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Lenovo ThinkPad Z61m 9452-CTO

Hardware Details

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)


What doesn't work yet

Extra keys

Untested

Hardware

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 console (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.

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