Thinkpad R60E

Crooksey · 2006-12-26 20:30:29

Now the sales have come i think im going to buy a laptop, i have looked into the R60E and it sounds very nice, before i buy it i have a few questions....

1) Is duial core easy to enable
2) Will the wireless work out of the box
3) WIll the graphics drivers be easy to setup for a 2D xorg, just fluxbox, maybe 3D.
4) Will the mousepad work alright?
5) Soundcard, work?

I googled but found results of Suse and Ubuntu, wanted to double check arch will be ok.

http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/120342

Thanks.

fk · 2006-12-26 20:42:38

Crooksey wrote:

Now the sales have come i think im going to buy a laptop, i have looked into the R60E and it sounds very nice, before i buy it i have a few questions....
1) Is duial core easy to enable
2) Will the wireless work out of the box
3) WIll the graphics drivers be easy to setup for a 2D xorg, just fluxbox, maybe 3D.
4) Will the mousepad work alright?
5) Soundcard, work?
I googled but found results of Suse and Ubuntu, wanted to double check arch will be ok.
http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/120342
Thanks.

1) No Problem
2) Yes work , only install ipw3945 driver
3) work 2D/3D with i810 driver
4)yes
5)yes

Crooksey · 2006-12-26 21:44:55

Thanks, sorry i was browsing the wrong forum when i posted

If it will be fairly low hassle, ill get onto it

Will the wireless driver come insatlled, or will i need to download it via ethernet?

fk · 2006-12-26 21:47:49

Crooksey wrote:

Thanks, sorry i was browsing the wrong forum when i posted
If it will be fairly low hassle, ill get onto it
Will the wireless driver come insatlled, or will i need to download it via ethernet?

you need to be download via ethernet

Crooksey · 2006-12-26 21:49:06

Thanks, i take it that ethernet card is supported out of the box?

fk · 2006-12-26 22:07:48

yes I think it's the e1000 modul

Crooksey · 2006-12-28 17:33:16

Are you 100% sure this will all work, as im about to order it....

dr_te_z · 2006-12-29 07:19:20

I've got arch installed on a R50p. I do not use wireless but the rest runs fine 'out-of-the-box'.

Crooksey · 2006-12-29 09:36:58

From what i have heard all thinkpads can run on Linux, i just want to be certain before spending all my money.

krejzihors · 2006-12-29 19:09:41

everything works just fine, no tweaking required.
and lap is impresive overall, highly recommendable.

eth module is tg3, btw

hope this helps, bye

Crooksey · 2006-12-29 20:10:56

Thanks

Comes on Wednesday 8)

Crooksey · 2007-01-03 12:25:21

Ok so i have it here now

How can i enable use of both cores?

I also cant get my xorg to display 1024x768, could anyone with the i810 drover post up their's?

Mr Green · 2007-01-03 13:04:58

http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installin … nkPad_R60e

HTH

I got a T21 coming soon do think it will run as fast as yours

Crooksey · 2007-01-03 13:07:18

Thanks for the link, but that dosent help me

Mr Green · 2007-01-03 13:13:40

I thought the ubuntu might .... never mind

Crooksey · 2007-01-03 14:32:53

The xorg.conf did, really helped.

But i would really like to get both cpu's working

fk · 2007-01-03 14:34:26

Crooksey wrote:

The xorg.conf did, really helped.
But i would really like to get both cpu's working

Hm, normally both cores work can you post

cat /proc/cpuinfo

Crooksey · 2007-01-03 15:02:43

I think it may be working.......

crooksey >> ~ $ cat /proc/cpuinfo 
processor       : 0
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 15
model name      : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU         T5500  @ 1.66GHz
stepping        : 6
cpu MHz         : 1662.698
cache size      : 2048 KB
physical id     : 0
siblings        : 2
core id         : 0
cpu cores       : 2
fdiv_bug        : no
hlt_bug         : no
f00f_bug        : no
coma_bug        : no
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 10
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc pni monitor ds_cpl est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm
bogomips        : 3328.88

processor       : 1
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 15
model name      : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU         T5500  @ 1.66GHz
stepping        : 6
cpu MHz         : 1662.698
cache size      : 2048 KB
physical id     : 0
siblings        : 2
core id         : 1
cpu cores       : 2
fdiv_bug        : no
hlt_bug         : no
f00f_bug        : no
coma_bug        : no
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 10
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc pni monitor ds_cpl est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm
bogomips        : 3325.08

Nearly finished now, any working guides for beryl and the i810 driver?

