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= introduction =
Once again I installed [http://debian.org Debian] on a notebook. This time it was a friends IBM Thinkpad X20. This is not exactly spectacular, but I ran into some small problems, which I want to write down as a reference for others.

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= ingredients =
[http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/Category:X20 Thinkwiki.org] tells you something about the ingredients of this notebook.

= compatibility =
The table below shows compatibility with kernel >= 2.6.15. Everything highlighted in green is fully supported. Orange means particularly supported and everything in red isn't supported at the moment.

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|| '''[[Color(green:chipset)]]''' || ||
|| '''[[Color(green:processor)]]''' || ||
|| '''[[Color(green:video card)]]''' || ||
|| '''[[Color(green:sound card)]]''' || ||
|| '''[[Color(green:modem)]]''' || not tested - visit [http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/Category:X20 Thinkwiki] for more information ||
|| '''[[Color(green:ethernet devic[[1]]]''' || ||
|| '''[[Color(green:trackpoint)]]''' || ||
|| '''[[Color(green:CF-Card slot)]]''' || not tested - visit [http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/CF_Card_slot Thinkwiki] for more information ||
|| '''[[Color(green:special key[[1]]]''' || ||

= installation =
There are [http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installation_on_ThinkPads_without_CD-ROM_drive several possibilities] to install Debian though it hasn't a built-in CD-ROM drive. The easiest approach is to use an external USB-drive.

The installation of Debian Etch ([http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ Debian Installer Etch beta 2]) worked smoothly.

= configuration =
''TODO''

= faq =

 Speedstep doesn't work::

After trying to load speedstep modules the following message appears:
{{{FATAL: Error inserting speedstep_smi (/lib/modules/2.6.15-1-486/kernel/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/speedstep-smi.ko): No such device}}}

To get this working you'll need a kernel with this option enabled:
{{{
CONFIG_X86_SPEEDSTEP_RELAXED_CHECK = y
}}}

That's the case with recent Debian kernels. Go on and disable the speedstep-lib checks by by creating a /etc/modprobe.d/speedstep-lib file with this content:
{{{
options speedstep-lib relaxed_check=1
}}}

And then, you may add these 2 lines to /etc/modules:
{{{
speedstep-lib
speedstep-smi
}}}

----
 Speedstep still doesn't work::

You have disabled the speedstep-lib checks like explained above, but speedstep still doesn't work with kernels <=2.6.15? It's a [http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5553 kernel bug]. Try to enable this kernel option:
{{{
CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_DEBUG = y
}}}

----
 Speedstep does work but I can't use ondemand governor::

This governor doesn't work work on older laptops without Enhanced Speedstep (and guess: the X20 is a "plain-speedstep" notebook).

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 Starting with kernel 2.6.16 my soundcard doesn't work::

The alsa driver fails to probe the sound chip:
{{{
PCI: Found IRQ 5 for device 0000:00:0b.0
...
never read ISV3 and ISV4 from AC'97
CS4281: probe of 0000:00:0b.0 failed with error -5
}}}

It's a [http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=361197 bug]. Wait until it'll be fixed or switch back to kernel 2.6.15.

= comments =
''TODO''

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