Installing Gentoo on a ThinkPad X40
Contents
kernel compilation
ipw2200 driver (intel wireless nic)
don't forget to compile it as a module : http://bugs.gentoo.org/202557
zen kernel
tuxonice compression
cf http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/TuxOnIce :
select lzo compression in "make menuconfig"
change tuxonice.conf accordingly
Tips
laptop_mode and other power management tips
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/power-management-guide.xml
Fan Control : http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Lenovo_Thinkpad_T61#Fan_control
CPU Undervolting
I've used phc with the hagan voltages found on : http://www.gentoo-wiki.info/Pentium_M/Undervolting which translate to the following phc vids :
x40 ~ # cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/phc_vids 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0
There is a gentoo overlay by Michael Weber for phc_intel and phctool : http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=283472 (but the original package from http://www.linux-phc.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=2 is easy to install)
(exploration notes : the phc kernel patch is included in sys-kernel/zen-sources see also : http://zen-kernel.org/included-code and http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-805069.html )
x11 with x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel-2.9.1 crashing the machine
Apparently solved with x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel-2.11.0 : http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-803621.html
External Sources
- Installation tutorial (German)
- x40 Installation tutorial using acpi (German)
