Installing Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) on a ThinkPad T61p
Contents
Out-of-the-box Stats
| Component | Status |
|---|---|
| 3D video | Needs tweaks; see below |
| ultranav scrolling | Needs tweaks; see below |
| Fingerprint Reader | Needs tweaks; see below |
| ACPI - Suspend to Disk (Hibernate) | Needs tweaks; see below |
| Harddrive Active Protection | Needs tweaks; see below |
| VGA out | Untested |
| Front wireless killswitch | Untested |
| Firewire | Untested |
| Modem | Untested |
| Wireless - Intel 3945ABG | untested |
| Audio in | Untested |
| Audio out | Untested |
| Wired LAN | Untested |
| FN-F5 (Wifi/Bluetooth) | Untested |
| FN-F7 (VGA) | Untested |
| FN-F8 (Ultranav/Trackpad) | Untested |
| FN-F9 (Eject) | Untested |
| Thinkvantage Button | Untested |
| FN-Arrows (Media Controls) | Untested |
| 2D video | Works out-of-box |
| Wireless - 4965AGN | Works out-of-box |
| Touchpoint | Works out-of-box |
| Trackpad | Works out-of-box |
| Trackpad scrolling (side or two-finger) | Works out-of-box |
| Sound card | Works out-of-box |
| Volume up/down/mute buttons | Works out-of-box |
| Optical drive | Works out-of-box |
| USB | Works out-of-box |
| FN-F2 (Lock) | Works out-of-box |
| FN-F3 (Battery) | Works out-of-box |
| FN-F4 (Sleep) | Works out-of-box |
| FN-F12 (Hibernate) | Works out-of-box |
| FN-Home/End (Brightness) | Works out-of-box |
| FN-PgUp (Thinklight) | Works out-of-box |
| ACPI - Lid Open/Close | Works out-of-box |
| ACPI - Suspend to RAM | Works out-of-box |
| SD/MMC Memory card reader | Working for some, broken for me |
Hardware Tweaks
Video Driver
2D video works out of the box. To enable 3D (and compiz),
- go to system -> admin -> hardware drivers. Install "version current" driver (not 173, which seems to break suspend). Reboot
- go to system -> preferences -> appearance and change the setting under the "Visual Effects" tab. A "driver search" window may popup - cancel it.
- run the command (press alt+f2) "gksudo gedit /usr/lib/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-thinkpad.conf"
- paste this into the file
Section "InputClass" Identifier "Trackpoint Wheel Emulation" MatchProduct "TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint|DualPoint Stick|Synaptics Inc. Composite TouchPad / TrackPoint|ThinkPad USB Keyboard with TrackPoint" MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*" Option "EmulateWheel" "true" Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "false" Option "XAxisMapping" "6 7" Option "YAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection
- Restart X (logout and back in)
- If you want to disable horizontal scrolling, remove the line
Option "XAxisMapping" "6 7"
