[ltp] Which Distro supports T60?

[Alex Deucher]

On 3/14/06, Aaron Mulder <ammulder@alumni.princeton.edu> wrote:
> I tried SuSE 10 last night on the T60 after changing the SATA setting
> in the BIOS.
>
> It did install.  However, it didn't recognize the wireless adapter
> (Intel abg), it recognized but was unable to run the ethernet adapter,
> it didn't recognize the modem, the video was only recognized as
> VESA...  Suspend to RAM was nearly instantaneous, but upon resume the
> screen stayed black (like the backlight never came on).  About the
> only bright spot is that the sound kind of works.

If you got the T60 with the ati X1xxx chip, you are going to be stuck
with VESA for the forseeable future.  Neither the Xorg radeon driver,
nor fglrx support the avivo based radeons yet. You may also have to
grab the latest intel wifi code as your chip may be one of the newer
versions.  Got an lspci output?

Alex

>
> Bottom line, it runs SuSE 10 kind of like a Dell.  :)  Maybe tomorrow
> I'll try 10.1 beta 6.  It does look like FC5 is arriving in a week or
> so, but I only have the next day or two to work with this machine.
>
> Thanks,
>     Aaron
>
> On 3/13/06, Harish Narayanan <harish@gamebox.net> wrote:
> > Aaron Mulder wrote:
> > > Still, much as I love to be a guinea pig, does anyone know of a
> > > non-beta distro that will install on the T60?
> > >
> > As far as the SATA issue is concerned, the kernel that ships (will ship=
)
> > with Fedora Core 5 (released day-after) should not have a problem. As t=
o
> > how "non-beta" of a distro it is; that's an open question.
> >
> > Either way, I am interested in the answer to this as well since I have =
a
> > T60p on order, and would love to know about it if you find one that wor=
ks .
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Harish