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Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) on a ThinkPad T61

2007-09-25T23:42:30Z

Cmonkey: /* Intel X3100: */

==Installation Notes ==

If booting with the default options gives you a blank screen you should select the "Safe Graphics" menu choice when booting from the live CD.

If you are doing a text mode install such as PXE/network then your screen will be corrupted during the process. Workaround and details
are at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xresprobe/+bug/127008

== Display/Video ==

=== Accelerated Video and Desktop Effects ===
'''Intel''' 2D and 3D accelerated video work out of the box.

As of September 19, compiz is disabled on the intel video cards. To fix edit /usr/bin/compiz and around line 46 comment this portion out:

<nowiki>#T="$T 8086:2982 8086:2992 8086:29a2 8086:2a02 8086:2a12" # intel 965</nowiki>

This edit will need to be reapplied every time compiz is updated. A more permanent method is create a script named compiz.sh with the following in it:
#!/bin/sh
SKIP_CHECKS=yes compiz --replace
Then, make it executable by right-clicking the file, selecting Properties, then selecting Permissions, and checking the Allow executing file as program.

Double-click on the script and select Run to start compiz. To have it start at boot, go to System -> Preferences -> Sessions. Click Add, name it something, and for Command, browse to and choose the compiz.sh you created. Click Ok and Close.

'''Nvidia''' 2D video works out of the box, to enable accelerated 3D support click System->Administration->Restricted Drivers Manager

Desktop Effects may be unstable with the proprietary driver installed by the Restricted Drivers Manager, installing version 100.14.19 as described below should resolve the problem. If you would rather stay with the version that ships with Ubuntu you can disable compiz by going to System -> Preferences -> Appearance -> Desktop effects and turn desktop effects off.

===Installing Nvidia drivers manually===

{{WARN| Installing the drivers via Synaptic or the Restricted Drivers Manager are the only supported methods of installing the Nvidia driver, the method below (while it works for most people) is not supported}}

Download the drivers from http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_100.14.19.html and save it to your Desktop.
Exit to a virtual terminal by pressing [CTRL]+[ALT]+[F2]

Stop the X server:

$ sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop (stopping the X server)

Remove nvidia-glx-new

$ sudo apt-get remove nvidia-glx-new

Install the drivers:

$ sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-100.14.19-pkg1.run (depending on the version that will be online)

Follow instructions in the installer, when complete restart the X-Server with:

$ sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart (restarting the X server)

{{NOTE| If you have an issue with Gnome or KDE crashing please see [https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/98641 this bug report] or search the ubuntuforums for some solutions}}

===Multiple Monitors===

'''Nvidia N140m:'''

When using the default drivers (The open source "nv" drivers) you can use Administration->"Screens and Graphics" to setup the second monitor

Using the proprietary drivers you must use the Nvidia tool located at Applications->System Tools-> Nvidia X Server Settings.

It has been reported that the NVIDIA drivers tend to crash with xinerama enabled. 2 displays with xinerama off has been stable.

'''Intel X3100:'''

Plugging in an external monitor works, but is a clone of the built-in LCD by default. Following the instructions on [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Intel_Graphics_Media_Accelerator_X3100 this page] to extend your desktop to the second monitor does *not* work; it results in the crash described [http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2007-April/023326.html here]. According to [http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2007-April/023335.html this post] and [https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10706 this bug report], the problem is a new Xinerama implementation and an old config file.

To extend your desktop to the second monitor, you'll want to do what [http://wiki.debian.org/XStrikeForce/ReleaseNotes this page] suggests (under "Dual-Head config breakage with xserver-xorg-video-intel").

Below is an example for a 1680x1050 built-in LCD and a 1600x1200 external LCD:
Add a "Virtual 3280 1200" line in the Display SubSection of the Screen Section in your xorg.conf:
{{Fixme|If someone could include an example of the change described above it would be greatly appreciated}}
Exit to a virtual terminal (press: ctrl-alt-F1), login and type the following:

{{cmdroot|sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop}}

{{cmdroot|xrandr --output LVDS --auto}}

To set the built-in LCD to ouput 1680x1050

{{cmdroot|xrandr --output VGA --right-of LVDS}}

To extend the desktop

=== Fonts on High-Res Screens ===

On high-res screens (e.g. 15" 1680x1050), the default fonts are too big ([https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm/+bug/99145 Launchpad bug report]). You can fix this by following these steps:

# Open System->Preferences->Appearance
# Select the "Fonts" tab
# Click the "Details" button (lower right)
# Adjust the Resolution down to 96dpi
# Make sure you have Subpixel (LCD) Smoothing enabled
# Save the preferences

If you also want small fonts on the GDM login window, you can do this:

# Open System->Administration->Login Window
# Select the 'Security' tab
# Click the 'Configure X-Server' button
# Append '-dpi 96' (without quotes) to the text in the 'Command' field
# Reboot the computer.

=== Brightness ===
====Intel X3100:====
The brightness controls do not work out of the box, but they should work once you apply all of the system updates.

However, there now appears to be a bug where the brightness controls stop working after you resume from a suspend.

Until the brightness bugs are finally worked out, you can install "xbacklight" (Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal, type "sudo apt-get install xbacklight" without the quotation marks and hit enter), which allows you to set the brightness from the command line and provides a greater range of brightness values.

To set brightness, go back to the terminal and type "xbacklight =VALUE" where VALUE is a number from 0 to 100 for how bright you want your display to be.

=====Creating brightness shortcuts=====
If you don't want to use the terminal you can set up shortcuts to pre-defined brightness levels:

1) Right-click on the desktop and select Create Launcher...

2) Make it look like this: 
[[Image:XBacklight launcher 50.png]] 
The 50 means that the backlight will be at 50% brightness. If you want your shortcut to set the brightness to 100% then simply replace 50 with 100 when you create your launcher (Shortcuts in Windows are analogous to Launchers in Ubuntu). Many people use at least two brightness levels (for example, 100% when on AC power, 50% when on battery power) so it's a good idea to make a launcher for each commonly used brightness level. I also suggest adding them to the upper panel (Linux for menu bar) so that they're easily accessible. If you want, you can use your own custom icons by right-clicking the launcher, selecting Properties, and then clicking on the picture in the Properties window and browsing for your own.

====Nvidia Quadro N140:====
The brightness controls do not work, however you can switch to a virtual terminal (ctrl+alt+F1) increase or decrease the brightness and then switch back to X (ctrl+alt+F7) without disrupting the running applications

====NVIDIA Quadro 570M:====
Brightness controls do not work out of the box. As in the N140 case, changing brightness in tty1, then switching back does work. At present my system does have keybindings for the brightness controls -- I enabled them somehow -- but there are problems with it. At present I have 2 displays running, and the brightness buttons do not work in this configuration. If I disable the 2nd monitor, the brightness buttons work fine. I will document this fully once I sort out the details. [[User:Rybu|Rybu]]

== Audio ==

Audio does not work out of the box, but will work once you apply all the updates.

Microphone may not work with applications (like sound recorder and skype) even though sound can be heard through the speakers or headphones.

===Enabling Sound and Fixing the Volume Controls===

By default, the sound may be disabled and the volume control buttons on the laptop (up by the ThinkVantage button) and the volume control applet (up by the clock) will not control the speaker volume (they actually control the microphone!). https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/136287
this bug report links to a fixed version from an Ubuntu dev a fixed version is available
To fix this:

# Right-click on the volume control applet (by the clock) and select "Open Volume Control"
# In the "Switches" tab, make sure "Headphone" and "Speaker" are both checked.
# Close the Volume control.
# Right-click on the volume control applet again and select "Preferences".
# Make sure the device is set to "HDA Intel (Alsa mixer)" and highlight the "PCM" option.
# Close the preferences.
# Select System->Preferences->Sound.
# In the "Default Mixer Tracks" section, make sure "PCM" is highlighted.
# Close the sound preferences.

You should now hear sound and be able to control the volume using the laptop buttons or volume applet.

NOTE: As of Sep 20, 2007 the latest updates hoses the sound on my T61. FIXED: For some reason you have to physically hit your volume buttons on the laptop up or down to get the sound to run again and not on the rollbar or on any other volume control method (i.e. keyboard).

== Intel Wireless ==

Intel 4965 users will find that they have a very unstable connection with random disconnects within 30 to 60 minutes of association. The issue is described in [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/138873 this] bug report. The problem is with wpa_Supplicant and Kees Cook (An Ubuntu Developer) has posted a fixed version [http://ppa.launchpad.net/keescook/ubuntu/pool/main/w/wpasupplicant/ here]. The fix should be available via a normal update soon.

== Modem ==

The modem works with the Linuxant drivers available at http://www.linuxant.com

==Bluetooth==

To enable bluetooth you must have the thinkpad-acpi modules loaded:

{{cmdroot|sudo modprobe thinkpad-acpi}}

Then su to root (sudo doesn't work unless you put these commands into a script) to enable the root account so you can use su see [[http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Feisty#How_to_set.2Fchange.2Fenable_root_user_password| This link]].

{{cmdroot|su }}

To enable bluetooth:

{{cmdroot|echo enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth}}

To disable bluetooth:

{{cmdroot|echo disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth}}

If you would like to set the keybindings put those commands into scripts such as:

{{cmdroot|sudo gedit /usr/bin/enablebt}}

Enter the following:
echo enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth

Close/Save the file and mark it executable
{{cmdroot|sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/enablebt}}

{{cmdroot|sudo gedit /usr/bin/disablebt}}

enter the following

echo disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth
Close/Save the file and mark it executable
{{cmdroot|sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/disablebt}}

Modify sudoers to permit those scripts to run as root (Possible security risk)

{{cmdroot|sudo visudo}}

Enter the following under the section "# User privilege specification" replacing enter_your_username_here with your username

enter_your_username_here ALL= NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/enablebt
enter_your_username_here ALL= NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/disablebt

Note: I need to lookup the keycodes to create the shortcuts, so this section is a work in progress.

: A comment - I've tried finding the keycode using all the methods mentioned here [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaptopTestingTeam/HotkeyResearch] but the three methods "keyboard shortcuts", "showkey" and "tail" give me nothing. Fn-F8 does produce an acpi event, maybe that would be a good alternative. "ibm/hotkey HKEY 00000080 00001008". On my computer that's already set-up to run the script /etc/acpi/thinkpad-stretchortouchpad.sh. So I might just turn that into a bluetooth trigger instead as I have no interest in turning keys into a number-pad (which I think is what thinkpad-stretchortouchpad.sh tries to do, but fails on my system).

== Fingerprint Reader ==

The reader works with ThinkFinger. General instructions available [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Integrated_Fingerprint_Reader here].

Debian packages for i386 can be found at: http://www.rubixlinux.org/debian/thinkfinger/

After the package is installed add the following two lines to /etc/pam.d/common-auth

auth sufficient pam_thinkfinger.so
auth required pam_unix.so try_first_pass

Note: Instructions in French available at http://doc.ubuntu-fr.org/materiel/thinkfinger

* Recording fingerprints works
* Login works
* The password must be entered to unlock a locked screensaver
* sudo works
* gksu and gksudo hang : for example it is necessary to run synaptic twice and enter your password upon failure. To be able to use the Finger print reader in the session subsequently, kill the hanging gksu/gksudo process. A workaround is editing the Gnome System Menu (alacarte) to specify sudo instead of gksu/gksudo for the launching command and choose type "Application in Terminal" : this opens an extra terminal window for each superuser application you want to use though.
{{HELP|Today 14th of September 2007, after Gutsy's updates, Fingerprint is no longer prompted for login and sudo. Looks like a PAM problem. sudo tf-tools --acquire still works
Today 17th of September.. this issue is solved after updates..
19th of September.. this issue is back after updates
}}

== Trackpad scrolling ==

Trackpad scrolling works out of the box in the standard thinkpad way: Slide your finger up and down the very right edge of the trackpad.

To enable using the middle mouse button to scroll, add the following lines to the "Configured Mouse" section in
{{path|/etc/X11/xorg.conf}}:

Option "EmulateWheel" "true"
Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2"

== Hibernate/Suspend ==

=== Blank Screen Fix ===

You may get a blank screen when resuming from suspend or hibernate ([https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/134391 Launchpad bug report]). If so, try editing {{path|/boot/grub/menu.lst}}, adding "acpi_sleep=s3_bios" (no quotes) to the "defoptions" list so that it looks something like this:

## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the
## alternatives
## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5
# defoptions=quiet splash '''acpi_sleep=s3_bios'''

Once you have edited the line and added the acpi_sleep parameter, you need to run

$ sudo update-grub

Note that if you get the blank screen upon resume, a quick-fix is to switch to a console (Ctrl-Alt-F1) and then back to X (Ctrl-Alt-F7). This will usually bring the display back to life. However, the long-term fix is to add the acpi_sleep parameter as shown above.

=== Intel 3495ABG Wireless ===

Works fine out of the box.e, the wireless card won't come back up. When the [[http://people.freedesktop.org/~hughsient/quirk/quirk-suspend-debug.html quirk checker script]] is run, it says:

CRITICAL ERROR: Use the mac80211 iwl3945 driver instead. ipw3945d is closed source sometimes hangs on resume.

The iwl3945 driver generally only works for about 30 minutes to an hour due to a bug with wpa_supplicant see the section above on the IWL4965 for instructions on fixing this issue

== Items that work out of the box ==

'''Intel Video:''' 2D and 3D acceleration works

'''Nvidia:''' 2D works, 3D requires the installation of the proprietary drivers

'''Wireless:''' Atheros cards work, see [http://www.thinkwiki.org/index.php?title=Installing_Ubuntu_7.10_%28Gutsy_Gibbon%29_Tribe_5_on_a_ThinkPad_T61&action=edit&section=8 this] section for a note regarding Intel cards

'''Network Card'''

'''Firewire'''

'''Wireless switch'''

'''4-in-1 card reader'''

'''Headphones'''

'''Keyboard Shortcuts:'''
http://www.thinkwiki.org/index.php?title=Installing_Ubuntu_7.10_%28Gutsy_Gibbon%29_Tribe_5_on_a_ThinkPad_T61&action=edit&section=8
* Fn-PgUp activates/deactivates the thinklight
* Fn-Up will trigger stop on a media player
* Fn-Down will toggle pause and play on a media player
* Fn-Left/Right go to prev/next tracks on a media player
* Fn-F2 properly locks the screen
* Fn-F3 shows remaining battery
* Fn-F4 suspends (to ram)
* Fn-F12 hibernates (to disk)
* PrtSc opens the screenshot dialog

'''Docking Stations:'''

All docking station models should work and the following features have been tested:

* DVI or Analog video: You can switch to it using "Administration->Screens and Graphics", if you are using the proprietary Nvidia drivers you must use the Nvidia Control Panel.

