGN 4965 wifi, Bluetooth, Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio.

	== Installation ==		== Installation ==