Last question is, how do i set my wifi on boot, with my current settings i get device not found:

rc.conf

 #
# /etc/rc.conf - Main Configuration for Arch Linux
#

#
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# LOCALIZATION
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# LOCALE: available languages can be listed with the 'locale -a' command
# HARDWARECLOCK: set to "UTC" or "localtime"
# TIMEZONE: timezones are found in /usr/share/zoneinfo
# KEYMAP: keymaps are found in /usr/share/kbd/keymaps
# CONSOLEFONT: found in /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts (only needed for non-US)
# CONSOLEMAP: found in /usr/share/kbd/consoletrans
# USECOLOR: use ANSI color sequences in startup messages
#
LOCALE="en_US.utf8"
HARDWARECLOCK="localtime"
TIMEZONE="Canada/Pacific"
KEYMAP="uk"
CONSOLEFONT=
CONSOLEMAP=
USECOLOR="yes"

#
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# HARDWARE
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# Scan hardware and load required modules at bootup
MOD_AUTOLOAD="yes"
# Module Blacklist - modules in this list will never be loaded by udev
MOD_BLACKLIST=()
#
# Modules to load at boot-up (in this order)
#   - prefix a module with a ! to blacklist it
#
MODULES=()
# Scan for LVM volume groups at startup, required if you use LVM
USELVM="no"

#
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# NETWORKING
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
HOSTNAME="thinkpad"
#
# Interfaces to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each interface then list in INTERFACES
#   - prefix an entry in INTERFACES with a ! to disable it
#   - no hyphens in your interface names - Bash doesn't like it
#
# Note: to use DHCP, set your interface to be "dhcp" (eth0="dhcp")
#
lo="lo 127.0.0.1"
#eth0="dhcp"
#(eth0="dhcp")
eth1="dhcp"
(eth1="dhcp")
INTERFACES=(lo eth1)
#
# Routes to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each route then list in ROUTES
#   - prefix an entry in ROUTES with a ! to disable it
#
gateway="default gw 192.168.0.1"
ROUTES=(!gateway)
#
# Enable these network profiles at boot-up.  These are only useful
# if you happen to need multiple network configurations (ie, laptop users)
#   - set to 'menu' to present a menu during boot-up (dialog package required)
#   - prefix an entry with a ! to disable it
#
# Network profiles are found in /etc/network-profiles
#
#NET_PROFILES=(main)

#
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# DAEMONS
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# Daemons to start at boot-up (in this order)
#   - prefix a daemon with a ! to disable it
#   - prefix a daemon with a @ to start it up in the background
#
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng network netfs crond ipw3945d alsa)


# End of file

and /etc/conf.d/wireless

#
# Settings for wireless cards
#
# For each wireless interface declared in INTERFACES (in rc.conf), declare
# a wlan_${IF} variable that contains the arguments to be passed to
# iwconfig(8).  Then list the original interface name in the
# WLAN_INTERFACES array.
#

wlan_eth1="eth1 essid "crooks""
wlan_eth1="eth1 key 99B7289E4E"
WLAN_INTERFACES=(eth1)

On boot its telling me eth1 dosent exist, how do i reslove this?

Lone_Wolf · 2007-01-03 20:31:51

identify the modules needed for your wired and wireless connections.

hwdetect --net should be helpful for the wired connection.

example

$ hwdetect --net
MODULES=(8139cp mii)
$

For the wireless it will probably be ipw3495 .

Edit /etc/rc.conf and put the modules in the modules=() line so you'll get something like this :

MODULES=(8139cp mii ipw3495)

If you want the wireless to be eth1 , make sure you put the wired modules BEFORE the wireless module.

