Installing Debian squeeze on a ThinkPad T61p
Contents
Out-of-the-box Stats
| Component | Status |
|---|---|
| 3D video | Needs tweaks; See below |
| ultranav scrolling | Needs tweaks |
| Fingerprint Reader | Needs tweaks |
| ACPI - Suspend to Disk (Hibernate) | Needs tweaks |
| Harddrive Active Protection | Needs tweaks |
| VGA out | Untested |
| Firewire | Untested |
| Modem | Untested |
| Audio in | Works out-of-box |
| Audio out | Works out-of-box |
| Wired LAN | Works out-of-box |
| FN-F5 (Wifi/Bluetooth) | Works out-of-box |
| FN-F7 (VGA) | Untested |
| FN-F8 (Ultranav/Trackpad) | Untested |
| FN-F9 (Eject) | Needs tweaks |
| Thinkvantage Button | Untested |
| FN-Arrows (Media Controls) | Untested |
| 2D video | Works out-of-box |
| Wireless - 4965AGN | Needs tweaks; See below |
| Front wireless killswitch | Works out-of-box |
| Touchpoint | Works out-of-box |
| Trackpad | Works out-of-box |
| Trackpad scrolling (side) | Works out-of-box |
| Sound card | Works out-of-box |
| Volume up/down/mute buttons | Works out-of-box |
| Optical drive | Works out-of-box |
| USB | Works out-of-box |
| FN-F2 (Lock) | Works out-of-box |
| FN-F3 (Battery) | Works out-of-box |
| FN-F4 (Sleep) | Works out-of-box |
| FN-F12 (Hibernate) | Works out-of-box |
| FN-Home/End (Brightness) | Works out-of-box |
| FN-PgUp (Thinklight) | Works out-of-box |
| ACPI - Lid Open/Close | Works out-of-box |
| ACPI - Suspend to RAM | Works out-of-box |
| SD/MMC Memory card reader | Works out-of-box |
Hardware Tweaks
Wireless - 4965AGN
This should work for any of the Intel cards that came in the T61p, but I just have the 4965 to test with. Note: this requites that you are connected to the internet, the on-board Ethernet Adapter works out of the box.
Option 1 (graphical):
- Go to System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager
- search for "firmware-iwlwifi" in the package manager
- select that package and install it
- reboot your system
Option 2 (command line):
- run "apt-get install firmware-iwlwifi"
- reboot your system
Video Driver
2D video works out of the box. There are 2 options to enable 3D Video.
Option 1 (graphical):
- Go to System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager
- search for "nvidia" in the package manager
- select nvidia-glx and nvidia-settings for installation
- install the packages and restart X
Option 1 (command line):
- run "apt-get install nvidia-glx nvidia-settings"
- restart x
Option 2:
- download the lastest nvidia driver from nvidia's site
- press {ctrl}+{alt}+{f1} to switch to a terminal
- cd to the directory that you downloaded the nvidia driver to
- either run all following commands using sudo, or just run sudo su and be root for a while
- run "/etc/init.d/gdm3 stop"
- run "sh NVIDIA-Linux-{arch}-XXX.XX.run" where {arch} is your archetecture, and XXX.XX is the driver version
- follow the instructions, I usually install the ia32 compat libs
- the last step of the installation asks if you want nvidia-settings to automatically configure xorg.conf. Say yes
- reboot your system
Harddrive Active Protection
Fingerprint Reader
SD/MMC Card Reader
Hibernate
Other Notes
NetworkManager + Wired LAN problems
If you use NetworkManager, you may notice that it might not want to manage the wired LAN.
To fix this problem:
- open a terminal and run "sudo nano /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf" (or use the editor of your choice)
- in the section labeled "[ifupdown]" change "managed=false" to "managed=true"
- save and exit the editor
- run "sudo /etc/init.d/network-manager restart"
