[ltp] ipw3945
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This is a link to my notes for 3945 on a T60:
http://www.familytidings.com/weblog/archive/2006_07_01_archive.html
On 12/7/06, sudhakar+thinkpad@CS.Princeton.EDU (Emailias:
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> Hi all,
>
>
> I got a new R60 with ipw3945 wireless on it. Fedora core 6. Can someone
> help me get the wireless to work?
>
> Is there a quick way to get it to work as opposed to getting the kernel
> sources, packages and compiling and troubleshooting.
>
>
> Thanks! I will try writing up about my experiences.
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>
> --Sudhakar
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> On Thu, 7 Dec 2006, Stephen Ryan wrote:
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> > On 12/7/06, Peter F. Patel-Schneider <pfps@comcast.net> wrote:
> >> I see quite a number of web pages that claim that various Linux
> >> distributions support the UltraNav device "out of the box". However,
> >> when I put Fedora Core 6 up on my T60p the reality was quite different.
> >>
> >> Yes, the trackpoint and the touchpad worked, however, there was no
> >> control interface for the touchpad, in particular no way to turn off
> >> "tap to select". (There was a way to turn off "press to select" on the
> >> trackpoint, but that is different.)
> >>
> >> So, my question is how can I get full control of the UltraNav device,
> >> including tap to select on the touchpad.
> >>
> >> Peter F. Patel-Schneider
> >>
> >> PS: I have other issues with Linux on my T60p, but that is the more
> >> annoying one right now.
> >
> > Not sure about the rest of it, but on my T40, adding
> >
> > Option "MaxTapTime" "0"
> >
> > to /etc/X11/xorg.conf disabled the "tap to click" feature without
> > changing anything else. I have a section that looks like this (the
> > rest was generated by the Ubuntu installation, so don't just paste the
> > block unless you have a corresponding reference to "Synaptics
> > Touchpad" in your ServerLayout section, too).
> >
> > Section "InputDevice"
> > Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad"
> > Driver "synaptics"
> > Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
> > Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
> > Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
> > Option "XAxisMapping" "6 7"
> > Option "MaxTapTime" "0"
> > EndSection
> >
> > I do hope the other issues with the T60p aren't too serious, as I
> > ordered one yesterday.
> > --
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> > http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-thinkpad
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> Princeton University
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This is a link to my notes for 3945 on a T60:<br><br><a href="http://www.familytidings.com/weblog/archive/2006_07_01_archive.html">http://www.familytidings.com/weblog/archive/2006_07_01_archive.html</a><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">
On 12/7/06, <b class="gmail_sendername"><a href="mailto:sudhakar+thinkpad@CS.Princeton.EDU">sudhakar+thinkpad@CS.Princeton.EDU</a> (Emailias: REPLY-MASKED)</b> <reply-51622-71a9-linux-thinkpad-admin=-<a href="mailto:linux-thinkpad.org@emailias.com">
linux-thinkpad.org@emailias.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Original Sender: <<a href="mailto:linux-thinkpad-admin@linux-thinkpad.org">
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<br><br><br><br>Hi all,<br><br><br>I got a new R60 with ipw3945 wireless on it. Fedora core 6. Can someone<br>help me get the wireless to work?<br><br>Is there a quick way to get it to work as opposed to getting the kernel
<br>sources, packages and compiling and troubleshooting.<br><br><br>Thanks! I will try writing up about my experiences.<br><br><br><br>--Sudhakar<br><br><br>On Thu, 7 Dec 2006, Stephen Ryan wrote:<br><br>> On 12/7/06, Peter F. Patel-Schneider <
<a href="mailto:pfps@comcast.net">pfps@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br>>> I see quite a number of web pages that claim that various Linux<br>>> distributions support the UltraNav device "out of the box". However,
<br>>> when I put Fedora Core 6 up on my T60p the reality was quite different.<br>>><br>>> Yes, the trackpoint and the touchpad worked, however, there was no<br>>> control interface for the touchpad, in particular no way to turn off
<br>>> "tap to select". (There was a way to turn off "press to select" on the<br>>> trackpoint, but that is different.)<br>>><br>>> So, my question is how can I get full control of the UltraNav device,
<br>>> including tap to select on the touchpad.<br>>><br>>> Peter F. Patel-Schneider<br>>><br>>> PS: I have other issues with Linux on my T60p, but that is the more<br>>> annoying one right now.
<br>><br>> Not sure about the rest of it, but on my T40, adding<br>><br>> Option "MaxTapTime" "0"<br>><br>> to /etc/X11/xorg.conf disabled the "tap to click" feature without
<br>> changing anything else. I have a section that looks like this (the<br>> rest was generated by the Ubuntu installation, so don't just paste the<br>> block unless you have a corresponding reference to "Synaptics
<br>> Touchpad" in your ServerLayout section, too).<br>><br>> Section "InputDevice"<br>> Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad"<br>> Driver "synaptics"<br>
> Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"<br>> Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"<br>> Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
<br>> Option "XAxisMapping" "6 7"<br>> Option "MaxTapTime" "0"<br>> EndSection<br>><br>> I do hope the other issues with the T60p aren't too serious, as I
<br>> ordered one yesterday.<br>> --<br>> The linux-thinkpad mailing list home page is at:<br>> <a href="http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-thinkpad">http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-thinkpad
</a><br>><br><br><br><br>Sudhakar Govindavajhala Department of Computer Science<br> Princeton University<br>Ph : +1 609 258 1763<br> <a href="http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~sudhakar">
http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~sudhakar</a><br>--<br>The linux-thinkpad mailing list home page is at:<br><a href="http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-thinkpad">http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-thinkpad
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