Difference between revisions of "Installing Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) on a ThinkPad Edge 14" (Intel)"

Revision as of 01:52, 16 August 2010

This guide is for a Thinkpad Edge 14" with Intel processors.

WiFi . Must be turned on using Network Manager Applet on the gnome panel. The toggle wireless key on the keyboard doesn't work.
Ethernet
Pointing devices. Can be configured graphically using these instructions
- TrackPoint
- TouchPad
Fn+F[1-12]
Special Keys
- Mute
- Volume -
- Volume +
- Brightness down
- Brigtness up
- Previous track in Movie Player
- Play/Pause in Movie Player
- Next track in Movie Player
Hibernation. (Swap size should be greater than RAM size)
Suspend
Integrated Camera (Tested using cheese)

Special Keys
- Toggle Wireless. Use the Network Manager Applet on the gnome panel.
Hard Drive Active Protection System (No luck yet)
Thinkpad-acpi. "Not yet supported ThinkPad detected!" is displayed at startup. Since acpi isn't working, battery life in Ubuntu is less than in Windows.
- Bug report at launchpad
- Thread at ibm-acpi-devel
Integrated Microphone (Tested using gnome-sound-recorder)

By default Bluetooth Radio is enabled at startup which drains battery life. If you never use Bluetooth and want it disabled append...

service bluetooth stop

...to /etc/init.d/rc.local

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 *Hibernation. (Swap size should be greater than RAM size)
 *Suspend
-*Camera (Tested using cheese)
+*Integrated Camera (Tested using cheese)
 ==Didn't work==
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 **[https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/552880 Bug report at launchpad]
 **[http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=4BD0838E.3030702%40gate-nine.de Thread at ibm-acpi-devel]
+*Integrated Microphone (Tested using gnome-sound-recorder)
 ==Untested==