Congratulations Thinkpad Users, trackpoint drivers are now part of kernel 2.6.14

[The Linuxator]

So today I have heared from a friend that the trackpoint driver is now part of the latest kernel release , I immediatly updated my kernel through yum, and I rebooted, went to the terminal as root and typed :

echo -n 1 > /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio0/press_to_select this option enables the click funcion which was at a default value of 0 (note this is a boolean value you can't modfiy it to anything other than 1 or 0 (true or false))

then I tested my trackpoint's click function and it works as it should, but I felt the need to fine tune my trackpoint a little so I went back to the terminal and typed :

echo -n 140 > /sys/devices/platfrom/i8042/serio0/speed

inorder to adjust the speed level .


Again these are a couple of the many options you will have after installing the Kernel 2.6.14-1.1637 .
To see what more options are available for you to play around with go to /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio0 and you will see files such as press_to_select , speed, sensitivty, and you will be able to see the current values in them, all you have to do is modify them through the commands that I mentioned above , just replace the new value that comes after "-n " with the desired value , and the type of value after "serio0/" with the one desired, and that should be all.

Note : also Kernel 2.6.14-1.1637 fixed my ACPI issues on my thinkpad, now I am able to use the sleep commands too.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Nice. Now if they'd only stop ignoring other important things that would help all users...

 

[The Linuxator]

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
Nice. Now if they'd only stop ignoring other important things that would help all users...

Like what ?

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: The Linuxator

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
Nice. Now if they'd only stop ignoring other important things that would help all users...

Like what ?

PaX.

 

[The Linuxator]

Well good luck on that.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: The Linuxator
Well good luck on that.

I don't need it so much, my OS of choice has those (or similar) features.

Memory protection is a good thing, buffer overflows leading to a root compromise aren't.

 

[The Linuxator]

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey

Originally posted by: The Linuxator
Well good luck on that.

I don't need it so much, my OS of choice has those (or similar) features.

Memory protection is a good thing, buffer overflows leading to a root compromise aren't.

Agreed. But the way I see it , things are changing today this tomorrow that, it's Linux

Well this is Linux nothinman , and I know you don't need to hear this from me but things do take some time to make it into a functional form, I mean look at the trackpoint drivers for instance, ppl have been running Linux on Thinkpads since like ever, but look it was till now that we have an official solution for it, everyone was waiting unitll someone wrote a functional driver , and that was a while ago and once it was perfected it was added to the 2.6.14 kernel a short period from the writing of this post.

But I know the wait was worth it I am so happy to be able to use the trackpoint nifty features in Fedora Core 4, now I am clicking and dragging all over the place :laugh:

 

[sigs3gv]

How is ipw2200? Can it still associate with WEP networks?

 

[The Linuxator]

Originally posted by: sigs3gv
How is ipw2200? Can it still associate with WEP networks?

Yes , I can acess WEP networks, the utility that I use forced me to set my network to WEP becasue I couldn't acess WPA / WPA2 networks , ATM I am looking at the options that I have to see what utility fits best for WPA 2 it's no driver issue, just a matter of utility choice, but other than that the Intel 2200BG mini-PCI that came with my Thinkpad is working smoothly.

check the ipw2200BG info at sourceforge.net : http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/

 

[sigs3gv]

Originally posted by: The Linuxator

Originally posted by: sigs3gv
How is ipw2200? Can it still associate with WEP networks?

Yes , I can acess WEP networks, the utility that I use forced me to set my network to WEP becasue I couldn't acess WPA / WPA2 networks , ATM I am looking at the options that I have to see what utility fits best for WPA 2 it's no driver issue, just a matter of utility choice, but other than that the Intel 2200BG mini-PCI that came with my Thinkpad is working smoothly.

check the ipw2200BG info at sourceforge.net : http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/

Thanks for the info. Previously, I had to downgrade from 2.6.13.4 back to 2.6.12 because I encountered troubles associating with wifi networks. I plan to compile 2.6.14 whenever I get the chance.

I think 2.6.14 also added support for the active protection system.
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See commit 4c87b74c72d42f7272aa4bf8f17c73bb53774eee.

 

[The Linuxator]

Originally posted by: sigs3gv

Originally posted by: The Linuxator

Originally posted by: sigs3gv
How is ipw2200? Can it still associate with WEP networks?

Yes , I can acess WEP networks, the utility that I use forced me to set my network to WEP becasue I couldn't acess WPA / WPA2 networks , ATM I am looking at the options that I have to see what utility fits best for WPA 2 it's no driver issue, just a matter of utility choice, but other than that the Intel 2200BG mini-PCI that came with my Thinkpad is working smoothly.

check the ipw2200BG info at sourceforge.net : http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/

Thanks for the info. Previously, I had to downgrade from 2.6.13.4 back to 2.6.12 because I encountered troubles associating with wifi networks. I plan to compile 2.6.14 whenever I get the chance.

I think 2.6.14 also added support for the active protection system.
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See commit 4c87b74c72d42f7272aa4bf8f17c73bb53774eee.

Yep I know of that, but I don't think my R50e has the fancy APS , no big deal though, but I have heared some fancy things about the APS, I heared some developers were trying to take advantage of the APS not only in the harddrive crash arena, but they were also trying to make it as a physical interface with the user, like I don't know tapping your Thinkpad lightly to execute a certain command or something like that , that's smart but still experimental.

Also note that for using the 2200BG I have ipw firmware version 2.2-5.at and the 2.6.12-1.1447 kernel module I haven't upgraded those yet, but still it's functioning right in the 2.6.14-1.1637 Kernel so don't worry about your older firmware and kernel module not working in the new kernel. here is a snapshot
of what I have installed ATM so you can see for yourself : pic