Installing Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) on a ThinkPad T61

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General Information

Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) was released on 29 October 2009.

Hardware Support Details

Untested

Video 2D/3D

  • Intel (GMA X3100): unknown

WiFi

  • Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG: works
  • ThinkPad 11a/b/g (Atheros): works with ath5k driver (in upgrade from 9.04, had to add ath5k module to /etc/modules for autoloading)
  • ThinkPad 11a/b/g/n (Atheros): unknown
  • Front switch (airplane mode): unknown

Ethernet (Intel Gigabit): works

Webcam: unknown

Audio (AD1984 HD): unknown

  • Headphones: unknown
  • Microphone: unknown

Special Keys (volume, Fn-, ThinkVantage): unknown

Fingerprint Reader: unknown

Active Protection System: unknown

Card Reader: unknown

Bluetooth: unknown

Modem: unknown

FireWire (IEEE1394): unknown

ACPI

  • Suspend: works running the restricted 185 nvidia driver
  • Hibernate: unknown

DVD Drive

  • Ultrabay Slim DVD-ROM Drive: unknown
  • Ultrabay Slim CD-RW/DVD-ROM Combo II Drive: unknown
  • Ultrabay Slim Super Multi-Burner Drive : unknown

Tested: Worked "out of the box"

Video 2D/3D

  • NVidia (Quadro NVS 140M): works (needs proprietary driver for hardware acceleration)

WiFi

  • Intel PRO/Wireless 4965AGN: works

Touchpad: works

Touchpoint (including middle-click scrolling): works but scrolling does not

Tested: Needed tweaking to obtain full functionality

  • Trackpoint vertical/horizontal scrolling functional after creating /etc/hal/fdi/policy/mouse-wheel.fdi
<match key="info.product" string="TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint">
 <merge key="input.x11_options.EmulateWheel" type="string">true</merge>
 <merge key="input.x11_options.EmulateWheelButton" type="string">2</merge>
 <merge key="input.x11_options.XAxisMapping" type="string">6 7</merge>
 <merge key="input.x11_options.YAxisMapping" type="string">4 5</merge>
 <merge key="input.x11_options.ZAxisMapping" type="string">4 5</merge>
 <merge key="input.x11_options.Emulate3Buttons" type="string">true</merge>
</match>


Fix for the fingerprint reader getting too hot

Use the last script from here, but note that in Karmic, the correct path is: 

/sys/class/usbmon/usbmon*/device/usb*/*

Install HDAPS - IBM Active Protection System Linux Driver

sudo cp /etc/modules /etc/modules_backup
sudo aptitude install tp-smapi-source
sudo module-assistant prepare tp-smapi
sudo module-assistant auto-install tp-smapi
sudo modprobe tp-smapi
sudo aptitude install hdapsd
echo 'tp-smapi' | sudo tee -a /etc/modules

Tested: Non-functioning

  • None tested yet
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