Thinkpad t61p

I am running etch/sid on my new X61.

On Feb 6, 2008 8:58 PM, Jon Leonard <jleonard@oasis.slimy.com> wrote:

On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 06:48:56PM -0800, Baz wrote:
> Anyone have Debian (Etch, Lenny, Sid) running on this relatively new
> Thinkpad?  Sebastian

That's what I'm using right now now (Stable on my T61p).


It took me a while to build up the courage to replace the bootloader,
since GRUB will break the windows reinstall stuff.  Well, it still
works, but as a GRUB menu item instead of with the ThinkVantage button.


Getting the wireless working required some extra stuff:
apt-get install firmware-ipw3945
apt-get install ipw3945d
I had to rebuild the modules (ipw3945-modules-2.6.18-5-686) because they
don't seem to be updated for the most recent security-patched kernel.

Not a big deal, though.

I don't have sound working, mostly because I haven't bothered yet.

The standard reference for such things is ThinkWiki:
http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/ThinkWiki


I'm pretty happy with it;  It's a worthy replacement for my trusty old A21p.

Jon Leonard


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Le 13916ième jour après Epoch,
Jon Leonard écrivait:

> On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 06:48:56PM -0800, Baz wrote:
>> Anyone have Debian (Etch, Lenny, Sid) running on this relatively new
>> Thinkpad? Sebastian
>
> That's what I'm using right now now (Stable on my T61p).

I'm using Lenny with kernel 2.6.23-1-686.

All works fine, but I've not tested/used:

- the internal modem
- the thinkfinger fingerprint reader
- the suspend 2 ram feature (I hibernate on disk)
- the 3D accel on the NVidia (I use vesa for now, in 1920x1600)

> I don't have sound working, mostly because I haven't bothered yet.

Sound is included in the kernel since 2.6.19 if I remember correctly.

On Feb 7, 2008 7:08 AM, Franklin PIAT <fpiat@bigfoot.com> wrote:

Hello,

On Thu, February 7, 2008 03:48, Baz wrote:
> Anyone have Debian (Etch, Lenny, Sid) running on this relatively new
> Thinkpad?  Sebastian

You can find my reports for both Etch and Lenny on :

http://www.klabs.be/~fpiat/linux/debian/

(Etch will support the T61 much better once 4.0r4 "etch and a Half"
will be released).


Franklin

Thanks Franklin.  Any estimate on when 4.0r4 will be released?  Regards, Sebastian

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