sc wrote: > Martin Würtele wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 10:19:52AM -0800, Bill Wohler wrote: > > >>I got an IBM Thinkpad T20 and would like to do my small part to > >>improve the world by replacing the Windows on it with Debian. > > >>Would love to hear any stories from other travelers who have > >>embarked upon this journey. > > >>I've not installed Linux on a laptop before, so any laptop-specific > >>tips (battery icons under gnome/enlightenment, power management > >>stuff, etc.) not covered in the Laptop-HOWTO would be appreciated. > > >have a look at the "Linux on Laptops" page. you'll find a couple of > >instructions on how to install linux on the ibm t20 at > >http://www.linux-laptop.net/ibm.html. > > I used to run one a while back, and the only real problem was the lack > of the Savage IX video card support by X 3.3.6. You'll have to download > a patched version (the page mentioned by Martin will have this and a lot > more.) I don't know if the graphics card support is there if you want > XFree86 4.0 > > Other than that and accidentally updating the PCMCIA tools while the > card was in use (ouch), it was fairly painless although I didn't do much > with the power management issues. > > Steve > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I currently am running the latest unstable on a T20--it works pretty well: alsa, xfree 4.0.2, framebuffer, apm, 2.4.2 kernel At one point (with a 2.4.0 kernel) I had the suspend stuff working more or less (alsa was a bit of a pain). Currently I have it disabled--but I plan to have a look at this in due course. I found that using noflushd helps keep my batery life up. Docking and hot-docking works fine cheers Richard
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