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On this page, I discuss how to install Debian GNU/Linux on an IBM Thinkpad
X30. I am not the owner of this computer, my boss is the owner. But I have to
install Linux on it, and make some experiments to see what is working (WiFi,
Bluetooth, etc...).
I got a mail from Seth Golub, telling me about his page on the same
topic, check it out here: Debian/GNU Linux on X30, by
Seth.
- 21.02.2003,
I just like to mention that bluetooth works great on this computer. I
have installed the bluez-patch and the bluez debian-packages from bluez.sourceforge.net. As mentioned on holtmann.org,
the hci_usb module should work well on the Ibm. I can confirm that!
- 27.11.2002,
Until today, I was struggling with the Wireless LAN on the X30. It turns
out that the linux-wlan path mentioned below, was a dead end. I could get the
card recognized, and you can even set the essid, but I still can't figure out
how to set the wep-keys correctly to talk to our AP2000 base.
But today, my worries come to and end. I discoverd that a driver for the
Prism2.5 cards are included in the 2.4.19 linux kernel. So today, I have
compiled a new kernel, marked that I want a module for this card in the
config, and thats it. This compile Prism2.5 support into the "orinoco_pci"
module, and all I need to do was "modprobe orinoco_pci", and then use the
iwconfig tool as one would do with other wlan cards. Now I just need to
figure out a clever way of starting the wlan service when needed.
- 18.11.2002,
Some more info on the internal wireless lan in X30. lspci shows that there
is something called "Harris Semiconductor: Unknown device 3873 (rev 01)" in
the computer. Since lspci also say that this is a Network interface, I guess
that this is the wireless card. Some minutes with google reveal that the
Thinkpad R30 also have this card, and i find a pointer to this
page for R30. Using the information on this page, which points to the
linux-wlan project, I get
a working driver for the card. This require compilation of a kernel module,
but is fairly easy to do. The only problem left is to connect to the Orinoco
basestation we have. This require wep-encryption, and it is not obvious how
to set the right security key,
- 12.11.2002,
Although the 'airo' driver installed just fine in the kernel, iwconfig can
not find any wireless card, so maybe it is another card in the computer. I
have to do more research on this.
- 12.11.2002
Today, I changed the apt.source line for the debian-system to use the
unstable distribution, and then did the usual upgrade-sequence. Just for fun,
I did a startx after that, and guess what. It just worked! During the
configuration, I chosed the i810 driver, although I know that this computer
have i830, but i810 seem to be just fine. This is great. Even suspen/resume
during X-session works!
- 08.11.2002, kl. 15:55
I just guess it's intel eepro100 card, and install this driver. It seem to
work fine.
- 08.11.2002, kl. 15:50
Even when I have installed the module for the WiFi card, the "Configure
network" dialog tells me there is no network interface. So the built-in
ethernetcard is not discovered. I have to look for more device drivers.
- 08.11.2002, kl. 15:45
This computer have a wireless lan card buit-in. I look up the IBM
web-page to see what kind of card this is, and it turns out to be a
Cisco/Aironet card. I find this module in the Device-driver installation
dialog in the Debian installer, and it installs just fine.
- 08.11.2002, kl. 15:10
I just started the Debian installation from cd-rom. The screen is very
strange (blue, noisy signals), so I turn to google. I know that this computer
have to not very good intel830 chipset, so I make a search for "linux intel
830 vga". On the first page I find some good information. Boot with
"vga=791". I try this, and now the screen is ok.
The most recent update of this page was done:
19.01.2011
by Åsmund Ødegård.
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