* Network Pass-through

* Modem Pass-through

* USB ports: Connected upon docking

* PS/2 Ports

== Items that don't work ==

* Wireless USB/UWB - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/136287
* USB ports can end up temporarily disabled - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.22/+bug/126369

== Power consumption ==

Gutsy is the first version of Ubuntu to feature a tickless kernel (i386 only, not in AMD64 yet). Power consumption
can be monitored using the powertop tool under Ubuntu and using Lenovo battery monitor
under Windows.

$ sudo apt-get install powertop
$ sudo powertop

I couldn't find any difference in power consumption between the i386 tickless kernel (even with 70ms average sleep in C4)
and AMD64 kernel (2ms average sleep in C4). It would be expected that considerably less power would be consumed for the
i386 tickless kernel.

There is also a graph available by Right-clicking on the battery icon and selecting Power History.

These are the figures measured on a T61 15.4" 1680x1050 screen 7300 processor (2GHz) 2GB RAM, Intel X3100 graphics
with 4965 wifi, Bluetooth and UWB.

{| border=1 cellpadding=5
|-
| 12.3W
| Windows XP Pro, all radios on, about 50% brightness
|-
| 16.7W
| Gutsy, all radios on, 50% brightness
|-
| 19.6W
| Gutsy, all radios on, 100% brightness
|-
| 14.2W
| Gutsy, all radios on, 10% brightness
|-
| -1.0W
| Turning the physical radio switch to off on the front reduces power consumption by 1 watt.
|}

Adding the Nvidia card increases the laptops power requirements.

These are the figures measured on a T61 14" 1440x900 screen 2.2ghz Core2Duo 2GB RAM, Nvidia 140m video, IWL4965 wifi and Bluetooth (Disabled):

{| border=1 cellpadding=5
|-
| 18.3W
| Gutsy, all radios on, 50% brightness
|-
| 19.4W
| Gutsy, all radios on, 100% brightness
|-
| 16.0W
| Gutsy, all radios on, 10% brightness
|-
|}

[[Category: T61]] [[Category: Ubuntu 7.10]]

Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) on a ThinkPad T61

2007-09-25T23:40:30Z

Cmonkey: /* Accelerated Video and Desktop Effects */ Fixed the parts that someone broke

==Installation Notes ==

If booting with the default options gives you a blank screen you should select the "Safe Graphics" menu choice when booting from the live CD.

If you are doing a text mode install such as PXE/network then your screen will be corrupted during the process. Workaround and details
are at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xresprobe/+bug/127008

== Display/Video ==

=== Accelerated Video and Desktop Effects ===
'''Intel''' 2D and 3D accelerated video work out of the box.

As of September 19, compiz is disabled on the intel video cards. To fix edit /usr/bin/compiz and around line 46 comment this portion out:

<nowiki>#T="$T 8086:2982 8086:2992 8086:29a2 8086:2a02 8086:2a12" # intel 965</nowiki>

This edit will need to be reapplied every time compiz is updated. A more permanent method is create a script named compiz.sh with the following in it:
#!/bin/sh
SKIP_CHECKS=yes compiz --replace
Then, make it executable by right-clicking the file, selecting Properties, then selecting Permissions, and checking the Allow executing file as program.

Double-click on the script and select Run to start compiz. To have it start at boot, go to System -> Preferences -> Sessions. Click Add, name it something, and for Command, browse to and choose the compiz.sh you created. Click Ok and Close.

'''Nvidia''' 2D video works out of the box, to enable accelerated 3D support click System->Administration->Restricted Drivers Manager

Desktop Effects may be unstable with the proprietary driver installed by the Restricted Drivers Manager, installing version 100.14.19 as described below should resolve the problem. If you would rather stay with the version that ships with Ubuntu you can disable compiz by going to System -> Preferences -> Appearance -> Desktop effects and turn desktop effects off.

===Installing Nvidia drivers manually===

{{WARN| Installing the drivers via Synaptic or the Restricted Drivers Manager are the only supported methods of installing the Nvidia driver, the method below (while it works for most people) is not supported}}

Download the drivers from http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_100.14.19.html and save it to your Desktop.
Exit to a virtual terminal by pressing [CTRL]+[ALT]+[F2]

Stop the X server:

$ sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop (stopping the X server)

Remove nvidia-glx-new

$ sudo apt-get remove nvidia-glx-new

Install the drivers:

$ sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-100.14.19-pkg1.run (depending on the version that will be online)

Follow instructions in the installer, when complete restart the X-Server with:

$ sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart (restarting the X server)

{{NOTE| If you have an issue with Gnome or KDE crashing please see [https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/98641 this bug report] or search the ubuntuforums for some solutions}}

===Multiple Monitors===

'''Nvidia N140m:'''

When using the default drivers (The open source "nv" drivers) you can use Administration->"Screens and Graphics" to setup the second monitor

Using the proprietary drivers you must use the Nvidia tool located at Applications->System Tools-> Nvidia X Server Settings.

It has been reported that the NVIDIA drivers tend to crash with xinerama enabled. 2 displays with xinerama off has been stable.

'''Intel X3100:'''

Plugging in an external monitor works, but is a clone of the built-in LCD by default. Following the instructions on [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Intel_Graphics_Media_Accelerator_X3100 this page] to extend your desktop to the second monitor does *not* work; it results in the crash described [http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2007-April/023326.html here]. According to [http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2007-April/023335.html this post] and [https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10706 this bug report], the problem is a new Xinerama implementation and an old config file.

To extend your desktop to the second monitor, you'll want to do what [http://wiki.debian.org/XStrikeForce/ReleaseNotes this page] suggests (under "Dual-Head config breakage with xserver-xorg-video-intel").

Below is an example for a 1680x1050 built-in LCD and a 1600x1200 external LCD:
Add a "Virtual 3280 1200" line in the Display SubSection of the Screen Section in your xorg.conf:
{{Fixme|If someone could include an example of the change described above it would be greatly appreciated}}
Exit to a virtual terminal (press: ctrl-alt-F1), login and type the following:

{{cmdroot|sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop}}

{{cmdroot|xrandr --output LVDS --auto}}

To set the built-in LCD to ouput 1680x1050

{{cmdroot|xrandr --output VGA --right-of LVDS}}

To extend the desktop

=== Fonts on High-Res Screens ===

On high-res screens (e.g. 15" 1680x1050), the default fonts are too big ([https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm/+bug/99145 Launchpad bug report]). You can fix this by following these steps:

# Open System->Preferences->Appearance
# Select the "Fonts" tab
# Click the "Details" button (lower right)
# Adjust the Resolution down to 96dpi
# Make sure you have Subpixel (LCD) Smoothing enabled
# Save the preferences

If you also want small fonts on the GDM login window, you can do this:

# Open System->Administration->Login Window
# Select the 'Security' tab
# Click the 'Configure X-Server' button
# Append '-dpi 96' (without quotes) to the text in the 'Command' field
# Reboot the computer.

=== Brightness ===
====Intel X3100:====
The brightness controls do work not out of the box, but they should work once you apply all of the system updates.

However, there now appears to be a bug where the brightness controls stop working after you resume from a suspend.

Until the brightness bugs are finally worked out, you can install "xbacklight" (Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal, type "sudo apt-get install xbacklight" without the quotation marks and hit enter), which allows you to set the brightness from the command line and provides a greater range of brightness values.

To set brightness, go back to the terminal and type "xbacklight --set VALUE" where VALUE is a number from 0 to 100 for how bright you want your display to be.

=====Creating brightness shortcuts=====
If you don't want to use the terminal you can set up shortcuts to pre-defined brightness levels:

1) Right-click on the desktop and select Create Launcher...

2) Make it look like this: 
[[Image:XBacklight launcher 50.png]] 
The 50 means that the backlight will be at 50% brightness. If you want your shortcut to set the brightness to 100% then simply replace 50 with 100 when you create your launcher (Shortcuts in Windows are analogous to Launchers in Ubuntu). Many people use at least two brightness levels (for example, 100% when on AC power, 50% when on battery power) so it's a good idea to make a launcher for each commonly used brightness level. I also suggest adding them to the upper panel (Linux for menu bar) so that they're easily accessible. If you want, you can use your own custom icons by right-clicking the launcher, selecting Properties, and then clicking on the picture in the Properties window and browsing for your own.

====Nvidia Quadro N140:====
The brightness controls do not work, however you can switch to a virtual terminal (ctrl+alt+F1) increase or decrease the brightness and then switch back to X (ctrl+alt+F7) without disrupting the running applications

====NVIDIA Quadro 570M:====
Brightness controls do not work out of the box. As in the N140 case, changing brightness in tty1, then switching back does work. At present my system does have keybindings for the brightness controls -- I enabled them somehow -- but there are problems with it. At present I have 2 displays running, and the brightness buttons do not work in this configuration. If I disable the 2nd monitor, the brightness buttons work fine. I will document this fully once I sort out the details. [[User:Rybu|Rybu]]

== Audio ==

Audio does not work out of the box, but will work once you apply all the updates.

Microphone may not work with applications (like sound recorder and skype) even though sound can be heard through the speakers or headphones.

===Enabling Sound and Fixing the Volume Controls===

By default, the sound may be disabled and the volume control buttons on the laptop (up by the ThinkVantage button) and the volume control applet (up by the clock) will not control the speaker volume (they actually control the microphone!). https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/136287
this bug report links to a fixed version from an Ubuntu dev a fixed version is available
To fix this:

# Right-click on the volume control applet (by the clock) and select "Open Volume Control"
# In the "Switches" tab, make sure "Headphone" and "Speaker" are both checked.
# Close the Volume control.
# Right-click on the volume control applet again and select "Preferences".
# Make sure the device is set to "HDA Intel (Alsa mixer)" and highlight the "PCM" option.
# Close the preferences.
# Select System->Preferences->Sound.
# In the "Default Mixer Tracks" section, make sure "PCM" is highlighted.
# Close the sound preferences.

You should now hear sound and be able to control the volume using the laptop buttons or volume applet.

NOTE: As of Sep 20, 2007 the latest updates hoses the sound on my T61. FIXED: For some reason you have to physically hit your volume buttons on the laptop up or down to get the sound to run again and not on the rollbar or on any other volume control method (i.e. keyboard).

== Intel Wireless ==

Intel 4965 users will find that they have a very unstable connection with random disconnects within 30 to 60 minutes of association. The issue is described in [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/138873 this] bug report. The problem is with wpa_Supplicant and Kees Cook (An Ubuntu Developer) has posted a fixed version [http://ppa.launchpad.net/keescook/ubuntu/pool/main/w/wpasupplicant/ here]. The fix should be available via a normal update soon.

== Modem ==

The modem works with the Linuxant drivers available at http://www.linuxant.com

==Bluetooth==

To enable bluetooth you must have the thinkpad-acpi modules loaded:

{{cmdroot|sudo modprobe thinkpad-acpi}}

Then su to root (sudo doesn't work unless you put these commands into a script) to enable the root account so you can use su see [[http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Feisty#How_to_set.2Fchange.2Fenable_root_user_password| This link]].

{{cmdroot|su }}

To enable bluetooth:

{{cmdroot|echo enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth}}

To disable bluetooth:

{{cmdroot|echo disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth}}

If you would like to set the keybindings put those commands into scripts such as:

{{cmdroot|sudo gedit /usr/bin/enablebt}}

Enter the following:
echo enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth

Close/Save the file and mark it executable
{{cmdroot|sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/enablebt}}

{{cmdroot|sudo gedit /usr/bin/disablebt}}

enter the following

echo disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth
Close/Save the file and mark it executable
{{cmdroot|sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/disablebt}}

Modify sudoers to permit those scripts to run as root (Possible security risk)

{{cmdroot|sudo visudo}}

Enter the following under the section "# User privilege specification" replacing enter_your_username_here with your username

enter_your_username_here ALL= NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/enablebt
enter_your_username_here ALL= NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/disablebt

Note: I need to lookup the keycodes to create the shortcuts, so this section is a work in progress.

: A comment - I've tried finding the keycode using all the methods mentioned here [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaptopTestingTeam/HotkeyResearch] but the three methods "keyboard shortcuts", "showkey" and "tail" give me nothing. Fn-F8 does produce an acpi event, maybe that would be a good alternative. "ibm/hotkey HKEY 00000080 00001008". On my computer that's already set-up to run the script /etc/acpi/thinkpad-stretchortouchpad.sh. So I might just turn that into a bluetooth trigger instead as I have no interest in turning keys into a number-pad (which I think is what thinkpad-stretchortouchpad.sh tries to do, but fails on my system).

== Fingerprint Reader ==

The reader works with ThinkFinger. General instructions available [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Integrated_Fingerprint_Reader here].

Debian packages for i386 can be found at: http://www.rubixlinux.org/debian/thinkfinger/

After the package is installed add the following two lines to /etc/pam.d/common-auth

auth sufficient pam_thinkfinger.so
auth required pam_unix.so try_first_pass

Note: Instructions in French available at http://doc.ubuntu-fr.org/materiel/thinkfinger

* Recording fingerprints works
* Login works
* The password must be entered to unlock a locked screensaver
* sudo works
* gksu and gksudo hang : for example it is necessary to run synaptic twice and enter your password upon failure. To be able to use the Finger print reader in the session subsequently, kill the hanging gksu/gksudo process. A workaround is editing the Gnome System Menu (alacarte) to specify sudo instead of gksu/gksudo for the launching command and choose type "Application in Terminal" : this opens an extra terminal window for each superuser application you want to use though.
{{HELP|Today 14th of September 2007, after Gutsy's updates, Fingerprint is no longer prompted for login and sudo. Looks like a PAM problem. sudo tf-tools --acquire still works
Today 17th of September.. this issue is solved after updates..
19th of September.. this issue is back after updates
}}

== Trackpad scrolling ==

Trackpad scrolling works out of the box in the standard thinkpad way: Slide your finger up and down the very right edge of the trackpad.

