Installing Ubuntu 6.06 Flight 6 on a ThinkPad X60s

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Installation of Ubuntu 6.06 Flight 6 on a X60s (model 1705-24U)

Summary

What works out of the box

  • Network adapter (Intel PRO/1000)
  • Graphics adapter and accelerator (Intel GMA 950)
  • USB (boots from external USB CD-RW/DVD-ROM)
  • Firewire
  • Lid switch
  • Volume control, keyboard light and screen brightness control

What needs to be fixed post-install

  • Wireless
  • Dual core processor
  • Processor frequency scaling
  • Suspend to RAM
  • Suspend to disk
  • SD card reader
  • Sound

Installing Ubuntu 6.06 Flight 6

IBM Rescue and Recovery disks (seven CDs) can be created using preinstalled Windows: All programs > ThinkVantage > Create Recovery Media. However, as long as recovery partition (called predesktop in BIOS) is left intact, system can be restored to factory default without recovery CDs.

Ubuntu installation starts normally by booting Flight 6 installer CD using external (USB) IBM DVD-ROM/CD-RW. SATA disk is recognised. After installing GRUB in the MBR .

Fixes after installation

  • The linux-686-smp package supports the dual core processor. I verified that it worked by looking at /proc/cpuinfo. Because I needed to compile other modules anyways (e.g., the wireless drivers), I decided to get the 2.6.16 kernel source and compile it myself. I set the "Pentium M" processor type with 2 processors ([1]). The package generated by make-kpkg worked when I used make-kpkg's "--initrd" flag.
  • To get the built-in wireless to work, I installed the 3945ABG wireless driver from SourceForge (http://ipw3945.sourceforge.net/), the latest IEEE 80211 (http://ieee80211.sourceforge.net/downloads.php) modules, and the latest ipw2200 (http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Ipw2200) modules. Downloading the binary driver by Intel, (Stable release 1.0.0) from [2] and following the quick installation instructions also works fine.
  • Processor C-states (high pitch noise when on battery).

Unsolved

  • Suspend to RAM
  • Suspend to disk
  • Sound

Not tested

  • PCMCIA slots
  • Modem
  • Embeded Security Subsystem (TCPA)
  • Active Protection System (HDAPS)
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