Installing Fedora 7 on a ThinkPad T41

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Success Chart

Item Working Notes
Installation Local CD/DVD install Yes
Network Installation Not Tested
USB Installation Not Tested
Display Laptop Screen Yes
CRT / Projector Not Tested
DVI Yes Requires port-replicator or dock with DVI
S-Video Not Tested
Power Management Software Suspend (hibernate) Not Tested
Suspend to Memory (ACPI sleep) Not Tested
Audio Yes
Wireless 802.11 Not Tested I have the Atheros WiFi, which requires the closed source Madwifi
Bluetooth Not Tested (should work) Device is properly detected when enabled
Extra Buttons Keyboard Section Yes ibm-acpi driver
Ports Ethernet Yes
Modem Not Tested Requires closed-source driver
Serial Not Tested (should work) Requires port-replicator or dock
IrDA Not Tested Device is detected
PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse Not Tested Requires port-replicator or dock
Parallel Not Tested (should work) Device is detected
USB Yes
PCMCIA/Cardbus Yes
Harddisk Active Protection Not Tested
Ultrabay device removal No Does not work out of the box

Tested and Verified on Fedora 7

Information in this section has been tested and verified using Fedora 7.

Installation

Installation is straight forward; you can use the generic install instructions here.

Configuration

X Server

Basic X server functionality should work out of the box.

Desktop Effects

'Desktop Effects' cause screen corruption when enabled.

Wireless Network

If you have the Intel wireless, it should work out of the box. But with the Atheros card you need the closed source Madwifi.

tpb/on-screen display

tpb, which controls the onscreen display of thinkpad buttons, is not installed by default.

To install tpb execute:

# yum install tpb

Once installed, just restart the X server. No further configuration is necessary.

Untested on Fedora 7