To enable using the middle mouse button to scroll, add the following lines to the "Configured Mouse" section in
{{path|/etc/X11/xorg.conf}}:

Option "EmulateWheel" "true"
Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2"

== Hibernate/Suspend ==

=== Blank Screen Fix ===

You may get a blank screen when resuming from suspend or hibernate ([https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/134391 Launchpad bug report]). If so, try editing {{path|/boot/grub/menu.lst}}, adding "acpi_sleep=s3_bios" (no quotes) to the "defoptions" list so that it looks something like this:

## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the
## alternatives
## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5
# defoptions=quiet splash '''acpi_sleep=s3_bios'''

Once you have edited the line and added the acpi_sleep parameter, you need to run

$ sudo update-grub

Note that if you get the blank screen upon resume, a quick-fix is to switch to a console (Ctrl-Alt-F1) and then back to X (Ctrl-Alt-F7). This will usually bring the display back to life. However, the long-term fix is to add the acpi_sleep parameter as shown above.

=== Intel 3495ABG Wireless ===

Works fine out of the box.e, the wireless card won't come back up. When the [[http://people.freedesktop.org/~hughsient/quirk/quirk-suspend-debug.html quirk checker script]] is run, it says:

CRITICAL ERROR: Use the mac80211 iwl3945 driver instead. ipw3945d is closed source sometimes hangs on resume.

The iwl3945 driver generally only works for about 30 minutes to an hour due to a bug with wpa_supplicant see the section above on the IWL4965 for instructions on fixing this issue

== Items that work out of the box ==

'''Intel Video:''' 2D and 3D acceleration works

'''Nvidia:''' 2D works, 3D requires the installation of the proprietary drivers

'''Wireless:''' Atheros cards work, see [http://www.thinkwiki.org/index.php?title=Installing_Ubuntu_7.10_%28Gutsy_Gibbon%29_Tribe_5_on_a_ThinkPad_T61&action=edit&section=8 this] section for a note regarding Intel cards

'''Network Card'''

'''Firewire'''

'''Wireless switch'''

'''4-in-1 card reader'''

'''Headphones'''

'''Keyboard Shortcuts:'''
http://www.thinkwiki.org/index.php?title=Installing_Ubuntu_7.10_%28Gutsy_Gibbon%29_Tribe_5_on_a_ThinkPad_T61&action=edit&section=8
* Fn-PgUp activates/deactivates the thinklight
* Fn-Up will trigger stop on a media player
* Fn-Down will toggle pause and play on a media player
* Fn-Left/Right go to prev/next tracks on a media player
* Fn-F2 properly locks the screen
* Fn-F3 shows remaining battery
* Fn-F4 suspends (to ram)
* Fn-F12 hibernates (to disk)
* PrtSc opens the screenshot dialog

'''Docking Stations:'''

All docking station models should work and the following features have been tested:

* DVI or Analog video: You can switch to it using "Administration->Screens and Graphics", if you are using the proprietary Nvidia drivers you must use the Nvidia Control Panel.

* Network Pass-through

* Modem Pass-through

* USB ports: Connected upon docking

* PS/2 Ports

== Items that don't work ==

* Wireless USB/UWB - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/136287
* USB ports can end up temporarily disabled - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.22/+bug/126369

== Power consumption ==

Gutsy is the first version of Ubuntu to feature a tickless kernel (i386 only, not in AMD64 yet). Power consumption
can be monitored using the powertop tool under Ubuntu and using Lenovo battery monitor
under Windows.

$ sudo apt-get install powertop
$ sudo powertop

I couldn't find any difference in power consumption between the i386 tickless kernel (even with 70ms average sleep in C4)
and AMD64 kernel (2ms average sleep in C4). It would be expected that considerably less power would be consumed for the
i386 tickless kernel.

There is also a graph available by Right-clicking on the battery icon and selecting Power History.

These are the figures measured on a T61 15.4" 1680x1050 screen 7300 processor (2GHz) 2GB RAM, Intel X3100 graphics
with 4965 wifi, Bluetooth and UWB.

{| border=1 cellpadding=5
|-
| 12.3W
| Windows XP Pro, all radios on, about 50% brightness
|-
| 16.7W
| Gutsy, all radios on, 50% brightness
|-
| 19.6W
| Gutsy, all radios on, 100% brightness
|-
| 14.2W
| Gutsy, all radios on, 10% brightness
|-
| -1.0W
| Turning the physical radio switch to off on the front reduces power consumption by 1 watt.
|}

Adding the Nvidia card increases the laptops power requirements.

These are the figures measured on a T61 14" 1440x900 screen 2.2ghz Core2Duo 2GB RAM, Nvidia 140m video, IWL4965 wifi and Bluetooth (Disabled):

{| border=1 cellpadding=5
|-
| 18.3W
| Gutsy, all radios on, 50% brightness
|-
| 19.4W
| Gutsy, all radios on, 100% brightness
|-
| 16.0W
| Gutsy, all radios on, 10% brightness
|-
|}

[[Category: T61]] [[Category: Ubuntu 7.10]]

Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) on a ThinkPad T61

2007-09-22T16:46:47Z

Cmonkey: /* Display/Video */ added subtitle

==Installation Notes ==

If booting with the default options gives you a blank screen you should select the "Safe Graphics" menu choice when booting from the live CD.

If you are doing a text mode install such as PXE/network then your screen will be corrupted during the process. Workaround and details
are at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xresprobe/+bug/127008

== Display/Video ==

=== Accelerated Video and Desktop Effects ===
'''Intel''' 2D and 3D accelerated video work out of the box.

As of September 19, compiz is disabled on the intel video cards. To fix edit /usr/bin/compiz and around line 46 comment this portion out:

<nowiki>#T="$T 8086:2982 8086:2992 8086:29a2 8086:2a02 8086:2a12" # intel 965</nowiki>

This edit will need to be reapplied every time compiz is updated. A more permanent method is create a script named compiz.sh with the following in it:
#!/bin/sh
SKIP_CHECKS=yes compiz --replace
Then, make it executable.
chmod +x compiz.sh
Run the script to start compiz. To start compiz at boot, go to System -> Preferences -> Sessions. Click Add, name it something, and for Command, browse to and choose compiz.sh. Click Ok and Close.

Control + Alt + Backspace to restart X and it should be working.

'''Nvidia''' 2D video works out of the box, to enable accelerated 3D support click System->Administration->Restricted Drivers Manager

Desktop Effects may be unstable with the proprietary driver installed by the Restricted Drivers Manager, installing version 100.14.19 as described below should resolve the problem. If you would rather stay with the version that ships with Ubuntu you can disable compiz by going to System -> Preferences -> Appearance -> Desktop effects and turn desktop effects off.

===Installing Nvidia drivers manually===

{{WARN| Installing the drivers via Synaptic or the Restricted Drivers Manager are the only supported methods of installing the Nvidia driver, the method below (while it works for most people) is not supported}}

Download the drivers from http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_100.14.19.html and save it to your Desktop.
Exit to a virtual terminal by pressing [CTRL]+[ALT]+[F2]

Stop the X server:

$ sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop (stopping the X server)

Remove nvidia-glx-new

$ sudo apt-get remove nvidia-glx-new

Install the drivers:

$ sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-100.14.19-pkg1.run (depending on the version that will be online)

Follow instructions in the installer, when complete restart the X-Server with:

$ sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart (restarting the X server)

{{NOTE| If you have an issue with Gnome or KDE crashing please see [https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/98641 this bug report] or search the ubuntuforums for some solutions}}

===Multiple Monitors===

'''Nvidia N140m:'''

When using the default drivers (The open source "nv" drivers) you can use Administration->"Screens and Graphics" to setup the second monitor

Using the proprietary drivers you must use the Nvidia tool located at Applications->System Tools-> Nvidia X Server Settings.

It has been reported that the NVIDIA drivers tend to crash with xinerama enabled. 2 displays with xinerama off has been stable.

'''Intel X3100:'''

Plugging in an external monitor works, but is a clone of the built-in LCD by default. Following the instructions on [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Intel_Graphics_Media_Accelerator_X3100 this page] to extend your desktop to the second monitor does *not* work; it results in the crash described [http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2007-April/023326.html here]. According to [http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2007-April/023335.html this post] and [https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10706 this bug report], the problem is a new Xinerama implementation and an old config file.

To extend your desktop to the second monitor, you'll want to do what [http://wiki.debian.org/XStrikeForce/ReleaseNotes this page] suggests (under "Dual-Head config breakage with xserver-xorg-video-intel").

Below is an example for a 1680x1050 built-in LCD and a 1600x1200 external LCD:
Add a "Virtual 3280 1200" line in the Display SubSection of the Screen Section in your xorg.conf:
{{Fixme|If someone could include an example of the change described above it would be greatly appreciated}}
Exit to a virtual terminal (press: ctrl-alt-F1), login and type the following:

{{cmdroot|sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop}}

{{cmdroot|xrandr --output LVDS --auto}}

To set the built-in LCD to ouput 1680x1050

{{cmdroot|xrandr --output VGA --right-of LVDS}}

To extend the desktop

=== Fonts on High-Res Screens ===

On high-res screens (e.g. 15" 1680x1050), the default fonts are too big ([https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm/+bug/99145 Launchpad bug report]). You can fix this by following these steps:

# Open System->Preferences->Appearance
# Select the "Fonts" tab
# Click the "Details" button (lower right)
# Adjust the Resolution down to 96dpi
# Make sure you have Subpixel (LCD) Smoothing enabled
# Save the preferences

If you also want small fonts on the GDM login window, you can do this:

# Open System->Administration->Login Window
# Select the 'Security' tab
# Click the 'Configure X-Server' button
# Append '-dpi 96' (without quotes) to the text in the 'Command' field
# Reboot the computer.

=== Brightness ===
'''Intel X3100:'''
The brightness controls do work not out of the box, but they should work once you apply all of the system updates.

However, there now appears to be a bug where the brightness controls stop working after you resume from a suspend.

Until the brightness bugs are finally worked out, you can install "xbacklight" (apt-get install xbacklight), which allows you to set the brightness from the command line and provides a greater range of brightness values.

'''Nvidia Quadro N140:'''
The brightness controls do not work, however you can switch to a virtual terminal (ctrl+alt+F1) increase or decrease the brightness and then switch back to X (ctrl+alt+F7) without disrupting the running applications

'''NVIDIA Quadro 570M:'''
Brightness controls do not work out of the box. As in the N140 case, changing brightness in tty1, then switching back does work. At present my system does have keybindings for the brightness controls -- I enabled them somehow -- but there are problems with it. At present I have 2 displays running, and the brightness buttons do not work in this configuration. If I disable the 2nd monitor, the brightness buttons work fine. I will document this fully once I sort out the details. [[User:Rybu|Rybu]]

== Audio ==

Audio does not work out of the box, but will work once you apply all the updates.

Microphone may not work with applications (like sound recorder and skype) even though sound can be heard through the speakers or headphones.

===Enabling Sound and Fixing the Volume Controls===

By default, the sound may be disabled and the volume control buttons on the laptop (up by the ThinkVantage button) and the volume control applet (up by the clock) will not control the speaker volume (they actually control the microphone!). https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/136287
this bug report links to a fixed version from an Ubuntu dev a fixed version is available
To fix this:

# Right-click on the volume control applet (by the clock) and select "Open Volume Control"
# In the "Switches" tab, make sure "Headphone" and "Speaker" are both checked.
# Close the Volume control.
# Right-click on the volume control applet again and select "Preferences".
# Make sure the device is set to "HDA Intel (Alsa mixer)" and highlight the "PCM" option.
# Close the preferences.
# Select System->Preferences->Sound.
# In the "Default Mixer Tracks" section, make sure "PCM" is highlighted.
# Close the sound preferences.

You should now hear sound and be able to control the volume using the laptop buttons or volume applet.

NOTE: As of Sep 20, 2007 the latest updates hoses the sound on my T61. FIXED: For some reason you have to physically hit your volume buttons on the laptop up or down to get the sound to run again and not on the rollbar or on any other volume control method (i.e. keyboard).

== Intel Wireless ==

Intel 4965 users will find that they have a very unstable connection with random disconnects within 30 to 60 minutes of association. The issue is described in [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/138873 this] bug report. The problem is with wpa_Supplicant and Kees Cook (An Ubuntu Developer) has posted a fixed version [http://ppa.launchpad.net/keescook/ubuntu/pool/main/w/wpasupplicant/ here]. The fix should be available via a normal update soon.

== Modem ==

The modem works with the Linuxant drivers available at http://www.linuxant.com

==Bluetooth==

To enable bluetooth you must have the thinkpad-acpi modules loaded:

{{cmdroot|sudo modprobe thinkpad-acpi}}

Then su to root (sudo doesn't work unless you put these commands into a script) to enable the root account so you can use su see [[http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Feisty#How_to_set.2Fchange.2Fenable_root_user_password| This link]].

{{cmdroot|su }}

To enable bluetooth:

{{cmdroot|echo enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth}}

To disable bluetooth:

{{cmdroot|echo disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth}}

If you would like to set the keybindings put those commands into scripts such as:

{{cmdroot|sudo gedit /usr/bin/enablebt}}

Enter the following:
echo enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth

Close/Save the file and mark it executable
{{cmdroot|sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/enablebt}}

{{cmdroot|sudo gedit /usr/bin/disablebt}}

enter the following

echo disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth
Close/Save the file and mark it executable
{{cmdroot|sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/disablebt}}

Modify sudoers to permit those scripts to run as root (Possible security risk)

{{cmdroot|sudo visudo}}

Enter the following under the section "# User privilege specification" replacing enter_your_username_here with your username

enter_your_username_here ALL= NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/enablebt
enter_your_username_here ALL= NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/disablebt

Note: I need to lookup the keycodes to create the shortcuts, so this section is a work in progress.

== Fingerprint Reader ==

The reader works with ThinkFinger. General instructions available [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Integrated_Fingerprint_Reader here].

