For IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad laptop enthusiasts.
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Thinkpad @fedia.io Justine Smithies @snac.smithies.me.uk Still running #OpenBSD on the old Dell Optiplex 3080 tower and finding little quirks / differences from what I'm used to using #FreeBSD on my #ThinkPad. But overall I have not yet been put off and
Still running #OpenBSD on the old Dell Optiplex 3080 tower and finding little quirks / differences from what I'm used to using #FreeBSD on my #ThinkPad. But overall I have not yet been put off and persist when something doesn't work like I thought it should. Just learnt that I needed to install
colorls -Gand alias it tolsso I could get color output in the terminal when typingls. But I then found that in the normal tty before I started X11 that I even though that alias was present it did not give me color output. After digging through the www I found a suggestion to put the following line in my.profile:undefined
export TERM=wsvt25<br></br>
Rebooted to be sure and voila I get a color listing in both the tty and a #kitty terminal under #X11 .
I'm sure that I'll learn heaps more as I plod along but it is good. #RunBSD -
Thinkpad @fedia.io Justine Smithies @snac.smithies.me.uk OK just ordered 32Gb DDR4 ram and an NVME 1Tb M2 2880 drive to upgrade my freebie Dell Optiplex 3080 Tower. It's the i5-10500 version so it'll make a nice #BSD desktop for me and save me using the
OK just ordered 32Gb DDR4 ram and an NVME 1Tb M2 2880 drive to upgrade my freebie Dell Optiplex 3080 Tower. It's the i5-10500 version so it'll make a nice #BSD desktop for me and save me using the #ThinkPad all the time. #RunBSD
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Thinkpad @fedia.io rl_dane @snac.bsd.cafe Here is my #bio / #introduction just for the bsd.cafe community:
Here is my #bio / #introduction just for the bsd.cafe community:
Hi, I'm R.L. I've dabbled in the fediverse since 2018 (originally mastodon.host (sadly defunct), then librem.one around 2019, then fosstodon starting in April 2022, then alpha.polymaths.social in fall 2023, and finally polymaths.social last October).
Last week, I migrated my main fediverse account from the excellent fosstodon.org to polymaths.social to take advantage of the camaraderie there, and of course the generous post character count limits. XD
I've dabbled in Linux since 1997, used it at home since 2000, and used it full time uninterrupted as my daily driver since 2019.
I've dabbled in the BSDs since 2022 or so, and currently have an #OpenBSD #Thinkpad which I use as a dedicated writing machine.
I love the power (hardware compatibility, feature set) and ease-of-use of Linux, and the "purity" and "unixyness" of the BSDs.
I was an infosec analyst and sysadmin in a previous life, but have
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Thinkpad @fedia.io Justine Smithies @snac.smithies.me.uk So it's my 6 month anniversary of switching to #FreeBSD for my #HomeLab and my #ThinkPad and I'm really surprised because I haven't even thought about going back to #Linux . Not even to see if the
So it's my 6 month anniversary of switching to #FreeBSD for my #HomeLab and my #ThinkPad and I'm really surprised because I haven't even thought about going back to #Linux . Not even to see if the grass is greener on the otherside. #RunBSD
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Thinkpad @fedia.io .: jdkiser :. @social.sdf.org In case you missed it, Window Maker Live was updated last week and is based on Debian bookworm. It integrates with the GNUStep desktop environment. Here it is running on my almost 20 year old ThinkPad
In case you missed it, Window Maker Live was updated last week and is based on Debian bookworm. It integrates with the GNUStep desktop environment. Here it is running on my almost 20 year old ThinkPad T43p (released April 2005) this afternoon. There is an amd64 and an i686 version available. The developer has tested it on a T23 with 1GB of RAM.
https://wmlive.sourceforge.net/
#linux #wmlive #debian #gnustep #thinkpad #bookworm #windowmaker
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Thinkpad @fedia.io Justine Smithies @snac.smithies.me.uk So to fix my amdgpu issue ( blank screen instead of tty ) after updating #FreeBSD on my #ThinkPad P14s to 14.2-RELEASE I did the following:
So to fix my
amdgpuissue ( blank screen instead of tty ) after updating #FreeBSD on my #ThinkPad P14s to14.2-RELEASEI did the following:Changed from
quarterlytolatestGrabbed the FreeBSD source for
14.2-RELEASEdoas git clone -o freebsd -b releng/14.2 https://git.FreeBSD.org/src.git /usr/srcThen installed the ports git repo
doas git clone https://git.FreeBSD.org/ports.git /usr/portsAs I'm running an AMD Renoir GPU I need the following to be built against the new kernel.
So change into the source directory.
cd /usr/ports/graphics/drm-61-kmod/Then install the port and cleanup after.
doas make install cleanThen simply do a reboot and as long as you still have the
amdgpumodule loading in your/etc/rc.confthen all should be good.Others might tell you differently and they possibly are right as I'm still kind of a newbie to FreeBSD. Feel free to correct me and i'll amend as applicable.
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Thinkpad @fedia.io Justine Smithies @snac.smithies.me.uk Updated my #ThinkPad AMD P14s from a working #FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE to 14.2-RELEASE and I had and have issues.
Updated my #ThinkPad AMD P14s from a working #FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE to 14.2-RELEASE and I had and have issues.
First the boot loader complained it was too old and I discovered from the forums this could be fixed by typing the following.undefined
doas cp /boot/loader.efi /boot/efi/efi/freebsd/loader.efi<br></br>doas cp /boot/loader.efi /boot/efi/efi/boot/bootx64.efi<br></br>
A swift reboot resolved that issue.
