yet another thinkpad edge e135 i set up... * installer version used was wheezy release (7.0) mini.iso, dd'd onto a usb stick. * this time, bios instead of efi was configured for the device. bios version is 2.50. * a standard installation was chosen, with the most exotic thing being crypto-lvm guided partitioning. * installation itself went flawlessly, apart from the usb stick grub issue (bug 706112) that seems to be well-known and will be fixed in debian 7.1 * first startup without any non-free packages worked well into gnome3 startup (but with fallback due to lack of 3d acceleration). the screen froze after logout, i had to ctrl-alt-f1 / ctrl-alt-delete to reboot. no further investigation. * after installing linux-firmware-nonfree (ie. radeon firmware), 3d worked, and no more screen freezes were observed. * the nonfree wireless drivers were installed from ubuntu again, this time using the current saucy package[1].
not particular to this installation, but a general recommendation when working on an e135: the hdmi sound output works -- provided the audio parameter is set to 1 in the radeon module. the easiest way to do this is to append radeon.audio=1 to the kernel command line. best regards chrysn [1] http://packages.ubuntu.com/saucy/bcmwl-kernel-source
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