Debian packages for i386 can be found at: http://www.rubixlinux.org/debian/thinkfinger/

After the package is installed add the following two lines to /etc/pam.d/common-auth

auth sufficient pam_thinkfinger.so
auth required pam_unix.so try_first_pass

Note: Instructions in French available at http://doc.ubuntu-fr.org/materiel/thinkfinger

* Recording fingerprints works
* Login works
* The password must be entered to unlock a locked screensaver
* sudo works
* gksu and gksudo hang : for example it is necessary to run synaptic twice and enter your password upon failure. To be able to use the Finger print reader in the session subsequently, kill the hanging gksu/gksudo process. A workaround is editing the Gnome System Menu (alacarte) to specify sudo instead of gksu/gksudo for the launching command and choose type "Application in Terminal" : this opens an extra terminal window for each superuser application you want to use though.
{{HELP|Today 14th of September 2007, after Gutsy's updates, Fingerprint is no longer prompted for login and sudo. Looks like a PAM problem. sudo tf-tools --acquire still works
Today 17th of September.. this issue is solved after updates..
19th of September.. this issue is back after updates
}}

== Trackpad scrolling ==

Trackpad scrolling works out of the box in the standard thinkpad way: Slide your finger up and down the very right edge of the trackpad.

To enable using the middle mouse button to scroll, add the following lines to the "Configured Mouse" section in
{{path|/etc/X11/xorg.conf}}:

Option "EmulateWheel" "true"
Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2"

== Hibernate/Suspend ==

=== Blank Screen Fix ===

You may get a blank screen when resuming from suspend or hibernate ([https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/134391 Launchpad bug report]). If so, try editing {{path|/boot/grub/menu.lst}}, adding "acpi_sleep=s3_bios" (no quotes) to the "defoptions" list so that it looks something like this:

## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the
## alternatives
## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5
# defoptions=quiet splash '''acpi_sleep=s3_bios'''

Once you have edited the line and added the acpi_sleep parameter, you need to run

$ sudo update-grub

Note that if you get the blank screen upon resume, a quick-fix is to switch to a console (Ctrl-Alt-F1) and then back to X (Ctrl-Alt-F7). This will usually bring the display back to life. However, the long-term fix is to add the acpi_sleep parameter as shown above.

=== Intel 3495ABG Wireless ===

Works fine out of the box.e, the wireless card won't come back up. When the [[http://people.freedesktop.org/~hughsient/quirk/quirk-suspend-debug.html quirk checker script]] is run, it says:

CRITICAL ERROR: Use the mac80211 iwl3945 driver instead. ipw3945d is closed source sometimes hangs on resume.

The iwl3945 driver generally only works for about 30 minutes to an hour due to a bug with wpa_supplicant see the section above on the IWL4965 for instructions on fixing this issue

== Items that work out of the box ==

'''Intel Video:''' 2D and 3D acceleration works

'''Nvidia:''' 2D works, 3D requires the installation of the proprietary drivers

'''Wireless:''' Atheros cards work, see [http://www.thinkwiki.org/index.php?title=Installing_Ubuntu_7.10_%28Gutsy_Gibbon%29_Tribe_5_on_a_ThinkPad_T61&action=edit&section=8 this] section for a note regarding Intel cards

'''Network Card'''

'''Firewire'''

'''Wireless switch'''

'''4-in-1 card reader'''

'''Headphones'''

'''Keyboard Shortcuts:'''
http://www.thinkwiki.org/index.php?title=Installing_Ubuntu_7.10_%28Gutsy_Gibbon%29_Tribe_5_on_a_ThinkPad_T61&action=edit&section=8
* Fn-PgUp activates/deactivates the thinklight
* Fn-Up will trigger stop on a media player
* Fn-Down will toggle pause and play on a media player
* Fn-Left/Right go to prev/next tracks on a media player
* Fn-F2 properly locks the screen
* Fn-F3 shows remaining battery
* Fn-F4 suspends (to ram)
* Fn-F12 hibernates (to disk)
* PrtSc opens the screenshot dialog

'''Docking Stations:'''

All docking station models should work and the following features have been tested:

* DVI or Analog video: You can switch to it using "Administration->Screens and Graphics", if you are using the proprietary Nvidia drivers you must use the Nvidia Control Panel.

* Network Pass-through

* Modem Pass-through

* USB ports: Connected upon docking

* PS/2 Ports

== Items that don't work ==

* Wireless USB/UWB - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/136287
* USB ports can end up temporarily disabled - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.22/+bug/126369

== Power consumption ==

Gutsy is the first version of Ubuntu to feature a tickless kernel (i386 only, not in AMD64 yet). Power consumption
can be monitored using the powertop tool under Ubuntu and using Lenovo battery monitor
under Windows.

$ sudo apt-get install powertop
$ sudo powertop

I couldn't find any difference in power consumption between the i386 tickless kernel (even with 70ms average sleep in C4)
and AMD64 kernel (2ms average sleep in C4). It would be expected that considerably less power would be consumed for the
i386 tickless kernel.

There is also a graph available by Right-clicking on the battery icon and selecting Power History.

These are the figures measured on a T61 15.4" 1680x1050 screen 7300 processor (2GHz) 2GB RAM, Intel X3100 graphics
with 4965 wifi, Bluetooth and UWB.

{| border=1 cellpadding=5
|-
| 12.3W
| Windows XP Pro, all radios on, about 50% brightness
|-
| 16.7W
| Gutsy, all radios on, 50% brightness
|-
| 19.6W
| Gutsy, all radios on, 100% brightness
|-
| 14.2W
| Gutsy, all radios on, 10% brightness
|-
| -1.0W
| Turning the physical radio switch to off on the front reduces power consumption by 1 watt.
|}

Adding the Nvidia card increases the laptops power requirements.

These are the figures measured on a T61 14" 1440x900 screen 2.2ghz Core2Duo 2GB RAM, Nvidia 140m video, IWL4965 wifi and Bluetooth (Disabled):

{| border=1 cellpadding=5
|-
| 18.3W
| Gutsy, all radios on, 50% brightness
|-
| 19.4W
| Gutsy, all radios on, 100% brightness
|-
| 16.0W
| Gutsy, all radios on, 10% brightness
|-
|}

[[Category: T61]] [[Category: Ubuntu 7.10]]

Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) on a ThinkPad T61

2007-09-22T16:44:56Z

Cmonkey: /* Display/Video */

==Installation Notes ==

If booting with the default options gives you a blank screen you should select the "Safe Graphics" menu choice when booting from the live CD.

If you are doing a text mode install such as PXE/network then your screen will be corrupted during the process. Workaround and details
are at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xresprobe/+bug/127008

== Display/Video ==

'''Intel''' 2D and 3D accelerated video work out of the box.

As of September 19, compiz is disabled on the intel video cards. To fix edit /usr/bin/compiz and around line 46 comment this portion out:

<nowiki>#T="$T 8086:2982 8086:2992 8086:29a2 8086:2a02 8086:2a12" # intel 965</nowiki>

This edit will need to be reapplied every time compiz is updated. A more permanent method is create a script named compiz.sh with the following in it:
#!/bin/sh
SKIP_CHECKS=yes compiz --replace
Then, make it executable.
chmod +x compiz.sh
Run the script to start compiz. To start compiz at boot, go to System -> Preferences -> Sessions. Click Add, name it something, and for Command, browse to and choose compiz.sh. Click Ok and Close.

Control + Alt + Backspace to restart X and it should be working.

'''Nvidia''' 2D video works out of the box, to enable accelerated 3D support click System->Administration->Restricted Drivers Manager

Desktop Effects may be unstable with the proprietary driver installed by the Restricted Drivers Manager, installing version 100.14.19 as described below should resolve the problem. If you would rather stay with the version that ships with Ubuntu you can disable compiz by going to System -> Preferences -> Appearance -> Desktop effects and turn desktop effects off.

===Installing Nvidia drivers manually===

{{WARN| Installing the drivers via Synaptic or the Restricted Drivers Manager are the only supported methods of installing the Nvidia driver, the method below (while it works for most people) is not supported}}

Download the drivers from http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_100.14.19.html and save it to your Desktop.
Exit to a virtual terminal by pressing [CTRL]+[ALT]+[F2]

Stop the X server:

$ sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop (stopping the X server)

Remove nvidia-glx-new

$ sudo apt-get remove nvidia-glx-new

Install the drivers:

$ sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-100.14.19-pkg1.run (depending on the version that will be online)

Follow instructions in the installer, when complete restart the X-Server with:

$ sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart (restarting the X server)

{{NOTE| If you have an issue with Gnome or KDE crashing please see [https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/98641 this bug report] or search the ubuntuforums for some solutions}}

===Multiple Monitors===

'''Nvidia N140m:'''

When using the default drivers (The open source "nv" drivers) you can use Administration->"Screens and Graphics" to setup the second monitor

Using the proprietary drivers you must use the Nvidia tool located at Applications->System Tools-> Nvidia X Server Settings.

It has been reported that the NVIDIA drivers tend to crash with xinerama enabled. 2 displays with xinerama off has been stable.

'''Intel X3100:'''

Plugging in an external monitor works, but is a clone of the built-in LCD by default. Following the instructions on [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Intel_Graphics_Media_Accelerator_X3100 this page] to extend your desktop to the second monitor does *not* work; it results in the crash described [http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2007-April/023326.html here]. According to [http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2007-April/023335.html this post] and [https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10706 this bug report], the problem is a new Xinerama implementation and an old config file.

To extend your desktop to the second monitor, you'll want to do what [http://wiki.debian.org/XStrikeForce/ReleaseNotes this page] suggests (under "Dual-Head config breakage with xserver-xorg-video-intel").

Below is an example for a 1680x1050 built-in LCD and a 1600x1200 external LCD:
Add a "Virtual 3280 1200" line in the Display SubSection of the Screen Section in your xorg.conf:
{{Fixme|If someone could include an example of the change described above it would be greatly appreciated}}
Exit to a virtual terminal (press: ctrl-alt-F1), login and type the following:

{{cmdroot|sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop}}

{{cmdroot|xrandr --output LVDS --auto}}

To set the built-in LCD to ouput 1680x1050

{{cmdroot|xrandr --output VGA --right-of LVDS}}

To extend the desktop

=== Fonts on High-Res Screens ===

On high-res screens (e.g. 15" 1680x1050), the default fonts are too big ([https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm/+bug/99145 Launchpad bug report]). You can fix this by following these steps:

# Open System->Preferences->Appearance
# Select the "Fonts" tab
# Click the "Details" button (lower right)
# Adjust the Resolution down to 96dpi
# Make sure you have Subpixel (LCD) Smoothing enabled
# Save the preferences

If you also want small fonts on the GDM login window, you can do this:

# Open System->Administration->Login Window
# Select the 'Security' tab
# Click the 'Configure X-Server' button
# Append '-dpi 96' (without quotes) to the text in the 'Command' field
# Reboot the computer.

=== Brightness ===
'''Intel X3100:'''
The brightness controls do work not out of the box, but they should work once you apply all of the system updates.

However, there now appears to be a bug where the brightness controls stop working after you resume from a suspend.

Until the brightness bugs are finally worked out, you can install "xbacklight" (apt-get install xbacklight), which allows you to set the brightness from the command line and provides a greater range of brightness values.

'''Nvidia Quadro N140:'''
The brightness controls do not work, however you can switch to a virtual terminal (ctrl+alt+F1) increase or decrease the brightness and then switch back to X (ctrl+alt+F7) without disrupting the running applications

'''NVIDIA Quadro 570M:'''
Brightness controls do not work out of the box. As in the N140 case, changing brightness in tty1, then switching back does work. At present my system does have keybindings for the brightness controls -- I enabled them somehow -- but there are problems with it. At present I have 2 displays running, and the brightness buttons do not work in this configuration. If I disable the 2nd monitor, the brightness buttons work fine. I will document this fully once I sort out the details. [[User:Rybu|Rybu]]

== Audio ==

Audio does not work out of the box, but will work once you apply all the updates.

Microphone may not work with applications (like sound recorder and skype) even though sound can be heard through the speakers or headphones.

===Enabling Sound and Fixing the Volume Controls===

By default, the sound may be disabled and the volume control buttons on the laptop (up by the ThinkVantage button) and the volume control applet (up by the clock) will not control the speaker volume (they actually control the microphone!). https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/136287
this bug report links to a fixed version from an Ubuntu dev a fixed version is available
To fix this:

# Right-click on the volume control applet (by the clock) and select "Open Volume Control"
# In the "Switches" tab, make sure "Headphone" and "Speaker" are both checked.
# Close the Volume control.
# Right-click on the volume control applet again and select "Preferences".
# Make sure the device is set to "HDA Intel (Alsa mixer)" and highlight the "PCM" option.
# Close the preferences.
# Select System->Preferences->Sound.
# In the "Default Mixer Tracks" section, make sure "PCM" is highlighted.
# Close the sound preferences.

You should now hear sound and be able to control the volume using the laptop buttons or volume applet.

NOTE: As of Sep 20, 2007 the latest updates hoses the sound on my T61. FIXED: For some reason you have to physically hit your volume buttons on the laptop up or down to get the sound to run again and not on the rollbar or on any other volume control method (i.e. keyboard).

== Intel Wireless ==

Intel 4965 users will find that they have a very unstable connection with random disconnects within 30 to 60 minutes of association. The issue is described in [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/138873 this] bug report. The problem is with wpa_Supplicant and Kees Cook (An Ubuntu Developer) has posted a fixed version [http://ppa.launchpad.net/keescook/ubuntu/pool/main/w/wpasupplicant/ here]. The fix should be available via a normal update soon.

== Modem ==

The modem works with the Linuxant drivers available at http://www.linuxant.com

==Bluetooth==

To enable bluetooth you must have the thinkpad-acpi modules loaded:

{{cmdroot|sudo modprobe thinkpad-acpi}}

Then su to root (sudo doesn't work unless you put these commands into a script) to enable the root account so you can use su see [[http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Feisty#How_to_set.2Fchange.2Fenable_root_user_password| This link]].

{{cmdroot|su }}

To enable bluetooth:

{{cmdroot|echo enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth}}

To disable bluetooth:

{{cmdroot|echo disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth}}

If you would like to set the keybindings put those commands into scripts such as:

{{cmdroot|sudo gedit /usr/bin/enablebt}}

Enter the following:
echo enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth

Close/Save the file and mark it executable
{{cmdroot|sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/enablebt}}

{{cmdroot|sudo gedit /usr/bin/disablebt}}

enter the following

echo disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth
Close/Save the file and mark it executable
{{cmdroot|sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/disablebt}}

Modify sudoers to permit those scripts to run as root (Possible security risk)

{{cmdroot|sudo visudo}}

Enter the following under the section "# User privilege specification" replacing enter_your_username_here with your username

enter_your_username_here ALL= NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/enablebt
enter_your_username_here ALL= NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/disablebt

Note: I need to lookup the keycodes to create the shortcuts, so this section is a work in progress.

