Installing Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) on a ThinkPad T410
This article describes the installation of Ubuntu 9.10 (32 bit) on a Thinkpad T410 type 2522-3FG (with nVidia graphics card).
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Hardware Support Details
Works with limitations
- Intel Gigabit Ethernet Controller PCI-Express only uses 10Mb/s (full duplex) by default, a higher rate is possible with manual configuration:
# ethtool -s eth0 speed 100 duplex full autoneg off
Works out-of-the-box
- Audio
- DVD burner
- card reader, tested with 8 GB SD card
Works with additional configuration
- nVidia NVS 3100m Graphics: install restricted drivers to get better colors, but
- brightness control (Fn + Home, Fn + End) does not work. It displays the brightness indicator, which can be adjusted up and down. But the actual screen brightness does not change. As a workaround switch to text mode via Ctrl-Alt-F1, then brightness control works, so can adjust to your wanted brightness, and then switch back to graphics mode via Alt-F7.
- 4 GB memory: the default kernel (linux-generic) only uses 3 GB memory, with the linux-generic-pae kernel
$ cat /proc/meminfoshowsMemTotal: 3977248 kB
Untested
The remaining devices (like webcam, etc.) are currently not tested.
