Installing Fedora 7 on a ThinkPad T41

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Success Chart

Item Working Notes
Installation Local CD/DVD install yes
Network Installation unknown (should work)
USB Installation unknown (should work)
Display Laptop Screen yes
CRT / Projector unknown (should work)
DVI yes Requires port-replicator or dock with DVI
S-Video unknown
Power Management Software Suspend (hibernate) unknown
Suspend to Memory (ACPI sleep) unknown
Audio yes
Wireless 802.11 no I have the Atheros WiFi, which requires the closed source Madwifi
Bluetooth yes
Extra Buttons Keyboard Section yes ibm-acpi driver
Ports Ethernet yes
Modem no Requires closed-source driver
Serial unknown (should work) Requires port-replicator or dock
IrDA unknown Device is detected
PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse unknown (should work) Requires port-replicator or dock
Parallel unknown (should work) Device is detected
USB yes
PCMCIA/Cardbus yes
Harddisk Active Protection unknown
Ultrabay device removal no Does not work out of the box

Tested and Verified on Fedora 7

Information in this section has been tested and verified using Fedora 7.

Installation

Installation is straight forward; you can use the generic install instructions here.

Configuration

X Server

Basic X server functionality should work out of the box.

Desktop Effects

'Desktop Effects' cause screen corruption when enabled.

Wireless Network

If you have the Intel wireless, it should work out of the box. But with the Atheros card you need the closed source Madwifi.

tpb/on-screen display

tpb, which controls the onscreen display of thinkpad buttons, is not installed by default.

To install tpb execute:

# yum install tpb

Once installed, just restart the X server. No further configuration is necessary.

Untested on Fedora 7