[ltp] t30 experiences?

[D. Sen]

Cant you use the apm scripts to eject/suspend the PCMCIA cards during a 
suspend? On my distribution (Mandrake 8.x), I have a 
"PCMCIARESTART="yes/no" option in the /etc/apmd script which does this 
using the cardctl utility.

(I have just received a T30. Mulling around on how to preserve a small 
partition with the pre-installed Window$ XP. Its taking up 3.5 Gigs on 
top of the 1.5 Gigs that stores the pre-installation backup in a hidden 
partition. This is lot ... I guess I am limited to using a commercial 
partition software like Partition Magic which handles NTFS/Win XP?)


David Grindrod wrote:
> 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
>>
>>
>> ============================================
>> 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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