31 Aug
2011
31 Aug
'11
8:48 a.m.
Hi
My laptop was dropped, and if it's beyond repair, I need a new one
quickly. I would appreciate a few (preferrably hands-on experiences or)
advices to this end, here are a few thoughts:
1) It should of course work as flawless with linux as possible (I run arch)
2) I have an edirol fa66 firewire soundcard that I'm quite happy with.
Problem is, it seems laptops with firewire are hard to find. I could get
an usb soundcard, but I have the feeling that it's not gonna perform as
well (low latency, stability) as firewire, it that correct? Plus it's
annoying to throw away (or sell) a perfectly good, stable soundcard that
suits my needs, just because of the port type...
3) I would prefer a small (<= 13") light-weight, long-battery-life laptop.
4) I actually don't really need that much cpu power. I have a 2Ghz
dual-core intel (T7250, whatever that means) now, that's more than
enough. It's the first dual core I owned, and I had the feeling the two
cores provides a snappier feeling, would others agree? Besides that I
don't need the speed I have now.
Options (I can think of):
I saw a secondhand ThinkPad X61s (dual-core 1.6Ghz, 3Gb ram, 12"
display) from a well known online shop I trust and used many times
(bought my current laptop there). There's 6 months warrenty, and my
general impression with ThinkPads is that they have good build quality,
it's the only laptop I would consider buying used. It has firewire so...
Go the netbook route. I'm at a loss here, all these new processors, both
the i-series and the atom (N-series), I have no idea how well they
perform. I tried a few from friends, and they seem fast enough. Anyone
here making music on a netbook? This would most certainly mean I would
have to get a usb soundcard, hmmm :-(
Any inputs would be greatly appreciated :-)
--
Atte
http://atte.dk http://modlys.dk
31 Aug
31 Aug
9:08 a.m.
Atte André Jensen wrote:
Options (I can think of):
I saw a secondhand ThinkPad X61s (dual-core 1.6Ghz, 3Gb ram, 12"
display) from a well known online shop I trust and used many times
(bought my current laptop there). There's 6 months warrenty, and my
general impression with ThinkPads is that they have good build quality,
it's the only laptop I would consider buying used. It has firewire so...
I hear very good things about ThinkPads. They seem to be quite durable
and perform well. You should check to see if its Firewire chipset has
Linux support, though.
Go the netbook route. I'm at a loss here, all
these new processors, both
the i-series and the atom (N-series), I have no idea how well they
perform. I tried a few from friends, and they seem fast enough. Anyone
here making music on a netbook? This would most certainly mean I would
have to get a usb soundcard, hmmm :-(
My wife has a System76 netbook. All of their hardware works with Linux,
they sell them with Ubuntu 11.04 installed.
I've never seen a netbook with Firewire, though, I kind of doubt you're
going to find any. I'd go with the Thinkpad if the built-in Firewire is
supported by Linux. If the builtin FW isn't supported, you might be able
to use a Firewire expansion card in the Thinkpad's slot.
--
David
gnome(a)hawaii.rr.com
authenticity, honesty, community
9:32 a.m.
On 08/31/2011 09:08 AM, david wrote:
I've never seen a netbook with Firewire, though, I
kind of doubt you're
going to find any. I'd go with the Thinkpad if the built-in Firewire is
supported by Linux. If the builtin FW isn't supported, you might be able
to use a Firewire expansion card in the Thinkpad's slot.
I called the company, that has the Thinkpad X61s for sale. He couldn't
say anything about the firewire chip (and google didn't know), but my
gut feeling tells me it's gonna work, otherwise I have 2 weeks to return
it if there's any problems...
--
Atte
http://atte.dk http://modlys.dk
7:51 p.m.
Atte André Jensen wrote:
On 08/31/2011 09:08 AM, david wrote:
Sounds like something to go for.
--
David
gnome(a)hawaii.rr.com
authenticity, honesty, community
I've never seen a netbook with Firewire,
though, I kind of doubt you're
going to find any. I'd go with the Thinkpad if the built-in Firewire is
supported by Linux. If the builtin FW isn't supported, you might be able
to use a Firewire expansion card in the Thinkpad's slot.
I called the company, that has the Thinkpad X61s for sale. He couldn't
say anything about the firewire chip (and google didn't know), but my
gut feeling tells me it's gonna work, otherwise I have 2 weeks to return
it if there's any problems... 
2 Sep
2 Sep
6:36 p.m.
On 31/08/2011 09:32, Atte André Jensen wrote:
On 08/31/2011 09:08 AM, david wrote:
i have one of these boxes running nicely with debian.
as i do not using firewire much i cannot say much more than that it
worked when i tested it after buying.
lspci says
05:00.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller
(rev 04)
i can quite recommend this box and thinkpads in general,
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Category:X61s etc. has an exhaustive list
of hardware built into these boxes.
hth,
tee
I've never seen a netbook with Firewire,
though, I kind of doubt you're
going to find any. I'd go with the Thinkpad if the built-in Firewire is
supported by Linux. If the builtin FW isn't supported, you might be able
to use a Firewire expansion card in the Thinkpad's slot.
I called the company, that has the Thinkpad X61s for sale. He couldn't
say anything about the firewire chip (and google didn't know), but my
gut feeling tells me it's gonna work, otherwise I have 2 weeks to return
it if there's any problems...
31 Aug
31 Aug
9:49 a.m.
On Wednesday 31 August 2011 09:08:54 david wrote:
Atte André Jensen wrote:
++ on the thinkpads.
There are also Dells sold with linux onboard and the Fujitsu-Siemens of my
mother also looks stable and runs perfectly with linux.
There are less and less laptops with firewire builtin, you should look for a
pcmcia/pccard slot on your next laptop and get a firewire-card for that
(10-20€).
Options (I can think of):
I saw a secondhand ThinkPad X61s (dual-core 1.6Ghz, 3Gb ram, 12"
display) from a well known online shop I trust and used many times
(bought my current laptop there). There's 6 months warrenty, and my
general impression with ThinkPads is that they have good build quality,
it's the only laptop I would consider buying used. It has firewire so...
I
hear very good things about ThinkPads. They seem to be quite durable
and perform well. You should check to see if its Firewire chipset has
Linux support, though. > Go the netbook route. I'm at a loss here, all
these new processors, both
> the i-series and the atom (N-series), I have no idea how well they
> perform. I tried a few from friends, and they seem fast enough. Anyone
> here making music on a netbook? This would most certainly mean I would
> have to get a usb soundcard, hmmm :-(
There are netbooks that are capable of audio (not a full-fledged 24 track
ardour session but still). The atoms also did the same transition as desktop-
cpus from single core to single-core-with-hyper-threading to dual-core which
the newest generations is (or is it not yet released?).
I've never seen a netbook with Firewire, though, I
kind of doubt you're
going to find any.
People want low energy and long battery-lifetime. And still they want fast
cpu, large memory, large and fast disks and all the juice from sata, usb(1|2|
3), dvi, hdmi, sd-cards, wifi-n, bluetooth and wwan. Asking for an additional
firewire is a but to much for the little boards and machines. And it drives up
production costs for a feature that is not as wide-spread (sadly). Not to
mention that bus-power for your firewire will drain the battery...
Going for a real notebook instead of a netbook will give you only a bit lower
battery but a bigger screen and firewire (directly or indirectly).
