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Modem
The 8100 uses the
lucent winmodem. Download it into /usr/local/src ;
untar it, and run build_module. Your modem device will be /dev/ttyL0.
On Board Ethernet
On board ethernet is the e100. It works fine but has problems with APM.
I found a solution where I save the pci settings on boot and restore
them on every resume.
Put this file in /usr/local/sbin. Then add
the following line before the "command_available()" function:
. /usr/local/sbin/apm_i8000
You'll need to reboot or restart apm, because the pci stuff is saved
when apm starts up.
X Windows / Dual Head
Sax2 loads X windows perfectly. However to get dual head functions you
need to manually edit your /etc/X11/XF86config file.
Here is mine: (whole file as a link)
# Generated by SAX2
Section "Module"
Load "freetype"
Load "speedo"
Load "type1"
Load "extmod"
Load "dbe"
Load "glx" # JCF: you need this modules loaded for 3d/TwinView
EndSection
# Generated by SAX2 for the Insprion Internal Display
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "DELL UXGA"
DisplaySize 340 270
HorizSync 24-93.8
ModelName "1600X1200@75HZ"
VendorName "--> VESA"
VertRefresh 50-75
UseModes "Modes[1]"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
# Generated by SAX2 on my home LCD
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Samsung"
DisplaySize 340 270
HorizSync 31-64
ModelName "1280X1024@60HZ"
Option "DPMS"
VendorName "--> VESA"
VertRefresh 50-60
UseModes "Modes[0]"
EndSection
# Modes generated for the Samsung Monitor
Section "Modes"
Identifier "Modes[0]"
Modeline "800x600" 48.00 800 832 928 1024 600 604 608 624 -HSync -VSync
Modeline "640x480" 25.20 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525
Modeline "832x624" 25.20 832 656 752 800 624 490 492 525
Modeline "800x600" 25.20 800 656 752 800 600 490 492 525
Modeline "1024x768" 65.00 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806
Modeline "1280x1024" 108.00 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "nVidia GeForce TwinView"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "nVidia"
BoardName "nVidia Ge Force Go 2"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
### Available Driver options are:
Option "UseEdidFreqs" "yes"
Option "NvAGP" "0"
Option "TwinView"
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT,DFP" # Digital Flat Panel
Option "TwinViewOrientation" "LeftOf" # or LeftOf or Clone
# On a Laptop this would be the Internal Display
Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "24-93.8"
Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "50-75"
# MetaModes
# ,; next
# Remember on the laptop the internal display is head 1
# Laptop only Laptop and 1280x1024 display
Option "MetaModes" "1280x1024,1280x1024; NULL, 1600x1200; 1280x1024 @1280x1200 ,1600x1200; "
EndSection
Section "Screen"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "1024x768"
EndSubSection
Device "nVidia GeForce TwinView"
Identifier "Screen[0]"
Monitor "Samsung"
EndSection
printk("NVRM: avoiding suspend request, don't want to shutdown!!\n");
printk("NVRM: JCF told me to fuck it and suspend anyway!!\n");
return 0;
// return 1;
USB
Nothing to report, this seems to work fine /w SuSE 8.0
Floppy
You want to recompile your kernel w/ floppy support as a module. Insmod
floppy.o to use the drive, rmmod to take it out.
CD-Bay
I wrote a script to recan the IDE bus when I put in a new device.
#!/bin/bash
mount | grep cdrom > /dev/null
if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
echo "CDROM mounted - unmount before rescanning"
exit 1
fi
modprobe -r ide-scsi
modprobe -r cdrom
/usr/local/sbin/idectl 1 rescan
modprobe cdrom
modprobe ide-scsi
Irda
From everything I can tell IRDA conflicts with the sound card.
Serial Port and IRDA port are both set to COM1.
Here is a script to load/unload irda.
This only works when the serial port and IRDA are the same; and if
you do that the serial port doesn't work - I'm still working on getting
IRDA and sound working together
#! /bin/bash
#
ACTION=$1
case $ACTION in
start)
echo "shutting down sound"
/etc/rc.d/alsasound stop
sleep 5
echo "running irattach"
irattach /dev/ttyS0 -s
exit 1
;;
stop)
echo "killing irattach"
killall irattach
modprobe -r ircomm-tty
modprobe -r irtty
echo "firing up sound"
/etc/rc.d/alsasound start
exit 1
;;
check)
echo "still not implemented"
exit 1
;;
*) echo "still not implemented" ;;
esac
exit
fi
Serial Port
I haven't gotten this to work. Some kinda problem w/ IRDA. Eventually
I'll debug it when I have time to reboot the laptop.
Works fine when not set to the same COM port as the IRDA.
i8k.o
This allows you to control the fans, Hotkeys at the top, and get the
internal temp. For example:
patton:~/bin # i8kctl
1.0 A07 CJ5Y311 65 1 1 7680 7320 1 0
patton:~/bin #
The first 2 are the BIOS revision, the CJ5Y311 is my asset tag. The next
four numbers are for the fan. The i8100 has two fans. This shows both
are on low speed (1 - high speed is 2, off is 0), and the RPM each fan
is running at. I forget what the last 2 numbers do. The command i8kfan
will allow you to turn the fans on and off.
Grab the i8k package here.
APM
Nothing special to do with APM except as noted above.
SysProfile
I wrote a script to handle the configuration differences between home
and work. Grab it here.
