[ltp] Re: Linux-Thinkpad digest, Vol 1 #2491 - 6 msgs

[Pedro Ribeiro]

On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 8:36 PM, portsample <portsample@blepsias.net> wrote=
:
> The crux of my problem is that ATI has not released a driver that will
> work w/out massive Rube Goldberg-ing with the ATI hardware in my T60 and
> the new SuSE 11.2. Their current driver installer is here:
>
> http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/linux/Pages/radeon_linux.aspx?type=
=3D2.4.2&product=3D2.4.2.3.15&lang=3DEnglish
>
> There is also dialog regarding this problem in the openSuse forum, in
> the laptop subforum.
>
> I'll post again when I have resolution to this problem. Cheers.
>
> On Sat, 2009-11-21 at 12:01 +0100,
> linux-thinkpad-request@linux-thinkpad.org wrote:
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>> Today's Topics:
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>> =A0 =A01. Re: 64-bit Suse 11.2 on T60, 2.33ghz w/4gb RAM (Valentine, Col=
in)
>> =A0 =A02. Re: 64-bit Suse 11.2 on T60, 2.33ghz w/4gb RAM (Robert Tomsick=
)
>> =A0 =A03. Wlan led with 2.6.31 (=3D?UTF-8?B?RnLDqWTDqXJpYw=3D=3D?=3D Boi=
teux)
>> =A0 =A04. Re: 64-bit Suse 11.2 on T60, 2.33ghz w/4gb RAM (Karsten =3D?is=
o-8859-1?q?K=3DF6nig?=3D)
>> =A0 =A05. Re: 64-bit Suse 11.2 on T60, 2.33ghz w/4gb RAM (Tim Prince)
>> =A0 =A06. Re: 64-bit Suse 11.2 on T60, 2.33ghz w/4gb RAM (Hollowell, Gle=
nn J (DFG))
>>
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>> Message: 1
>> From: "Valentine, Colin" <val@the-valentines.org>
>> Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:17:28 -0500
>> Subject: Re: [ltp] 64-bit Suse 11.2 on T60, 2.33ghz w/4gb RAM
>> To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
>> Reply-To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
>>
>> Karsten,
>>
>> Have you tried dual monitors?
>>
>> I could not get 11.2/64 bit working with dual monitors on a T400
>> (discrete graphics) without really poor graphics performance (windows
>> jumping when you moved them, etc). =A0The stock config would not even
>> see the external monitor. =A0The latest ATI driver saw the external
>> monitor, but with really bad performance.
>>
>> Works out of the box on Fedora 12.
>>
>> Colin
>>
>> --__--__--
>>
>> Message: 2
>> Subject: Re: [ltp] 64-bit Suse 11.2 on T60, 2.33ghz w/4gb RAM
>> From: Robert Tomsick <robert@tomsick.net>
>> To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
>> Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:31:42 +0000
>> Reply-To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
>>
>> On Fri, 2009-11-20 at 08:20 +0100, Karsten K=F6nig wrote:
>>
>> > The bugs you are encountering sound very serious, did you update or ma=
ke a
>> > fresh install?
>>
>> I encountered an equally serious bug when trying to install 11.2 on my
>> X200s: encrypted LVM support appears to be completely non-functional!
>> YaST will let me set design a partitioning scheme with encrypted LVM,
>> prompt me for my password, etc. but when it comes time to actually apply
>> the changes to disk, it fails to create the crypt volume. =A0No amount o=
f
>> fiddling with partition sizes, etc. seems to work for me -- as far as I
>> can tell this feature is entirely broken.
>>
>> Shame too, as I liked SuSE when I used it several years ago
>> (2003/2004-ish) and was looking forward to seeing how it had progressed.
>>
>> -Rob
>>
>>
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>>
>> Message: 3
>> Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:47:33 +0100
>> From: =3D?UTF-8?B?RnLDqWTDqXJpYw=3D=3D?=3D Boiteux <fboiteux@calistel.co=
m>
>> To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
>> Organization: Calistel
>> Subject: [ltp] Wlan led with 2.6.31
>> Reply-To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
>>
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 Hello Thinkpad users,
>>
>> =A0 I recently updated my kernel from 2.6.26 to 2.6.31 on my Thinkpad X3=
1,
>> and I've stated a strange thing :
>> On my system =3DC2=3DA0(Debian Lenny), I've bound Fn-F5 to a script (usi=
ng
>> halevt) loading/unloading the ath5k module, to allow wiki or prevent it
>> and save power (mainly when on travel) ; the "wlan" led was never
>> lighted.
>>
>> With the 2.6.31, I had to update my script to also activate the rfkill
>> switch after loading the ath5k (I've also noticed that
>> unloading/loading increase rfkill number each time...), and I saw my
>> that sometines, the wlan led was light. Great, but in fact, it's light
>> when my script unload the wifi, and is shut off when it loads the ath5k
