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==Installing Ubuntu Dapper==
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[[Category:T60p]]
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Specific installation notes for the ThinkPad {{T60p|T60p}}.
  
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To get it going:
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'''Note:''' you may want to look at [[Installation_instructions_for_the_ThinkPad_T60|Installation instructions for the ThinkPad T60]] as the two models have lots in common, especially if your distro/version doesn't appear here.
  
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* Get Dapper i386 (I used the Daily ISO DVD).
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==Distribution-specific instructions==
  
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* Install the default distribution.
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=== Ubuntu / Kubuntu ===
  
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It will work, but you need an SMP kernel, and accelerated and higher resolution graphics, so:
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*[[Installing_Ubuntu_6.06_Kubuntu_6.06_Gentoo_2006.0_on_a_ThinkPad_T60p|Ubuntu and Kubuntu 6.06 Dapper Drake]]
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*[[Installing_Ubuntu_7.04 Feisty Fawn_on_a_ThinkPad_T60p | Ubuntu_7.04 Feisty Fawn]]
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*[[Installing_Ubunut_8.10 Intrepid Ibex_on_a_Thinkpad_T60p | Ubuntu_8.10 Intrepid Ibex]]
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*[[Installing_Ubuntu_9.04 Jaunty Jackalope_on_a_Thinkpad_T60p | Ubuntu_9.04 Jaunty Jackalope]]
  
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* Install the i686-smp kernel (search for 'linux-kernel' in synaptic).
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=== Red Hat Enterprise Linux / CentOS ===
  
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* Search for fglrx in synaptic, and install the fglrx modules, X driver and ATI control panel.
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*[[Installing_Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_4_on_a_ThinkPad_T60p | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4]]
  
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* Edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf, so each of the "Modeline" entries contains a 1600x1200 resolution as well (or whatever the top resolution of your LCD panel is), and change the driver section as follows:
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=== Fedora ===
  
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Section "Device"
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*See also [[Installation instructions for the ThinkPad T60#Fedora|installing Fedora on the ThinkPad T60]]
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    Identifier "ATI Technologies, Inc. ATI Default Card"
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*{{Install|Fedora| 11| T60}} has some T60p-specific stuff
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    Driver "fglrx"              <----- ADD THIS LINE
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*[[Installing_Fedora_7_on_a_ThinkPad_T60p | Fedora 7]]
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    #Driver "vesa"              <---- COMMENT OUT THIS LINE
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*[[Installing_Fedora_Core_6_on_a_ThinkPad_T60p | Fedora Core 6]]
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    BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
 
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    ChipID 0x71c5                <----- ADD THIS LINE
 
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EndSection
 
  
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Reboot, and you should be done. Check "cat /proc/cpuinfo" shows two CPUs, and run fgl_glxgears and check you get around 580 frames a second.
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=== Gentoo ===
  
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I've reported [https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+bug/46527 bug 46527] on the lack of screen driver detection, so hopefully this will get even easier.
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*[[Installing_Ubuntu_6.06_Kubuntu_6.06_Gentoo_2006.0_on_a_ThinkPad_T60p|Gentoo 2006.0]]
  
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Note you do NOT need to install ATI drivers from the ATI site. The Ubuntu drivers are sufficient.
 
  
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Thanks to Rich Tango-Lowy (see below) for the hint re chip detection.
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=== Suse Linux ===
  
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==Kubuntu Dapper Live CD==
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Works out of the box, SLES SP1
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If you're trying to install from the Kubuntu Desktop CD, you'll never make it to the login screen because the ATI display driver isn't recognized.
 
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* Ctrl-Alt-F1
 
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* sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf
 
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* change the display driver line that looks like:
 
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          Driver    "ati"
 
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          Driver    "vesa"
 
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[I think I remember that it was "ati", but I could be wrong.  In any
 
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case this is very clearly the only Driver line in the ATI device specification section]
 
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* Save and exit
 
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* sudo /etc/init.d kdm restart
 
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Now you get a login screen.
 
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==External Sources==
 
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*[http://arscognita.com/~richtl/T60p/index.html Rich Tango-Lowy's Mandriva 2007 Cooker on T60p page]
 

Latest revision as of 19:12, 19 May 2009

Specific installation notes for the ThinkPad T60p.

Note: you may want to look at Installation instructions for the ThinkPad T60 as the two models have lots in common, especially if your distro/version doesn't appear here.

Distribution-specific instructions

Ubuntu / Kubuntu

Red Hat Enterprise Linux / CentOS

Fedora

Gentoo


Suse Linux

Works out of the box, SLES SP1

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