Installing Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick) on a ThinkPad T61

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General Information

Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick)

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 by default
  • 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 by default
  • Fn.F4 (Sleep button) works by default with Ubuntu and proprietary NVidia driver

Touchpad: works by default

Touchpoint: works by default

Fingerprint reader: works but there is a bug in sudo, introduced in version 1.7.2p2 (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sudo/+bug/609645)


ACPI

  • Suspend: works by default
  • Hibernate: works by default


Bluetooth: works by default

DVD Drive

  • Ultrabay Slim Super Multi-Burner Drive : works by default

Audio (82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio): works by default

  • Headphones: works by default
  • Microphone: works by default


Card Reader: works by default


HDAPS Harddisk Parking {{cmduser|sudo apt-get -y install tp-smapi-dkms hdapsd} {{cmduser|sudo modprobe tp-smapi} {{cmduser|sudo /etc/init.d/hdapsd restart} {{cmduser|echo 'tp-smapi' | sudo tee -a /etc/modules}

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