Installing Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) on a ThinkPad T61

General Information

Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) Beta 1

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
• Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG: works
• Front switch (airplane mode): works by default

Ethernet (Intel Gigabit): works

Special Keys (volume, Fn-, ThinkVantage):

• ThinkVantage button: go to System -> Preferences -> Keyboard Shortcuts and assign a task to it.
• Fn-F5 (Wireless/Bluetooth): works by default
• Fn-F8 (Enable/Disable touchpad): works with small bug, see http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-input-synaptics/+bug/380741/comments/15
• Fn.F4 (Sleep button) works by default with Ubuntu and proprietary NVidia driver

Touchpad: works

Touchpoint: works, for tweaking see http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_configure_the_TrackPoint#Configuration_using_Gnome

Fingerprint reader: works (sort of)

The scanner works, but (in X windows) you need to hit "Enter" after doing a scan.

ACPI

• Suspend: works by default, but is unresponsive for ~10 sec after resume: http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/346310
• Hibernate: not working by default (beta1)

Installing smart-notifier package will crash the X server (https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/562456).

Bluetooth: works by default

DVD Drive

• Ultrabay Slim Super Multi-Burner Drive : works

Audio (AD1984 HD): works

• Headphones: works
• Microphone: works

Card Reader: not tested

Tested: Needed tweaking to obtain full functionality

WiFi

• Atheros Communications Inc. AR5212: Kernel panic (flashing caps lock) with Ath5k and Network Manager. Uninstall NM and installing WICD seems to have resolved for now. System working fine before upgrading from Karmic.