I downloaded and did a manual frugal install. ThinkPad R500, Radeon HD3400.
The good news first
When it eventually reaches X, WiFi is no problem, sound works ootb, and it's fast.
Now the bad news. It only boots up to X every 1 out of 3-5 times. Without anything changed, i.e. no savefile written yet, first boot got me to a blank screen, no cursor, no reaction to keys, hard poweroff. Second boot got me a little further, black screen with some irregular white bars, mouse cursor visible and reacts to movement, no reaction to any keys, except when pushing the power button, it now barks
. Hard poweroff. Third attempt (pfix=nox) got me irregular white patterns on a black screen with some text still there but not legible. typed 'reboot' in the blind and it rebooted. Fourth attempt went straight to X desktop, no problem, got correct resolution, everything works. Euphoria! But, next boot, back to the above. When X works, closing the lid puts it in suspend to ram, but opening the lid back up gives a black screen (backlight on) with no reaction whatsoever.
Boot option 'nomodeset' brings me up to X, but only in 1400x1050.
FD600 hardinfo reports the following
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Summary
Computer
Processor 2x Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P8700 @ 2.53GHz
Memory 3974MB (583MB used)
Machine Type Physical machine
Operating System Fatdog64 [b5f866c240]
User Name root (root)
Date/Time Tue Jan 21 14:08:50 2014
Display
Resolution 1680x1050 pixels
OpenGL Renderer ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3400 Series
X11 Vendor The X.Org Foundation
Audio Devices
Audio Adapter HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
Audio Adapter Loopback - Loopback
Input Devices
Lid Switch
Sleep Button
Power Button
Video Bus
AT Translated Set 2 keyboard
DualPoint Stick
AlpsPS/2 ALPS DualPoint TouchPad
PC Speaker
ThinkPad Extra Buttons
Printers (CUPS)
CUPS-PDF Default
SCSI Disks
ATA FUJITSU MJA2320B
HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-T50N
Operating System
Version
Kernel Linux 3.4.5 (x86_64)
Version #1 SMP Thu Jul 19 21:52:43 EDT 2012
C Library GNU C Library version 2.13 (stable)
Distribution Fatdog64 [b5f866c240]
Current Session
Computer Name Kriemhild
User Name root (root)
Home Directory /root
Desktop Environment Unknown (Window Manager: Openbox)
Misc
Uptime 26 minutes
Load Average 0.81, 0.76, 1.17
Display
Display
Resolution 1680x1050 pixels
Vendor The X.Org Foundation
Version 1.11.4
Monitors
Monitor 0 1680x1050 pixels
Extensions
AMDXVBA
AMDXVOPL
ATIFGLEXTENSION
ATIFGLRXDRI
BIG-REQUESTS
Composite
DAMAGE
DOUBLE-BUFFER
DPMS
DRI2
GLX
Generic Event Extension
MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
MIT-SHM
RANDR
RECORD
RENDER
SGI-GLX
SHAPE
SYNC
X-Resource
XC-MISC
XFIXES
XFree86-DGA
XFree86-VidModeExtension
XINERAMA
XINERAMA
XInputExtension
XKEYBOARD
XTEST
XVideo
XVideo-MotionCompensation
glesx
OpenGL
Vendor Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Renderer ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3400 Series
Version 3.3.11631 Compatibility Profile Context
Direct Rendering Yes
Works pretty reliable with FatDog600, so I doubt I am having hardware issues. Is there a workaround/boot option etc.? Will there be catalyst for the final release?
Thanks for the effort you guys put into Fatdog, it's the OS I spent the most time with.