Fedora on Travelmate 8104?

[Jim Link]

I just bought a Travelmate 8104 and have been trying to get Ubuntu to work with out luck... Does anyone out there have Fedora installed successfully on a TM 8104?

If so, what options did you use to get it up.

Thanks in advance.

[sergos1]

Hi,Jim.I have insalled and fully worked Fedora C4 on TM8101.Yes,installation of Fedora on this "crapy" laptop is little bit complicated.First - start installation with options "linux text noprobe" ("noprobe" because installation hang when trying insert "ahci" module,"text" because when installation finish X hang),then when anaconda ask you for drivers select "ata_piix" and "tg3" ("ata_piix" for disk controller and "tg3" for lan device) and finish instalation.Second - after instalation boot with install cd to rescue mode ("linux rescue noprobe" and again add driver "ata_piix"),chroot into "/mnt/sysimage" and disable pcmcia service with "chkconfig --level 2345 pcmcia off".Reboot.Gongratulations,you have base working installation of Fedora C4.
If you can do this then i explain you how to make other stuff like Intel wireless an ATi X700 work.

[Jim Link]

Before I go through with it may I ask if its possible to ever get the PCMCIA to work or not... I do not currently use it, however it may be necassary later.

Thanks

[sergos1]

Yes,it is possible

[StratBoy61]

Originally Posted by sergos1

If you can do this then i explain you how to make other stuff like Intel wireless an ATi X700 work.

Hey sergos1,
I would be glad if you could let me know how you made the wireless and ATI card work ! Could you please develop a little bit ?
Thank you in advance

[sergos1]

Originally Posted by StratBoy61

Hey sergos1,
I would be glad if you could let me know how you made the wireless and ATI card work ! Could you please develop a little bit ?
Thank you in advance

First add livna repo to your yum repos,then install ati-fglrx or something like that and edit xorg.conf to your needs.For Intel wireless card you only need to search for ipw2200 firmware (or for atrpms repo) and put it to /lib/firmware,but for settings search forum,because i don't know how you connect to your wireless netwotk (wep,wpa,etc.).If you have troubles,post here and i help you.

[StratBoy61]

Originally Posted by sergos1

For Intel wireless card you only need to search for ipw2200 firmware (or for atrpms repo) and put it to /lib/firmware,but for settings search forum,because i don't know how you connect to your wireless netwotk (wep,wpa,etc.).If you have troubles,post here and i help you.

Thank you Sergos1 for your answer.
I already tried setting up the wireless with ipw2200, and it never worked. It did not work for one peculiar reason : The switch that enables the wireless card on the laptop is a button on the front panel that has to be pushed. I could not find any way under Linux to activate this button though software. The ipw2200 installation went correctly and everything looked fine. Untill I realized that the wireless card could not be turned ON
Regarding the ATI setup, I am going to look for what you mentioned. I am not very familiar with Linux though, and I do not really know what you mean by edit xorg.conf to your needs...
Cheers
StratBoy61

[sergos1]

Originally Posted by StratBoy61

I could not find any way under Linux to activate this button though software. The ipw2200 installation went correctly and everything looked fine. Untill I realized that the wireless card could not be turned ON

Give me here output of "iwconfig".
And if you want to see nice orange light of wireless button,just add "options ipw2200 led=1" to /etc/modprobe.d/ipw2200 .
For editing of xorg.conf first post here the "original" xorg.conf and i can tell you what to change.

[StratBoy61]

Hello sergos1,

Here is the output of iwconfig:
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

Warning: Driver for device eth1 recommend version 18 of Wireless Extension,
but has been compiled with version 17, therefore some driver features
may not be available...

eth1 unassociated ESSID:"tabatha" Nickname:"tabatha"
Mode:Managed Frequency=2.412 GHz Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00
Bit Rate=0 kb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm Sensitivity=8/0
Retry limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:3832-3936-3435-3634-4230-0000-00 Security mode:open
Power Management:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

sit0 no wireless extensions.

I actually found a resource here (http://home.tiscali.nl/bvdinc/FC4_TM4602.htm) that should solve my problem. I will have to upgrade the version of Fedora though. By the way, I like how the guy solved the ACPI problem

I have moved forward a little by myself. I still do not know how to enable my wireless card, now that I have the drivers. I manually copied the ifcfg-eth0 file in /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices, so now the device appears in system-config-network. I assume there was another way to do it right ?
Thanks
StratBoy61

[Jim Link]

Ok guys I got back from Iraq a couple of months ago where my satelite link was lost so I couldn't reply or download fedora after my last post. Since then I see a new version of fedora has been released and I am hoping on installing it. I have already downloaded the DVD ISO and burnt it and am currnelty backing up all files I have on my hard drive to another. After that I am ready to go! What I need is step by step processes for fedora core 5. I am hoping to have EVERYTHING work on this laptop in Fedora! Is it possible? we'll see, but I'll need help since I am a linux newb...

Thanks in advance for any and all help.