Installing Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick) on a ThinkPad T61

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}