Installing Kubuntu 7.04 on a ThinkPad X60

Installation of Kubuntu 7.04 on a ThinkPad X60 (model 1709-K3U)

Series: X60

Model: 1709-K3U (IBM support page)

Operating system: Kubuntu 7.04 'Feisty Fawn' Desktop Edition (amd64)

Summary

What works after installation

• Intel Core 2 Duo: Detection of both cores, CPU frequecy scaling, and x86-64 architecture support.
• Intel 950 graphics acceleration
• Audio (AD1981HD)
  • Microphone
• Intel Gigabit Ethernet Controller
• Integrated SD card reader
• USB 2.0 ports
• TrackPoint detection
  • See How to configure the TrackPoint

What needs to be fixed

• Activating click-to-scroll for the TrackPoint.

What has not yet been tested

• IBM Embedded Security Subsystem 2.0
• CardBus slot (Type 2)
• Firewire (IEEE1394) port
• Modem
• Infrared port
• Suspend to RAM / Sleep
• Suspend to HDD / Hibernate
• External VGA port
• Hard drive protection (IBM Active Protection System)
• Beryl/AIGLX
• IBM ThinkPad ACPI Extras driver (ibm-acpi)
• Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG
  • WEP encryption

Not included with this model

• Bluetooth
• Integrated Fingerprint Reader

Annoyances

• Battery life

Installation

TODO	network installation

Fixes after installation

Click-to-scroll

As is explained in further detail here, adding the following lines to /etc/X11/xorg.conf got click-to-scroll to work for me.

 Section "InputDevice"
      Identifier      "Configured Mouse"
      Driver          "mouse"
      ...
      Option          "EmulateWheel"          "on"
      Option          "EmulateWheelButton"    "2"
 EndSection

This can create problems in Firefox, however, when you don't scroll exactly straight up and down. Read up on how to configure Firefox for using trackpoint horizontal scrolling.