Difference between revisions of "Installing Slackware/11.0 on a ThinkPad T42"
Frobnitzem (Talk | contribs) m (Installing Slackware 11 on a ThinkPad T42 moved to Installing Slackware/11.0 on a ThinkPad T42: Following naming convention.) |
Frobnitzem (Talk | contribs) (→Updating the Kernel to 2.6.x) |
||
| Line 60: | Line 60: | ||
#install suspend2 kernel patch | #install suspend2 kernel patch | ||
## patch -p1 -i /''path-to''/suspend-2.2.8.2-for-2.6.17.13.patch | ## patch -p1 -i /''path-to''/suspend-2.2.8.2-for-2.6.17.13.patch | ||
| + | #cp .config Default.config | ||
| + | #make mrproper | ||
#make menuconfig | #make menuconfig | ||
## See [[#Kernel Options|'''options''']] section, below. | ## See [[#Kernel Options|'''options''']] section, below. | ||
| Line 98: | Line 100: | ||
In order to test wifi and make the thing go once it is working, I installed the [http://wlassistant.sourceforge.net/ Wireless Assistant] package. | In order to test wifi and make the thing go once it is working, I installed the [http://wlassistant.sourceforge.net/ Wireless Assistant] package. | ||
| − | |||
== Some Customization == | == Some Customization == | ||
Revision as of 22:41, 12 June 2007
As the name suggests, this page documents a start-to-finish installation of Slackware 11 on a thinkpad T42. This is a work-in-progress, so check the history page for mistakes I made (if you are that type).
Contents
System Information
Gathering system information is like mice storing away for winter.
| CPU | Pentium M, 1.7 GHz |
| Monitor resolution | 1400x1050 |
| Graphics | ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 |
| Network | Intel Pro/1000 MT Mobile Connection |
| Intel Pro/Wireless 2200BG | |
| CD/DVD | Matshita DVD-RAM UJ-812 |
| PCMCIA | TI PCI-4520 Cardbus Controller |
| Sound | AD1981B(AC'97) (module snd-intel8x0 works on 2.4 kernel) |
| IR | IBM ThinkPad FastIR |
| HDD | Intel 82801DBM UATA-24CA for Fujitsu MHT2080AH |
Installation proper
Grabbed a DVD install of Slackware 11 [1]. It failed to boot (maybe 2.4.33 kernel shipped doesn't recognize the drive?). Grabbed install CDs ibid. Sat through package selection process. Created a second user account (useradd).
Found out that sound is muted by default. Fix:
- amixer set Master 70 unmute
- amixer set PCM 70 unmute
- amixer set CD 70 unmute
- alsactl store
Installed all my favorite software, not worrying about how to make the wifi work for now or optimizing video performance.
Updating the Kernel to 2.6.x
As you may know, the wifi driver is in the 2.6.4 or newer kernels. This necessitated more work on my part and while I was at it I may as well recompile some respectability into my kernel.
- cd install-media/extras/linux-2.6.17.13
- pkgtool
- no to kernel itself (I picked reiserfs and therefore need that initrd)
- yes to headers, modules, and source
- cd /usr/src/linux yes, the symlink had been changed to 2.6
- install suspend2 kernel patch
- patch -p1 -i /path-to/suspend-2.2.8.2-for-2.6.17.13.patch
- cp .config Default.config
- make mrproper
- make menuconfig
- See options section, below.
- strangely, make complained about --no-stack-protector, so I deleted that option
Suspend2 Kernel Patch
The last kernel patch for 2.6.17.13 released is 2.2.8.2-for-2.6.17.13 [2]. This requires the suspend2-userui version 0.6.4 [3]. I used the latest hibernate script, since this did not have any version disclaimers...
Kernel Options
- Processor Family = Pentium M (scroll down)
- ACPI Options
- CPUFreq driver = Intel Enhanced SpeedStep
- ACPI Processor P-States = fall-back module
- CPUFreq driver = Intel Enhanced SpeedStep
- IrDA
- Added reiserfs into the kernel to avoid messing with initrd
- Disabled Devices->Networn Devices->Wireless->Intel PRO/Wireless 2100&2200 card modules because they will be built later and I had some error messages on one build...
- Disabled all graphics modules in Devices->Graphics support except ATI Radeon display, which I built as a module (so as not to interfere with ATI's driver later)
Recompile kernel overnight.
(make && make modules) || echo "poo-bear"
Install the thing.
make modules_install && make_install
realize that slackware is still using lilo, so install has just replaced vmlinuz. Copy original to unique name and symlink, then install new lilo menu.
cd /boot cp /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage vmlinuz-2.6.17.13-Farfrumlernen rm vmlinuz ln vmlinuz-2.6.17.13-Farfrumlernen vmlinuz vi /etc/lilo.conf lilo reboot # with fingers crossed
Make sure you add another image="vmlinuz.old" to the file just incase the worst should happen... And hey, why not add append = "acpi_sleep=s3_bios" from SUSE on T42 while you're at it! My system hung on bootup with my first try here because it couldn't mount some filesystems. I added the noauto option to appropriate drives in /etc/fstab and everything was peachy again.
WiFi
Follow the install from source options, and don't forget to patch ipw2200-2.tgz because you're going to compile it anyway. I mistakenly used the development version of ieee802011-1.2.17 (instead of 1.2.15) with ipw220-1.2.0 and ipw2200-fw-3.0, but it is working anyway.
In order to test wifi and make the thing go once it is working, I installed the Wireless Assistant package.
Some Customization
Added suggested sections to /etc/modules.conf and /etc/modprobe.conf from Ipw2200, IrDA, and others.
/etc/modules.conf
alias irda0 nsc-ircc options nsc-ircc dongle_id=0x09 io=0x2f8 irq=3 dma=3 options ipw2200 led=1
/etc/modprobe.conf
options ipw2200 disable=1
Followed instructions on How to configure acpid to create scripts in /etc/acpi.
Muse at all the time I could spend on making special keys work.
X11 Configuration
Additions:
- Option "DPMS" in Monitor section.