Have fun,
Arnold
2 Sep
2 Sep
4:31 p.m.
On 08/31/2011 09:08 AM, david wrote:
Anyone here making music on a netbook?
Yes, I'm using a Packard Bell Dot M/A 202 which is the same as the
Gateway LT3103u. Runs quite well but unfortunately I easily manage to
max it out when it comes to CPU usage so I mainly use it as a guitar FX
processor and a mobile station to quickly record/produce ideas. I've got
a L310 CPU for it that is gathering dust, should really put it in one of
these days.
Best,
Jeremy
31 Aug
31 Aug
1:44 p.m.
Am 31.08.2011 08:47, schrieb Atte André Jensen:
I saw a secondhand ThinkPad X61s
I have a T60 now -- it is the best laptop I ever owned (and I had a
few...) I can edit Ardour-Projects on it that I create on my QuadCore
workstation and record with Guitarix with 8ms latency. So in short: I
recommend it ;-)
Go the netbook route.
Are you sure, that you want to run apps like Ardour or complex
Jack-sessions on a netbook-display?
Plus: with a netbook you pay for minimization of weight and size.
Whatever the price may be: you get a stronger machine for the same money
if you choose a standard-laptop and accept some 400 gramms and 10
centimeters more to be carried ;-)
And nothing beats 1400x1050
;-)
I'm at a loss here, all these new processors,
both
the i-series and the atom (N-series), I have no idea how well they
perform. I tried a few from friends, and they seem fast enough. Anyone
here making music on a netbook? This would most certainly mean I would
have to get a usb soundcard, hmmm :-(
Any inputs would be greatly appreciated :-)
2 Sep
2 Sep
2:23 p.m.
On 08/31/2011 08:47 AM, Atte André Jensen wrote:
Hi
My laptop was dropped, and if it's beyond repair, I need a new one
quickly. I would appreciate a few (preferrably hands-on experiences or)
advices to this end, here are a few thoughts:
1) It should of course work as flawless with linux as possible (I run arch)
2) I have an edirol fa66 firewire soundcard that I'm quite happy with.
Problem is, it seems laptops with firewire are hard to find. I could get
an usb soundcard, but I have the feeling that it's not gonna perform as
well (low latency, stability) as firewire, it that correct? Plus it's
annoying to throw away (or sell) a perfectly good, stable soundcard that
suits my needs, just because of the port type...
3) I would prefer a small (<= 13") light-weight, long-battery-life laptop.
4) I actually don't really need that much cpu power. I have a 2Ghz
dual-core intel (T7250, whatever that means) now, that's more than
enough. It's the first dual core I owned, and I had the feeling the two
cores provides a snappier feeling, would others agree? Besides that I
don't need the speed I have now.
Options (I can think of):
I saw a secondhand ThinkPad X61s (dual-core 1.6Ghz, 3Gb ram, 12"
display) from a well known online shop I trust and used many times
(bought my current laptop there). There's 6 months warrenty, and my
general impression with ThinkPads is that they have good build quality,
it's the only laptop I would consider buying used. It has firewire so...
Go the netbook route. I'm at a loss here, all these new processors, both
the i-series and the atom (N-series), I have no idea how well they
perform. I tried a few from friends, and they seem fast enough. Anyone
here making music on a netbook? This would most certainly mean I would
have to get a usb soundcard, hmmm :-(
Any inputs would be greatly appreciated :-)
My 2¢ if you'd buy 2nd hand: Dell D430. Bit old but it does have a
dual-core CPU and onboard FireWire (Ricoh, but it does work afaict).
Build like a tank and relatively cheap, you can get them for €300,- with
warranty.
Best,
Jeremy
4:21 p.m.
On 09/02/2011 02:23 PM, Jeremy Jongepier wrote:
On 08/31/2011 08:47 AM, Atte André Jensen wrote:
Good experiences with Lenovo T61 here and Dell latitude (didn't test
this thing extensively with proaudio/firewire).
Also the Lenovo X series might be interesting for you.
\r
Hi
My laptop was dropped, and if it's beyond repair, I need a new one
quickly. I would appreciate a few (preferrably hands-on experiences or)
advices to this end, here are a few thoughts:
1) It should of course work as flawless with linux as possible (I run arch)
2) I have an edirol fa66 firewire soundcard that I'm quite happy with.
Problem is, it seems laptops with firewire are hard to find. I could get
an usb soundcard, but I have the feeling that it's not gonna perform as
well (low latency, stability) as firewire, it that correct? Plus it's
annoying to throw away (or sell) a perfectly good, stable soundcard that
suits my needs, just because of the port type...
3) I would prefer a small (<= 13") light-weight, long-battery-life laptop.
4) I actually don't really need that much cpu power. I have a 2Ghz
dual-core intel (T7250, whatever that means) now, that's more than
enough. It's the first dual core I owned, and I had the feeling the two
cores provides a snappier feeling, would others agree? Besides that I
don't need the speed I have now.
Options (I can think of):
I saw a secondhand ThinkPad X61s (dual-core 1.6Ghz, 3Gb ram, 12"
display) from a well known online shop I trust and used many times
(bought my current laptop there). There's 6 months warrenty, and my
general impression with ThinkPads is that they have good build quality,
it's the only laptop I would consider buying used. It has firewire so...
Go the netbook route. I'm at a loss here, all these new processors, both
the i-series and the atom (N-series), I have no idea how well they
perform. I tried a few from friends, and they seem fast enough. Anyone
here making music on a netbook? This would most certainly mean I would
have to get a usb soundcard, hmmm :-(
Any inputs would be greatly appreciated :-)
My 2¢ if you'd buy 2nd hand: Dell D430. Bit old but it does have a
dual-core CPU and onboard FireWire (Ricoh, but it does work afaict).
Build like a tank and relatively cheap, you can get them for €300,- with
warranty. 
4 Sep
4 Sep
2:49 a.m.
On Fri, Sep 02, 2011 at 04:21:07PM +0200, rosea grammostola wrote:
On 09/02/2011 02:23 PM, Jeremy Jongepier wrote:
I have owned a few ThinkPads in my day, and they do run well with linux, but the
ergonomics of the keyboards on them irritate me so much, I'll never use another one.
The escape key is waaay off out of reach, above the F1 key, so, when I start hitting
escape all the time (as in when editing system and config files in vi), it keeps popping
up stupid Gnome help screens!
Also, I absolutely cannot stand that damn nurple. Frustrating, difficult to control, and
hurts my finger after even a short time using it. I prefer a trackpad or trackball
anytime, even a regular old mouse.
So sadly, no vote of confidence for ThinkPads from me, sorry.
-ken
On 08/31/2011 08:47 AM, Atte André Jensen wrote:
Good experiences with Lenovo T61 here and Dell latitude (didn't test
this thing extensively with proaudio/firewire).
Also the Lenovo X series might be interesting for you.
Hi
My laptop was dropped, and if it's beyond repair, I need a new one
quickly. I would appreciate a few (preferrably hands-on experiences or)
advices to this end, here are a few thoughts:
1) It should of course work as flawless with linux as possible (I run arch)
2) I have an edirol fa66 firewire soundcard that I'm quite happy with.
Problem is, it seems laptops with firewire are hard to find. I could get
an usb soundcard, but I have the feeling that it's not gonna perform as
well (low latency, stability) as firewire, it that correct? Plus it's
annoying to throw away (or sell) a perfectly good, stable soundcard that
suits my needs, just because of the port type...
