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Date Sun 07 August 2005 Tags / This post summarizes my experience of making the hardware in my shiny new IBM ThinkPad R52 work with Linux. I initially tried Debian on this computer, but later on headed over to Ubuntu with a home-built kernel for a bunch of reasons on which I won't elaborate here. Update: I've been back on Debian for a good while now. The following remarks relate to Linux version 2.6.12.3, if not otherwise specified. Serial ATA: Intel ICH6 The Debian Sarge installer, using the 'kernel26' option, fails to recognize the hard disk. The default 2.4 kernel works ok. After building my own kernel, using the Intel PIIX/ICH SATA support (SCSIATAPIIX) driver worked fine for the hard disk, but the PATA DVD/CDRW/CDROM was not found.
The was to compile support for PATA into the kernel as well ( not just as a module), as the driver's help states: This option enables support for ICH5 Serial ATA. If PATA support was enabled previously, this enables support for select Intel PIIX/ICH PATA host controllers.
However, this is only one part of the way there. The next part is to change #undef ATAENABLEATAPI /. define to enable ATAPI support./ #undef ATAENABLEPATA /.
define to enable PATA support in some. low-level drivers./ into #define ATAENABLEATAPI /. define to enable ATAPI support./ #define ATAENABLEPATA /. define to enable PATA support in some. low-level drivers./ in include/linux/libata.h. I'm really puzzled why this is not on by default.
Mi flash tool for mac. Update: In Kernel 2.6.14, this patch is no longer necessary (or possible, for that matter). Instead, append libata.atapienabled=1 to your boot command line.
Update: In Kernel 2.6.16, there is a bad interaction of early versions of suspend2 and libata, which prevents ATAPI devices from working. The fix is to upgrade suspend2. Modem: A Conexant HCF WinModem You need to buy the driver from Linuxant to actually make this work. The snd-intel8x0m module loads, but does not work, so the modem daemon can't work with this, at least not yet. Graphics: Intel i915 Intel i915, supported out of the box by X.Org, using the 2.6.12.3 stock DRI module for that card. Two things made life with this chip a lot better: Section 'Device' Identifier 'Intel Corporation Intel Default Card' Driver 'i810' BusID 'PCI:0:2:0' Option 'MonitorLayout' 'CRT,LFP' # NOTE THESE TWO VideoRam 65536 Option 'DDC' 'false' EndSection The VideoRam option makes the card use more main memory during 3D operation, which makes many GL applications lots faster, because there's less texture thrashing going on. The DDC option allowed me to use my NEC Multisync LCD 1860NX with the card; when the option was not specified, it refused to come up with anything higher than 640x480.
Update: I have recently gotten multihead to work, so that I am now using an LCD and the laptop panel side-by-side. Pretty wicked cool. I've attached a working xorg.conf. Network: Broadcom Tigon3 Works great using the tg3 driver.
The only stumbling block is that Debian refuses to include this driver in its stock 2.6 kernels, since it has a builtin firmware blob. Nathanael Nerode, however, recently made a that splits this out into a separate file, which would allow distribution with Debian in the future. Update: Debian seems to have come to its senses; the tg3 driver is back in the stock kernels as of 2.6.14, at least.
WLAN: Intel IPW2200BG Theoretically supported through the driver, but this is really flaky right now. Early versions (0.19, IIRC) drop the connection every once in a while and need to be reloaded to work again. Newer versions (1.0.4) are bitten by 'Firmware error' messages, as detailed in. No solution as yet. Update: Version 1.0.3 is reported working somewhere, but it apparently needs a patch to compile against 2.6.12.3.
I haven't tried this yet. Update: Version 1.0.0, as included in Kernel 2.6.14, works like a charm. Get firmware version 2.2 to go with it.
Better yet, this version is also in the Debian stock kernels. Sound: Intel AC'97 No problems using the ALSA snd-intel8x0 driver. Power management SpeedStep and ACPI work out of the box with the appropriate drivers. Suspend-to-RAM works, just like -to-disk, even though currently, 3D (DRI, that is) can't be used after wakeup.
Ibm Thinkpad R52 Pci Modem Drivers For Mac
Other things The display is very bright, even a bit too bright for my taste. The keyboard is excellent, as is usual for IBM machines.
The fan is louder than on my old ThinkPad A21m, but with the processing power of a Pentium-M running at 1.7 GHz, I am supposing that this was to be expected. I'm a bit concerned that the ACPI Thermal Zone 0 reports temperatures of 76 degrees Celsius under sustained peak load, which sounds a bit high. But then, the trip point is at 90 degrees, so I guess it's fine. Also, I'm currently trying to return the copy of Windows XP that came with the machine, and on the upside, my complaint has not yet been smacked down by Lenovo. So there is some hope.
I'll write a detailed report once this is over. I'll keep this report updated as I continue to tame the hardware.
Martin Schwenke's on the T43, quoted above, was of great help in getting everything to run. Suspend-to-Disk/Suspend-to-Ram Suspend to Disk is straightforward, for Suspend to RAM to work you need one little non-obvious trick: specify acpisleep=s3bios on the command line. Also make sure that vbetool does not mess with your video card (i.e.
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No repost, no state saving). Thanks to for the hint. Conclusion I'm perfectly happy with the machine.:) Attachments.
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