[ltp] t30 experiences?

David Grindrod linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
Tue, 02 Jul 2002 19:03:22 +0200


I am running RedHat 7.2 and apart from what you mentioned below about 
the modem everything works. The only problem I have is that if a card is 
left in the PCMCIA slot on suspend then it does not suspend. I have 
tried the latest  2.5 kernel and playing with PCMCIA configs and   
cannot get it suspend to work  without manually ejecting any card in a 
PCMCIA slot.

I have not had a lot of feedback on this forum on this subject  but it 
has been suggested this behavior happens with all Thinkpads. It has to 
be something to do with Linux as suspend / resume works fine under M$. I 
do not know if anyone is looking into this option or  not.

Apart from PCMCIA and modem everything I needed seems to work. I have 
not tested the firewire but hopefully will in the next couple of weeks.

Dave

Pam Huntley wrote:

>Hi,
>
>For Red Hat 7.3, most things work out of the box:  video, ethernet, sound
>(you have to turn the volume up).
>
>Some things I either don't work, need configuration, or I haven't tried
>yet, I'll list them here.
>
>Wireless and bluetooth work if you download the right drivers, which are
>detailed here:
>http://www.linuxcare.com/labs/certs/ibm/thinkpad/a31p/index.epl
>
>Modem:  doesn't work.  As the A31p document above says, IBM is working with
>the modem vendor for a driver.
>APM and PCMCIA I need to check out, but the machine did suspend and resume
>ok, and apm reports ac/battery information correctly.
>Ultranav:  this is the TrackPoint/TouchPad combo, only on some models.
>Right now, if you have both enabled, the third button on the TrackPoint
>doesn't get passed through properly.  The other buttons work, though, and
>if you only have one or the other enabled, it works properly.
>
>So that's as much as I know right now, I'll see if I can check out PCMCIA,
>and look at apm in more detail.
>
>Pam
>
>
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>Pamela Huntley, IBM PCD Software Development
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>I'm thinking of getting a thinkpad t30 to use as a linux box
>(specifically, dual boot XP/RH7.3).  If anyone has tried this before,
>any tips (funky video or ethernet drivers, APM workarounds, PCMCIA
>glitches, etc.) would be much appreciated.
>
>Thanks!
>
>rst
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