1:19 p.m.
Hello,
I've tried to install fedora 8 on my brand new laptop Lenovo T61P, but it
has failed at the beginning, when loading the native X server.
The graphic adapter seems, (according to what I found on the internet) to be
an nvidia Quadro Fx 570M.
Is there a way to install F8 on it? Thanks. Francois
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6:35 a.m.
On mercredi 9 janvier 2008, John Summerfield wrote:
Do you still have Windows installed?
Boot Windows and make sure the wireless works.
When I bought that laptop, it was shipped with Windows Vista.
I bought another HD, and installed F8.
Using windows vista, the wifi works fine.
Then, keep fingers away from the wireless switch, my experience
doesn't
give me much confidence in Linux' handling of that switch.
Try again. If the problem persists, we need to know what wireless you
have. As root,
lspci
This is it :
03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN
Network Connection (rev 61)
Having identified the wireless card, post the result of
lspci -vvn -s <whatever the card is>
This it it :
03:00.0 0280: 8086:4230 (rev 61)
Subsystem: 8086:1111
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort-
<MAbort- >SERR+ <PERR-
Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 216
Region 0: Memory at df2fe000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
Capabilities: [c8] Power Management version 3
Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
Capabilities: [d0] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/0
Enable+
Address: 00000000fee0300c Data: 4162
Capabilities: [e0] Express Endpoint IRQ 0
Device: Supported: MaxPayload 128 bytes, PhantFunc 0, ExtTag-
Device: Latency L0s <512ns, L1 unlimited
Device: AtnBtn- AtnInd- PwrInd-
Device: Errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- Unsupported-
Device: RlxdOrd+ ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop+
Device: MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 128 bytes
Link: Supported Speed 2.5Gb/s, Width x1, ASPM L0s L1, Port 0
Link: Latency L0s <128ns, L1 <64us
Link: ASPM L0s Enabled RCB 64 bytes CommClk+ ExtSynch-
Link: Speed 2.5Gb/s, Width x1
Francois
1:25 p.m.
Mr.Scrooge wrote:
--- Matthew Saltzman <mjs(a)CLEMSON.EDU> wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-01-09 at 07:24 +0100, Francois wrote:
>> On mardi 8 janvier 2008, Chris Snell wrote:
>>>> Is there a way to install F8 on it? Thanks. Francois
>>> Install in text mode, then use the nvidia packages from the livna repo.
>>>
>>> More specific help here:
>>> http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_Fedora_8_on_a_ThinkPad_T61p
>> OK, I did what I found on the wiki, except the part about Mouse, as I do not
>> have a pb with it.
>> Now everything works like a charm, except one very important thing :
>> wifi ;-(
>> Now when I boot, I have a message like that : "error for wireless
>> request "set mode (8B06)". Set failed on device wlan0. invalid
argument.
>>
>> I have that message since I've updated the packages. When I just installed
>> F8 from the DVD, I didn't get that warning, but the wifi didn't work
>> though.
>> The little led that shows that wifi is activated is off.
>> Thank you for your help. Francois
> What kind of wireless card?
>
> Silly thing to check: Is the switch on the front lip of the case set to
> "on"?
It isn't silly, it's bitten me once and now i always check there first when
someone says "my
wireless isn't working?" , especially if they say it was working the day before.
The BIOS is
another place to check, sometimes the ethernet\wireless can be turned on or off there...
I have had the wireless off, on my Acer, and refusing to be turned on
until I booted Windows.
I suggest Francois uses google for combinations of Linux and Intel 4965;
I barely know one Intel Wireless card from another, but I have seen
quite a few questions about Intel Wireless.
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12:53 a.m.
Francois wrote:
On mardi 8 janvier 2008, Chris Snell wrote:
>> Is there a way to install F8 on it? Thanks. Francois
> Install in text mode, then use the nvidia packages from the livna repo.
>
> More specific help here:
> http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_Fedora_8_on_a_ThinkPad_T61p
OK, I did what I found on the wiki, except the part about Mouse, as I do not
have a pb with it.
Now everything works like a charm, except one very important thing :
wifi ;-(
Now when I boot, I have a message like that : "error for wireless
request "set mode (8B06)". Set failed on device wlan0. invalid argument.
I have that message since I've updated the packages. When I just installed
F8 from the DVD, I didn't get that warning, but the wifi didn't work
though.
The little led that shows that wifi is activated is off.