== Fingerprint Reader ==

The reader works with ThinkFinger. General instructions available [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Integrated_Fingerprint_Reader here].

Debian packages for i386 can be found at: http://www.rubixlinux.org/debian/thinkfinger/

After the package is installed add the following two lines to /etc/pam.d/common-auth

auth sufficient pam_thinkfinger.so
auth required pam_unix.so try_first_pass

Note: Instructions in French available at http://doc.ubuntu-fr.org/materiel/thinkfinger

* Recording fingerprints works
* Login works
* The password must be entered to unlock a locked screensaver
* sudo works
* gksu and gksudo hang : for example it is necessary to run synaptic twice and enter your password upon failure. To be able to use the Finger print reader in the session subsequently, kill the hanging gksu/gksudo process. A workaround is editing the Gnome System Menu (alacarte) to specify sudo instead of gksu/gksudo for the launching command and choose type "Application in Terminal" : this opens an extra terminal window for each superuser application you want to use though.
{{HELP|Today 14th of September 2007, after Gutsy's updates, Fingerprint is no longer prompted for login and sudo. Looks like a PAM problem. sudo tf-tools --acquire still works
Today 17th of September.. this issue is solved after updates..
19th of September.. this issue is back after updates
}}

== Trackpad scrolling ==

Trackpad scrolling works out of the box in the standard thinkpad way: Slide your finger up and down the very right edge of the trackpad.

To enable using the middle mouse button to scroll, add the following lines to the "Configured Mouse" section in
{{path|/etc/X11/xorg.conf}}:

Option "EmulateWheel" "true"
Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2"

== Hibernate/Suspend ==

=== Blank Screen Fix ===

You may get a blank screen when resuming from suspend or hibernate ([https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/134391 Launchpad bug report]). If so, try editing {{path|/boot/grub/menu.lst}}, adding "acpi_sleep=s3_bios" (no quotes) to the "defoptions" list so that it looks something like this:

## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the
## alternatives
## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5
# defoptions=quiet splash '''acpi_sleep=s3_bios'''

Once you have edited the line and added the acpi_sleep parameter, you need to run

$ sudo update-grub

Note that if you get the blank screen upon resume, a quick-fix is to switch to a console (Ctrl-Alt-F1) and then back to X (Ctrl-Alt-F7). This will usually bring the display back to life. However, the long-term fix is to add the acpi_sleep parameter as shown above.

=== Intel 3495ABG Wireless ===

Works fine out of the box.e, the wireless card won't come back up. When the [[http://people.freedesktop.org/~hughsient/quirk/quirk-suspend-debug.html quirk checker script]] is run, it says:

CRITICAL ERROR: Use the mac80211 iwl3945 driver instead. ipw3945d is closed source sometimes hangs on resume.

The iwl3945 driver generally only works for about 30 minutes to an hour due to a bug with wpa_supplicant see the section above on the IWL4965 for instructions on fixing this issue

== Items that work out of the box ==

'''Intel Video:''' 2D and 3D acceleration works

'''Nvidia:''' 2D works, 3D requires the installation of the proprietary drivers

'''Wireless:''' Atheros cards work, see [http://www.thinkwiki.org/index.php?title=Installing_Ubuntu_7.10_%28Gutsy_Gibbon%29_Tribe_5_on_a_ThinkPad_T61&action=edit&section=8 this] section for a note regarding Intel cards

'''Network Card'''

'''Firewire'''

'''Wireless switch'''

'''4-in-1 card reader'''

'''Headphones'''

'''Keyboard Shortcuts:'''
http://www.thinkwiki.org/index.php?title=Installing_Ubuntu_7.10_%28Gutsy_Gibbon%29_Tribe_5_on_a_ThinkPad_T61&action=edit&section=8
* Fn-PgUp activates/deactivates the thinklight
* Fn-Up will trigger stop on a media player
* Fn-Down will toggle pause and play on a media player
* Fn-Left/Right go to prev/next tracks on a media player
* Fn-F2 properly locks the screen
* Fn-F3 shows remaining battery
* Fn-F4 suspends (to ram)
* Fn-F12 hibernates (to disk)
* PrtSc opens the screenshot dialog

'''Docking Stations:'''

All docking station models should work and the following features have been tested:

* DVI or Analog video: You can switch to it using "Administration->Screens and Graphics", if you are using the proprietary Nvidia drivers you must use the Nvidia Control Panel.

* Network Pass-through

* Modem Pass-through

* USB ports: Connected upon docking

* PS/2 Ports

== Items that don't work ==

* Wireless USB/UWB - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/136287
* USB ports can end up temporarily disabled - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.22/+bug/126369

== Power consumption ==

Gutsy is the first version of Ubuntu to feature a tickless kernel (i386 only, not in AMD64 yet). Power consumption
can be monitored using the powertop tool under Ubuntu and using Lenovo battery monitor
under Windows.

$ sudo apt-get install powertop
$ sudo powertop

I couldn't find any difference in power consumption between the i386 tickless kernel (even with 70ms average sleep in C4)
and AMD64 kernel (2ms average sleep in C4). It would be expected that considerably less power would be consumed for the
i386 tickless kernel.

There is also a graph available by Right-clicking on the battery icon and selecting Power History.

These are the figures measured on a T61 15.4" 1680x1050 screen 7300 processor (2GHz) 2GB RAM, Intel X3100 graphics
with 4965 wifi, Bluetooth and UWB.

{| border=1 cellpadding=5
|-
| 12.3W
| Windows XP Pro, all radios on, about 50% brightness
|-
| 16.7W
| Gutsy, all radios on, 50% brightness
|-
| 19.6W
| Gutsy, all radios on, 100% brightness
|-
| 14.2W
| Gutsy, all radios on, 10% brightness
|-
| -1.0W
| Turning the physical radio switch to off on the front reduces power consumption by 1 watt.
|}

Adding the Nvidia card increases the laptops power requirements.

These are the figures measured on a T61 14" 1440x900 screen 2.2ghz Core2Duo 2GB RAM, Nvidia 140m video, IWL4965 wifi and Bluetooth (Disabled):

{| border=1 cellpadding=5
|-
| 18.3W
| Gutsy, all radios on, 50% brightness
|-
| 19.4W
| Gutsy, all radios on, 100% brightness
|-
| 16.0W
| Gutsy, all radios on, 10% brightness
|-
|}

[[Category: T61]] [[Category: Ubuntu 7.10]]

Installing Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) on a ThinkPad T61

2007-08-29T15:33:43Z

Cmonkey:

It is recommended that one uses Ubuntu 7.10, Gutsy Gibbon, rather than 7.04, on the T61 as video drivers and wifi, among other issues, work by default.

===My DVD drive/CD burner/DVD burner doesn't work (Solved)===

Follow these instructions to enable your [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_drive optical drive]: 
1) Reboot your T61. Press the ThinkVantage button quickly when you see the ThinkPad screen and then press F1 enter [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIOS BIOS]. 
2) In BIOS, select Configure -> Serial ATA. 
3) Now, select Compatibility instead of AHCI. 
4) Exit BIOS and start your computer normally. 
5) Go to Places -> Computer, right-click your CD-ROM/DVD/etc. drive, and select Properties. Then, go to Drive -> Settings. Set the mount point to ''cdrom'' (regardless of whether it's a CD-ROM drive, DVD drive, etc.).

:Remember step 5! If the Synaptic Package Manager does not see your installation CD, even though you can see it in Places -> Computer, do the following:
 
:1) [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=31053 Log in as the root user]. 
:2) Go to /media and rename cdrom to something that isn't already used in the /media folder. 
:3) Right-click on the desktop and select Create Launcher. Enter cdrom as the name and /media/Ubuntu 7.04 i386 as the command. Drag the launcher into /media. Note: Ubuntu 7.04 i386 can be anything, so change it if you need to access a different CD this way (i.e., if you need a different CD to appear as cdrom), but to get a package from your CD via Synaptic the name must be the same as your install CD´s (probably Ubuntu 7.04 i386). 
:4) Remember to rename the original cdrom after you´re done; you can keep the launcher cdrom under a different name.

Of course, this way isn´t by the book and will get annoying if you have to do it a lot, so there´s probably a better way of getting packages from your installation CD with Synaptic, but itĺl work for getting the necessary packages to get your other hardware working.

----

At first, the Ubuntu Live CD would not start at all, this seems to be a problem with the SATA AHCI driver. I had to go into the BIOS and change the SATA driver from ACHI to compatibility (What is the difference? Am I loosing performance?).

----

After you've installed and booted, try the advice from [[Problems_with_SATA_and_Linux]]. Do this:
'''# echo options libata atapi_enabled=1>/etc/modprobe.d/atapienable && update-initramfs -u'''
Then try turning AHCI back on in the BIOS. On a custom-built 2.6.21.5 kernel, my DVD drive appears as /dev/hda and DMA works.
--[[User:Kc8tbe|Kc8tbe]] 12:45, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

If your DVD drive does not appear, modprobe pata-jmicron and ide-generic.
--[[User:Antikristian|Antikristian]] 01:23, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

===NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M (Solved)===
After initial issues like those explained above in the SATA Issues, I received the xorg error 'fatal error: no screens found'. I was able to boot into Safe Graphics Mode and run the installer, though I had to move both window manager bars to see enough of the install window to use it.

Alternatively, you can download the drivers via wget in a console. Take care to follow the instructions in
[http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=72490 the NVidia Forum] and uninstall all the packages wit apt-get remove, as descirbed.
Then run the nvidia installer.

Remember that, after you upgrade the kernel, you also have to re-install the drivers.

After installing the NVIDIA drivers, your laptop may not wake after suspend or hibernation. I followed these instructions to fix it [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NvidiaLaptopBinaryDriverSuspend Ubuntu Community Help].

====Alternative NVIDIA driver installation====
Instead of installing the NVIDIA drivers manually as described above, you can try using [http://www.albertomilone.com/nvidia_scripts1.html Envy]. It automatically installs the latest NVIDIA drivers, and cleans up any previous installations.

=== Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 (Chipset GM965) (Solved)===
After that the CD seemed to boot but the screen was just garbage [http://shadowarts.nonlogic.org/projects/thinkpad/screen_garbage.jpg Picture]. In order to get around that issue I had to go back and download the Alternate CD, which allows you to install in text only mode. From here, the text-only install went okay. Changing the VGA settings on the regular CD worked for me.

When I booted up after the installation, I was still getting the same garbage on the screen. To resolve this I edited my [http://shadowarts.nonlogic.org/projects/thinkpad/xorg.conf xorg.conf] file as shown. I also had to install the latest kernel for Feisty, as the one off of the install disk did have have /dev/agpgart. And I could then use X11. There were still some issues however. The screen seemed somewhat fuzzy. This was a little more challenging of a fix... I found [http://www.spinics.net/lists/xorg/msg25099.html this] mailing list posting, according to it, there was a small glitch in the driver. To fix it:
<pre>
apt-get source xserver-xorg-video-intel
cd xserver-xorg-video-intel-1.9.94/
vim src/i830_lvds.c
Goto line 230 and delete (PFIT_ENABLE | VERT_AUTSCALE ....);, replacing it with 0; then quit vim
dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -uc -b
cd ..
dpkg -i xserver-xorg-video-intel_1.9.94-lubuntu3_amd64.deb (wont be amd64 with a 32-bit install)
</pre>
Now reboot your computer, and it should work. **NOTE: For some reason just restarting X didn't fix it, seems like you must reboot.** At this point you should have a nice, crisp display.

I am still working on aiglx and compiz (switching desktops on a cube doesnt seem to work, though I have some ideas...). There are some issues with OpenGL apps freezing Xorg as well, but the standard 2D desktop works flawlessly.
----
It doesn't seem to be necessary to modify the soruce of xserver-xorg-video-intel anymore, but 3D-acceleration doesn't seem to be stable yet and kdm occasionally needs to be restarted after a login attempt.--[[User:Kc8tbe|Kc8tbe]] 12:49, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

----
I was able to use the normal feisty install disk by changing the SATA setting in BIOS, then change the resolution to 800x600 prior to install, then sudo apt-get update and upgrade, and then sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-intel, then change xorg.conf to match link above and 2D graphics work fine. Jul 18, 2008 - John E
----

It seems that everything works fine when using "apt pinning" and updating the xserver-xorg-video-intel, mesa and other packages to the versions provided by Gutsy. I did the following and the resolution and Compiz Fusion are working fine at the moment. The original source of the steps described below can be found here: [http://techreport.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=714998#714998]

'''Instructions:'''
* Make a new file /etc/apt/preferences
* In the preferences file, put:
<pre>
Package: *
Pin: release a=feisty
Pin-Priority: 700

Package: *
Pin: release a=gutsy
Pin-Priority: 200
</pre>
* Now, edit your sources.list and copy the main and restricted (and others if you want) repo lines replacing feisty with gutsy:
<pre>
# original
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty main restricted universe multiverse

# your addition
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy main restricted universe multiverse
</pre>
* Now run:
<pre>
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -t gutsy install xserver-xorg-video-intel
sudo apt-get -t gutsy install linux
sudo apt-get -t gutsy install libgl1-mesa-dri
</pre>
* Now reboot.

Probably now you have the weird effect that your GUI is scaled wrong and doesn't fill the full width of the monitor. To fix that, open your xorg.conf and make the following changes:
* Add the following section to your xorg.conf
<pre>
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "TVOutput"
Option "Disable" "true"
EndSection
</pre>
* Then in the "Device" section add the following line:
<pre>
Option "monitor-TV" "TVOutput"
</pre>

That should fix the scaling problem and now everything should work fine.
--[[User:Shuk|Shuk]] 02:26, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

===ThinkFinger===
Ubuntu does not come with a package for thinkfinger. Downloading the most recent source and building it was simple enough: Download most recent version (0.3 at time of writing)
<pre>
sudo apt-get install libpam0g-dev libusb-dev
tar xvzf thinkfinger-0.3.tar.gz
cd thinkfinger-0.3/
./configure --with-securedir=/lib/security --with-birdir=/etc/pam_thinkfinger
make -j5 (hey its dual core!)
sudo make install
</pre>

Configuring it is easy as well, open /etc/pam.d/common-auth:
<pre>
auth sufficient pam_thinkfinger.so
auth required pam_unix.so try_first_pass nullok_secure
</pre>

Create the data directory and set your fingerprint:
<pre>
subo mkdir /etc/pam_thinkfinger
sudo tf-tool --add-user <username>
</pre>
It will all be setup. (I found this somewhere on the web, I wish I could give a source but I'm afraid I cant find it, thank you Anonymous!).

