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Barnoid: /* Fan */

2006-08-16T17:57:42Z

‎Fan

Barnoid at 17:41, 16 August 2006

2006-08-16T17:41:14Z

Barnoid at 20:03, 27 July 2006

2006-07-27T20:03:14Z

Barnoid: Didn't mean for this to turn up in any categories yet. How do I link to a category without adding the page to it?

2006-06-30T15:41:08Z

Didn't mean for this to turn up in any categories yet. How do I link to a category without adding the page to it?

Barnoid: /* Install */

2006-06-29T13:13:35Z

‎Install

Barnoid at 12:06, 29 June 2006

2006-06-29T12:06:08Z

Barnoid at 11:59, 29 June 2006

2006-06-29T11:59:35Z

Barnoid at 12:34, 20 June 2006

2006-06-20T12:34:32Z

Barnoid at 11:35, 20 June 2006

2006-06-20T11:35:34Z

Barnoid: /* Handy bits of the wiki */

2006-06-20T10:41:44Z

‎Handy bits of the wiki

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 ==Fan==
-The fan on my T60 runs constantly. This appears to be due to the GPU constantly running at around 67&deg;C, whether it's idling on the desktop or running 3D apps. I've tried {{cmduser|aticonfig --set-powerstate=1}} but it makes very little difference.
+The fan on my T60 runs constantly. This appears to be due to the GPU constantly running at around 67&deg;C, whether it's idling on the desktop or running 3D apps. I've tried ''aticonfig --set-powerstate=1'' but it makes very little difference.
-However, updating the BIOS to version 1.09 solved a problem where the fan would start to spin very fast as soon as I unplugged the power supply.
+However, [[BIOS_Upgrade|updating the BIOS]] to version 1.09 solved a problem where the fan would start to spin very fast as soon as I unplugged the power supply.

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	To be continued...		To be continued...
		+
		+	==Fan==
		+	The fan on my T60 runs constantly. This appears to be due to the GPU constantly running at around 67°C, whether it's idling on the desktop or running 3D apps. I've tried {{cmduser\|aticonfig --set-powerstate=1}} but it makes very little difference.
		+
		+	However, updating the BIOS to version 1.09 solved a problem where the fan would start to spin very fast as soon as I unplugged the power supply.

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	After this the back and forward buttons Just Work in Konqueror. I set them to switch between tabs in Konsole. The media control keys can be set to work as appropriate in all KDE apps using their "Configure Shortcuts" dialog.		After this the back and forward buttons Just Work in Konqueror. I set them to switch between tabs in Konsole. The media control keys can be set to work as appropriate in all KDE apps using their "Configure Shortcuts" dialog.
		+
		+	==Networking==
		+	Here's how I finally got networking to work properly:
		+
		+	Properly means that the wireless card automatically associates with a known access point on boot/resume and the network is configured appropriately.
		+
		+	I compiled and installed the proprietary ipw3945 driver and its binary daemon as described [http://ipw3945.sourceforge.net/ here]. Though I compiled against the ieee80211 code included with my kernel rather than against a newer version as the instructions describe.
		+
		+	I had a lot of trouble with loading the driver and configuring the network on boot. It turns out it was trying to configure the network before the driver and daemon were ready. So I created this script {{path\|/etc/init.d/ipw3945}} :
		+	<pre>
		+	#!/bin/bash
		+
		+	case $1 in
		+	start)
		+	echo -n "Load ipw3945:"
		+	modprobe -i ipw3945
		+	/usr/local/sbin/ipw3945d --timeout=30
		+	sleep 2
		+	echo " done."
		+	;;
		+
		+	stop)
		+	echo -n "Unloading ipw3945:"
		+	/usr/local/sbin/ipw3945d --kill
		+	modprobe -ir ipw3945
		+	sleep 2
		+	echo " done."
		+	;;
		+	esac
		+
		+	exit 0
		+	</pre>
		+	The crucial part being the ''sleep 2'' which ensures the driver is ready before anything tries to use it.
		+
		+	To be continued...

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 Hello, I am [http://barnoid.org.uk/ barnoid].
-I'm currently working on making my lovely new {{T60}} work properly with Debian. I also have a {{T21}} which runs Debian.
+I'm currently working on making my lovely new T60 work properly with Debian. I also have a T21 which runs Debian.
 ==Handy bits of the wiki==

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 ===Install===
 I installed using the Debian Testing (Etch) netinst CD. The Stable netinst didn't recognise the e1000 NIC. This all went smoothly except again for the X driver, it tried to use ati again.
 ==Special Keys==

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−	I'm currently working on making my lovely new [[T60]] work properly with Debian.	+	Hello, I am [http://barnoid.org.uk/ barnoid].
		+
		+	I'm currently working on making my lovely new [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Category:T60 T60] work properly with Debian. I also have a [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Category:T21 T21] which runs Debian.

