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Ubuntu on T43
Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 11:00 pm
by baraider
Anyone tried to install ubuntu on a t43 or know a guide or anything? I've been googling since ubuntu came out last week but most people installed it on a t42...
I want to know how the driver for the x300 card and many other thing..thanks
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 4:22 am
by Rhodan
Well I'll be receiving my T43 with a X300 gfx card, so the first thing I'll be doing tonight is installing Ubuntu
. I'll let you know how it goes.
Also try the Ubuntu forums,
www.ubuntuforums.org
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 1:03 pm
by baraider
can't wait for you report man....i'll be watching tonight
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 9:55 pm
by ohman
I installed the previous version of ubuntu (4.10), and the 5.04 Kubuntu version on my T42p. The Kubuntu installer supporter wireless (with wep), and the installed system was nearly perfect.
I got 4 hours (yes, 4 hours) of battery life under kubuntu using the 9 cell battery I have - cpufreqd worked on the first boot. Suspend and hibernate worked (almost) flawlessly. If you use the open source ati driver it is more than able to come back from hibernating without crashing X11, but the fglrx driver will still crash it (more a problem with the driver - it does this no matter what distro you run).
I'm not positive, but I believe the x300 is supported with fglrx, and should be supported with the ati (if not the vesa driver at the very least). You might not have hardware acceleration right away, but ati's hw acceleration has never been something to brag about. If you have the intel pro b/g adapter you should be fine, and I believe it also supports the madwifi (the atheros chipset - I don't know which one you have).
I was incredibly suprised, given a debian install I would have done exactly this in a longer amount of time. If you go ahead and try it, and need to ask someone some questions, my aim is ooooohhman.
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 10:01 pm
by baraider
thanks for your generous offer...i'll bug you when i run into problem
i'll get a t43 with ibm 5004 a/b/g card
Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2005 5:00 am
by Rhodan
I've not had time yet to do an install, hopefully tonight or tomorrow. I have booted off the Ubuntu live cd and everything (even wireless) worked perfectly on my T43. So it looks good for the full install