[ltp] Redhat 7.3 vs the Thinkpad 600 - Notes and questions

[Andrew Lee]

Ok. I've finally had another go at putting Mandrake 8.2 on my TP600e
Everything is installed nicely, and I've complied the mwavem stuff, and
I can get it to load, first did
insmod mwave, which loaded the module,
then copied mwaved script to /etc/init.d/mwaved - set it to start at boot in
the Control panel thing - but it didn't
manually run mwaved start, and it says [OK]
then typed mwavem, and it says

mwave modem, initialising mwave manager...OK
mwave modem, initialising modem specific code...OK
mwave modem, getting config startup speed 64000.
mwave modem, checking configured speed...OK
mwave modem, setting modem speed...OK
mwave modem, loading modem DSP...OK.
mwave modem STARTED. To setup serial port use: 'setserial /dev/ttySx
autoconfig'

but then sits there in the console, doesn't return me to the prompt.
and in KPPP Dialer it says, cant open modem when I try to query it.

does anyone have any ideas of how
a. I can get it all to load at startup
b. I can then get it to work!!

thanks

- -
Andrew J. Lee



----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles E Taylor IV" <tomalek@mindspring.com>
To: <linux-thinkpad@bm-soft.com>
Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 5:33 PM
Subject: [ltp] Redhat 7.3 vs the Thinkpad 600 - Notes and questions


> I've spent part of this past weekend installing/configuring Redhat 7.3 on
> a Thinkpad 600.  Here are a few notes that might be of use to others -
> and some questions.
>
> My machine has a PII/266, the mwave modem, a 4 GB hard drive, the 24X
> CDROM, and 192M memory.  I *don't* have a TP600-compatible floppy drive.
>
> Small DOS partition for hibernation:
> * This was a bit of a difficuly.  I wanted to have a partition for my
> hibernation file and PS2 from IBM.  I ended up removing the hard
> drive, popping it into my 380XD (with a built-in floppy), and using a DOS
> floppy disk to create a partition for the hibernation file and PS2.EXE.  I
> plan on upgrading to 288M eventually (it's cheap), so I created a
> partition of about 295M, formatted it and made it bootable, and copied
> over PS2.EXE and its datafiles.  I then used PS2 HFILE C to enable
> hibernation.  Since my battery can hold enough charge for about 10 minutes
> of operation, hibernation is a necessety.  Suspend is useless. :)
>
> Installation:
> * I then popped the drive back into my 600 and used the Redhat install
> CD #1 to boot.  To set the Thinkpad 600 to boot from a CD, you have to go
> into Easy Setup (hold down F1 while booting).
>
> * The install was a standard Redhat install - no tricks/gotchas here
> except X setup.
>
> * I used GRUB as bootloader.  No additional parameters to the kernel were
> necessary.
>
> * Choosing a Sony 200ES monitor type when asked in X setup works well.
> I noticed that SDL games wouldn't open up fullscreen unless I ran
> Xconfigurator after the install, chose 1024x768, 800x600, AND 640x480 and
> the Sony 200ES monitor type.  Choosing an LCD panel would cause the
> fullscreen SDL games to show only a blank screen.
>
> * (Why the Sony 200ES?  It's my external monitor, but other than that it
> works.)
>
> Sound configuration:
> * From reading this list, used PS2 to change PCIBusPower flag to
> "disable".
>
> * I used the OSS drivers.  Ran sndconfig, selected io=0x530 irq=5 mpuirq=9
> dma2=0 mpuio=0x300 dma=1.  Sound and MIDI then worked - sorta.
>
> * Followed instructions and copied the init script from
> http://www.pc.ibm.com/qtechinfo/MIGR-4BP6Q6.html to restart the sound
> modules.  Otherwise, you get IRQ/DMA errors and other weirdness when you
> play sounds.
>
> Mwave:
> * Drivers: http://www-124.ibm.com/acpmodem/
>
> * To install drivers, it's mostly as in the mini-howto:
> http://www-124.ibm.com/acpmodem/mwave.html#STARTUP
>
> * To build the mwave driver, install the kernel source RPM and edit its
> Makefile in /usr/src/linux-2.4/Makefile.  Change EXTRAVERSION = -3custom
> to  EXTRAVERSION = -3, or else you'll have build problems.
>
> * When building the driver, use ./configure --enable-mwavedd
> --with-linuxsrcdir=/usr/src/linux-2.4;make;make install to build and
> install the driver, then copy the init script as directed in the
> mini-HOWTO.  The driver should then "just work" if you run "service
> mwaved start".
>
> PCMCIA:
> * I had to edit config.opts and uncomment "exclude irq 3" to keep my
> PCMCIA ethernet card from trying to take the mwave's IRQ.  After that,
> they both work fine together - even simultaneously.
>
> APM / Hibernation:
> * Hibernation appears to work without a kernel recompile.  This is a
> first - hope it's not too good to be true. :)
>
> * The laptop apparently won't hibernate when my PCMCIA card is in the
> slot.  No big deal, really.
>
> The laptop now seems to work almost 100%.  All devices work, but I have a
> few quirks related to APM.
>
> Questions:
> * When the laptop comes back from hibernation, the sound volume is set to
> zero.  How do I prevent this?  Or, what do I edit to get the mixer
> settings restored to what they're set to at bootup (with aumix)?  It
> doesn't appear that the sound modules need to be removed/reloaded, as
> sound still works if I manually run the mizer app and slide the volume
> back up.
>
> * Should I restart the mwave stuff after hibernation?  I haven't
> hibernated the laptop enough to note its effects on the mwave.
>
> * For that matter, should I unload the mwave stuff if I'm not currently
> using the modem?  In other words, is there a speed penalty for just
> havingthe drivers loaded and ready to go if I click "connect"?
>
> Thanks,
> -Charles
>
> --
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> *  Charles Taylor <tomalek@mindspring.com>
> *  Chemistry teacher, Linux enthusiast!
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
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