X-Account-Key: account1 X-UIDL: 111405 X-Mozilla-Keys: Return-Path: X-ListServer: CommuniGate Pro LIST 5.1.3 List-Unsubscribe: List-ID: List-Archive: Precedence: list Message-ID: Reply-To: "OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List" Sender: "OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List" To: "OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List" X-Original-Message-ID: <46939573.9050202@2rosenthals.com> Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 10:19:31 -0400 From: "Lewis G Rosenthal" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless] Thinkpad T60 doesn't fare too well with eCS demo CD On 07/09/07 06:41 pm, Ed Durrant thus wrote : > Julian Thomas wrote: >> >> Product: ThinkPad T60 1952-43U [change] >> Operating system: All [change] >> >> Original description: T2400(1.83GHz), 512MB RAM, 60GB 5400rpm HD, 14.1in >> 1024x768 LCD, Intel 950, CDRW/DVD, Intel 802.11abg wireless, Modem, 1Gb >> Ethernet, UltraNav, Secure chip, 6c Li-Ion batt, WinXP Pro >> >> eCS demo boots up with no problems (other than a cuss msg about com1 >> driver not loading). However, there's no sound from the flash movie, >> and >> the wired ethernet doesn't work - ping says "no path to host". >> >> Ubuntu live CD 7.04 bootup throws an error: eth0: e1000_request_irq: >> Unable to allocate MSI interrupt Error: -22 >> >> and it hangs on "Configuring network interfaces". >> >> Guess I'll have to boot up the preinstalled XP and see what works >> there:-( >> >> Not my machine; configuring another one for a grad going off to >> college in >> the fall. >> >> > This suggests this Lenovo (not built by IBM themselves) system does > not have an audio chipset supported by UniAud at the time when the eCS > 1.2 boot CD was created (you could try installing a later release of > Uniaud but it would only be there until you reboot as it will install > to the RAM disk). > This is right on target. You do need the latest (or later than 1.2R) UNIAUD to get sound on the T60. > Same comment with the NIC - not in GenMAC - I suspect this is a > Broadcom chipset ? You could install the OS/2 driver from Broadcom > themselves but again it will only be a temporary install. > No, the NIC in the T60 is an Intel (IIRC), and only supported by GenMAC 2.0+ (actually, the latest test versions). The demo CD would have to be tweaked to run properly on the T60. -- Lewis ------------------------------------------------------------ Lewis G Rosenthal, CNA, CLP, CLE Rosenthal & Rosenthal, LLC Accountants / Network Consultants New York / Northern Virginia www.2rosenthals.com eComStation Consultants www.ecomstation.com Novell Users Int'l www.novell.com/openenterpriseserver Need a managed Wi-Fi hotspot? www.hautspot.com ------------------------------------------------------------ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to Send administrative queries to To subscribe (new addresses), E-mail to: and reply to the confirmation email. Web archives are publicly available at: http://lists.2rosenthals.com This list is hosted by Rosenthal & Rosenthal, LLC P.O. Box 281, Deer Park, NY 11729-0281. Non- electronic communications related to content contained in these messages should be directed to the above address. (CAN-SPAM Act of 2003) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=