OpenSolaris on TP SL400: WiFi and audio now working
January 4, 2009Life keeps getting better: took some work, but I finally got WiFi and audio working on my ThinkPad SL400. The WiFi took more work than it should’ve because the iwh driver was loaded but wasn’t working. Turned out that alias in /etc/driver_aliases had parameters that OpenSolaris couldn’t work with: pciex8086,4232 and pciex8086,4235; I added a line that read pciex8086,4237, and my WiFi light went on. The Network Interface Priorities icon on my toolbar needed a bit more tweaking because the priority interface was my wired Ethernet. Not really a big deal except that it would try to use that first, time out after several seconds, then try the wireless. Switching the priorities around saved me some time connecting to the Net.
As to the sound, hdaudio was loaded as the sound driver but I wasn’t getting any sound. OpenSound sounded (no pun intended) like the solution. At first, it complained that “hdaudio” was already in use as a driver or alias, so I edited /etc/driver_aliases again and removed the entry for hdaudio. Tried OpenSound again, and this time it said it couldn’t install osscore but completed the installation anyway. osstest confirmed that the installation did indeed complete. Now I can listen to my CDs or MP3 files, and I can view YouTube videos.
So, I’ve got the two most important features enabled: WiFi and audio. Next up, getting the UltraNav scroll feature to work.
