[ltp] T40 / Pentium M and Linux

[Rune Froysa]

Atul Chitnis <achitnis@exocore.com> writes:

> I considered various makes, including Compaq, Dell and Toshiba, but 
> finally settled on yet another Thinkpad - an IBM Thinkpad T30 (2366-92U)
> 
> http://www5.pc.ibm.com/us/products.nsf/$wwwPartNumLookup/_236692U
> 
> I wiped Windows off it and installed RHL 8.0 on it. Everything worked out
> of the box - Wireless, USB, DVD, video, sound, cdwriter, USB, ethernet,
> etc.

On my T30 (type 2366 - 92g) with RH8.0, the network driver randomly
hangs every few MB.  I have transfered several GB with the prism2_pci
driver from linux-wlan-ng without problems.

The tv-out port is not supported.  I have been unable to find anyone
that provides alternative drivers.  According to the gatos
mailing-list there may be some legal problems related to developing
such a driver, which to me indicates that IBM made a poor choice of
video chipset vendor.

With the redhat kernel suspend-resume sometimes failes to properly
wake the HD, power-button required.  Hand compiled stock kernel works
better.

With phoebe the redhat provided kernel crashes (=freezes) frequently.

Finally, IBM should be flamed for not allowing us to buy ThinkPads
without a pre-installed OS.  If my work hadn't paid for it, I would
have selected a model from the only suplyer in this country that sells
laptops whitout a pre-installed OS.

-- 
Rune Frøysa