Re: [Libreboot] new T400 beta ROMs for testing

[Marcel Maci]

Hi Leah and Persmule,
I think the Wifi was my fault: I forgot to change the MAC-address of the image 
with ich9gen. I've made a new image with correct mac-address and now the wifi 
works. The strange thing with the wrong MAC-address was that I could see my 
wifi-networks but not connect to them. Ethernet-connection didn't work neither. 
But anyway: now with the correct mac both (ethernet and wifi) work.
Another thing that changed with the new image: I get full resolution graphic 
screen (1440x900) from the beginning.
Suspend doesn't work (as someone else reported) but I'll try a newer kernel 
version.
I have two more questions:
1) since grub doesn't show up - how can I boot from usb / cd?
2) is Intel AMT / ME disabled (when i run cbmem -c it says "AMT enabled"?!)
Thx and greetings,
Marcel


On Wed, 10 Aug 2016 19:39:06 +0100
Leah Rowe <address@hidden> wrote:

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> I'm not sure why that would happen. Thank you for your report, we'll
> look into it.
> 
> Op 10/08/16 om 14:26 schreef persmule:
> > Hi Marcel and Leah,
> > 
> > I built an image for T400_8mb from git revision 9eef871 (the
> > newest), and flashed to my t400s. The result is nearly the same as
> > Marcel's: My wifi doesn't work any more, with the switch turned
> > ON!
> > 
> > #rfkill list
> >> 0: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: yes 1: phy1:
> >> Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: yes
> > (I installed 2 wlan cards on it.)
> > 
> > And no matter how I flip the switch, the output rfkill generates
> > remains the same.
> > 
> > I have to flash a backup image built around Jun 30, then the
> > wireless devices work fine.
> > 
> > The outputs of dmesg and rfkill (generated under the newest image
> > and the older backup one, accordingly) are attached.
> > 
> > 在 2016年08月10日 15:22, Leah Rowe 写道:
> >> Hi Marcel,
> >> 
> >> Op 10/08/16 om 00:30 schreef Marcel Maci:
> >> 
> >>> Hi Leah I flashed version experimental-96-g196d903 on my T400
> >>> and the results are very positive. I get: - no grub but
> >>> graphical screen which is smaller than the display, no mouse -
> >>> since I have encrypted disk I have then to switch to the text
> >>> console to enter the passphrase - after that the system
> >>> continues booting and I get full resolution login screen of
> >>> Trisquel - I can switch between lcd and external monitor and
> >>> adjust the brightness - everything works (which is great)!
> >> 
> >> Thanks.
> >> 
> >> This is expected behaviour on some T400 screens, where GRUB is
> >> garbled or doesn't have a display at all, but GNU/Linux works
> >> just fine. You can use an EHCI debug dongle for text mode serial
> >> console in GRUB if you have that. This issue will probably be
> >> fixed after the release, since it's only considered a minor
> >> annoyance and not a blocker for release.
> >> 
> >>> Strangely, I noticed that my wifi doesn't work any more - but
> >>> maybe that's another problem and has nothing to do with the new
> >>> version (?!) I send you the cbmem -c file as an attachment. Thx
> >>> a lot - that's really good news for me!
> >> 
> >> I don't think this has anything to do with libreboot, since we 
> >> hardcode-enable it. I checked and the patch should still have
> >> been applied when building this snapshot. On the front of the
> >> laptop on the left side, near the touchpad, there is a small
> >> on/off switch for the wifi which might have been set to off
> >> accidentally. Otherwise, "sudo rfkill list" can help you
> >> determine what the problem is.
> >> 
> >> 
> > 
> > 
> 
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