3) I would prefer a small (<= 13") light-weight, long-battery-life laptop.
4) I actually don't really need that much cpu power. I have a 2Ghz
dual-core intel (T7250, whatever that means) now, that's more than
enough. It's the first dual core I owned, and I had the feeling the two
cores provides a snappier feeling, would others agree? Besides that I
don't need the speed I have now.
Options (I can think of):
I saw a secondhand ThinkPad X61s (dual-core 1.6Ghz, 3Gb ram, 12"
display) from a well known online shop I trust and used many times
(bought my current laptop there). There's 6 months warrenty, and my
general impression with ThinkPads is that they have good build quality,
it's the only laptop I would consider buying used. It has firewire so...
Go the netbook route. I'm at a loss here, all these new processors, both
the i-series and the atom (N-series), I have no idea how well they
perform. I tried a few from friends, and they seem fast enough. Anyone
here making music on a netbook? This would most certainly mean I would
have to get a usb soundcard, hmmm :-(
Any inputs would be greatly appreciated :-)
My 2¢ if you'd buy 2nd hand: Dell D430. Bit old but it does have a
dual-core CPU and onboard FireWire (Ricoh, but it does work afaict).
Build like a tank and relatively cheap, you can get them for ?300,- with
warranty.
3:12 a.m.
Ken Restivo wrote:
On Fri, Sep 02, 2011 at 04:21:07PM +0200, rosea
grammostola wrote:
I suppose it all depends on what laptop keyboard layout you're used to.
I like the Toshiba layouts (Escape key is beside the F1 key), can't
stand the Dell layouts. But I've used mostly Toshibas for years now, and
Dells only rarely. ;-)
My wife is so used to her Toshiba laptop keyboard layout she hates
regular desktop keyboards (types incredibly slowly on them, but
adequately fast on the laptop keyboard).
On 09/02/2011 02:23 PM, Jeremy Jongepier wrote:
I have owned a few ThinkPads in my day, and they do run well with
linux, but the ergonomics of the keyboards on them irritate me so
much, I'll never use another one.
The escape key is waaay off out of reach, above the F1 key, so, when
I start hitting escape all the time (as in when editing system and
config files in vi), it keeps popping up stupid Gnome help screens! On 08/31/2011 08:47 AM, Atte André Jensen wrote:
Good experiences with Lenovo T61 here and Dell latitude
(didn't
test this thing extensively with proaudio/firewire).
Also the Lenovo X series might be interesting for you. Hi
My laptop was dropped, and if it's beyond repair, I need a new
one quickly. I would appreciate a few (preferrably hands-on
experiences or) advices to this end, here are a few thoughts:
1) It should of course work as flawless with linux as possible
(I run arch)
2) I have an edirol fa66 firewire soundcard that I'm quite
happy with. Problem is, it seems laptops with firewire are hard
to find. I could get an usb soundcard, but I have the feeling
that it's not gonna perform as well (low latency, stability) as
firewire, it that correct? Plus it's annoying to throw away (or
sell) a perfectly good, stable soundcard that suits my needs,
just because of the port type...
3) I would prefer a small (<= 13") light-weight,
long-battery-life laptop.
4) I actually don't really need that much cpu power. I have a
2Ghz dual-core intel (T7250, whatever that means) now, that's
more than enough. It's the first dual core I owned, and I had
the feeling the two cores provides a snappier feeling, would
others agree? Besides that I don't need the speed I have now.
Options (I can think of):
I saw a secondhand ThinkPad X61s (dual-core 1.6Ghz, 3Gb ram,
12" display) from a well known online shop I trust and used
many times (bought my current laptop there). There's 6 months
warrenty, and my general impression with ThinkPads is that they
have good build quality, it's the only laptop I would consider
buying used. It has firewire so...
Go the netbook route. I'm at a loss here, all these new
processors, both the i-series and the atom (N-series), I have
no idea how well they perform. I tried a few from friends, and
they seem fast enough. Anyone here making music on a netbook?
This would most certainly mean I would have to get a usb
soundcard, hmmm :-(
Any inputs would be greatly appreciated :-)
My 2¢ if you'd buy 2nd hand: Dell D430. Bit old but it does have
a dual-core CPU and onboard FireWire (Ricoh, but it does work
afaict). Build like a tank and relatively cheap, you can get them
for ?300,- with warranty. Also, I absolutely cannot stand that damn nurple.
Frustrating,
difficult to control, and hurts my finger after even a short time
using it. I prefer a trackpad or trackball anytime, even a regular
old mouse.
The "nurple" is actually called the TrackPoint. I first met it when I
had to borrow a Thinkpad to take notes in a meeting. I used it for 45
minutes. After I returned it and went back to my regular desktop
keyboard (sans Trackpoint) I found myself automatically reaching for the
(non-existent) TrackPoint. Found it very easy to control, but I have a
rather light touch. A heavy touch would make it hard to use.
I consider them one of the most ergonomic and best pointing control
devices anyone's made. Although my person favorite pointing device is
still a Wacom graphics tablet.
I can use a touchpad, but I don't really like them. A friend of mine has
been using touchpads for years and years, loves them, etc. It's all a
matter of learning the techniques of rolling the fingertip instead of
moving the finger around.
My wife, on the other hand, dislikes touchpads. She takes a mini-travel
mouse with her when she takes her laptop somewhere. But since she got
her netbook from System76, she's been leaving the travel mouse at home.
Maybe she likes the textured, edgeless touchpad on the Starling better
than the smooth touchpads you usually see on laptops.
So sadly, no vote of confidence for ThinkPads from me,
sorry.
Don't hold back, tell us how you really feel! ;-)
--
David
gnome(a)hawaii.rr.com
authenticity, honesty, community
10 Sep
10 Sep
10:18 a.m.
On Sat, Sep 03, 2011 at 03:12:01PM -1000, david wrote:
Ken Restivo wrote:
Those are very cool indeed.
On Fri, Sep 02, 2011 at 04:21:07PM +0200, rosea
grammostola wrote:
I suppose it all depends on what laptop keyboard layout you're used to.
I like the Toshiba layouts (Escape key is beside the F1 key), can't
stand the Dell layouts. But I've used mostly Toshibas for years now, and
Dells only rarely. ;-)
My wife is so used to her Toshiba laptop keyboard layout she hates
regular desktop keyboards (types incredibly slowly on them, but
adequately fast on the laptop keyboard).
On 09/02/2011 02:23 PM, Jeremy Jongepier wrote:
I have owned a few ThinkPads in my day, and they do run well with
linux, but the ergonomics of the keyboards on them irritate me so
much, I'll never use another one.
The escape key is waaay off out of reach, above the F1 key, so, when
I start hitting escape all the time (as in when editing system and
config files in vi), it keeps popping up stupid Gnome help screens! On 08/31/2011 08:47 AM, Atte André Jensen wrote:
> Hi
>
> My laptop was dropped, and if it's beyond repair, I need a new
> one quickly. I would appreciate a few (preferrably hands-on
> experiences or) advices to this end, here are a few thoughts:
>
> 1) It should of course work as flawless with linux as possible
> (I run arch)
>
> 2) I have an edirol fa66 firewire soundcard that I'm quite
> happy with. Problem is, it seems laptops with firewire are hard
> to find. I could get an usb soundcard, but I have the feeling
> that it's not gonna perform as well (low latency, stability) as
> firewire, it that correct? Plus it's annoying to throw away (or
> sell) a perfectly good, stable soundcard that suits my needs,
> just because of the port type...
