Installing Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) on a ThinkPad X300

Setup notes

No special remarks about Ubuntu 9.04 installation on Lenovo X300. Everything works, including brightness control with fn-keys.

However, it seems to be some problems with Kubuntu:

• Hibernate/Suspend (wake up leads to login-screen) -- fixed

• some Fn-keys don't do anything (for example Fn+F2 doesn't lock the screen)

• No scrolling with the Trackpoint as long as Touchpad not disabled in BIOS

• tp-fancontrol doesn't start any more as init-script

• thinkfan works very well on X300 and Ubuntu 9.04. Available there

Tips

• To speed up adobe flash in full srcen mode create file /etc/adobe/mms.cfg with OverrideGPUValidation=true in it.

External links

• Tips on fine tweaking and power management on this blog
• Automatic Bay to main battery switching script and how-to on this blog