Install Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) on a ThinkPad T400s

T400s

Disclaimer

On this page experiences, tips, and tricks how to get most out of a Lenovo T400s are collected. Everyone is invited to share his part. Feedback is very welcome. No warranty that any of the information on this page may harm your hard- or software is given.

Intro

I started to write up this page as of 2009-08-12. It is work in progress. The "template" was taken from Ubuntu 9.04 on a T400. The good news is: Nearly everything works out of the box on [[ http://www.ubuntu.com/products/whatisubuntu/910features | Karmic ]]. Where are the good old times it took you a couple of nights to get a new box up and running? ;)

Before Installation

Backup your data. Maybe dd the rescue partition.

BIOS Upgrade

There is a Bios upgrade available. Not sure if it is required. Install from a CD went smoothly.

What works out of the box?

• Wireless with iwlagn driver (Intel WiFi Link 5100/5300 WLAN controller)
  • G mode + WEP and WPA2 PSK
  • With status LED and everything! (LED does not work for ThinkPad 11b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Express Adapter III)
  • version: 1.3.27k
  • Firmware: iwlwifi-4965-2.ucode

• Bluetooth
  • Bus 004 Device 005: ID 0a5c:2145 Broadcom Corp.
  • With status LED and everything!
  • Tested with Motorola headset HT820. After connecting with Blueman the audio device shows up in pulseaudio
  • Tested with Nokia 810 and BlueMaemo (Mouse, Keyboard)
• Intel Corporation 82567LM Gigabit Network Connection (rev 03)
  • module e1000e

• UMTS 3G modem: Ericsson F3507g (Ericsson_F3507g_Mobile_Broadband_Module)
  • Tested successfully with Networkmanager in Germany (Vodafone D2 and E-Plus)

• Intel driver for Integrated Graphics (Intel Integrated Intel GMA 4500MHD), module i915
  • with 3D acceleration out-of-the-box
• VGA/HDMI output
  • xrandr support
  • Using HDMI nearly every day
  • VGA works too (less tested)

• Sound card
  • module snd-hda-intel
• Internal mic
• Optical drive
  • tested cd/dvd read
  • tested cd-r, cd-rw (also blank) write
• built-in webcam (tested with skype, cheese and ekiga) (idVendor 0x17ef Lenovo, idProduct 0x480d, bcdDevice 23.38, iManufacturer 1 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd.)
• 7-in-1 card reader Ricoh Co Ltd Device e822 (rev 01)(MMC, Memory Stick, Mem Stick Pro, SD, SDHC, XD, XD Type H Memory)
  • tested with SD card
• Touchpoint and Trackpad
  • Use gpointing-device-settings to configure)
  • x-axis range 1472 - 5472
  • y-axis range 1408 - 4448
  • pressure range 0 - 255
  • no idea how to use gestures/multitouch

• Control buttons/Hotkeys
  • Volume control buttons
  • Audio out mute button
  • Screen brightness control (FN + Home/End)
  • Thinklight control (FN + PgUp)
  • WLAN/BT/OFF toggle (Fn+F5 press once: Wlan and BT off/Press second time: BT off, Wlan on/Third time: BT on, Wlan off/Press another time: BT and Wlan on)
  • To add a bluetooth-only-toggle (Fn+F6) that doesn't affect WLAN take a look here
  • Wlan/BT hardware switch
  • Media player control (FN + arrows)
  • Browser history buttons
  • Switch to extern Monitor (FN + F7 press once: picture on both monitors/Second time: on external Monitor/Third time: Laptop monitor)
  • Suspend shortcut (FN + F4)
  • Hibernate shortcut (FN + F12)
  • Battery info shortcut (FN + F3)
  • Screenlock shortcut (FN + F2)
  • dock eject button (FN + F9) not tested yet!
  • ThinkVantage Button (You only have to allocate a programm!)

• Some ACPI features
  • Battery status, power graphs and history (tested with an single 6-Cell battery)
  • Lid states and events
• Suspend/Hibernate
  • Suspend works
  • Hibernate works

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Please feel free to edit this page. If you have trouble, comments, etc. please contact me.

Stay tuned, more to come.

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Active Protection System

see here: Install Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) on a ThinkPad T400#Active_Protection_System