>
> 3) I would prefer a small (<= 13") light-weight,
> long-battery-life laptop.
>
> 4) I actually don't really need that much cpu power. I have a
> 2Ghz dual-core intel (T7250, whatever that means) now, that's
> more than enough. It's the first dual core I owned, and I had
> the feeling the two cores provides a snappier feeling, would
> others agree? Besides that I don't need the speed I have now.
>
> Options (I can think of):
>
> I saw a secondhand ThinkPad X61s (dual-core 1.6Ghz, 3Gb ram,
> 12" display) from a well known online shop I trust and used
> many times (bought my current laptop there). There's 6 months
> warrenty, and my general impression with ThinkPads is that they
> have good build quality, it's the only laptop I would consider
> buying used. It has firewire so...
>
> Go the netbook route. I'm at a loss here, all these new
> processors, both the i-series and the atom (N-series), I have
> no idea how well they perform. I tried a few from friends, and
> they seem fast enough. Anyone here making music on a netbook?
> This would most certainly mean I would have to get a usb
> soundcard, hmmm :-(
>
> Any inputs would be greatly appreciated :-)
>
My 2¢ if you'd buy 2nd hand: Dell D430. Bit old but it does have
a dual-core CPU and onboard FireWire (Ricoh, but it does work
afaict). Build like a tank and relatively cheap, you can get them
for ?300,- with warranty.
Good experiences with Lenovo T61 here and Dell latitude
(didn't
test this thing extensively with proaudio/firewire).
Also the Lenovo X series might be interesting for you. Also, I absolutely cannot stand that damn nurple.
Frustrating,
difficult to control, and hurts my finger after even a short time
using it. I prefer a trackpad or trackball anytime, even a regular
old mouse.
The "nurple" is actually called the TrackPoint. I first met it when I
had to borrow a Thinkpad to take notes in a meeting. I used it for 45
minutes. After I returned it and went back to my regular desktop
keyboard (sans Trackpoint) I found myself automatically reaching for the
(non-existent) TrackPoint. Found it very easy to control, but I have a
rather light touch. A heavy touch would make it hard to use.
I consider them one of the most ergonomic and best pointing control
devices anyone's made. Although my person favorite pointing device is
still a Wacom graphics tablet.
I can use a touchpad, but I don't really like
them. A friend of mine has
been using touchpads for years and years, loves them, etc. It's all a
matter of learning the techniques of rolling the fingertip instead of
moving the finger around.
My wife, on the other hand, dislikes touchpads. She takes a mini-travel
mouse with her when she takes her laptop somewhere. But since she got
her netbook from System76, she's been leaving the travel mouse at home.
Maybe she likes the textured, edgeless touchpad on the Starling better
than the smooth touchpads you usually see on laptops.
Yep, getting cranky in my old age, I am.
Hey you kids, get offa my lawn!
-ken
So sadly, no vote of confidence for ThinkPads
from me, sorry.
Don't hold back, tell us how you really feel! ;-)
4 Sep
4 Sep
8:59 a.m.
On Sat, Sep 03, 2011 at 05:49:19PM -0700, Ken Restivo wrote:
I have owned a few ThinkPads in my day, and they do
run
well with linux, but the ergonomics of the keyboards on
them irritate me so much, I'll never use another one.
I'm happy with my T410; I ameliorate the ergonomics
by using a wireless USB mouse, and a compact
USB keyboard.
I disabled the touch pad, otherwise I
get spurious mouse clicks.
--
Joel Roth
5 Sep
5 Sep
9:08 a.m.
Excerpts from Joel Roth's message of 2011-09-04 08:59:31 +0200:
On Sat, Sep 03, 2011 at 05:49:19PM -0700, Ken Restivo
wrote:
I use a really cheap Acer Extensa 5220, keyboard is ok for me, it has a
rather conventional layout compared to some laptops I've seen where
ESC/Shift/Enter/... where all over the place. The touchpad works ok for
me, although I started to use a mouse again when at home. Touchpad is ok
for the occasional pointing, but if you do point-heavy stuff it can go
so far that your fingertips heat up and you almost start to rub them
off. The touchpad can be disabled using Fn+F7 but this happens pretty
much in hardware as far as I know and can lead to xruns (same goes for
backlight).
I have owned a few ThinkPads in my day, and they
do run
well with linux, but the ergonomics of the keyboards on
them irritate me so much, I'll never use another one.
I'm happy with my T410; I ameliorate the ergonomics
by using a wireless USB mouse, and a compact
USB keyboard.
I disabled the touch pad, otherwise I
get spurious mouse clicks.
11:11 a.m.
Philipp Überbacher wrote:
Excerpts from Joel Roth's message of 2011-09-04
08:59:31 +0200:
I think that's where the fingertip-rolling technique comes in.
On Sat, Sep 03, 2011 at 05:49:19PM -0700, Ken
Restivo wrote:
I use a really cheap Acer Extensa 5220, keyboard is ok for me, it has a
rather conventional layout compared to some laptops I've seen where
ESC/Shift/Enter/... where all over the place. The touchpad works ok for
me, although I started to use a mouse again when at home. Touchpad is ok
for the occasional pointing, but if you do point-heavy stuff it can go
so far that your fingertips heat up and you almost start to rub them
off. I have owned a few ThinkPads in my day, and they
do run
well with linux, but the ergonomics of the keyboards on
them irritate me so much, I'll never use another one.
I'm happy with my
T410; I ameliorate the ergonomics
by using a wireless USB mouse, and a compact
USB keyboard.
I disabled the touch pad, otherwise I
get spurious mouse clicks. The touchpad can be disabled using Fn+F7 but this
happens pretty
much in hardware as far as I know and can lead to xruns (same goes for
backlight).
Toshibas have a function key combo that disables touchpad. I've never
noticed if it has any impact on xruns, cuz I usually use external
keyboard and trackball except on mobile recording trips (like recording
my church band this morning) - then I need the touchpad.
Can't imagine why backlighting would have any impact on xruns. I'd
figure that would be subsumed in the general impact of laptops' power
management hardware on things like processor or bus speeds.
--
David
gnome(a)hawaii.rr.com
authenticity, honesty, community
11:25 a.m.
Excerpts from david's message of 2011-09-05 11:11:39 +0200:
I assume it has to do with hw-interrupts or somesuch. I'm talking about
manually changing the backlight level using the key combination, I use
little automatic power management features and nothing that changes
backlight automatically because to me that's just annoying.
Philipp Überbacher wrote:
Fingertip-rolling only works for very small distances for me, so it
doesn't really help a lot.
Excerpts from Joel Roth's message of
2011-09-04 08:59:31 +0200:
I think that's where the fingertip-rolling technique comes in. On Sat, Sep 03, 2011 at 05:49:19PM -0700, Ken
Restivo wrote:
I use a really cheap Acer Extensa 5220, keyboard is ok for me, it has a
rather conventional layout compared to some laptops I've seen where
ESC/Shift/Enter/... where all over the place. The touchpad works ok for
me, although I started to use a mouse again when at home. Touchpad is ok
for the occasional pointing, but if you do point-heavy stuff it can go
so far that your fingertips heat up and you almost start to rub them
off. I have owned a few ThinkPads in my day, and they
do run
well with linux, but the ergonomics of the keyboards on
them irritate me so much, I'll never use another one.