	==Handy bits of the wiki==		==Handy bits of the wiki==

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	KThinkBat		KThinkBat
	[https://lepetitfou.dyndns.org/wiki/view/Werkstatt/KThinkBat]		[https://lepetitfou.dyndns.org/wiki/view/Werkstatt/KThinkBat]
		+
		+	==Installation==
		+
		+	===Pre-install===
		+	I started by making the rescue CDs from within windows just in case. This required '''seven''' CDs and took ages.
		+
		+	Then I booted using Knoppix 5.0.1, which mostly worked fine apart from the X video driver. It tries to use the ati driver, then after it fails a few times it defaults to vesa at 640x480. It can be fixed by fiddling with the xorg.conf file, or avoided by booting with {{bootparm\|xmodule\|vesa}} and {{bootparm\|screen\|1400x1050}}.
		+
		+	I used qtparted to reduce the size of the preinstalled windows partition to 10GB. I didn't touch the rescue partition at the end of the disk. I created a 2GB swap partition and used the rest of the space for the Linux partition.
		+
		+	===Install===
		+	I installed using the Debian Testing (Etch) netinst CD. The Stable netinst didn't recognise the e1000 NIC. This all went smoothly except again for the X driver, it tried to use ati again.
		+
		+	==Special Keys==
		+	Using xev I identified the following keycodes:
		+
		+	{{Key\|Back}} = 234
		+
		+	{{Key\|Forward}} = 233
		+
		+	{{Key\|Fn}}{{Key\|Up}} = 164 (media stop)
		+
		+	{{Key\|Fn}}{{Key\|Down}} = 162 (media play/pause)
		+
		+	{{Key\|Fn}}{{Key\|Left}} = 144 (media previous)
		+
		+	{{Key\|Fn}}{{Key\|Right}} = 153 (media next)
		+
		+	and produced the following file for xmodmap:
		+
		+	<pre>
		+	keycode 234 = XF86Back
		+	keycode 233 = XF86Forward
		+	keycode 164 = XF86AudioStop
		+	keycode 162 = XF86AudioPlay
		+	keycode 144 = XF86AudioPrev
		+	keycode 153 = XF86AudioNext
		+	</pre>
		+
		+	After much Googling trying to find out how to make these xmodmap settings usable system-wide I discovered that I should have just RTFMP, specifically
		+
		+	{{cmduser\|man Xsession}}
		+
		+	which contains an example of exactly what I wanted to do.
		+
		+	Create the file {{path\|/etc/X11/Xsession.d/40custom_load-xmodmap}} containing:
		+
		+	<pre>
		+	SYSMODMAP="/etc/X11/Xmodmap"
		+	USRMODMAP="$HOME/.Xmodmap"
		+
		+	if [ -x /usr/bin/X11/xmodmap ]; then
		+	if [ -f "$SYSMODMAP" ]; then
		+	xmodmap "$SYSMODMAP"
		+	fi
		+	fi
		+
		+	if [ -x /usr/bin/X11/xmodmap ]; then
		+	if [ -f "$USRMODMAP" ]; then
		+	xmodmap "$USRMODMAP"
		+	fi
		+	fi
		+	</pre>
		+
		+	Then save the xmodmap definitions file to {{path\|/etc/X11/Xmodmap}} for system-wide, or {{path\|~/.Xmodmap}} for user specific definitions.
		+
		+	Why this file doesn't exist by default I have no idea.
		+
		+	After this the back and forward buttons Just Work in Konqueror. I set them to switch between tabs in Konsole. The media control keys can be set to work as appropriate in all KDE apps using their "Configure Shortcuts" dialog.

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	[[Fglrx]]		[[Fglrx]]
		+
		+	[[Tp_smapi]]
		+
		+	==External useful stuff==
		+
		+	HDAPS-devel mailing list
		+	[http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=45521]
		+
		+	ipw3945-devel mailing list
		+	[http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum=ipw3945-devel]
		+
		+	KThinkBat
		+	[https://lepetitfou.dyndns.org/wiki/view/Werkstatt/KThinkBat]

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	[[HDAPS]]		[[HDAPS]]

−	[[~~FGLRX~~]]	+	[[Fglrx]]