[ltp] Mandrake 8.2 vs. TP 600e

[Andrew Lee]

I did mangage to get my soundcard working under Mandrake 8.2 on the 600e,
I used sndconfig and set the driver to CS 4232. IRQ5 IO x330 and IRQ 9 for
the other bit (can't remember exact settings).
But I still couldn't get the modem working, so eventually I gave up and
installed
Windows 2000. Don't let anyone fool you, Linux is really not ready for the
big time yet. What people need is to be able to work, not have to mess
around hacking things up
for weeks before realising it's never going to work.
FWIW, Win2000 set up everything first time, no need for any drivers or
downloads.

regards

-AJL


----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Stone" <chris.stone@abridean.com>
To: <linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com>
Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 3:02 PM
Subject: [ltp] Mandrake 8.2 vs. TP 600e


> Steven,
>
> Your results in sound and modem settings echo mine in Caldera Open Linux
> Workstation with the Thinkpad 770x....(ie. Not a hope in hell to get them
> working!!).  One thing I noticed right away... KDE documentation is very
> sparse.
>
> In my configuration, I first checked the Windows settings of my sound card
> and modem. I wrote those down. Then, I tried the settings using a special
> program in Caldera that sets the kernel loading of drivers.... no success
> yet.
>
> My Linux seems to think the thinkpad has a CS46** driver (that's what it
> says when it probes). On some sites on the internet, people say it's a
4232
> chipset...
>
> No idea... I think I may just install RedHat 7.x instead.... as it may be
> easier to configure the sound by following other's examples.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Chris
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: owner-linux-thinkpad@bm-soft.com
> >[mailto:owner-linux-thinkpad@bm-soft.com]On Behalf Of Steven Crane
> >Sent: July 14, 2002 8:05
> >To: Linux on Thinkpads mailing list
> >Subject: [ltp] Mandrake 8.2 vs. TP 600e
> >
> >
> >Well, guys can't say as I'm very impressed so far.
> >
> >The installation manual seems to be a lot less than clear and
> >several of the promised
> >options were simply never offered. Doubling back, as the
> >manual says you are free to
> >do - to check the the lm-sensors package was not included in
> >the install - created
> >absolute chaos and I eventually had to resort back to the
> >Redhat 6.1 installation disk to
> >restore the Linux partitions.
> >
> >The second installation seemingly worked fine for a couple of
> >hours and then stopped
> >recognising the root password. Pressumably I did something
> >stupid, but I really have no
> >idea what.
> >
> >Third installation seems to be fine-ish. At least it is still
> >working a couple of days down
> >the line.
> >
> >Not unexpectedly it has failed to correctly detect the Sound,
> >Modem and Network.
> >
> >More surprisingly I can't find the HOWTOs on any of the CDs.
> >Must be here
> >somewhere but I'm not having much luck turning them up.
> >
> >Installing and running "sndconfig" does get a response out of
> >the speakers. The original
> >WAV (?) playback is pretty garbled but the second MIDI
> >sequence sounds perfect. The
> >old IBM RH 6.0 instructions settings worked and they do
> >include a warning that the
> >sndconfig sample is garbled even when sound otherwise
> >functions perfectly. Downside
> >is that although, sndconfig obviously has access to the
> >correct CS42xx driver,
> >Mandrake itself is still attempting to use the CS46xx driver.
> >It seems that I may well
> >have all the pieces but they are yet to be correctly assembled.
> >
> >The internal modem was always likely to be a bit of a problem,
> >although one of the
> >main reasons for choosing the 600e is the high number of
> >reports that it WILL work in
> >Linux... eventually.
> >
> >The Network will hopefully prove to be fairly simple. The card
> >is a Netgear FA411 which
> >comes packaged with Redhat 6.1 drivers, but seems to be about
> >the only manufacturer
> >NOT listed within Mandrake. If all else fails, I can replaced
> >the PCMCIA card relatively
> >cheaply, but again indications are that it will work when I've
> >had a bit more time to play
> >with it. Not had time to study the Linux documentation that
> >came with the card, so I
> >may have the necessary answers to hand.
> >
> >Okay, back to the books.
> >
> >Any pointers, especially from anyone running a combination of
> >Mandrake & 600e?
> >
> >---Steven
> >
>
>
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