HARDWARE IBM ThinkPad Z60M

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[edit] Hardware 

ATI Technologies Inc M22 [Radeon Mobility M300]
Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller
Broadcom USB Bluetooth (0a5c:2110)
Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter
Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2915ABG
Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5751M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express

[edit] Kernel Config and Working hardware

Works with linux kernel 2.6.18 (working 2.6.15 config):

  • CPU: Frequency control.
  • Fingerprint reader: UPEK Fingerprint Reader.
  • Audio: works with intel hda driver.
  • Touchpad and Trackpoint: work.
  • Bluetooth: works with BMC203x driver.
  • Card Reader: works with sdhci driver. (See note in Problems and Solutions section below)
  • Wireless: works using ipw2200 driver.

[edit] Pre-Installation Notes

[edit] Updating the BIOS

It is recommended the BIOS be upgraded to the most recent version before installing. Installation done with BIOS at version 1.14.

[edit] Fingerprint Reader

Be sure to use the MS windows software and add your fingerprints. It will then be possible to use them to protect the BIOS and boot-up sequence even if you later remove the windows installaion.

[edit] Troubleshooting

[edit] Networking

The network interface card might not be auto-detected by the LiveCD. Insert the module manually using modprobe tg3 and configure the network adapter according to the install guide.

[edit] Using DVD drive causes lockups and performance issues

Using the DVD device can often cause often system lockups and degrades overall system performance. To Fix this:

  1. Disable the standard IDE driver and use SCSI.
Linux Kernel Configuration: SCSI cdrom support 
Device Drivers -->
 SCSI device support -->
   <*>   SCSI disk support
   <*>   SCSI CDROM support
  1. Disable IDE support using kernel boot parameters:
File: kernel parameters in bootloader config 
  libata.atapi_enabled=1 hdc=noprobe

After reboot DVD-RAM device should be visible as /dev/sr0.

[edit] Touchpad Tap to Click 

echo -n 1 > /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio0/press_to_select

[edit] Suspend to Disk/RAM

In hibernate-script config, enable IbmAcpi setting:

File: /etc/hibernate/common.conf 
IbmAcpi yes

The in-kernel wireless driver (ipw2200) might be problematic. Try using a version from the driver's homepage.

[edit] Problems copying large files on NFS

The in-kernel wireless driver (ipw2200) might be problematic. Try using a version from the driver's homepage.

[edit] Card reader

The driver may need a card present in the reader in order to load. When first accesing it, make sure a card is present, and reload the module (sdhci). Sample script to do this:

File: sdmount 
#!/bin/bash
# the next line is needed for unloading the module
/sbin/rmmod sdhci
# loading the card reader modules
/sbin/modprobe mmc_core
/sbin/modprobe sdhci
/sbin/modprobe mmc_block

[edit] Framebuffer

Use vga=0x318 kernel parameter.

[edit] X11 ATI 3D-Acceleration 

aticonfig --overlay-type=Xv

[edit] Untested/Non-working hardware

  • Modem : untested.
  • Infrared : untested.

I have discovered that Infrared works perfectly fine with Ubuntu running the Lirc app. 17 May 2008.

[edit] Links

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