Thank you for your help. Francois
Do you still have Windows installed?
Boot Windows and make sure the wireless works.
Then, keep fingers away from the wireless switch, my experience doesn't
give me much confidence in Linux' handling of that switch.
Try again. If the problem persists, we need to know what wireless you
have. As root,
lspci
Having identified the wireless card, post the result of
lspci -vvn -s <whatever the card is>
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John
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12:24 a.m.
On mardi 8 janvier 2008, Chris Snell wrote:
> Is there a way to install F8 on it? Thanks. Francois
Install in text mode, then use the nvidia packages from the livna repo.
More specific help here:
http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_Fedora_8_on_a_ThinkPad_T61p
OK, I did what I found on the wiki, except the part about Mouse, as I do not
have a pb with it.
Now everything works like a charm, except one very important thing :
wifi ;-(
Now when I boot, I have a message like that : "error for wireless
request "set mode (8B06)". Set failed on device wlan0. invalid argument.
I have that message since I've updated the packages. When I just installed
F8 from the DVD, I didn't get that warning, but the wifi didn't work
though.
The little led that shows that wifi is activated is off.
Thank you for your help. Francois
7:09 a.m.
On Thu, 2008-01-10 at 07:43 +0100, Francois wrote:
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Clemson University Math Sciences
mjs AT clemson DOT edu
http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs
On mercredi 9 janvier 2008, John Summerfield wrote:
> >> What kind of wireless card?
> >>
> >> Silly thing to check: Is the switch on the front lip of the case set
> >> to "on"?
> >
> > It isn't silly, it's bitten me once and now i always check there first
> > when someone says "my wireless isn't working?" , especially if
they say
> > it was working the day before. The BIOS is another place to check,
> > sometimes the ethernet\wireless can be turned on or off there...
>
> I have had the wireless off, on my Acer, and refusing to be turned on
> until I booted Windows.
>
> I suggest Francois uses google for combinations of Linux and Intel 4965;
> I barely know one Intel Wireless card from another, but I have seen
> quite a few questions about Intel Wireless.
Finally, I have my wireless stuff that works. But it works, only if I run
knetworkmanager. If I stop it, it doesn't work. The led that shows that the
wifi function is running doesn't work, but I don't care.
The pb I have is that knetworkmanager doesn't take care of the IP address I
wrote in the ifcfg-wlan0 file. It takes an IP from my dhcp router, but my
laptop has a fixed ip, It is configurated that way, it is not supposed to
take an IP from my dhcp router.
Another pb, is that I'm disconnected from the network after 8 or 10 minutes.
I have to stop my connection from the icon on my desktop and to connect
again to the wireless network. Something is broken somewhere. I didn't have
such problems before running my old laptop and F7.
The pb I reported about NFS not working was because of that. My system is
configurated with fixed IP, but now, that knetworkmanager still wants not
to take care of what is configurated, and take another ip address.
Francois
You might want to take these issues to the
networkmanager-list(a)gnome.org.
12:43 a.m.
On mercredi 9 janvier 2008, John Summerfield wrote:
>> What kind of wireless card?
>>
>> Silly thing to check: Is the switch on the front lip of the case set
>> to "on"?
>
> It isn't silly, it's bitten me once and now i always check there first
> when someone says "my wireless isn't working?" , especially if they
say
> it was working the day before. The BIOS is another place to check,
> sometimes the ethernet\wireless can be turned on or off there...
I have had the wireless off, on my Acer, and refusing to be turned on
until I booted Windows.
I suggest Francois uses google for combinations of Linux and Intel 4965;
I barely know one Intel Wireless card from another, but I have seen
quite a few questions about Intel Wireless.
Finally, I have my wireless stuff that works. But it works, only if I run
knetworkmanager. If I stop it, it doesn't work. The led that shows that the
wifi function is running doesn't work, but I don't care.
The pb I have is that knetworkmanager doesn't take care of the IP address I
wrote in the ifcfg-wlan0 file. It takes an IP from my dhcp router, but my
laptop has a fixed ip, It is configurated that way, it is not supposed to
take an IP from my dhcp router.
Another pb, is that I'm disconnected from the network after 8 or 10 minutes.
I have to stop my connection from the icon on my desktop and to connect
again to the wireless network. Something is broken somewhere. I didn't have
such problems before running my old laptop and F7.
