Installing Debian Sid on a ThinkPad T500

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Configuration

The model number is 2082-6PG.

lspci

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev 07)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Graphics Port (rev 07)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
00:03.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset MEI Controller (rev 07)
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82567LM Gigabit Network Connection (rev 03)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 03)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M-E LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Mobility Radeon HD 3650
03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless WiFi Link 5100
15:00.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev ba)
15:00.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 04)
15:00.2 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 21)
15:00.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller (rev ff)
15:00.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 11)
15:00.5 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev 11)

lsusb

Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 007 Device 004: ID 17ef:4807 Lenovo 
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 0a5c:2145 Broadcom Corp. 
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 08ff:2810 AuthenTec, Inc. 
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub


Before the installation

I switched to "discrete graphics" (Intel 4500MHD) in the BIOS. I didn't want to use with the ATI card because of the driver issues. After the installation, I reverted to "switchable graphics" and it works well.

Installation

I used an (amd64) USB image (hd-media) and the Lenny RC1 netinstall ISO. The install sequence went flawlessly. The Gigabit Ethernet adapter was detected and configured. I installed without X, switched to sid in sources.list and then went for X and Gnome.

After installation I compiled a vanilla 2.6.28 that I'm currently running.

Working

More or less out of the box with the 2.6.28 kernel:

  • Gigabit Ethernet (e1000 module)
  • 5300AGN wireless (iwlagn) with CRDA userspace regulation
  • Intel graphics, X driver from sid repository
  • suspend to ram (echo mem > /sys/power/state OR Fn+F4)
  • sound (HDA) + volume control buttons
  • Bluetooth
  • webcam (UVC driver, tested with guvcview)
  • card reader
  • watchdog timer (iTCO_wdt kernel module and the watchdog daemon)

HDAPS

The source package in the sid repository for tp_smapi is a bit outdated, so I compiled and installed using the tarball for SourceForge.

In order to get the OpenGL visualization utility (hdaps-gl) and the head parking daemon (hdapsd) working properly:

  • create /etc/modprobe.d/hdaps , containing:
options thinkpad_ec force_io=1
options hdaps invert=1
  • add the following line to /etc/modules:
hdaps
  • install hdapsd, which creates the required udev rule (/etc/udev/rules.d/z60_hdapsd.rules). I used the 1:0.0.20081004-1 version of the package, as it was required by the new sysfs interface in 2.6.28.
  • However, if you don't want hdapsd (i.e. just want accelerometer data with no head parking), you can create a rule containing:
KERNEL=="event[0-9]*", ATTRS{phys}=="hdaps/input1",ATTRS{modalias}=="input:b0019v1014p5054e4801-*",SYMLINK+="input/hdaps/accelerometer-event
  • install hdaps-utils


Not working

  • mute button
  • fingerprint reader, seems there's no driver yet

Not tested

  • DisplayPort
  • modem
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