Crooksey · 2007-01-03 22:07:54

That didnt work.

fk · 2007-01-03 22:11:44

you must put the modules (wifi and cabel network) in the blacklist, and in the Moduls Array, so first the modules won't load, and then in the right order

Crooksey · 2007-01-03 23:13:25

I dont really understand, could you show that in relation to my rc.conf?

fk · 2007-01-03 23:22:44

#

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# HARDWARE
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# Scan hardware and load required modules at bootup
MOD_AUTOLOAD="yes"
# Module Blacklist - modules in this list will never be loaded by udev
MOD_BLACKLIST=(LAN Modul WIFI Modul)
#
# Modules to load at boot-up (in this order)
#   - prefix a module with a ! to blacklist it
#
MODULES=(LAN-MODUL WIFI-MODUL) <-- in the order you need 
# Scan for LVM volume groups at startup, required if you use LVM
USELVM="no"

Mr Green · 2007-01-03 23:25:10

you read wiki on wireless ?

Crooksey · 2007-01-04 09:27:22

Yes, i changed my rc.conf and it still wont load, eth1 does not exist.

#
# /etc/rc.conf - Main Configuration for Arch Linux
#

#
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# LOCALIZATION
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# LOCALE: available languages can be listed with the 'locale -a' command
# HARDWARECLOCK: set to "UTC" or "localtime"
# TIMEZONE: timezones are found in /usr/share/zoneinfo
# KEYMAP: keymaps are found in /usr/share/kbd/keymaps
# CONSOLEFONT: found in /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts (only needed for non-US)
# CONSOLEMAP: found in /usr/share/kbd/consoletrans
# USECOLOR: use ANSI color sequences in startup messages
#
LOCALE="en_US.utf8"
HARDWARECLOCK="localtime"
TIMEZONE="Canada/Pacific"
KEYMAP="uk"
CONSOLEFONT=
CONSOLEMAP=
USECOLOR="yes"

#
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# HARDWARE
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# Scan hardware and load required modules at bootup
MOD_AUTOLOAD="yes"
# Module Blacklist - modules in this list will never be loaded by udev
MOD_BLACKLIST=(tg3 ipw3945 )
#
# Modules to load at boot-up (in this order)
#   - prefix a module with a ! to blacklist it
#
MODULES=(tg3 ipw3945)
# Scan for LVM volume groups at startup, required if you use LVM
USELVM="no"

#
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# NETWORKING
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
HOSTNAME="thinkpad"
#
# Interfaces to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each interface then list in INTERFACES
#   - prefix an entry in INTERFACES with a ! to disable it
#   - no hyphens in your interface names - Bash doesn't like it
#
# Note: to use DHCP, set your interface to be "dhcp" (eth0="dhcp")

DAEMONS=(syslog-ng network netfs crond ipw3954d)

#
lo="lo 127.0.0.1"
#eth0="dhcp"
#(eth0="dhcp")
eth1="dhcp"
(eth1="dhcp")
wlan_eth1="eth1 essid "crooks""
wlan_eth1="eth1 key 99B7289E4E"
WLAN_INTERFACES=(eth1)
INTERFACES=(lo eth1)
#
# Routes to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each route then list in ROUTES
#   - prefix an entry in ROUTES with a ! to disable it
#
gateway="default gw 192.168.0.1"
ROUTES=(!gateway)
#
# Enable these network profiles at boot-up.  These are only useful
# if you happen to need multiple network configurations (ie, laptop users)
#   - set to 'menu' to present a menu during boot-up (dialog package required)
#   - prefix an entry with a ! to disable it
#
# Network profiles are found in /etc/network-profiles
#
#NET_PROFILES=(main)

#
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# DAEMONS
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# Daemons to start at boot-up (in this order)
#   - prefix a daemon with a ! to disable it
#   - prefix a daemon with a @ to start it up in the background
#
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng network netfs crond ipw3945d alsa)


# End of file

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Re: Thinkpad R60E

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