Hi Leah, Excuse my newbie question: what do you mean by coreboot logs? The file dmesg or any other file under /var/log? Metal chassis: of course, but note that I'm a complete amateur (so my soldering skills are not good ...) Marcel
On Thu, 28 Jul 2016 23:13:12 +0100 Leah Rowe <[email protected]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi Marcel, > > Op 28/07/16 om 18:32 schreef Marcel Maci: > > > > Hi Leah > > > > Thx for your answer. I tried experimental_86_g07ed7f9 with my > > Thinkpad T400 today. Everything is running (I can tell from the > > noise of the HDD and also indicator of wifi comes up after blindly > > logging into the system), but graphics fail completely: not even > > external VGA-Monitor works and LCD-panel doesnt even flicker. Sewed > > an opening in the metal chassis today, so that I can access the > > flash chip more easily now (see photo attached, I was really fed up > > with all those screws, the heatsink and thermal paste ... :-), so > > flashing and testing a new image is much more straightforward now. > > > > As to the Thinkpad x60s: the improvements sound great, but I will > > leave it as it is for the moment (I use it as my main computer for > > office work at the moment, so it has to work ... ;-), but I have > > another Thinkpad x60 (not the s model) which I can try instead. > > > > Let me know if you want me to test another release candidate. > > > > Marcel > > Thank you for your report. If you also have coreboot logs, that would > be great. > > It seems that upstream coreboot has a regression somewhere in native > graphics initialization on the T400. Previous betas worked, before we > updated the revision of coreboot used for your laptop. We'll have to > revert back to the previous revision for now, and disable text mode on > it, until this can be fixed. Other people also reported the same issue > as you with the T400. > > We also need to do this for now on X200, because USB is broken for > some reason in text mode on that system (unless it's fixed). > > By the way, what you've done to that metal chassis around the board is > not good. That part of it is needed for structural integrity. If you > want easier access to the chip, you could solder wires and route those > instead. You've already done it now, so no point worrying. > > - -- > Leah Rowe > > Libreboot developer > > Use free software. Free as in freedom. > https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html > > Use a free operating system, GNU/Linux. > https://www.gnu.org/ > > Use a free BIOS. > https://libreboot.org/ > > Support freedom. Join the Free Software Foundation. > https://fsf.org/ > > Minifree Ltd, trading as Ministry of Freedom | Registered in England, > No. 9361826 | VAT No. GB202190462 > Registered Office: 19 Hilton Road, Canvey Island, Essex SS8 9QA, UK | > Web: http://minifree.org/ > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) > > iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJXmoN4AAoJEP9Ft0z50c+UrMIIAKbaw9nh4kia4DOAWIo/n/TY > JjfVMv/Rddh96NccqVaI3lrd+R86ZwW4ytQVDfZxNQ9Qt3KHpCwBA0etd6qGIsPe > d8spWMOzPIGxwof1GXgpJA5s2LEZ7HaiIWEpvapctl+NNkt9tWfX48Q9LW6Bpe7v > qLDjRrn0Aq0rq6UEP1NlCzRFSEpbV1M/pRA066KgeDQABqDFsRQT72OeDCTEmqEo > xeaEcpa66VnRBe3F9tuverlI+EdTjpsQD3BvTQJwdzmMLgmD6hGomQhUm3vSMsSX > c1BKwtJ4lfnpxSD4m5ldFwu5+o+XAwBlYQvJq3fak87IQFM3VnAi5+JBCGdj6jE= > =JxJ1 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >
