[ltp] T42 and Debian Sarge

Alejandro Bonilla linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Mon, 25 Jul 2005 18:02:42 -0500


Josh Battles wrote:

>
>Linux and ATI don't seem to ever work well together but I have a Mobility
>Radeon 7500 in my T42.  I have nVidia cards in my desktops for this reason so
>I don't know about what's required to setup an ATI card.  Will the included
>ATI driver in XFree work with this card or will I need to do something else?
>
>Where do I find the security chip management tools and how do I make all the
>softkeys work?
>
>Thanks!
>  
>
Josh,

    Things work great. Check tpb which manages the buttons, check 
ibm-acpi and so on....

T42 works great and I don't have any suspend and video problems even 
with DRI.

Install the baby and start having fun.

.Alejandro