[ltp] New 770 user

[Tino Keitel]

On Tue, Oct 14, 2003 at 23:47:17 -0400, Ajai Khattri wrote:
> 
> Im new to this list.
> 
> Someone donated their old ThinkPad 770 to me so Im now running Linux on 
> it. I looked through the FAQ and the mailing-list didn't appear to have a
> search function so maybe these questions are answered many times already
> but maybe my setup needs more up-to-date info.
> Questions:

[...]

> 2. This seems like a bug to me: PCMCIA drivers startup *after* the network
>    config and the firewall runs. This causes a problem because Im using
>    a DHCP configured wireless PCMCIA card - the firewall opens holes for
>    my NTP sync but since there's no network available at that point the
>    NTP fails. I could renumber the links in /etc/rc3.d but I think this is
>    a bug. Should I submit a bug report?

IMHO this is not a bug. A PCMCIA card can be inserted and removed at
any time while the system is running, so depending on the card to be
inserted at boot time to make things work is a bad way to solve this
issue. A better way would be to fix the firewall script.

> 5. Does the modem work? Best way to test?

Yes, IBM has released a GPLed driver.

Regards,
Tino