Difference between revisions of "Installing OpenSUSE 10.1 on a ThinkPad T43"
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==Installation== | ==Installation== | ||
| + | {{WARN| The Pre-Desktop-Area has to be protected before installation, otherwise the Recovery-System will be lost. To do so, set Predesktop-Area to "Secure" in BIOS. Additionally, it's always useful to have the Recovery-CDs burned before an installation attempt}} | ||
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| + | The automatic shrinking of the NTFS-partition did not work during the Installation of {{SUSE}}, so I shrinked it with QtParted from a Knoppix-DVD. | ||
| + | To be able to boot Windows and Linux (via Grub) and the Recovery-System (with {{ibmkey|Access IBM|#495988}}), install the bootloader in the new, extended partition (usually <tt>/dev/sda</tt>). | ||
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| + | Besides that, everything went fine, most Hardware was set up correctly: Graphics Card, Touchpad and Trackpoint, WLAN, Bluetooth, Modem (yet untested), Volume Control. | ||
==ACPI== | ==ACPI== | ||
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==3D Acceleration== | ==3D Acceleration== | ||
| + | The Standard driver did work for 2D, but with no 3D acceleration. When I added | ||
| + | <pre>Section "Module" | ||
| + | [...] | ||
| + | Load "glx" | ||
| + | [...] | ||
| + | EndSection</pre> | ||
| + | to my {{path|/etc/X11/xorg.conf}}, the 3D acceleration worked with the OpenSource driver, but now there were problems with Suspend. So I decided for the proprietary [[fglrx]]-Driver directly from Ati. Installed fine, after I created a distribution-specific rpm with the Installer. | ||
==Extensions== | ==Extensions== | ||
Revision as of 21:24, 19 June 2006
Most things run just fine after installation, the Rest I got working with the great articles here.
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TODO
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Finish article - it's not done yet!
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Contents
Installation
The automatic shrinking of the NTFS-partition did not work during the Installation of SUSE, so I shrinked it with QtParted from a Knoppix-DVD. To be able to boot Windows and Linux (via Grub) and the Recovery-System (with Access IBM), install the bootloader in the new, extended partition (usually /dev/sda).
Besides that, everything went fine, most Hardware was set up correctly: Graphics Card, Touchpad and Trackpoint, WLAN, Bluetooth, Modem (yet untested), Volume Control.
ACPI
Everything set up correctly, ibm-acpi ist installed, Suspend-to-RAM and Suspend-to-Disk work with the keys already assigned to them. I still miss RediSafe though, maybe I'll use Software Suspend 2 some day.
Hotkeys
Fingerprint Reader
How to enable the fingerprint reader neatly explains everything. I had to do the last steps manually, because the Script for enabling the fingerprint reader did not run till the end on Suse 10.1
3D Acceleration
The Standard driver did work for 2D, but with no 3D acceleration. When I added
Section "Module"
[...]
Load "glx"
[...]
EndSection
to my /etc/X11/xorg.conf, the 3D acceleration worked with the OpenSource driver, but now there were problems with Suspend. So I decided for the proprietary fglrx-Driver directly from Ati. Installed fine, after I created a distribution-specific rpm with the Installer.