I'm happy with my
T410; I ameliorate the ergonomics
by using a wireless USB mouse, and a compact
USB keyboard.
I disabled the touch pad, otherwise I
get spurious mouse clicks. The touchpad
can be disabled using Fn+F7 but this happens pretty
much in hardware as far as I know and can lead to xruns (same goes for
backlight).
Toshibas have a function key combo that disables touchpad. I've never
noticed if it has any impact on xruns, cuz I usually use external
keyboard and trackball except on mobile recording trips (like recording
my church band this morning) - then I need the touchpad.
Can't imagine why backlighting would have any impact on xruns. I'd
figure that would be subsumed in the general impact of laptops' power
management hardware on things like processor or bus speeds.
11:07 p.m.
Philipp Überbacher wrote:
I assume it has to do with hw-interrupts or somesuch. I'm talking about
manually changing the backlight level using the key combination, I use
little automatic power management features and nothing that changes
backlight automatically because to me that's just annoying.
I don't think I've ever manually changed the backlight level on any of
my various laptops. My wife's netbook automatically dims. I found that
annoying initially, but it brightens back up when you do something with
it, so it's really minor.
Possible that those Fn+key combinations are activated by the laptop's
ACPI BIOS (or equivalent). I doubt many BIOSes are RT safe!
--
David
gnome(a)hawaii.rr.com
authenticity, honesty, community
Excerpts from david's message of 2011-09-05
11:11:39 +0200:
You move around a lot more and faster than I do on a touchpad!
Philipp Überbacher wrote:
Fingertip-rolling only works for very small distances for me, so it
doesn't really help a lot. Excerpts from Joel Roth's message of
2011-09-04 08:59:31 +0200:
I think that's where the fingertip-rolling technique comes in. On Sat, Sep 03, 2011 at 05:49:19PM -0700, Ken
Restivo wrote:
> I have owned a few ThinkPads in my day, and they do run
> well with linux, but the ergonomics of the keyboards on
> them irritate me so much, I'll never use another one.
I'm happy with my T410; I ameliorate the ergonomics
by using a wireless USB mouse, and a compact
USB keyboard.
I disabled the touch pad, otherwise I
get spurious mouse clicks.
I use a really cheap Acer Extensa 5220, keyboard is ok
for me, it has a
rather conventional layout compared to some laptops I've seen where
ESC/Shift/Enter/... where all over the place. The touchpad works ok for
me, although I started to use a mouse again when at home. Touchpad is ok
for the occasional pointing, but if you do point-heavy stuff it can go
so far that your fingertips heat up and you almost start to rub them
off. The touchpad can be disabled using Fn+F7 but this
happens pretty
much in hardware as far as I know and can lead to xruns (same goes for
backlight).
Toshibas have a function key combo that disables touchpad. I've
never
noticed if it has any impact on xruns, cuz I usually use external
keyboard and trackball except on mobile recording trips (like recording
my church band this morning) - then I need the touchpad.
Can't imagine why backlighting would have any impact on xruns. I'd
figure that would be subsumed in the general impact of laptops' power
management hardware on things like processor or bus speeds. 
6 Sep
6 Sep
8:58 p.m.
On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 7:49 PM, Ken Restivo <ken(a)restivo.org> wrote:
Also, I absolutely cannot stand that damn nurple.
Frustrating, difficult to control, and hurts my finger after even a short time using it. I
prefer a trackpad or trackball anytime, even a regular old mouse.
Ken, it saddens me to read this. :)
Funny thing - I *love* TP keyboards and nurples, but hate trackpads
'cause I got big, clumsy hands.
--
Josh Lawrence
903-908-1662
5 Sep
5 Sep
11:28 p.m.
On 2 September 2011 13:23, Jeremy Jongepier <jeremy(a)autostatic.com> wrote:
My 2¢ if you'd buy 2nd hand: Dell D430.
I have a D420 and, while it's an excellent machine with satisfying
ergonomics and is very well built, it also has an appallingly slow
hard drive (a 1.8" model similar to that in an iPod classic).
I also have a 1400x1050 Thinkpad T60 (mentioned elsewhere here). It
lacks Firewire but is otherwise the apotheosis of the real-work-first
laptop -- excellent 4:3 screen, dual core and quick enough to feel
like a contemporary machine, good keyboard etc.
I dislike the trackpoint, but I just pull it off -- the T6x and T4x
have excellent touchpads. Configuring the X server to treat Caps Lock
as an extra Ctrl key mitigates my other big complaint about the
keyboard (the useless Fn key occupying the bottom-left spot).
I actually slightly prefer the ergonomics of the T4x series, but the
T60 is substantially faster and has a brighter screen and is almost as
cheap nowadays.
The Thinkpad X-series are also very fine machines, but you do have
more to think about with trackpoints (they don't typically have a
trackpad) and screens (not such high resolutions available).
Chris
6 Sep
6 Sep
12:01 p.m.
On 09/05/2011 11:28 PM, Chris Cannam wrote:
I have a D420 and, while it's an excellent machine
with satisfying
ergonomics and is very well built, it also has an appallingly slow
hard drive (a 1.8" model similar to that in an iPod classic).
Hello Chris,
True, the hard drive is one of the weakest points, I replaced it with a SSD.
Best,
Jeremy
12:05 p.m.
[D420]
On 6 September 2011 11:00, Jeremy Jongepier <autostatic(a)gmail.com> wrote:
True, the hard drive is one of the weakest points, I
replaced it with a SSD.
So did I, at great expense. Then the SSD failed about six months later.
Good general warning there -- if you're using an SSD, make sure your
backups are current. Unlike a typical old-fashioned hard drive
failure, you get no warning when an SSD fails and you will lose
everything irrevocably, instantly. And they do still fail relatively
often.
Chris
2 Sep
2 Sep
2:55 p.m.
On 08/31/2011 08:47 AM, Atte André Jensen wrote:
My laptop was dropped, and if it's beyond repair,
I need a new one
quickly. I would appreciate a few (preferrably hands-on experiences or)
advices to this end, here are a few thoughts:
[snip]
I saw a secondhand ThinkPad X61s (dual-core 1.6Ghz,
3Gb ram, 12"
display) from a well known online shop I trust and used many times
(bought my current laptop there). There's 6 months warrenty, and my
general impression with ThinkPads is that they have good build quality,
it's the only laptop I would consider buying used. It has firewire so...
+1 for thinkpads.
after burning a T40 I got a secondhand x60 4 months ago and it's been
doing great (running arch as well).
I use it for dev work, music studio and gigs. never got any problems
with usb and fw soundcards.
it's sometimes a bit low on cpu but, for 200€ ... ;)
cheers,
_y
3:08 p.m.
I'm using a Acer TravelMate 5720, its definatly not "high end" anymore so
they're probably cheap enough on the 2nd hand market. Check that it has a
FireWire port (its a 4 pin like most laptops, situated on the left of the
body beside a USB). Its got a Texas Instruments OCHI complaint FW chip.. so
latencies should be good.
Also Core2Duo 2.0 (T7300 iirc), 2gb ram and a 5400 rpm slow HD :)
-Harry
10:37 p.m.
