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From: Eckard Brauer <eckard.brauer@gmx.de>
To: 9front@9front.org
Subject: Re: [9front] Thinkpad W541
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2021 10:35:54 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210211103554.1e3b197f@gmx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <A8B5DCE6935AD05F8CC89FB2D96857E1@wopr.sciops.net>

> > * how is it possible to mount a dosfs from USB stick plugged in
> > after boot (when already present at boot I can find /dev/sdU*)?
>

> They should appear as /shr/sdU* (see fqa 8.6.3)

yes, but only when plugged at boot time. can i trigger device
recognition manually after plugging a stick at runtime?

>  [...]
>
> iirc you just cp /adm/timezone/yourtimezone /adm/timezone/local.

Tnx - didn't find it in man or fqa (maybe my fault).

>  [...]
>
> You can disable it via `blanktime' as in vga(3).
> iirc w541 is haswell, perhaps you could give igfx a try by
> specifying monitor=auto.  That's the intel graphics driver
> and if it works, blanking will work as normal.  Most machines
> with igfx chips from sandybridge or earlier on have this
> problem...

it's haswell - will play a bit with it... would it be possible (and
worth) to activate the nvidia chip (K2100M)?

> > * how to make IWL wifi work (/lib/firmware already has the iwn-*
> >   files; device is Intel Corporation Wireless 7260 (rev bb))?
>
> I think that chip isn't supported yet.

ah.. still a real challenge left :)

  reply	other threads:[~2021-02-11  9:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-02-10 23:37 Eckard Brauer
2021-02-11  0:08 ` qwx
2021-02-11  9:35   ` Eckard Brauer [this message]
2021-02-11 10:12     ` qwx
2021-02-11 10:38       ` kemal
2021-02-11 15:49         ` Eckard Brauer
2021-02-12  0:20 ` Eckard Brauer
2021-02-12  7:58   ` Lyndon Nerenberg (VE7TFX/VE6BBM)
2021-02-12  8:00   ` kemal
2021-02-12 10:48     ` Eckard Brauer
2021-02-12 17:39   ` kemal

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