*I am having trouble. I get this error with the last command on the above instructions "tf-tool: error while loading shared libraries: libthinkfinger.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory"

===HDAPS===
This seems to be working fine now, I just follow the step on [[How_to_protect_the_harddisk_through_APS]]. Using hdaps-gl does the inverse of the accelerometer, though it's not really a big deal, the harddrive protection should still work.

Assuming that the (improved) hdaps code bundled with tp_smapi is being used, editing the transform_axis function in tp_smapi-0.32/hdaps.c will allow for the proper operation of the accelerometer. Assuming that the accelerometer is rotated 90 degrees from its proper orientation (as it is with the X61), the following code will suffice:

static void transform_axes(int *x, int *y)
{
int temp = *x;
*x = -*y;
*y = temp;
}

For those paying attention in linear algebra, this corresponds to a linear transformation that rotates a 2D coordinate system 90 degrees.
--[[User:Mbsullivan|Mbsullivan]] 04:21, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

===WiFi===
If you have Intel 4965AGN WiFi card, you have to use ndiswrapper OR use backported kernel from Ubuntu Gutsy (Anybody have howto?) and use following:
http://kuscsik.blogspot.com/2007/06/how-to-install-intel-4965-wireless.html

'''Note:'''
Do not use the latest versions of iwlwifi and mac80211. For me with Gutsy mac80211-8.0.2 and iwlwifi-0.0.42 work with the latest firmware. No further modification needed.

If you have the Atheros card, Ubuntu should automatically install madwifi, which works out of the box
----
Works for me with iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.15, iwlwifi-0.0.34, and mac80211-8.0.1. The catch is, you need to patch your kernel with mac80211, which will fail at compile time with the stock Ubuntu sources. Worked for me with vanilla 2.6.21.5 sources patched for tp_smapi and hdaps protect. Make sure to disable CONFIG_NET_WIRELESS_RTNETLINK in your kernel config.

You can download what you need for for iwlwifi and mac80211 from
http://intellinuxwireless.org .--[[User:Kc8tbe|Kc8tbe]] 13:00, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Works for me with vanilla kernel v2.6.22.1, ucode 4.44.17, iwlwifi 0.1.2 and mac80211 9.0.2. --[[User:Mbsullivan|Mbsullivan]] 13:40, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

You can also use Kernel 2.6.22.9 and Ubuntu Modules 2.6.22.9 from Gutsy and you will not need to compile anything! Works very well.

===Keyboard/Apostrophe issues (Solved)===
When installing with the alternate CD, Ubuntu asks you if your keyboard as a character that appears to be a quotation mark (this character: "). If you're using a US English keyboard, say no; the character is actually an umlaut. [[User:SteveSims|SteveSims]] 02:15, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

My apostrophe key outputs ´ instead of '. I went to System -> Preferences -> Keyboard and could not figure out how to fix it. [[User:SteveSims|SteveSims]] 21:50, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

:Try switching your keyboard layout to US-Classic, and putting it on the top of the list. After you do that, it works perfectly. --[[User:Adamacious|Adamacious]] 04:29, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

::There is no "US Classic" option. Here's what I have: 
[[Image:Keyboard_options.png]] 
[[User:SteveSims|SteveSims]] 02:17, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

:::It started working, even though I changed nothing. I'm running it as a Macintosh US English keyboard. [[User:SteveSims|SteveSims]] 17:20, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

::::Sorry Steve, what you had to do (and what you did) is select US English, as in the header in the list. It doesn't look selectable, but it is.--[[User:Adamacious|Adamacious]] 20:02, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

===Can you hear me now?.... What? (Solved!)===
====Python script fix (slightly easier fix)====
First, you have to download the source for the [http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.22.5.tar.gz latest Linux kernel] (2.6.22-5 as of August 26th, 2007) and compile it, something most users cannot do. However, you won't have to compile ALSA and its modules from source if you do it this way.

1) Download the [http://launchpadlibrarian.net/8899521/t61_audio_hack.py T61 audio hack] from [[Launchpad]]. Move it to a convenient folder (e.g., not your desktop). 
2) Go to System -> Preferences -> Sessions -> Startup Programs -> Add. 
3) Name it whatever you want. Choose something simple like "Python audio fix." 
4) Go to Command, and enter the following (with quotation marks):
<pre>gksudo <nowiki>"[THE FOLDER THAT T61_AUDIO_HACK.PY IS IN]</nowiki>/t61_audio_hack.py"</pre>
For example, on my computer, I put t61_audio_hack.py into the /fixes folder in my home folder, so I entered:
<pre>sksudo "/home/sims/fixes/t61_audio_hack.py"</pre> into the Command textbox. 
5) Log out, log back in, and type your password quickly when prompted the second time.

References:
[https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.20/+bug/122560 Launchpad Bug #122560]
[https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.20/+bug/133105 Launchpad Bug #133105]

====ALSA driver update (hard fix, recommended for advanced users)====

:'''''Note: This section assumes a high level of technical proficiency. Please fix it.'''''
::*<s>At [http://www.alsa-project.org www.asla-project.org], did you download only alsa-driver-1.0.14? That and alsa-lib-1.0.14a?</s>
:::Download alsa-driver, alsa-kernel, alsa-lib, and alsa-utils, according to [http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/AlsaCVS http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/AlsaCVS]. Other sources, however, say only the driver is necessary. Perhaps alsa-project.org simply recommends the other two?
::*''How'' did you compile it from source? ''How'' did you add the patch?
::*In short, please explain ''how'' you did these things in addition to just telling us ''what'' you did. I´m not trying to be rude but seriously, not all Linux users are programmers ;). Thanks. [[User:SteveSims|SteveSims]] 22:19, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
After upgrading to 1.0.14 I still had no sound, and this took about a week to solved (though it was so sadly obvious though). Just upgrading to alsa 1.0.14 will not be enough, there were a few patches released right after the release that fix the Thinkpad's. The reason I missed this was because it was the same day so the release of 1.0.14!

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VERY SIMPLE METHOD OF MAKING SOUND WORK
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=159516&page=1&pp=15
Just follow the instructions step by step, except for two small things:
When doing "cp ../patch_analog.c alsa-driver-1.0.14/alsa-kernel/pci/hda/" use "cp ../patch_analog.c alsa-kernel/pci/hda/" instead
Also, when you get to the part about modifying the modprobe.conf file, it doesn't exist in ubuntu. Adding "options snd-hda-intel index=0 model=thinkpad" to any file (even one you make yourself) inside etc/modprobe.d should work. I personally added it to the options file, and it works fine.

-credit for the guide goes to ciphermonk, and credit to the small changes needed to make this work on ubuntu go to my friend John.

-hotkeys control mic volume, not speaker volume for some reason. I do not know how to fix this

-this fix should provide sound for both headphones and speakers.

-this edit by fatalchaos
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First make sure these packages are installed (System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager) : automake, autoconfig, cvs, libtool, python-dev, build-essential

Then download the source code to the alsa-driver and apply these patches: (links to the revisions)

* [http://hg.alsa-project.org/alsa-kernel/rev/958b39f3e8dd Fix Oops with AD1984 thinkpad model]
* [http://hg.alsa-project.org/alsa-kernel/rev/47ca87407c84 Fix AD1984 basic model]
* [http://hg.alsa-project.org/alsa-kernel/rev/ca37aeeeb0ea Fix Thinkpad X61/T61 outputs]

'''Please use CVS version of ALSA instead. All of these patches are committed'''. The link to the CVS version of ALSA is dead[http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/AlsaCVS].

After doing a make and make install reboot your computer (or rrmmod snd-hda-intel && modprobe snd-hda-intel). And run alsamixer (for me it only works as root atm). If you can´t find alsamixer, you can run it in the terminal (Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal) by entering ''alsamixer''. You will have to play with the settings a bit. Make sure the speaker option is not muted and leave the Internal Mic Boost at 0, other wise you will have a really loud microphone feedback sort of sound constantly.

I had to chmod -R 777 /dev/snd/ to get everything work for now. (THIS IS NOT THE CORRECT WAY TO DO IT, IT WILL NOT STAY BETWEEN REBOOTS!).

Audio playback should then work, audio capture (microphone) doesn't seem to work, but I am probably not going to try and fix it, I don't use the capture so I am not concerned with that at the moment.
'''Update:''' With ALSA CVS, microphone seems to work

If you can't hear the mic boost mic settings. Here are my settings at KMix
Output
Mic - low
Mic Boost - full
Input
Mic boost [enable] - medium
capture [enable] - medium

works great with Skype. Also you can use the 'mic level meter' on KRecord to check the mic

In Gnome, default channel mapped to thinkpad volume buttons is MIC, which is bad. Go to ''System->Preferences->Sound->Default mixer tracks'' to change it

'''Please note''' that internal speakers doesn't work with ALSA CVS. Use the headphone jack. Solution?

----
When starting alsamixer over the terminal I couldn't activate the speakers and only had sound over the headphone. However, I figured out how to easily activate the speakers:
* Right-click on your microphone icon in the top panel.
* (If "Mute" is activated, deactivate it. I had that at the beginning and was confused since in alsa you don't really realize it.)
* Click on "Open Volume Control"
* Change to the tab "Switches" and activate the option for speaker.
That should be enough to make it work.
--[[User:Shuk|Shuk]] 02:51, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

I tried those patches, it didnt work for me. But this python script did: http://www.klabs.be/~fpiat/linux/debian/Etch_on_Thinkpad_T61.html#Sound .. apparently if you make the PC speaker play constantly, you cant hear it but you can then hear sound. Hopefully gutsy will fix this :/ --[[User:Rubin|Rubin]] 07:18, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

==Suspend==
Suspending doesn't work by default. It succesfully suspends, but after resuming, Kernel panic occurs. I didn't test hibernate.
I managed to get suspend to ram to work by using this script:

#!/bin/sh

# if launched through a lid event and lid is open, do nothing
echo "$1" | grep "button/lid" && grep -q open /proc/acpi/button/lid/LID/state && exit 0

# remove USB 1.1 driver
rmmod uhci_hcd
rmmod ehci_hcd

# sync filesystem and clock
sync
/sbin/hwclock --systohc

# switch to console
FGCONSOLE=`fgconsole`
chvt 6

# go to sleep
sleep 5 && echo -n "mem" > /sys/power/state

# readjust the clock (it might be off a bit after suspend)
/sbin/hwclock --adjust
/sbin/hwclock --hctosys

# reload USB 1.1 driver
modprobe uhci_hcd
modprobe ehci_hcd

# turn on the backlight and switch back to X
chvt $FGCONSOLE

It's very similar to script posted on thinkwiki, but I had to add ehci_hcd to removed modules and remove some radeon stuff (when using Nvidia)

'''Problems''' the problem with this suspend script is, that after resuming, the laptop is incredibly slow. Applications start about 20 seconds, Firefox is lagging. But processor doesn't run at highest frequency, nothing seems unusual. '''Suggestions?'''

When using this script, my USB ports are 'dead' after resume (i.e. nothing connected to it gets any power). I have commented out 'rmmod ehci_hcd' and 'modprobe ehci_hcd' lines, to make the USB ports active after a suspend/resume cycle. (this is using nvidia card)

----
Suspend and hibernate work out-of-the-box for me with the 2.6.21.5 kernel, except that you need to put acpi_sleep=s3_bios in the kernel command line (i.e. at the end of each kernel line in /boot/grub/menu.lst).
--[[User:Kc8tbe|Kc8tbe]] 13:03, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Hmm, with 2.6.21.5 + acpi_sleep=s3_bios, laptop suspends, but resume fails - machine locks up. This is with nvidia 140. Same result when doing it at console. When I resume, I hear a beep and the machine hangs. Have to hard-reset. Suggestions?

Some things seem to break after suspend for me, like network connections time out randomly, cdrom stops working etc. Running 'sudo /etc/init.d/dbus restart' seems to solve it for the most part.

==Brightness==
Changing brightness doesn't work at all. There are many issues. I tried Gutsy and still the same (even worse)

Not a real solution, but if using the vesa driver, brightness control works. ''--Daniel06'' 11:58, 4 July 2007

doesnt work for me with vesa or intel --[[User:Rubin|Rubin]] 06:19, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

It works fine on mine and I have built-in graphics on my motherboard. [[User:SteveSims|SteveSims]] 02:19, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

=== one idea ===
echo "up" >/proc/acpi/ibm/brightness
...works. as does 'down' and 'level x' where x is 1-7. But how to tie that into the buttons? Seems they are currently using something else in /proc that doesnt exist for us. --[[User:Rubin|Rubin]] 06:19, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

=== yet another idea ===

You can add the Gnome power manager brightness applet to the gnome panel, which gives you a GUI tool to do the job, rather than hardware buttons. I don't know about KDE or other window managers. --[[User:Atoponce|Atoponce]] 13:07 22, Aug 2007

=== Another solution for Brightness, using xbacklight and laptop-mode ===

While the hardware buttons still don't work, I have a solution that will automatically raise and lower the backlight when plugged in or on battery.

First, make sure Gnome isn't trying to set the brightness, by going to System > Preferences > Power Management. In the On Battery Power tab, set "Dim display brightness by" to 0%.

Next, install xbacklight.

sudo apt-get install xbacklight

You can manually set the backlight by using "xbacklight -set <number from 1-100>". Note that by using xbacklight, you can make the backlight go brighter or dimmer than normally allowed by Windows or Ubuntu.

