Hi There,
<snip>
Binand Sethumadhavan wrote:
I suppose an update is in order :)
The installation was a breeze - I booted into Knoppix, and used
ntfsresize to shrink the WinXP installation to 18GB - and then fdisk
I have been using something called bootit for the past few years. Dont
remember if it is opensource or not. Got the ~5 MB ISO a few years back
and have never needed anything else.
Everything was autodetected. My e1000 network card, the CD writer (at
least, K3b shows the writer - I am yet to see if it actually manages
to write anything), sound system (haven't tested the microphone yet -
midweek here, can't fiddle around too much). The docking station could
be configured (sorry for the false alarm earlier today, folks!) using
YaST - "second monitor/keyboard/mouse". I still haven't figured out
how to blank out the LCD when I use the docking station.
</snip>
Nice. Thinkpads are excellent machines. No special configuration needed
till this point. Ditto with FC*.
Wifi has been a disappointment. First of all, it seems that
configuring WPA is a challenge (all access points I use require WPA,
except the T-Mobile hotspots which are open anyway). Secondly, I seem
to have hit upon a bug either in SuSE's packaging or ipw2100 itself -
"ipw2100-1.3.fw is not available or load failed". So I am still in
WinXP at home, typing this. A colleague pointed me here:
http://hostap.epitest.fi/wpa_supplicant/
Heh, typical PITA. My T41p is over a year and a half old now. The IBM
Atheros wifi / bluetooth card needs madwifi.sf.net. Badly written
driver, drops link every few minutes, effectively breaking most network
connections. The ATI fireGL graphics card works without any fiddling but
for any decent graphics performance (hint UT2004), the prop. ATI driver
has a similar installation procedure as madwifi. Add thinkpad specific
drivers, the internal modem driver, IR device and you have a whole list
of drivers to be recompiled / reinstalled everytime there is a kernel
upgrade.
Not that it is very difficult to do it but it becomes a hassle once you
get into production desktop mode and a kernel upgrade kills your wifi
network link, display and other frequently used functionality.
I didn't mean to be rant but it seems I managed to do just that.
--
VaibhaV
http://vsharma.net
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