>> module and activates wifi :-(
>>
>> I think something is reacting to Fn-F5 keys (through ACPI=3DC2=3DA0or HA=
L ?),
>> but I don't know how to correct the behaviour : I've looked
>> in /sys/class/leds, but don't have a wlan one :
>> tpacpi::power
>> tpacpi::standby
>> tpacpi::thinklight
>>
>> =A0 Could you enlighten me about this led behaviour ?
>>
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 Thanks,
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Fred.
>>
>> --__--__--
>>
>> Message: 4
>> From: Karsten =3D?iso-8859-1?q?K=3DF6nig?=3D <remur@gmx.net>
>> To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
>> Subject: Re: [ltp] 64-bit Suse 11.2 on T60, 2.33ghz w/4gb RAM
>> Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:42:16 +0100
>> Reply-To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
>>
>> Hey,
>>
>> I use my system mostly portable so I don't activate discrete graphics, V=
GA
>> output on dock is, erm, acceptable.
>> The intel drivers are working nice, which ati driver are you using? I su=
spect
>> opensuse forces you onto radeonhd, you could try switching to ati or fgl=
rx,
>> the same applies to portsample =3D) (I read the last release adds 11.2 s=
upport a
>> few days ago)
>> The radeon radeonhd splits are really annoying =3D/
>>
>> Anyways I am looking forward to using both cards easily with the future
>> kernel/xorg releases with autodetect. Just the dynamic switching is prop=
ably
>> very far in the future.
>>
>>
>> Karsten
>>
>> Am Freitag, 20. November 2009 15:17:28 schrieb Valentine, Colin:
>> > Karsten,
>> >
>> > Have you tried dual monitors?
>> >
>> > I could not get 11.2/64 bit working with dual monitors on a T400
>> > (discrete graphics) without really poor graphics performance (windows
>> > jumping when you moved them, etc). =A0The stock config would not even
>> > see the external monitor. =A0The latest ATI driver saw the external
>> > monitor, but with really bad performance.
>> >
>> > Works out of the box on Fedora 12.
>> >
>> > Colin
>> >
>>
>> --__--__--
>>
>> Message: 5
>> Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:31:27 -0800
>> From: Tim Prince <n8tm@aol.com>
>> To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
>> Subject: Re: [ltp] 64-bit Suse 11.2 on T60, 2.33ghz w/4gb RAM
>> Reply-To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
>>
>> portsample wrote:
>> > I've done 2 fresh installs on this machine of 64-bit SuSE 11.2 .
>> >
>> > Are you using 64-bit or 32-bit?
>> >
>> > It does seem to be a lot more rough than the 32-bit SuSE releases that=
 I
>> > am used to.
>> >
>> > Does anyone else have any experience with SuSE 64-bit on TPs? TIA agai=
n.
>> >
>>
>> I ran OpenSuSE 64-bit happily for 2 years on my T61, before the
>> increasing strictness of Windows lock-down in our organization and the
>> partial obsolescence of T61 made dual boot less attractive. =A0I can't s=
ee
>> running SuSE64 on TP as a novel idea after the passage of this much
>> time, although you would want 2GB before expecting an advantage, and you
>> will still see some restrictions. =A0For example, only Opera64 worked we=
ll
>> with YouTube and with some of the public wireless access points (which
>> don't work with IE or FF either !), and I never got Skype microphone
>> working.
>>
>> --__--__--
>>
>> Message: 6
>> Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:44:33 -0900
>> From: "Hollowell, Glenn J (DFG)" <glenn.hollowell@alaska.gov>
>> To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
>> Subject: [ltp] Re: 64-bit Suse 11.2 on T60, 2.33ghz w/4gb RAM
>> Reply-To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
>>
>> I've got an ATI Radeon X1300 w/64mb of RAM.
>>
>> It does appear to me that most of the perceived symptoms are graphical
>> and MAY NOT be the result of specific application failures.
>>
>> I installed SuSE 11.2 64-bit on an AMD desktop (A8N-SLI mobo) last
>> night. At first glance many of the problems encountered on the Thinkpad
>> T60 (2007-W6U) appear to be resolved. Thanks again.
>>
>>
>>
>> > Heya,
>>
>> somehow your reply broke the thread, ...
>>
>> The reviews for 11.2 seem also very mixed, does your T60 have intel on b=
oard
>> or radeon?
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Karsten
>> >
>>
>>
>>
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Sorry to jump late into the discussion, but have you tried the open
source radeon driver (the "radeon", not the "radeonhd").
My previous computer had a Mobility 9700 and the open source driver
gave me the same 3d performance for more stability, with similar
looking dual head image quality.

Pedro