[ltp] Re: Linux-Thinkpad digest, Vol 1 #2491 - 6 msgs

portsample linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:36:14 -0900


The crux of my problem is that ATI has not released a driver that will
work w/out massive Rube Goldberg-ing with the ATI hardware in my T60 and
the new SuSE 11.2. Their current driver installer is here: 

http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/linux/Pages/radeon_linux.aspx?type=2.4.2&product=2.4.2.3.15&lang=English

There is also dialog regarding this problem in the openSuse forum, in
the laptop subforum. 

I'll post again when I have resolution to this problem. Cheers. 

On Sat, 2009-11-21 at 12:01 +0100,
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>    1. Re: 64-bit Suse 11.2 on T60, 2.33ghz w/4gb RAM (Valentine, Colin)
>    2. Re: 64-bit Suse 11.2 on T60, 2.33ghz w/4gb RAM (Robert Tomsick)
>    3. Wlan led with 2.6.31 (=?UTF-8?B?RnLDqWTDqXJpYw==?= Boiteux)
>    4. Re: 64-bit Suse 11.2 on T60, 2.33ghz w/4gb RAM (Karsten =?iso-8859-1?q?K=F6nig?=)
>    5. Re: 64-bit Suse 11.2 on T60, 2.33ghz w/4gb RAM (Tim Prince)
>    6. Re: 64-bit Suse 11.2 on T60, 2.33ghz w/4gb RAM (Hollowell, Glenn J (DFG))
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> Message: 1
> From: "Valentine, Colin" <val@the-valentines.org>
> Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:17:28 -0500
> Subject: Re: [ltp] 64-bit Suse 11.2 on T60, 2.33ghz w/4gb RAM
> To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
> Reply-To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
> 
> Karsten,
> 
> Have you tried dual monitors?
> 
> I could not get 11.2/64 bit working with dual monitors on a T400
> (discrete graphics) without really poor graphics performance (windows
> jumping when you moved them, etc).  The stock config would not even
> see the external monitor.  The latest ATI driver saw the external
> monitor, but with really bad performance.
> 
> Works out of the box on Fedora 12.
> 
> Colin
> 
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> 
> Message: 2
> Subject: Re: [ltp] 64-bit Suse 11.2 on T60, 2.33ghz w/4gb RAM
> From: Robert Tomsick <robert@tomsick.net>
> To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
> Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:31:42 +0000
> Reply-To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
> 
> On Fri, 2009-11-20 at 08:20 +0100, Karsten König wrote:
> 
> > The bugs you are encountering sound very serious, did you update or make a 
> > fresh install?
> 
> I encountered an equally serious bug when trying to install 11.2 on my
> X200s: encrypted LVM support appears to be completely non-functional!
> YaST will let me set design a partitioning scheme with encrypted LVM,
> prompt me for my password, etc. but when it comes time to actually apply
> the changes to disk, it fails to create the crypt volume.  No amount of
> fiddling with partition sizes, etc. seems to work for me -- as far as I
> can tell this feature is entirely broken.
> 
> Shame too, as I liked SuSE when I used it several years ago
> (2003/2004-ish) and was looking forward to seeing how it had progressed.
> 
> -Rob
> 
> 
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> 
> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:47:33 +0100
> From: =?UTF-8?B?RnLDqWTDqXJpYw==?= Boiteux <fboiteux@calistel.com>
> To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
> Organization: Calistel
> Subject: [ltp] Wlan led with 2.6.31
> Reply-To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
> 
> 	Hello Thinkpad users,
> 
>   I recently updated my kernel from 2.6.26 to 2.6.31 on my Thinkpad X31,
> and I've stated a strange thing :
> On my system =C2=A0(Debian Lenny), I've bound Fn-F5 to a script (using
> halevt) loading/unloading the ath5k module, to allow wiki or prevent it
> and save power (mainly when on travel) ; the "wlan" led was never
> lighted.
> 
> With the 2.6.31, I had to update my script to also activate the rfkill
> switch after loading the ath5k (I've also noticed that
> unloading/loading increase rfkill number each time...), and I saw my
> that sometines, the wlan led was light. Great, but in fact, it's light
> when my script unload the wifi, and is shut off when it loads the ath5k