To automate brightness changes, first enable laptop-mode

sudo nano /etc/default/acpi-support

Scroll to the bottom and change ENABLE_LAPTOP_MODE to true

ENABLE_LAPTOP_MODE=true

Set laptop mode to start automatically

sudo update-rc.d laptop-mode multiuser

Edit laptop-mode.conf to automate brightness changes. Scroll down to LCD brightness settings. Modify the section to read as follows:

CONTROL_BRIGHTNESS=1

BATT_BRIGHTNESS_COMMAND="xbacklight -set 20"
LM_AC_BRIGHTNESS_COMMAND="xbacklight -set 100"
NOLM_AC_BRIGHTNESS_COMMAND="xbacklight -set 100"
BRIGHTNESS_OUTPUT="/dev/null"

Note: You can use any value from 1 to 100 after -set, I used 20 and 100 as examples. After this, start the laptop-mode daemon, and test if it works. You may have to restart acpid as well.

sudo /etc/init.d/laptop-mode start
sudo /etc/init.d/acpid restart

==Webcam==
The webcam in T61 is some sort of UVC camera: Found UVC 1.00 device Integrated Camera (17ef:1004). The module loads out of the box. I tested the camera using:
Luvcview: http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca50x/Investigation/uvc/luvcview-20070512.tar.gz
Just compile and run using ./luvcview -f yuv (JPG format doesn't work)

I also tried gqcam and webcam, but both doesn't work (first SEGFAULTs, second prints Invalid argument)

luvcview has a button to take pictures. Place your mouse over the buttons at the bottom of the window, and their function is revealed in the title bar. Unfortunately, the button for avi capture does not seem to work (although it does tell you what the video framerate is, which is helpful).

To capture a video stream, run ./luvcview -f yuv -S
To play back the video stream, run mplayer -demuxer rawvideo -rawvideo fps=7:w=320:h=240:yuy2 stream.raw

==64bit systems issues==
If you are running 64bit Ubuntu, you will face some problems wit 32bit only proprietary applications. Most of them can be solved.

===Firefox & Flash===
You can use 32bit version of Firefox (see google), or use http://gwenole.beauchesne.info/projects/nspluginwrapper/ nspluginwrapper] which i prefer:
sudo apt-get install ia32-libs ia32-libs-gtk linux32 lib32asound2 alien
Now download both nspluginwrapper rpms (Plugin + Viewer) and convert them:
sudo alien nspluginwrapper*.rpm
sudo dpkg -i nspluginwrapper*.deb

Download Adobe Flash Player: http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz
tar -xvzf install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz
cd install_flash_player_9_linux
sudo install libflashplayer.so flashplayer.xpt /usr/lib/firefox/plugins
nspluginwrapper -i /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/libflashplayer.so
cd ~/.mozilla/plugins/
sudo install npwrapper.libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins/
This howto is taken from [http://webzine.smehlik.net/64bit-ubuntu-adobe-flash-plugin-pomoci-nspluginwrapper/ Smehlik Webzine (in Czech)]

===Skype===
Download Skype for Ubuntu Feisty
Use this commandlibdbus, libqt4-core, libqt4-gui, libsigc++ to determine missing libraries:
ldd /usr/bin/skype | grep not
It should be these:
libdbus, libqt4-core, libqt4-gui, libsigc++ (2.0 version)
Download them from http://packages.ubuntu.com (32bit versions!)
mkdir testlibs
dpkg-deb --extract <deb file> testlibs
Now copy everything from testlibs to /usr/lib32
cp -r testlibs/usr/lib/* /usr/lib32
Freedom lovers are advised to avoid proprietary systems like Skype, however. Centralized directories and signalling architectures can't be good for your health.

==Bluetooth==
works for me (TM)

==USB==
A short time after the system has booted, I get a message on the console of every window indicating IRQ# 23 has fired but noone is expecting it. After this message, the USB ports on the right side fail to work anymore. It was suggested on a forum that they will work, its just it takes it a long time to discover there is a new device. I looked in /proc and determined that the bluetooth device is using IRQ23, so it may be involved, but there may be sharing so it could be something else. Regardless, there are USB bus problems with the T61 and linux.

==Overall==
I initially had some big problems getting this working, but now its working quite well. The wifi card worked at startup (uses madwifi) and I am happy because I don't seem to need any proprietary software to run this system.

==Discussion==
In case you missed it the discussion page (for questions/responses) is right here:
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Talk:Installing_Ubuntu_7.04_%28Feisty_Fawn%29_on_a_ThinkPad_T61

==References==
* This guide is listed at the [http://tuxmobil.org/ibm.html TuxMobil Linux laptop and notebook installation guides survey (IBM/Lenovo)].
* Many other suggestions and references can be found in the following ubuntu forum: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=471563

[[Category:Ubuntu 7.04]]
[[Category:T61]]

Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) on a ThinkPad T61

2007-08-28T15:13:21Z

Cmonkey:

== Video ==

'''Intel X3100''' Works out of the box

'''Nvidia''' accelerated 3D support is not installed by default. To install 3D support click System->Administration->Restricted Drivers Manager

The Restricted Drivers Manager drivers didn't work for me, crashing X on reboot. This is a known bug [http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/98641]. The really quite easy solution was to install the latest Nvidia drivers using the ENVY script, which needs to be slightly edited to run on Gutsy... see this thread [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=533557&highlight=Thinkpad+T61] at Ubuntu forums for details.

== Audio ==

Audio does not work out of the box. See the extended [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.22/+bug/122560 Launchpad bug report] for details.

===ALSA driver patch (The correct way)===

This really isn't so hard anymore. Just copy and paste the following commands into a terminal and all the work will be done for you. The advantage with this method is that you don't have to run a python script in the background, and also the headphones and microphone will work.

sudo apt-get install alsa-source
cd && mkdir alsa-patched && cd alsa-patched
tar -jxvf /usr/src/alsa-driver.tar.bz2
cd modules/alsa-driver/
wget -O alsa-kernel/pci/hda/patch_analog.c http://launchpadlibrarian.net/9021234/patch_analog.c
./configure --with-cards=hda-intel && make
sudo make install
sudo cp ./modules/snd-hda-intel.ko /lib/modules/$( uname -r )/ubuntu/media/snd-hda-intel/
sudo depmod -a

Reboot and sound should work.

===Enabling Sound and Fixing the Volume Controls===
By default, the sound may be disabled and the volume control buttons on the laptop (up by the ThinkVantage button) and the volume control applet (up by the clock) will not control the speaker volume. To fix this:

# Right-click on the volume control applet (by the clock) and select "Open Volume Control"
# In the "Switches" tab, make sure "Headphone" and "Speaker" are both checked.
# Close the Volume control.
# Right-click on the volume control applet again and select "Preferences".
# Make sure the device is set to "HDA Intel (Alsa mixer)" and highlight the "PCM" option.
# Close the preferences.
# Select System->Preferences->Sound.
# In the "Default Mixer Tracks" section, make sure "PCM" is highlighted.
# Close the sound preferences.

You should now hear sound and be able to conrol the volume using the laptop buttons or volume applet.

===Python script fix (A hacky way, if for some reason you cannot figure out the correct way.)===
# Download the [http://launchpadlibrarian.net/8899521/t61_audio_hack.py T61 audio hack] from [[Launchpad]]. Move it to a convenient folder (e.g., not your desktop). 
# Go to System -> Preferences -> Sessions -> Startup Programs -> Add. 
# Name it whatever you want. Choose something simple like "Python audio fix." 
# Go to Command, and enter the following (with quotation marks):
<pre>gksudo <nowiki>"[THE FOLDER THAT T61_AUDIO_HACK.PY IS IN]</nowiki>/t61_audio_hack.py"</pre>
For example, on my computer, I put t61_audio_hack.py into the /fixes folder in my home folder, so I entered:
<pre>sksudo "/home/sims/fixes/t61_audio_hack.py"</pre> into the Command textbox. 
# Log out, log back in, and type your password quickly when prompted the second time.

References:
[https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.20/+bug/122560 Launchpad Bug #122560]
[https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.20/+bug/133105 Launchpad Bug #133105]

== Modem ==

The modem works with the Linuxant drivers available at http://www.linuxant.com

== Fingerprint Reader ==

The reader works with ThinkFinger. [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Integrated_Fingerprint_Reader Instructions].

== Trackpad scrolling ==

Trackpad scrolling works out of the box in the standard thinkpad way: Slide your finger up and down the very right edge of the trackpad.

To enable using the middle mouse button to scroll, add the following lines to the "Configured Mouse" section in
{{path|/etc/X11/xorg.conf}}:

Option "EmulateWheel" "true"
Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2"

== Suspend/Hibernate ==

'''Hibernate''' works fine, but when resuming from a '''suspend''' the backlight doesn't come back on, making it nearly impossible to see anything on the screen. Switching to a console (Ctrl-Alt-F1) and then back to X (Ctrl-Alt-F7) brings the screen back to life. [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/134391 Launchpad bug report].

== Fonts on High-Res Screens ==

On high-res screens (e.g. 15" 1680x1050), the default fonts are too big. You can fix this by following these steps:

# Open System->Preferences->Appearance
# Select the "Fonts" tab
# Click the "Details" button (lower right)
# Adjust the Resolution down until fonts look how you like them (96dpi is a common standard)
# Make sure you have Subpixel (LCD) Smoothing enabled
# Close the Details window and adjust the Application, Document, Desktop, etc fonts as desired (I set them all to 10).

== Brightness ==

The brightness controls (Fn-Home, Fn-End) don't seem to work reliably (if at all), and the brightness dialog box occasionally will pop up at random or "stick" on the screen, often causing the screen to flicker. Messing around with the brightness controls (Fn-Home, Fn-End) will usually make the dialog to go away and the flickering stop. [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-power-manager/+bug/123854 Launchpad bug report].

With the Nvidia card to increase/decrease brightness hit Ctrl+Alt+F1 to drop to a virtual console, change the brightness and hit Ctrl-Alt-F7 to return to Gnome. This can be done without affecting running applications.

If you install the Gnome Brightness Applet, it'll give you an easy way to change the brightness from within Gnome:

# Right-click on the top menu bar.
# Select "Add to Panel".
# Scroll down to the "System & Hardware" section.
# Highlight the "Brightness Applet" and click the "Add" button.

Using this applet often results in the "flickering screen syndrome" described above, but jiggling the brightness slider a little will cause this flickering to stop.

{{T61}}

Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) on a ThinkPad T61

2007-08-24T17:15:24Z

Cmonkey: /* Audio */ Added step by step instructions.

== Video ==

'''Nvidia''' accelerated 3D support is not installed by default. To install 3D support click System->Administration->Restricted Drivers Manager

== Audio ==

Audio does not work out of the box. You need to either download and compile [http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/AlsaCVS ALSA from CVS], or apply the ALSA 1.0.14 patches posted in the
[https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.22/+bug/122560 Launchpad bug report].

Another solution is to download Alsa 1.0.14 and replace patch_analog.c with the patch_analog.c found in [http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=159516&page=1&pp=15 ciphermonk's Fedora on a T61 guide].
wget ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/driver/alsa-driver-1.0.14.tar.bz2
wget http://forums.fedoraforum.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=12630
tar -jxvf alsa-driver-1.0.14.tar.bz2
tar -zxvf patch_analog.c.tar.gz
cp patch_analog.c alsa-driver-1.0.14/alsa-kernel/pci/hda/
cd alsa-driver-1.0.14
./configure && make
sudo make install
Then, add the following line to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base
options snd-hda-intel index=0 model=thinkpad
Reboot and open Gnome Volume Control. In the Switches tab, make sure Speaker and Headphone are both checked. The sound hotkeys may not work correctly by default. To fix them, go to System -> Preferences -> Sound. Under Default Mixer Tracks, choose PCM.

== Modem ==

The modem works with the Linuxant drivers available at http://www.linuxant.com

== Fingerprint Reader ==

The reader works with ThinkFinger. [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Integrated_Fingerprint_Reader Instructions].

== Trackpad scrolling ==

Trackpad scrolling works out of the box in the standard thinkpad way: Slide your finger up and down the very right edge of the trackpad.

To enable using the middle mouse button to scroll add the following in your Trackpoint InputDevice section in
{{path|/etc/X11/xorg.conf}}:

Option "EmulateWheel" "true"
Option "EmulateWheelTimeOut" "200"
Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2"

== Suspend/Hibernate ==

'''Hibernate''' works fine, but when resuming from a '''suspend''' the backlight doesn't come back on, making it nearly impossible to see anything on the screen. Switching to a console (Ctrl-Alt-F1) and then back to X (Ctrl-Alt-F7) brings the screen back to life. [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/134391 Launchpad bug report].

== Fonts on High-Res Screens ==

On high-res screens (e.g. 15" 1680x1050), the default fonts are too big. You can fix this by following these steps:

# Open System->Preferences->Appearance
# Select the "Fonts" tab
# Click the "Details" button (lower right)
# Adjust the Resolution down until fonts look how you like them (96dpi is a common standard)
# Make sure you have Subpixel (LCD) Smoothing enabled
# Close the Details window and adjust the Application, Document, Desktop, etc fonts as desired (I set them all to 10).

== Brightness ==

The brightness controls (Fn-Home, Fn-End) don't seem to work reliably (if at all), and the brightness dialog box occasionally will pop up at random or "stick" on the screen, often causing the screen to flicker. Messing around with the brightness controls (Fn-Home, Fn-End) and moving the cursor around the screen will usually make the dialog to go away and the flickering stop. [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-power-manager/+bug/123854 Launchpad bug report].

With the Nvidia card to increase/decrease brightness hit Ctrl+Alt+F1 to drop to a virtual console, change the brightness and hit Ctrl-Alt-F7 to return to Gnome. This can be done without affecting running applications.

If you install the Gnome Brightness Applet, it'll give you an easy way to change the brightness from within Gnome:

# Right-click on the top menu bar.
# Select "Add to Panel".
# Scroll down to the "System & Hardware" section.
# Highlight the "Brightness Applet" and click the "Add" button.

Using this applet often results in the "flickering screen syndrome" described above, but jiggling the brightness slider a little will cause this flickering to stop.

{{T61}}

Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) on a ThinkPad T61

2007-08-24T16:57:39Z

Cmonkey: /* Fonts on High-Res Screens */ 100 dpi to 96 dpi

== Video ==

'''Nvidia''' accelerated 3D support is not installed by default. To install 3D support click System->Administration->Restricted Drivers Manager

== Audio ==

Audio does not work out of the box. You need to either download and compile [http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/AlsaCVS ALSA from CVS], or apply the ALSA 1.0.14 patches posted in the
[https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.22/+bug/122560 Launchpad bug report].

== Modem ==

The modem works with the Linuxant drivers available at http://www.linuxant.com

== Fingerprint Reader ==

The reader works with ThinkFinger. [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Integrated_Fingerprint_Reader Instructions].

== Trackpad scrolling ==

Trackpad scrolling works out of the box in the standard thinkpad way: Slide your finger up and down the very right edge of the trackpad.