On 31/08/11 07:47, Atte André Jensen wrote:
I saw a secondhand ThinkPad X61s (dual-core 1.6Ghz, 3Gb ram, 12"
display) from a well known online shop I trust and used many times
(bought my current laptop there). There's 6 months warrenty, and my
general impression with ThinkPads is that they have good build
quality, it's the only laptop I would consider buying used. It has
firewire so...
I have had an X61s for about 3 years now, and it's still working fine. I
really like having a small, neat and easily portable machine. Also the
nipple mouse suits me because you don't have to take your hands away
from the keyboard to use the mouse. Bear in mind that there's no onboard
CD/DVD drive.
I use an M-Audio Firewire solo card with it. It runs well at 4ms jack
latency, and will run at 2ms with some xruns. This is without a great
deal of effort put into tuning my system for low latency, so I could
almost certainly do better than that.
The only thing that I think could cause problems for high end audio work
is that the firewire interrupt is shared with the soundcard and one of
the usb ports. (See below).
The screen size could be a bit limiting (1024x768), but you could always
get an external monitor for some extra space.
hope this helps,
andy baxter
andy@monkey:/local/home/andy$ cat /proc/interrupts
CPU0 CPU1
0: 7989798 1085755 IO-APIC-edge timer
1: 1563 3269 IO-APIC-edge i8042
8: 1 0 IO-APIC-edge rtc0
9: 1003 357 IO-APIC-fasteoi acpi
12: 153176 72 IO-APIC-edge i8042
14: 0 0 IO-APIC-edge ata_piix
15: 0 0 IO-APIC-edge ata_piix
16: 0 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi uhci_hcd:usb5, yenta
17: 612 127 IO-APIC-fasteoi uhci_hcd:usb6, HDA
Intel, ohci1394
18: 0 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi mmc0
19: 0 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi ehci_hcd:usb2
20: 789 150 IO-APIC-fasteoi uhci_hcd:usb3
21: 0 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi uhci_hcd:usb4
22: 14 1 IO-APIC-fasteoi ehci_hcd:usb1
24: 0 0 PCI-MSI-edge pciehp
25: 0 0 PCI-MSI-edge pciehp
26: 1 4067 PCI-MSI-edge eth0
27: 109707 3151 PCI-MSI-edge ahci
28: 137729 27 PCI-MSI-edge i915@pci:0000:00:02.0
29: 266143 43633 PCI-MSI-edge iwlagn
NMI: 0 0 Non-maskable interrupts
LOC: 1732598 4063205 Local timer interrupts
SPU: 0 0 Spurious interrupts
PMI: 0 0 Performance monitoring interrupts
PND: 0 0 Performance pending work
RES: 420294 484647 Rescheduling interrupts
CAL: 93 214 Function call interrupts
TLB: 11253 11901 TLB shootdowns
TRM: 44 44 Thermal event interrupts
THR: 0 0 Threshold APIC interrupts
MCE: 0 0 Machine check exceptions
MCP: 61 59 Machine check polls
ERR: 0
MIS: 0
andy@monkey:/local/home/andy$ lspci -v
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory
Controller Hub (rev 0c)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20b3
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
Kernel modules: intel-agp
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960
Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0c)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20b5
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 28
Memory at f8000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
I/O ports at 1800 [size=8]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: i915
Kernel modules: i915
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960
Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0c)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20b5
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Memory at f8100000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
Capabilities: <access denied>
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82566MM Gigabit Network
Connection (rev 03)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20de
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 26
Memory at f8200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
Memory at f8225000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
I/O ports at 1840 [size=32]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: e1000e
Kernel modules: e1000e
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI
Controller #4 (rev 03)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20aa
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20
I/O ports at 1860 [size=32]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI
Controller #5 (rev 03)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20aa
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 21
I/O ports at 1880 [size=32]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI
Controller #2 (rev 03) (prog-if 20)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20ab
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 22
Memory at f8426c00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio
Controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20ac
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
Memory at f8220000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express
Port 1 (rev 03)
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 00002000-00002fff
Memory behind bridge: f4000000-f5ffffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000f8500000-00000000f85fffff
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express
Port 2 (rev 03)
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 00003000-00003fff
Memory behind bridge: f6000000-f7ffffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000f8600000-00000000f86fffff
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI
Controller #1 (rev 03)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20aa
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
I/O ports at 18a0 [size=32]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI
Controller #2 (rev 03)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20aa
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
I/O ports at 18c0 [size=32]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI
Controller #1 (rev 03) (prog-if 20)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20ab
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
Memory at f8427000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f3)
(prog-if 01)
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=05, subordinate=08, sec-latency=32
I/O behind bridge: 00004000-00007fff
Memory behind bridge: d4000000-d7efffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000d8000000-00000000dbffffff
Capabilities: <access denied>
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HBM (ICH8M-E) LPC Interface
Controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20b6
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel modules: iTCO_wdt
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E)
IDE Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20a6
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
I/O ports at 01f0 [size=8]
I/O ports at 03f4 [size=1]
I/O ports at 0170 [size=8]
I/O ports at 0374 [size=1]
I/O ports at 18e0 [size=16]
Kernel driver in use: ata_piix
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E)
SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 01)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20a7
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 27
I/O ports at 1c30 [size=8]
I/O ports at 1c24 [size=4]
I/O ports at 1c28 [size=8]
I/O ports at 1c20 [size=4]
I/O ports at 1c00 [size=32]
Memory at f8426000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ahci
Kernel modules: ahci
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller
(rev 03)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20a9
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 11
Memory at f8427400 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
I/O ports at 1c40 [size=32]
Kernel modules: i2c-i801
03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or
AGN [Kedron] Network Connection (rev 61)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 1111
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 29
Memory at f7f00000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: iwlagn
Kernel modules: iwlagn
05:00.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev ba)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20c6
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 16
Memory at d7eff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Bus: primary=05, secondary=06, subordinate=07, sec-latency=176
Memory window 0: d8000000-dbfff000 (prefetchable)
Memory window 1: 80000000-83fff000
I/O window 0: 00004000-000040ff
I/O window 1: 00004400-000044ff
16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001
Kernel driver in use: yenta_cardbus
Kernel modules: yenta_socket
05:00.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller
(rev 04) (prog-if 10)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20c7
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 17
Memory at d7efe800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ohci1394
Kernel modules: firewire-ohci, ohci1394
05:00.2 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro
Host Adapter (rev 21)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20c8
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 18
Memory at d7efe400 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: sdhci-pci
Kernel modules: sdhci-pci
8 Sep
8 Sep
10:19 a.m.
On 09/02/2011 10:37 PM, andy baxter wrote:
I have had an X61s for about 3 years now, and it's
still working fine.
I bought the x61s, it arrives tomorrow. Thought abough getting a SSD,
but posts in this thread suggests that might not be a good idea, maybe
later...
I'm a bit surprised and disappointed about the shared interrupt of the
FW chip. I had an T41 some years ago, and IIRC it allowed me to tune the
IRQ of the FW chip, was expecting the same with the x61s. Let's see when
I get it.
Thanks for all the inputs!
--
Atte
http://atte.dk http://modlys.dk
11:15 a.m.
