User:Ro

Lenovo ThinkPad Z61m (9452-CTO)

Hardware Details

• Intel Core 2 Duo T7200 (2 GHz, 4 MB L2, 667MHz FSB)
• 1 GB RAM (2x 512MB PC2-5300 DDR2 667MHz)
• 15.4" wide-screen TFT WSXGA+ 1680x1050
• ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 (128 MB)
• 100 GB SATA, 7200 RPM
• DVD Super Multiburner
• Intel AD1981HD High Definition Audio 1.0 controller with 2 speakers
• Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Mini-PCI Express Adapter
• Intel PRO/1000 Gigabit Ethernet
• ThinkPad 56K Modem (MDC-1.5)
• ThinkPad Bluetooth with Enhanced Data Rate (BDC-2)
• IrDA 1.1 (FIR - 4Mbps)
• 3x USB 2.0
• Firewire
• VGA out
• S-Video out
• 4-in-1 digital media reader (MultiMedia Card, MemoryStick, SD)
• Integrated Fingerprint Reader
• ThinkLight
• UltraNav
• Headphone Jack
• Microphone Jack
• Built-in Microphone
• CardBus slot (Type 2)
• ExpressCard slot (54 or 34)
• UltraBay Enhanced

Operating System

Ubuntu 6.10 'edgy eft'. See the Ubuntu Laptop Testing Team for up-to-date details.

What works out-of-the-box

Hardware

• 100 GB SATA, 7200 RPM
• DVD Super Multiburner
• Intel AD1981HD High Definition Audio 1.0 controller with 2 speakers
• Intel PRO/1000 Gigabit Ethernet
• ThinkPad Bluetooth with Enhanced Data Rate (BDC-2)
• 3x USB 2.0
• UltraNav
• Built-in Microphone

Power Management

• Suspend to RAM (Fn+F4 works too)
• Hibernate (Fn+F12 works too)
• CPU speed stepping
• LCD Brightness depending on current power scheme
• Screen brightness control with Fn+Pos1/Fn+End
• Lid switch

Extra Keys

• Volume up, Volume down, Mute
• ThinkLight
• Front wireless radio switch (turns off Wifi and Bluetooth)
• Fn+F2 (Lock acount)
• Fn+F3 (Show power manager information pop-up)
• Fn+F5 (activate/deactivate WiFi and Bluetooth)

What needs to be configured

Hardware

• ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 (128 MB)
• Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Mini-PCI Express Adapter
• IrDA 1.1 (FIR - 4Mbps)
• 4-in-1 digital media reader (MultiMedia Card, MemoryStick, SD)
• Integrated Fingerprint Reader

Extra keys

• Windows key (Keycode Super_L)
• Context menu key (Keycode 0xe3)
• ThinkVantage button (Keycode 0x9f)
• Web browser back (Keycode 0xea)
• Web browser forward (Keycode 0xe9)
• Multimedia Keys (Fn+up, Fn+down, Fn+left arrow, Fn+right arrow)

Untested

Hardware

• ThinkPad 56K Modem (MDC-1.5)
• Firewire
• VGA out
• S-Video out
• Headphone Jack
• Microphone Jack
• CardBus slot (Type 2)
• ExpressCard slot (54 or 34)
• UltraBay Enhanced

Annoyances

• Laptop fan is constantly on. Doesn't know if this is specific to linux or is an hardware issue. See Problem with fan noise.
• WiFi occasionally does not work after suspend
• USB mouse occasionally doesn't come up after suspend
• Switching to virtual terminal (Alt+Ctrl+F1) garbles screen
• Bluetooth cannot be deactivated seperately (Fn+F5 deactivates Bluetooth AND Wifi)

Solutions

ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 (128 MB)

To get hardware acceleration and a resolution >1024x768, you need to install ATI's fglrx driver.

1. Install the fglrx driver:

$ sudo apt-get install xorg-driver-fglrx

2. In Edgy the Composite extension is enabled by default, however, fglrx does not yet support Composite with DRI. In order to disable Composite you have to edit the xorg.conf file:

$ sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup

$ sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

3. Add these lines at the end of the file:

Section "Extensions"
	Option	    "Composite" "Disable"
EndSection

4. Now activate the fglrx driver:

$ sudo aticonfig --initial

$ sudo aticonfig --overlay-type=Xv

5. After restarting your system (or alternatively doing CtrlAltBackspace to restart the X Server) your system will be running the fglrx drivers.

Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Mini-PCI Express Adapter

Getting WPA working with your Wifi card is easy.

1. Install the network-manager-gnome package

$ sudo apt-get install network-manager-gnome

2. You have to deactivate the GNOME network settings for all networking devices that should be controlled by network-manager:

System -> Administration -> Network

3. In the network settings deactivate the Wifi network.

4. Log out and log in again to activate the new settings.

IrDA 1.1 (FIR - 4Mbps)

IrDA does not work out-of-the-box because the necessary package and configuration is not included in a stock Ubuntu install.

1. Install the missing package $ sudo apt-get install irda-utils

2. Configure irda-utils

$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure irda-utils

3. On the configure screen set the options as the following:

Activate IrDa on boot-up: yes
Attempt to probe for IrDa at system boot: yes
Discovery mode: yes
Typ of the IrDa-adaptor: native
Typ of the FIR-chip: nsc-ircc
Options for the modules of the FIR-chip:
Port for setserial to deactivate: 

4. Restart IrDA:

$ sudo /etc/init.d/irda-utils stop

$ sudo /etc/init.d/irda-utils start

5. Load the FIR IrDA driver:

$ sudo modprobe irda0

6. Now test if activating IrDA was successful. Place your IrDA device (mobile phone, PDA or whatever) in front of the IrDA eye and activate IrDA on your device. Doing a

$ cat /proc/net/irda/discovery

should list your IrDA device.