The ongoing issue I have is it boots and I see the messages fly by then the screen goes black.
But I noticed that I can login even though I see no text anymore.
Looking at dmesg it seems it might be something to do with my AMD GPU which worked on 14.1-RELEASE. I can still login though which I have set to start up #RiverWM and graphics are fine.
It's just my terminals / tty that are blank.
Here's a section of dmesg that looks suspect if anyone has any ideas as this all worked before ???undefined
[drm] amdgpu kernel modesetting enabled.<br></br>drmn0: <drmn> on vgapci0<b
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Thinkpad @fedia.io Fedora Project @fosstodon.org With Black Friday around the corner, you may be considering upgrading to a new laptop.
With Black Friday around the corner, you may be considering upgrading to a new laptop.
If you're thinking about a ThinkPad, new or old, check it out against Lenovo's own listing for Linux support! Fedora is clearly listed, but if a system was tested against Ubuntu then there's a good chance it should be Fedora-friendly.
➡️ https://www.lenovo.com/linux
#Fedora #ThinkPad #Lenovo #Linux #OpenSource
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Thinkpad @fedia.io MeaTLoTioN @mas.erb.pw As a surprise for my daughter, I'm turning my old #Lenovo #ThinkPad T440p into an #Ubuntu laptop for her, it was running arch and hyprland but I wanted something entry-level friendly for her.
As a surprise for my daughter, I'm turning my old #Lenovo #ThinkPad T440p into an #Ubuntu laptop for her, it was running arch and hyprland but I wanted something entry-level friendly for her.
Here it is running the installer (24.04 LTS), and her favourite game (Minecraft).
When I see her on Friday, it will blow her mind!
#BestDadContender
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Thinkpad @fedia.io Justine Smithies @snac.smithies.me.uk Stumbled up this blog by Pat Maddox where by they successfully install #FreeBSD onto their #ThinkPad T14 Gen 2 AMD laptop. So it does give me hope that I'll be OK with my P14s AMD.
Stumbled up this blog by Pat Maddox where by they successfully install #FreeBSD onto their #ThinkPad T14 Gen 2 AMD laptop. So it does give me hope that I'll be OK with my P14s AMD.
#RunBSDhttps://patmaddox.com/doc/trunk/www/lenovo-t14-gen2-amd-a-fine-laptop-for-freebsd.md
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Thinkpad @fedia.io Justine Smithies @snac.smithies.me.uk So I've successfully migrated from #Mastodon to my #Snac instance without issue. That's one less thing to procrastinate about, which just leaves possibly migrating to #FreeBSD on my #ThinkPad P14s
So I've successfully migrated from #Mastodon to my #Snac instance without issue. That's one less thing to procrastinate about, which just leaves possibly migrating to #FreeBSD on my #ThinkPad P14s #AMD .
What to do ? Hoping folks will chime in here with some pro's or con's of migrating to the other side. As I'm nearly convinced that I'm not going to miss much. Yes I'll have limited WiFi speeds for now until the fantastic work on the ax200 drivers and others ramps up. Also I'd have to replace my Focusrite Scarlet 6i6 as FreeBSD doesn't support it. But that's not a show stopper as I'll just purchase a 2x2 with midi compatible audio interface.
Boosts appreciated and thank you ❤️
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Thinkpad @fedia.io cukie @infosec.exchange Bleh, had to do this again yesterday. It seems it happens every time the battery goes to 0? Not sure…
Bleh, had to do this again yesterday. It seems it happens every time the battery goes to 0? Not sure…
#Lenovo #thinkpad
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Thinkpad @fedia.io ♡ Eva Winterschön ♡ @mastodon.bsd.cafe desk, check. sorta noisy poe++ switch, uh hu... laptop about the size of my keyboard, yep. laptop that's constantly trying to distract me from priority tasks.. yes, again.
desk, check. sorta noisy poe++ switch, uh hu... laptop about the size of my keyboard, yep. laptop that's constantly trying to distract me from priority tasks.. yes, again.
oooh okay saturday morning, you win this round. time for laptop debugging!
#arm64 #thinkpad #snapdragon #freebsd #nerdery #ihearthardware
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Thinkpad @fedia.io Justine Smithies @mastodon.bsd.cafe It's that time again.
It's that time again.
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Thinkpad @fedia.io ♡ Eva Winterschön ♡ @mastodon.bsd.cafe What have we here? First boot attempt with FreeBSD 14.1 aarch64 on a Thinkpad T14s gen6, running a Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite processor.
What have we here? First boot attempt with FreeBSD 14.1 aarch64 on a Thinkpad T14s gen6, running a Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite processor.
A few next steps, update the BIOS and other firmware blobs, mess around with some dtb files, poke and prod, iterate as usual.
#FreeBSD #Thinkpad #Snapdragon #arm64 #kernel
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Thinkpad @fedia.io Fedora Project @fosstodon.org Hardware enablement. What goes into it? What are the challenges from an OEM's perspective?
Hardware enablement. What goes into it? What are the challenges from an OEM's perspective?
Check out this talk from Lenovo's Linux technical lead* on everything that your average computer maker has to think about to make sure it works properly.
➡️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeQjLsf2Qu4
*Not specifically about Lenovo, this is generally applicable, though he does have another talk specifically about Fedora + Lenovo!
#Lenovo #ThinkPad #Fedora #Linux #OpenSource #FlockToFedora
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Thinkpad @fedia.io FaizalR @mstdn.social Updating critical thunderbolt firmware update for my #thinkpad #t480.
Updating critical thunderbolt firmware update for my #thinkpad #t480.