Installing Fedora 7 on a ThinkPad T41
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Success Chart
| Item | Working | Notes | |
| Installation | Local CD/DVD install | yes | |
| Network Installation | yes | ||
| USB Installation | unknown (should work) | ||
| Display | Laptop Screen | yes | |
| CRT / Projector | yes | ||
| DVI | yes | Requires port-replicator or dock with DVI | |
| S-Video | unknown | ||
| Power Management | Software Suspend (hibernate) | yes | |
| Suspend to Memory (ACPI sleep) | yes | ||
| Audio | yes | ||
| Wireless | 802.11 | yes | |
| 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.
For me it worked great "out of the BOX (and Beryl as well)
Wireless Network
With the Intel wireless, it is working 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.