On 08/09/11 09:18, Atte André Jensen wrote:
On 09/02/2011 10:37 PM, andy baxter wrote:
If you work out how to change it, please let me know, as it annoys me too!
I have had an X61s for about 3 years now, and
it's still working fine.
I bought the x61s, it arrives tomorrow. Thought abough getting a SSD,
but posts in this thread suggests that might not be a good idea, maybe
later...
I'm a bit surprised and disappointed about the shared interrupt of the
FW chip. I had an T41 some years ago, and IIRC it allowed me to tune
the IRQ of the FW chip, was expecting the same with the x61s. Let's
see when I get it.
11:40 a.m.
On 09/08/2011 11:15 AM, andy baxter wrote:
If you work out how to change it, please let me know,
as it annoys me too!
Sure!
I've been using stock kernels for a while now, but is it true that this
is only relevant when running a rt-patched kernel *and* setting up
rt-priorities for IRQ's?
In any case, where do I find a quick (re-)intro to how to tune the IRQ's?
--
Atte
http://atte.dk http://modlys.dk
12:50 p.m.
http://subversion.ffado.org/wiki/IrqPriorities
2011/9/8 Atte André Jensen <atte(a)email.dk>
On 09/08/2011 11:15 AM, andy baxter wrote:
If you work out how to change it, please let me know, as it annoys me too!
Sure!
I've been using stock kernels for a while now, but is it true that this is
only relevant when running a rt-patched kernel *and* setting up
rt-priorities for IRQ's?
In any case, where do I find a quick (re-)intro to how to tune the IRQ's?
--
Atte
http://atte.dk http://modlys.dk
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6:13 p.m.
On 09/08/2011 12:49 PM, Diego Simak wrote:
Thanks!
--
Atte
http://atte.dk http://modlys.dk
7:42 p.m.
you're welcome.
I've followed that page and I was able to set the IRQ priorities for RTC,
USB and HD USB device.
I have also 2 other soundcards Intel and HDMI both refered as "hda_intel" so
I cannot assing different priorities to both cards.
a minor issue, I think.
bye
Diego
2011/9/8 Atte André Jensen <atte(a)email.dk>
On 09/08/2011 12:49 PM, Diego Simak wrote:
Thanks!
--
Atte
http://atte.dk http://modlys.dk
8:04 p.m.
On 08/09/11 11:49, Diego Simak wrote:
That link is good for setting the priorities of irq handlers, but
doesn't tell you how to move a device to a different irq, which is what
I'd really like.
I just had another look at the onboard firmware config system, and it
does have a page that lets you assign devices labelled A,B,C... to
different physical interrupts, but I'm not sure how to use this properly
or safely. (There's no indication what device 'A' actually is). By
default they are all set to INT 11, which doesn't come up in
/proc/interrupts.
andy
2011/9/8 Atte André Jensen <atte(a)email.dk <mailto:atte@email.dk>>
On 09/08/2011 11:15 AM, andy baxter wrote:
If you work out how to change it, please let me know, as it
annoys me too!
Sure!
I've been using stock kernels for a while now, but is it true that
this is only relevant when running a rt-patched kernel *and*
setting up rt-priorities for IRQ's?
In any case, where do I find a quick (re-)intro to how to tune the
IRQ's?
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Yes, that page is for set the priorities of IRQ handlers, not the IRQ to a
certain device.
If you find how to do that let us know.
Thank you!
Diego
2011/9/8 andy baxter <andy(a)earthsong.free-online.co.uk>
On 08/09/11 11:49, Diego Simak wrote:
That link is good for setting the priorities of irq handlers, but doesn't
tell you how to move a device to a different irq, which is what I'd really
like.
I just had another look at the onboard firmware config system, and it does
have a page that lets you assign devices labelled A,B,C... to different
physical interrupts, but I'm not sure how to use this properly or safely.
(There's no indication what device 'A' actually is). By default they are all
set to INT 11, which doesn't come up in /proc/interrupts.
andy
2011/9/8 Atte André Jensen <atte(a)email.dk
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On 09/08/2011 11:15 AM, andy baxter wrote:
If you work out how to change it, please let me know, as it
annoys me too!
Sure!
I've been using stock kernels for a while now, but is it true that
this is only relevant when running a rt-patched kernel *and*
setting up rt-priorities for IRQ's?
In any case, where do I find a quick (re-)intro to how to tune the
IRQ's?
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8:50 a.m.
Device IRQs might be set is in the actual hardware itself. The
manufacturer might have hardwired that device (such as a USB or Firewire
controller) to a particular hardware IRQ line.
Device itself might be designed to require a particular IRQ. Don't know
if that's true anymore, used to be in the days of the E/ISA buses.
I don't think software can do anything about those situations.
BIOS might have option to change IRQs.
Diego Simak wrote:
Yes, that page is for set the priorities of IRQ
handlers, not the IRQ to
a certain device.
If you find how to do that let us know.
Thank you!
Diego
2011/9/8 andy baxter
On 08/09/11 11:49, Diego Simak wrote:
http://subversion.ffado.org/ wiki/IrqPriorities
<http://subversion.ffado.org/wiki/IrqPriorities>
That link is good for setting the priorities of irq handlers, but
doesn't tell you how to move a device to a different irq, which is
what I'd really like.
I just had another look at the onboard firmware config system, and
it does have a page that lets you assign devices labelled A,B,C...
to different physical interrupts, but I'm not sure how to use this
properly or safely. (There's no indication what device 'A' actually
is). By default they are all set to INT 11, which doesn't come up in
/proc/interrupts.
andy
2011/9/8 Atte André Jensen <atte(a)email.dk <mailto:atte@email.dk>
<mailto:atte@email.dk <mailto:atte@email.dk>>>
On 09/08/2011 11:15 AM, andy baxter wrote:
If you work out how to change it, please let me know, as it
annoys me too!
Sure!
I've been using stock kernels for a while now, but is it true
that
this is only relevant when running a rt-patched kernel *and*
setting up rt-priorities for IRQ's?
In any case, where do I find a quick (re-)intro to how to
tune the
IRQ's?
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10:30 a.m.
andy baxter wrote:
I just had another look at the onboard firmware config
system, and it
does have a page that lets you assign devices labelled A,B,C... to
different physical interrupts, but I'm not sure how to use this properly
or safely. (There's no indication what device 'A' actually is). By
default they are all set to INT 11, which doesn't come up in
/proc/interrupts.
The things labeled A, B, ... are the actual hardware interrupts lines
that go into your chipset's interrupt controller (in the southbridge).
The only mechanism to change which device is connected to which hardware
interrupt line is to put the card in some other PCI(e) slot; for onboard
devices, this connection is literally hardwired. (Actually, many
southbridge chips can use different hardware interrupt lines for the
integrated devices, but there is no motherboard maker that allows to
reconfigure this in the BIOS.)
How these hardware interrupt lines are mapped to interrupt numbers
depends on how modern the OS is.
First, there are the ISA interrupts 0-15, which were the only interrupts
available in the good ol' times of MS-DOS. There are very few ISA
interrupts that are not already used by or reserved for ISA devices.
The mapping from hardware interrupt line to ISA interrupt is what your
BIOS allows you to configure, but this interrupt type isn't used by
Linux unless you disable ACPI.
Second, there are the new PCI interrupts starting at number 16. These
are used when the OS knows how to configure the interrupt controller,
which is one of the things done by ACPI. The mapping from hardware
interrupt line to interrupt number is fixed, i.e., A=16, B=17, etc.
