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Debian Linux on the Thinkpad T60

This document sums up my experiences with Debian Linux (Etch stable) on the IBM/Lenovo Thinkpad T60 laptop. The Etch default install works well on this laptop and there's only a few things you have to setup manually. No need to compile your own kernel.

Contents

* T60 Overview
* WLAN (ipw3945)
* Video Card / 3D acceleration (ATI x1400 mobility)

T60 Overview

I've got a Thinkpad T60. Here's some more detailed system info:

spirit@threat:~$ uname -a
Linux threat 2.6.18-6-686 #1 SMP Thu May 8 07:34:27 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
spirit@threat:~$ cat /etc/debian_version
4.0
spirit@threat:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS/940GML and 945GT Express PCI Express Root Port (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 02)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) Serial ATA Storage Controller AHCI (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M52 [ATI Mobility Radeon X1300]
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82573L Gigabit Ethernet Controller
03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (rev 02)
15:00.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1510 PC card Cardbus Controller
spirit@threat:~/tmp/linux_t60$                                  

The full output of dmesg can be found here.

WLAN (ipw3945)

Text here

Video Card / 3D acceleration (ATI x1400 mobility)

The module source is available in the debian package repositories, so all you need to do is grab it and build it via module-assistent. Let's get the required packages first:

apt-get install module-assistant fglrx-control fglrx-driver fglrx-kernel-src

Ok, now we'll prepare the module.

cd /usr/src
module-assistant prepare
module-assistant a-i fglrx

Now edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf and modify your display driver setting from radeon to fglrx, then reboot. Done.

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