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Installation of Slackware 12.0 on a ThinkPad T30 (2366-81U).

==== Features ====
* [[Intel Mobile Pentium 4-M]] 1.8GHz CPU
* [[ATI Mobility Radeon 7500]] video controller with 16MB
** 14.1" TFT display with 1024x768 resolution (XGA)
* 1024MB [[PC2700]] memory
* 60GB 7200RPM HDD
* [[AD1881A]] AC'97 Audio controller
* [[UltraBay]] with:
** DVD-ROM
* Integrated Intel 10/100 Ethernet
* [[UltraNav]] touchpad on select models
* Hard disk drive shock absorber (on underside)
In addition to the above, I have installed
* [http://www.airlink101.com/products/awlc3026.html Airlink+ AWL3036 PCMCIA card]

== Summary ==
=== What works out of the box ===

* Onboard display (1024x768)
* TrackPoint (except center button)
** TrackPad may work, but I can't stand them so I disabled in the BIOS.
* NTFS volume mounting

=== What needs to be fixed post-install ===

* Wireless
* Suspend, Sleep, and other FN+ keys
* Sensors/Fan recognition

=== Not tested ===

* Modem
* DVD / CD-R
* What else?
* 10/100 Ethernet (I use this for wireless only)
* Docking Station (I have one, but I'm not currently using it and haven't checked yet)

== Details ==
=== Install with Windows ===
A good friend of mine provided me with a 60GB drive that had the original IBM Restore partition still available. He even shrunk it down to half for me so that I could dual-boot without having to resize using [http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php GParted] or something similar.

Once I'd completed the setup of Windows (for the wife), I began the install of [http://www.slackware.com Slackware 12.0] on the second partition.

I performed a standard install, selecting all packages, and allowing the setup to configure lilo for me. Slackware found the windows partition and asked for a mount point for fstab, as well as recognizing it in lilo and adding a boot entry for it.

Once the installation was completed, a simple reboot brought up the lilo boot menu, and I chose my new Slackware installation.

=== Getting the system booted ===

=== System Updates ===
I downloaded the latest kernel from [http://www.kernel.org kernel.org] and installed it. Performed a custom compile of the kernel to remove unwanted/unnecessary features, and to add in those that were missing. As a matter of personal preference, I also compiled everything directly instead of using them as modules, the only exception being the ndiswrapper module.

Here's my [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/User:Slackware42/kernel_config_t30_2366-81U.txt_2.6.24.5_configuration_for_T30_%282366-81U%29 2.6.24.5 configuration for T30 (2366-81U)]

== What needs to be fixed post-install ==
=== Wireless ===
Under Windows I downloaded ndiswrapper and saved the source file somewhere I'd remember. I then rebooted into linux and copied the file over and compiled it.

After compiling it I ran:

:{{cmdroot|ndiswrapper -i Mrv8000c.inf}} (the driver for the Airlink+ card)

and then:

:{{cmdroot|ndiswrapper -m}}

which installed it as a module into /etc/modprobe.d/ndiswrapper

I then modified /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf by uncommenting:

IFNAME[4]="wlan0"
USE_DHCP[4]="yes"

There are some other settings for wireless encryption, but I think that's beyond the scope of this how-to.

===Suspend, Sleep, and other FN+ keys===
* {{key|Fn}}{{key|F4}}
* {{key|Fn}}{{key|F12}}
* {{key|Fn}}{{key|Home}} / {{key|Fn}}{{key|End}} Correct adjustment of brightness.
* {{key|Fn}}{{key|PgUp}} Correct activation of ThinkLight.

=== Sensors/Fan ===
This model comes with several temperature sensors which I was able to compile support for into the kernel. Once restarted, [http://www.gkrellm.net/ GKrellM] was able to see the sensors, as well as the fan speed.

=== xorg.conf ===
The default xorg.conf worked fine, but it was using the vesa driver which would not allow mplayer to play full-screen. changing:

<tt>Driver     "vesa"</tt> to <tt>Driver     "radeon" </tt> worked great.

=External Sources=
[[Category:Slackware]] [[Category:T30]]