Installing Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) on a ThinkPad T61p

This page describes issues and solutions for getting Ubuntu 9.04 working on a T61p.

Hardware

Works Out of the Box

• Wireless (Intel 3945ABG or 4965AGN)
• Touchpoint
• Trackpad
  • Trackpad scrolling
• Sound card
  • Volume up/down/mute buttons
  • Audio out
• FN keys
  • numlock
  • Lock computer
  • Battery information
  • Screen brightness control
  • Thinklight control
  • sleep
  • WLAN/BT on/off toggle
  • Media player control
• Wired LAN
• ultranav scrolling
• Optical drive
• SD/MMC Memory card reader
• ACPI
  • Battery status, power graphs, and history
  • Lid open/close

Needs Tweaks

• Video
  • No option to load proprietary drivers, unable to turn on effects.
• ACPI
  • Suspend to RAM - monitor doesnt turn on on wake up.

Untested

• Sound card
  • Audio in
• fingerprint reader
• ACPI
  • Suspend to Disk
  • Suspend-to-RAM/Suspend-to-Disk under full disk LVM encryption