> module and activates wifi :-(
> 
> I think something is reacting to Fn-F5 keys (through ACPI=C2=A0or HAL ?),
> but I don't know how to correct the behaviour : I've looked
> in /sys/class/leds, but don't have a wlan one :
> tpacpi::power
> tpacpi::standby
> tpacpi::thinklight
> 
>   Could you enlighten me about this led behaviour ?
> 
> 	Thanks,
> 		Fred.
> 
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> 
> Message: 4
> From: Karsten =?iso-8859-1?q?K=F6nig?= <remur@gmx.net>
> To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
> Subject: Re: [ltp] 64-bit Suse 11.2 on T60, 2.33ghz w/4gb RAM
> Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:42:16 +0100
> Reply-To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
> 
> Hey,
> 
> I use my system mostly portable so I don't activate discrete graphics, VGA 
> output on dock is, erm, acceptable.
> The intel drivers are working nice, which ati driver are you using? I suspect 
> opensuse forces you onto radeonhd, you could try switching to ati or fglrx, 
> the same applies to portsample =) (I read the last release adds 11.2 support a 
> few days ago)
> The radeon radeonhd splits are really annoying =/
> 
> Anyways I am looking forward to using both cards easily with the future 
> kernel/xorg releases with autodetect. Just the dynamic switching is propably 
> very far in the future.
> 
> 
> Karsten
> 
> Am Freitag, 20. November 2009 15:17:28 schrieb Valentine, Colin:
> > Karsten,
> > 
> > Have you tried dual monitors?
> > 
> > I could not get 11.2/64 bit working with dual monitors on a T400
> > (discrete graphics) without really poor graphics performance (windows
> > jumping when you moved them, etc).  The stock config would not even
> > see the external monitor.  The latest ATI driver saw the external
> > monitor, but with really bad performance.
> > 
> > Works out of the box on Fedora 12.
> > 
> > Colin
> > 
> 
> --__--__--
> 
> Message: 5
> Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:31:27 -0800
> From: Tim Prince <n8tm@aol.com>
> To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
> Subject: Re: [ltp] 64-bit Suse 11.2 on T60, 2.33ghz w/4gb RAM
> Reply-To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
> 
> portsample wrote:
> > I've done 2 fresh installs on this machine of 64-bit SuSE 11.2 . 
> > 
> > Are you using 64-bit or 32-bit?
> > 
> > It does seem to be a lot more rough than the 32-bit SuSE releases that I
> > am used to.
> > 
> > Does anyone else have any experience with SuSE 64-bit on TPs? TIA again.
> > 
> 
> I ran OpenSuSE 64-bit happily for 2 years on my T61, before the 
> increasing strictness of Windows lock-down in our organization and the 
> partial obsolescence of T61 made dual boot less attractive.  I can't see 
> running SuSE64 on TP as a novel idea after the passage of this much 
> time, although you would want 2GB before expecting an advantage, and you 
> will still see some restrictions.  For example, only Opera64 worked well 
> with YouTube and with some of the public wireless access points (which 
> don't work with IE or FF either !), and I never got Skype microphone 
> working.
> 
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> 
> Message: 6
> Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:44:33 -0900
> From: "Hollowell, Glenn J (DFG)" <glenn.hollowell@alaska.gov>
> To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
> Subject: [ltp] Re: 64-bit Suse 11.2 on T60, 2.33ghz w/4gb RAM
> Reply-To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
> 
> I've got an ATI Radeon X1300 w/64mb of RAM. 
> 
> It does appear to me that most of the perceived symptoms are graphical
> and MAY NOT be the result of specific application failures. 
> 
> I installed SuSE 11.2 64-bit on an AMD desktop (A8N-SLI mobo) last
> night. At first glance many of the problems encountered on the Thinkpad
> T60 (2007-W6U) appear to be resolved. Thanks again.
> 
> 
> 
> > Heya,
> 
> somehow your reply broke the thread, ...
> 
> The reviews for 11.2 seem also very mixed, does your T60 have intel on board 
> or radeon?
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Karsten
> > 
> 
> 
> 
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