Lenovo X61s WiFi
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Hi There,
I just purchased an X61s and loaded Trisquel v7 i686 onto it. Running some commands:
X61s:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Trisquel
DISTRIB_RELEASE=7.0
DISTRIB_CODENAME=belenos
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Trisquel GNU/Linux 7.0, Belenos"
X61s:~$ lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net
00:19.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82566MM Gigabit Network Connection [8086:1049] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:20de]
Kernel driver in use: e1000e
Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN [Kedron] Network Connection [8086:4230] (rev 61)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:1010]
05:00.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II [1180:0476] (rev ba)
If memory serves me, the Intel WiFi card is bad news. I thought this laptop model had an Atheros WiFi card. At least that's what h-node.org says about the X61s.
As far as I can tell, my options are to get a USB WiFi adapter or ditch this X61s and try another computer.
Ideas, opinions?
TIA,
Rick
Hello Rick!
Yes, intel wifi will not work. Third option is to get an internal wifi card but it might be difficult to open the laptop and some laptops have whitelists concerning which wifi cards they accept...
ps. you probably want to install 64 bit Trisquel.
Hi Lembas,
Thanks for the suggestions.
I considered installing a wifi card but my ability to work with laptop's is not that great and the 's' model is slim which means that it will be harder to work with.
This X61s has 2gb of memory. Why would I consider a 64bit OS with less than ~3gb of RAM? There is no advantage.
I believe some software will take advantage of the larger registers and be able to run faster because of it.
Honestly, I don't think so :)
in 32bit, each program can access 2GB of memory.
most program use less than 2GB of memory
I dont see why larger registers by itself should be faster...
unless, and this is just thoughts, the program allocates lots of small memory pieces and deallocates them again in a pattern that creates a lot of memory fragmentation. Hmm but I don't think this would actually be 'slower' with less memory, you would just hit the wall faster (according to avaliable memory size)...
a very easy option for wifi is to get a wifi card like this:
https://www.thinkpenguin.com/gnu-linux/penguin-wireless-g-usb-adapter
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