Third, there are message-signaled interrupts (MSIs), which do not use
interrupt lines at all and are always unshared. This is the only
mechanism to get unshared interrupts for devices that are connected to
the same hardware interrupt line. In theory, MSI support is required
for all PCI Express devices, but in practice, MSIs are not supported by
older Windows versions and by many Windows drivers, so many devices and
older chipsets have no or buggy MSI support. However, when MSIs work,
they are used by most Linux drivers.
Regards,
Clemens
11 Sep
11 Sep
2:55 p.m.
On 09/08/2011 11:39 AM, Atte André Jensen wrote:
On 09/08/2011 11:15 AM, andy baxter wrote:
I found that the new X61s works just great with an out-of-the-box arch
install (actually a little bit better than with rtirq installed), with
the stock 3.0 kernel from the arch repos.
I get no xruns at buffersize 32 (latency 2ms), unless the load is above
100%. I think I'm gonna stick with my usual buffersize of 128 (latency
8ms) to put less stress on the cpu...
BTW: If you wanna move the IRQ's around, it's (at least partly) possible
in the BIOS.
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If you work out how to change it, please let me
know, as it annoys me
too!
Sure! 
6 Sep
6 Sep
5:32 p.m.
Hi,
You might want to consider getting a notebook fro Zareason.com, which sells
only Linux computers.
On Aug 30, 2011 11:48 PM, "Atte André Jensen" <atte(a)email.dk> wrote:
Hi
My laptop was dropped, and if it's beyond repair, I need a new one
quickly. I would appreciate a few (preferrably hands-on experiences or)
advices to this end, here are a few thoughts:
1) It should of course work as flawless with linux as possible (I run
arch)
2) I have an edirol fa66 firewire soundcard that I'm quite happy with.
Problem is, it seems laptops with firewire are hard to find. I could get
an usb soundcard, but I have the feeling that it's not gonna perform as
well (low latency, stability) as firewire, it that correct? Plus it's
annoying to throw away (or sell) a perfectly good, stable soundcard that
suits my needs, just because of the port type...
3) I would prefer a small (<= 13") light-weight, long-battery-life laptop.
4) I actually don't really need that much cpu power. I have a 2Ghz
dual-core intel (T7250, whatever that means) now, that's more than
enough. It's the first dual core I owned, and I had the feeling the two
cores provides a snappier feeling, would others agree? Besides that I
don't need the speed I have now.
Options (I can think of):
I saw a secondhand ThinkPad X61s (dual-core 1.6Ghz, 3Gb ram, 12"
display) from a well known online shop I trust and used many times
(bought my current laptop there). There's 6 months warrenty, and my
general impression with ThinkPads is that they have good build quality,
it's the only laptop I would consider buying used. It has firewire so...
Go the netbook route. I'm at a loss here, all these new processors, both
the i-series and the atom (N-series), I have no idea how well they
perform. I tried a few from friends, and they seem fast enough. Anyone
here making music on a netbook? This would most certainly mean I would
have to get a usb soundcard, hmmm :-(
Any inputs would be greatly appreciated :-)
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I second the suggestion. zareason OEMs machines that
they've vetted for Linux, they install whatever distro
and release you want, they've got low prices, and they
provide great service.
On Tue, 2011-09-06 at 11:32 -0400, Christian Einfeldt wrote:
Hi,
You might want to consider getting a notebook fro Zareason.com, which
sells only Linux computers.
On Aug 30, 2011 11:48 PM, "Atte André Jensen" <atte(a)email.dk> wrote:
Hi
My laptop was dropped, and if it's beyond repair, I need a new one
quickly. I would appreciate a few (preferrably hands-on experiences
or)
advices to this end, here are a few thoughts:
1) It should of course work as flawless with linux as possible (I
run arch)
2) I have an edirol fa66 firewire soundcard that I'm quite happy
with.
Problem is, it seems laptops with firewire are
hard to find. I could
get
an usb soundcard, but I have the feeling that
it's not gonna perform
as
well (low latency, stability) as firewire, it
that correct? Plus
it's
annoying to throw away (or sell) a perfectly
good, stable soundcard
that
suits my needs, just because of the port type...
3) I would prefer a small (<= 13") light-weight, long-battery-life
laptop.
4) I actually don't really need that much cpu power. I have a 2Ghz
dual-core intel (T7250, whatever that means) now, that's more than
enough. It's the first dual core I owned, and I had the feeling the
two
cores provides a snappier feeling, would others
agree? Besides that
I
don't need the speed I have now.
Options (I can think of):
I saw a secondhand ThinkPad X61s (dual-core 1.6Ghz, 3Gb ram, 12"
display) from a well known online shop I trust and used many times
(bought my current laptop there). There's 6 months warrenty, and my
general impression with ThinkPads is that they have good build
quality,
it's the only laptop I would consider buying
used. It has firewire
so...
Go the netbook route. I'm at a loss here, all these new processors,
both
the i-series and the atom (N-series), I have no
idea how well they
perform. I tried a few from friends, and they seem fast enough.
Anyone
here making music on a netbook? This would most
certainly mean I
would
have to get a usb soundcard, hmmm :-(
Any inputs would be greatly appreciated :-)
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Or System76, also Linux only. Ubuntu 11.04.
Christian Einfeldt wrote:
Hi,
You might want to consider getting a notebook fro Zareason.com, which
sells only Linux computers.
On Aug 30, 2011 11:48 PM, "Atte André Jensen" <atte(a)email.dk
<mailto:atte@email.dk>> wrote:
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Hi
My laptop was dropped, and if it's beyond repair, I need a new one
quickly. I would appreciate a few (preferrably hands-on experiences or)
advices to this end, here are a few thoughts:
1) It should of course work as flawless with linux as possible (I run
arch)
2) I have an edirol fa66 firewire soundcard that I'm quite happy with.
Problem is, it seems laptops with firewire are hard to find. I could get
an usb soundcard, but I have the feeling that it's not gonna perform as
well (low latency, stability) as firewire, it that correct? Plus it's
annoying to throw away (or sell) a perfectly good, stable soundcard that
suits my needs, just because of the port type...
3) I would prefer a small (<= 13") light-weight, long-battery-life
laptop.
>
> 4) I actually don't really need that much cpu power. I have a 2Ghz
> dual-core intel (T7250, whatever that means) now, that's more than
> enough. It's the first dual core I owned, and I had the feeling the two
> cores provides a snappier feeling, would others agree? Besides that I
> don't need the speed I have now.
>
> Options (I can think of):
>
> I saw a secondhand ThinkPad X61s (dual-core 1.6Ghz, 3Gb ram, 12"
> display) from a well known online shop I trust and used many times
> (bought my current laptop there). There's 6 months warrenty, and my
> general impression with ThinkPads is that they have good build quality,
> it's the only laptop I would consider buying used. It has firewire so...
>
> Go the netbook route. I'm at a loss here, all these new processors, both
> the i-series and the atom (N-series), I have no idea how well they
> perform. I tried a few from friends, and they seem fast enough. Anyone
> here making music on a netbook? This would most certainly mean I would
> have to get a usb soundcard, hmmm :-(
>
> Any inputs would be greatly appreciated :-)
>
> --
> Atte
>
> http://atte.dk http://modlys.dk
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