Installing Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope (9.04) on an X301
Please improve on this preliminary effort.
Contents
- 1 Overview
- 2 Keyboard
- 3 Ethernet
- 4 Wireless
- 5 Bluetooth/WLAN Hardware Switch
- 6 Ericsson F3507g Mobile Broadband Module
- 7 Bluetooth
- 8 Fan
- 9 Power Management
- 10 Display
- 11 Suspend and Hibernate
- 12 Sound
- 13 Camera
- 14 External Displays
- 15 Compiz / 3D Acceleration
- 16 Boot time
- 17 Fingerprint Reader
- 18 Credits
Overview
Installation was done with a fresh Ubuntu 9.04 (x86, 32 Bit) and (amd64, 64 Bit). Overall impression: An installation without severe glitches so far. :-)
Keyboard
Pretty much all of the Fn+... keys work (not all tested yet) tested: lock screen, brightness, sleep, hibernation, battery status, thinklight
To make the Mute button work add the kernel option acpi_osi="Linux" .
The volume buttons surprisingly don't change the volume(the display with the percentage appears,though). At least the on/off toggle button works.
Ethernet
Works out of the box.
Wireless
Works out of the box.
Bluetooth/WLAN Hardware Switch
The Bluetooth/WLAN Hardware Switch on the backside of the X301 does not work properly, yet. Booting the X301 with Bt/WLAN switched off and turning the switch to "on" lead to a not working wireless connection, although "Enable Wireless" is checked in the network-manager applet. However, if I manually disable/enable "Enable Wireless" in the network-manager applet after such a boot process, the wireless connection starts to work correctly. --> Any hints someone hot to get the hardware switch working correctly?
Ericsson F3507g Mobile Broadband Module
Work out of the box on amd64 version, should work therefore on i386 too.
The GPS works too, when sending the commands manually to the card as described in http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Ericsson_F3507g_Mobile_Broadband_Module . However I couln't connect to /dev/ttyACMx with cu. I first had to change the owner of the devices with "sudo chown uucp.uucp /dev/ttyACMx".
Bluetooth
untested.
Fan
It is spinning lightly (2000-5000 rpm) almost all the time, rather the same situation as on Windows XP. To get the X301 silent and cool, ThinkPad Fan Control may be a solution. However, a X301 fan profile is still missing. (Perhaps someone might provide a profile? I try to but I am not very lucking finding the right profile at the moment).
Power Management
Seems to work fine - not fully tested yet.
Using a second battery instead of the CD-ROM drive works fine too.
Display
Works fine :-)
Suspend and Hibernate
Both work out of the box. But there might be a problem with the X Server crashing after resume (see: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/340328 )
Sound
Works out of the box. Plugging in headphone or microphone will mute the internal devices and switch to external jacks.
Untested remain:
- usage with a sound server (esd)
Camera
Works out of the box (tested with Cheese) but on repeated use it often fails or blocks. Reloading the uvcvideo kernel module resets the camera.
External Displays
Works out of the box (dual screen and mirror screens). Tested with an Acer AL2223W monitor.
Compiz / 3D Acceleration
Works. But the performance of the intel driver in 9.04 is not optimal.
Boot time
About 20s including time spent in BIOS and POST.
Fingerprint Reader
Doesn't currently work as it's an AuthenTec and not a Thompson chip. Linux driver is missing. Any news here?
Credits
Article skeleton from the Ubuntu 8.10 on X301 article of Blk - Thanks a lot for your work!
Last Revision 26. May 2009 by tp42.
