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===Opening Notes:===
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#REDIRECT [[Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) on a ThinkPad T61]]
 
 
1) This is written for Tribe 2, as development moves forward many of the items listed here will (hopefully) no longer be necessary or no longer apply.
 
 
 
2) Use the Alternative Installer, the Desktop installer installs but fails to boot
 
 
 
3) The system is not incredibly stable, things crash at least once per session so if you are look for stability stay with Feisty.
 
 
 
===Hard Disk Controller===
 
When the system boots hit F1 to enter the Bios, select Config->Serial ATA (SATA) and set the SATA Controller mode option to "Compatibility".
 
 
 
===Video:===
 
 
 
====Intel:====
 
 
 
Systems with Intel cards should have no issues
 
 
 
{{HELP|Can anyone with the Intel X3100 Video confirm this?}}
 
 
 
====Nvidia:====
 
 
 
X will fail to start for users running Nvidia cards.  Boot into recovery mode and type:
 
 
 
{{cmdroot|dkpg-reconfigure xserver-xorg}} 
 
 
 
Accept all the defaults except change the driver from NV to VESA
 
 
 
Type {{cmdroot|telinit 3}} to boot into a GUI and use Synaptic to install Build-Essentials
 
 
 
Go to Nvidia.com and download the latest Nvidia Drivers to your desktop
 
 
 
When the download completes hit Ctrl-F1 to drop to a console.  Login and type:
 
 
 
{{cmdroot|sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop}}
 
 
 
Then type:
 
 
 
{{cmdroot|cd Desktop}}
 
 
 
{{cmdroot|sudo sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-100.14.11-pkg1.run}}
 
 
 
If the file you download is newer that 100.14.11 make sure you modify the command appropriately
 
 
 
Reboot:
 
{{cmdroot|sudo shutdown -r now}}
 
 
 
After Rebooting Gnome should start normally
 
 
 
 
 
{{WARN|After a couple of reboots X won't start until I reinstall the drivers, I am investgating}}
 
 
 
{{NOTE|With each new Kernel release this process must be repeated}}
 
 
 
===Wireless:===
 
 
 
The Atheros card should be supported by the drivers built into Gutsy.
 
 
 
{{HELP|Can someone with an Atheros card confirm this?}}
 
 
 
The Intel a/b/g/n (IPW4965) card requires the iwlwifi drivers from Intel:
 
 
 
{{NOTE|As the release process moves forward the Kernel will be updated so make sure to update the paths below?}}
 
 
 
{{NOTE|With each new Kernel release this process must be repeated}}
 
 
 
{{cmdroot|mkdir wireless}}
 
{{cmdroot|cd wireless}}
 
 
 
{{cmdroot|wget http://intellinuxwireless.org/mac80211/downloads/mac80211-8.0.1.tgz}}
 
 
 
{{cmdroot|tar xzf mac80211-8.0.1.tgz}}
 
 
 
{{cmdroot|cd mac80211-8.0.1.tgz}}
 
{{cmdroot|sudo ln -s /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.22-7 /lib/modules/2.6.22-7-generic/source}}
 
{{cmdroot|sudo make patch_kernel}}
 
 
 
{{cmdroot|wget http://intellinuxwireless.org/iwlwifi/downloads/iwlwifi-0.0.34.tgz}}
 
{{cmdroot|tar xzf iwlwifi-0.0.34.tgz}}
 
{{cmdroot|cd ../iwlwifi-0.0.34/}}
 
{{cmdroot|make}}
 
{{cmdroot|sudo make install}}
 
 
 
{{cmdroot|wget http://intellinuxwireless.org/iwlwifi/downloads/iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.15.tgz}}
 
{{cmdroot|tar xzf iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.15.tgz}}
 
{{cmdroot|sudo cp ../iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.15/iwlwifi-4965.ucode}}
 
{{cmdroot|/lib/firmware/iwlwifi-4965.ucode}}
 
 
 
{{cmdroot|sudo modprobe iwl4965}}
 
 
 
===Audio:===
 
 
 
Audio does not work out of the box, download and install the latest version of Alsa from CVS using the instructions here:
 
https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/wiki/wikka.php?wakka=SourceCodeRepository
 
 
 
 
 
{{T61}}
 

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