The pb I reported about NFS not working was because of that. My system is
configurated with fixed IP, but now, that knetworkmanager still wants not
to take care of what is configurated, and take another ip address.
Francois
12:58 p.m.
--- Matthew Saltzman <mjs(a)CLEMSON.EDU> wrote:
On Wed, 2008-01-09 at 07:24 +0100, Francois wrote:
> On mardi 8 janvier 2008, Chris Snell wrote:
> > > Is there a way to install F8 on it? Thanks. Francois
> >
> > Install in text mode, then use the nvidia packages from the livna repo.
> >
> > More specific help here:
> > http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_Fedora_8_on_a_ThinkPad_T61p
>
> OK, I did what I found on the wiki, except the part about Mouse, as I do not
> have a pb with it.
> Now everything works like a charm, except one very important thing :
> wifi ;-(
> Now when I boot, I have a message like that : "error for wireless
> request "set mode (8B06)". Set failed on device wlan0. invalid argument.
>
> I have that message since I've updated the packages. When I just installed
> F8 from the DVD, I didn't get that warning, but the wifi didn't work
> though.
> The little led that shows that wifi is activated is off.
> Thank you for your help. Francois
What kind of wireless card?
Silly thing to check: Is the switch on the front lip of the case set to
"on"?
It isn't silly, it's bitten me once and now i always check there first when
someone says "my
wireless isn't working?" , especially if they say it was working the day before.
The BIOS is
another place to check, sometimes the ethernet\wireless can be turned on or off there...
-Max
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7:58 a.m.
On Wed, 2008-01-09 at 07:24 +0100, Francois wrote:
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Matthew Saltzman
Clemson University Math Sciences
mjs AT clemson DOT edu
http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs
On mardi 8 janvier 2008, Chris Snell wrote:
> > Is there a way to install F8 on it? Thanks. Francois
>
> Install in text mode, then use the nvidia packages from the livna repo.
>
> More specific help here:
> http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_Fedora_8_on_a_ThinkPad_T61p
OK, I did what I found on the wiki, except the part about Mouse, as I do not
have a pb with it.
Now everything works like a charm, except one very important thing :
wifi ;-(
Now when I boot, I have a message like that : "error for wireless
request "set mode (8B06)". Set failed on device wlan0. invalid argument.
I have that message since I've updated the packages. When I just installed
F8 from the DVD, I didn't get that warning, but the wifi didn't work
though.
The little led that shows that wifi is activated is off.
Thank you for your help. Francois
What kind of wireless card?
Silly thing to check: Is the switch on the front lip of the case set to
"on"?
5:32 p.m.
On Tue, 2008-01-08 at 12:49 -0800, Chris Snell wrote:
On Jan 8, 2008 11:19 AM, Francois <frmas(a)free.fr> wrote:
> Hello,
> I've tried to install fedora 8 on my brand new laptop Lenovo T61P, but it
> has failed at the beginning, when loading the native X server.
> The graphic adapter seems, (according to what I found on the internet) to be
> an nvidia Quadro Fx 570M.
> Is there a way to install F8 on it? Thanks. Francois
Install in text mode, then use the nvidia packages from the livna repo.
More specific help here:
http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_Fedora_8_on_a_ThinkPad_T61p
Better: Add vesa to the kernel options in GRUB when you boot the install
disk. That will force X to use the vesa driver, which works.
The nv driver still does not work with these recent Quadro mobile cards:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=249367. I believe the
latest nv driver from xorg does work, but it has not yet been pushed to
Fedora. Your choices for now are to stick with the vesa driver or to
use the nVidia binary drivers.
BTW, there have been several reports (mine is one) that these machines
won't suspend when running F8. Let us know what your experience is and
see https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=254214.
Chris
(another T61p owner)
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Matthew Saltzman
Clemson University Math Sciences
mjs AT clemson DOT edu
http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs
2:49 p.m.
On Jan 8, 2008 11:19 AM, Francois <frmas(a)free.fr> wrote:
Hello,
I've tried to install fedora 8 on my brand new laptop Lenovo T61P, but it
has failed at the beginning, when loading the native X server.
The graphic adapter seems, (according to what I found on the internet) to be
an nvidia Quadro Fx 570M.
Is there a way to install F8 on it? Thanks. Francois
Install in text mode, then use the nvidia packages from the livna repo.
More specific help here:
http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_Fedora_8_on_a_ThinkPad_T61p
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