gentoo on an ibm thinkpad 570

genseb · n00b Joined: 24 Sep 2003 Posts: 1

hello,
did anyone experience an gentoo-installation on an ibm 570 thinkpad ?
up to now i run windows on it, but it is crying for gentoo-linux.....

thanks a lot for......

seb

Foxhacker · n00b Joined: 05 Jun 2005 Posts: 21 Location: New York, USA

i have recently been able to put gentoo on my ibm thinkpad 570, i'll describe my experience with it now
Follow the Gentoo handbook very carefully...and i mean carefully

i did a stage 3 install without problems, until you get to compiling the kernel
then the configuring begins.

i used genkernel --udev --menuconfig all

a couple things you would want to activate
-alsa support
-neomagic graphics support
-cirrus logic 46xx crystal clear soundfusion audio

after the kernel is compiled, there's another problem...check /boot directory
and you'll noticce that the kernel is there but the initrd isn't, seems that
the initrd isn't really needed as said in the gentoo irc channel on freenode.
you'll get another file though i think it was called initramfs....something...
when you configure grub, or whatever bootloader you use, remember to use
the initramfs as a substitute for initrd.

well its working, so far but i havn't finished installing everything
right now i'm installing xorg, i'll keep you posted.
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Foxhacker · n00b Joined: 05 Jun 2005 Posts: 21 Location: New York, USA

well xorg is installed up and running, although you will run into a problem with the thinkpad trackpoint mouse
when you run Xorg -configure it'll report that the mouse is not configured. This problem is due to the new udev fs
all you have to do to remedy the problem is to modify the xorg config file and change the location of the mouse to
/dev/input/mice that should fix the problem. don't forget that you must add the mouse support in your kernel,
read up on this thread if your trackpoint still isn't working https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-164498-highlight-thinkpad+570.html
everything else seems to be fine.

Ibm Thinkpad 570 366mhz 128M ram 10gig hdd, stage3 gentoo install kernel 2.6.12-r4
Self built Dual(SMP) 866mhz P3, 1.5gig ram 40gig hdd, stage2 gentoo install kernel 2.6.11-r9
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Foxhacker · n00b Joined: 05 Jun 2005 Posts: 21 Location: New York, USA

ok ran into a problem with mplayer but it seems i solved the probelm, it couldn't use the xv driver in the player and no scaling was possible, but with a help of some friends my problem was solved.

it could be found on this thread
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-360839-highlight-thinkpad+570.html
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