I have an IBM thinkpad, and I had problems getting everything to work under Mandrake 9.0.
It turns out the biggest problem was pcmcia using irq3, preventing me from using the serial port (irq 4 was used by IR port IIRC). I don't know if there's any way this can be fixed without unnecessarily reserving irq3. Then, there are some kernel modules (thinkpad), and some utils (tpctl) which allow you to enable/disable hardware, and a tool for also auto-throttling the CPU based on load level (to conserve power, the CPU is underclocked when not busy). All these tools require the thinkpad kernel modules. Would it be possible to have the thinkpad kernel modules in the Mandrake kernel? Or should I maintain my own RPMs of those for the moment (like NVidia drivers)? Files: http://sourceforge.net/projects/tpctl/ (thinkpad=kernel modules, tpctl=user space tools). If these can go in, I can also take a look at http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/tpb/ Regards, Buchan -- |----------------Registered Linux User #182071-----------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x121 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7
