Installing Debian squeeze on a ThinkPad T61p

Out-of-the-box Stats

Component	Status
3D video	Needs tweaks
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
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

Video Driver

2D video works out of the box. To enable 3D (and compiz),

1. go to system -> admin -> hardware drivers. Install "version current" driver (not 173, which seems to break suspend). Reboot
2. go to system -> preferences -> appearance and change the setting under the "Visual Effects" tab. A "driver search" window may popup - cancel it.

Ultranav (Middle Mouse Button) Scrolling

• run the command (press alt+f2) "gksudo gedit /usr/lib/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-thinkpad.conf" (for Ubuntu 10.10 this should be: "gksudo gedit /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-thinkpad.conf")
• paste this into the file

Section "InputClass"
	Identifier	"Trackpoint Wheel Emulation"
	MatchProduct	"TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint|DualPoint Stick|Synaptics Inc. Composite TouchPad / TrackPoint|ThinkPad USB Keyboard with TrackPoint"
	MatchDevicePath	"/dev/input/event*"
	Option		"EmulateWheel"		"true"
	Option		"EmulateWheelButton"	"2"
	Option		"Emulate3Buttons"	"false"
	Option		"XAxisMapping"		"6 7"
	Option		"YAxisMapping"		"4 5"
	Option		"ButtonMapping"		"1 1 3 4 5"
EndSection

• Restart X (logout and back in)

• If you want to disable horizontal scrolling, remove the line

	Option		"XAxisMapping"		"6 7"

• The above also disables middle button pasting and makes the middle button act the same as the left button. If you wish to enable it, remove the line

	Option		"ButtonMapping"		"1 1 3 4 5"