To enable using the middle mouse button to scroll add the following in your Trackpoint InputDevice section in
{{path|/etc/X11/xorg.conf}}:

Option "EmulateWheel" "true"
Option "EmulateWheelTimeOut" "200"
Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2"

== Suspend/Hibernate ==

'''Hibernate''' works fine, but when resuming from a '''suspend''' the backlight doesn't come back on, making it nearly impossible to see anything on the screen. Switching to a console (Ctrl-Alt-F1) and then back to X (Ctrl-Alt-F7) brings the screen back to life. [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/134391 Launchpad bug report].

== Fonts on High-Res Screens ==

On high-res screens (e.g. 15" 1680x1050), the default fonts are too big. You can fix this by following these steps:

# Open System->Preferences->Appearance
# Select the "Fonts" tab
# Click the "Details" button (lower right)
# Adjust the Resolution down until fonts look how you like them (96dpi is a common standard)
# Make sure you have Subpixel (LCD) Smoothing enabled
# Close the Details window and adjust the Application, Document, Desktop, etc fonts as desired (I set them all to 10).

== Brightness ==

The brightness controls (Fn-Home, Fn-End) don't seem to work reliably (if at all), and the brightness dialog box occasionally will pop up at random or "stick" on the screen, often causing the screen to flicker. Messing around with the brightness controls (Fn-Home, Fn-End) and moving the cursor around the screen will usually make the dialog to go away and the flickering stop. [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-power-manager/+bug/123854 Launchpad bug report].

With the Nvidia card to increase/decrease brightness hit Ctrl+Alt+F1 to drop to a virtual console, change the brightness and hit Ctrl-Alt-F7 to return to Gnome. This can be done without affecting running applications.

If you install the Gnome Brightness Applet, it'll give you an easy way to change the brightness from within Gnome:

# Right-click on the top menu bar.
# Select "Add to Panel".
# Scroll down to the "System & Hardware" section.
# Highlight the "Brightness Applet" and click the "Add" button.

Using this applet often results in the "flickering screen syndrome" described above, but jiggling the brightness slider a little will cause this flickering to stop.

{{T61}}

Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) Tribe 4 on a ThinkPad T61

2007-08-19T01:02:32Z

Cmonkey: /* Intel IWL4965 A/G/N */ Changed url

== Initial Install ==

'''Issue #1:''' The initial install from the live CD graphical installer does not work if the laptop is in SATA AHCI mode. You have to go into the BIOS and set the SATA controller to "Compatibility" mode or else you get a "can't access tty" error. After Ubuntu is intalled and you've done an "apt-get update" you can -- and should -- set the controller back to AHCI mode.

'''Issue #2:''' The initial install from the live CD graphical installer hangs with a blank tan screen after gdm loads. It is clear that gdm is running, but the desktop never actually loads. The solution is to:

EITHER

# switch to a console (Ctrl-Alt-F1)
# type "sudo bash"
# type "killall gdm"
# type "/etc/init.d/gdm start"

Note that typing "/etc/init.d/gdm stop" does not work for step 3 -- you '''must''' run "killall gdm".

OR

# Simply (Ctrl-Alt-Backspace) which will kill gdm, and bring you back to the login screen. Login as normal now.

== Video ==

'''Intel:'''

At higher resolutions, the gnome toolbars function in a smaller area than the rest of the desktop. This is because the TV output is turned on. If you see the login screen show up in the top-left corner of the screen, taking up only 2/3 of the screen, then you have this issue and you'll need to disable the TV output.

To turn the TV output off and fix the small desktop issue, add the following section in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "TVOutput"
Option "Disable" "true"
EndSection

and then in the Device Section, add the option:

Option "monitor-TV" "TVOutput"

Reference: [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=2944730]

'''Nvidia:'''

If you would like 3D acceleration then you must download and install the proprietary drivers from Nvidia here: http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html

To install these drivers:

# install build-essentials from Synaptic
# Download the drivers from the link above to your home directory
# When the download completes hit Ctrl-ALT-F1 to drop to a console.
# Login and type:
## sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop
## 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

When asked, permit the installer to modify xorg.conf

Reboot: # sudo shutdown -r now

{{NOTE|With each new Kernel release this process must be repeated except you should tell the installer to not update xorg.conf}}

== Audio ==

Audio does not work out of the box. You need to download and compile [http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/AlsaCVS ALSA from CVS]

Also look at [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.22/+bug/122560 Ubuntu Launchpad bug# 122560] for the relevant patches to apply over Alsa driver 1.0.14 if you do not want to use the CVS version.

==Wireless:==

====Thinkpad 11A/B/G====
The Atheros card works with the Madwifi driver included as part of the Restricted-Modules package in Gutsy and should be installed by default

====Intel IWL4965 A/G/N====
The iwlwifi driver included in Gutsy often stops transmitting or receiving after an hour or so. This issue can be resolved by installing [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_Ubuntu_7.10_%28Gutsy_Gibbon%29_Tribe_4_on_a_ThinkPad_T61#Wireless_connection_.22Hangs.22_after_a_couple_of_hours iwlwifi 1.0.0-1].

==Fingerprint Reader==
The reader works with ThinkFinger, see instructions at: [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Integrated_Fingerprint_Reader]

==Trackpad scrolling==

To enable using the middle mouse button to scroll add the following in your Trackpoint section in /etc/X11/xorg.conf
{{path|/etc/X11/xorg.conf}}:

Option "EmulateWheel" "on"
Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2"

Trackpad scrolling works out of the box for me in the standard thinkpad way: slide your finger up and down the very right edge of the trackpad --[[User:Plumpy|Plumpy]] 23:04, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

== Bugs ==

==== Font Issues on High-Res Screens ====
On high-res screens (15" 1680x1050), the default fonts are too bold above 8 or 9px (the exact number depends on the font). I have not heard people with normal-resolution screens complaining about this. You can easily see this by running gnome-specimen and gradually stepping up the font size. At some point (usually around 8-9px) the font will turn bold.

====Suspend/Hibernate====
Suspend has major problems. Suspend-to-disk always hangs, and the only suspend-to-ram command I've gotten to work at all is "s2ram -f -a1". About half the time s2ram never resumes, and usually when it fails to resume it just shows a blank console with "Linux!" written in the upper left. However, even when it does resume to the desktop, it invariably does something very odd: It *loses* a processor and a half. Before running s2ram you can do a "cat /proc/cpuinfo" and see two processors running at ~1800MHz, but after resuming from a s2ram, the same command will only show a single processor running at ~900MHz, and any further suspends will completely hang the system. Very bizarre.

====Console Switching====
After a while of running in X mode, it becomes impossible to switch to a console and see anything. I've not figured out any pattern here, but this is what eventually happens after a few hours: You do a Ctrl-Alt-F1 (or F2 or whatever) to go from X to a console, and all you see is a blank screen. The console is actually there and running -- you just cannot see it. You can log in blind and type commands into the console and they'll run just find; you just cannot see what you're doing.

====Brightness====
After installing the proprietary Nvidia drivers you will be unable to modify the brightness setting. A workaround is to drop into a text console by hitting ctrl-alt-F1, modify the brightness and then return to X windows with ctrl-alt-F7. Your X session will not be lost and you can do this with applications running.

====Launchpad bugs related to the T61====

General listing of issues: [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/131406]

Update Nvidia GLX: [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-restricted-modules-2.6.22/+bug/120943]

Update ALSA to support the sound card in the T61: [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.22/+bug/122560]

Brightness dialog doesn't always disappear: [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-power-manager/+bug/123854]

====Wireless connection "Hangs" after a couple of hours====

This is reported to be fixed in version 1.0.0.-1 to install this version follow the instructions below **Note, this did not fix it for me**:

Install the necessary prerequisites and get the directories symlinked right.

sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r`
sudo ln -s /usr/src/linux-headers-`uname -r` /lib/modules/`uname -r`/source

Download and install the latest mac80211 from the 8.x.x branch. 8.0.2 is the latest as of this edit. The 9.x.x branch is currently experimental.

wget http://intellinuxwireless.org/mac80211/downloads/mac80211-8.0.2.tgz
tar -xzf mac80211-8.0.2.tgz
cd mac80211-8.0.2/
sudo make patch_kernel
cd ..

Download and install the latest iwlwifi from the 1.0.x branch. 1.0.0-1 is the latest as of this edit. The 0.1.x branch is currently experimental, but is necessary if you need to use 802.11n. These instructions may or may not work if you want to use 0.1.x.

wget http://intellinuxwireless.org/iwlwifi/downloads/iwlwifi-1.0.0-1.tgz
tar -xzf iwlwifi-1.0.0-1.tgz
cd iwlwifi-1.0.0-1/
make
sudo make install
cd ..

Download and install the latest 4965 ucode.

wget http://intellinuxwireless.org/iwlwifi/downloads/iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.17.tgz
tar -xzf iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.17.tgz
cd iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.17/
sudo cp iwlwifi-4965.ucode /lib/firmware/`uname -r`

Make sure the hardware wifi switch is on before doing this.

sudo rmmod iwl4965
sudo modprobe iwl4965

After that, you should simply be able to connect to wireless networks using Gnome's network manager.

{{T61}}

Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) Tribe 4 on a ThinkPad T61

2007-08-19T01:01:46Z

Cmonkey: /* Bugs */ formatting fix.

== Initial Install ==

'''Issue #1:''' The initial install from the live CD graphical installer does not work if the laptop is in SATA AHCI mode. You have to go into the BIOS and set the SATA controller to "Compatibility" mode or else you get a "can't access tty" error. After Ubuntu is intalled and you've done an "apt-get update" you can -- and should -- set the controller back to AHCI mode.

'''Issue #2:''' The initial install from the live CD graphical installer hangs with a blank tan screen after gdm loads. It is clear that gdm is running, but the desktop never actually loads. The solution is to:

EITHER

# switch to a console (Ctrl-Alt-F1)
# type "sudo bash"
# type "killall gdm"
# type "/etc/init.d/gdm start"

Note that typing "/etc/init.d/gdm stop" does not work for step 3 -- you '''must''' run "killall gdm".

OR

# Simply (Ctrl-Alt-Backspace) which will kill gdm, and bring you back to the login screen. Login as normal now.

== Video ==

'''Intel:'''

At higher resolutions, the gnome toolbars function in a smaller area than the rest of the desktop. This is because the TV output is turned on. If you see the login screen show up in the top-left corner of the screen, taking up only 2/3 of the screen, then you have this issue and you'll need to disable the TV output.

To turn the TV output off and fix the small desktop issue, add the following section in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "TVOutput"
Option "Disable" "true"
EndSection

and then in the Device Section, add the option:

Option "monitor-TV" "TVOutput"

Reference: [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=2944730]

'''Nvidia:'''

If you would like 3D acceleration then you must download and install the proprietary drivers from Nvidia here: http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html

To install these drivers:

# install build-essentials from Synaptic
# Download the drivers from the link above to your home directory
# When the download completes hit Ctrl-ALT-F1 to drop to a console.
# Login and type:
## sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop
## 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

When asked, permit the installer to modify xorg.conf

Reboot: # sudo shutdown -r now

{{NOTE|With each new Kernel release this process must be repeated except you should tell the installer to not update xorg.conf}}

== Audio ==

Audio does not work out of the box. You need to download and compile [http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/AlsaCVS ALSA from CVS]

Also look at [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.22/+bug/122560 Ubuntu Launchpad bug# 122560] for the relevant patches to apply over Alsa driver 1.0.14 if you do not want to use the CVS version.

==Wireless:==

====Thinkpad 11A/B/G====
The Atheros card works with the Madwifi driver included as part of the Restricted-Modules package in Gutsy and should be installed by default

====Intel IWL4965 A/G/N====
The iwlwifi driver included in Gutsy often stops transmitting or receiving after an hour or so. This issue can be resolved by installing [http://intellinuxwireless.org/?p=iwlwifi iwlwifi 1.0.0-1].

==Fingerprint Reader==
The reader works with ThinkFinger, see instructions at: [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Integrated_Fingerprint_Reader]

==Trackpad scrolling==

To enable using the middle mouse button to scroll add the following in your Trackpoint section in /etc/X11/xorg.conf
{{path|/etc/X11/xorg.conf}}:

Option "EmulateWheel" "on"
Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2"

Trackpad scrolling works out of the box for me in the standard thinkpad way: slide your finger up and down the very right edge of the trackpad --[[User:Plumpy|Plumpy]] 23:04, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

== Bugs ==

==== Font Issues on High-Res Screens ====
On high-res screens (15" 1680x1050), the default fonts are too bold above 8 or 9px (the exact number depends on the font). I have not heard people with normal-resolution screens complaining about this. You can easily see this by running gnome-specimen and gradually stepping up the font size. At some point (usually around 8-9px) the font will turn bold.

====Suspend/Hibernate====
Suspend has major problems. Suspend-to-disk always hangs, and the only suspend-to-ram command I've gotten to work at all is "s2ram -f -a1". About half the time s2ram never resumes, and usually when it fails to resume it just shows a blank console with "Linux!" written in the upper left. However, even when it does resume to the desktop, it invariably does something very odd: It *loses* a processor and a half. Before running s2ram you can do a "cat /proc/cpuinfo" and see two processors running at ~1800MHz, but after resuming from a s2ram, the same command will only show a single processor running at ~900MHz, and any further suspends will completely hang the system. Very bizarre.

====Console Switching====
After a while of running in X mode, it becomes impossible to switch to a console and see anything. I've not figured out any pattern here, but this is what eventually happens after a few hours: You do a Ctrl-Alt-F1 (or F2 or whatever) to go from X to a console, and all you see is a blank screen. The console is actually there and running -- you just cannot see it. You can log in blind and type commands into the console and they'll run just find; you just cannot see what you're doing.

====Brightness====
After installing the proprietary Nvidia drivers you will be unable to modify the brightness setting. A workaround is to drop into a text console by hitting ctrl-alt-F1, modify the brightness and then return to X windows with ctrl-alt-F7. Your X session will not be lost and you can do this with applications running.

====Launchpad bugs related to the T61====

General listing of issues: [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/131406]

Update Nvidia GLX: [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-restricted-modules-2.6.22/+bug/120943]

Update ALSA to support the sound card in the T61: [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.22/+bug/122560]

Brightness dialog doesn't always disappear: [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-power-manager/+bug/123854]

====Wireless connection "Hangs" after a couple of hours====

This is reported to be fixed in version 1.0.0.-1 to install this version follow the instructions below **Note, this did not fix it for me**:

Install the necessary prerequisites and get the directories symlinked right.

sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r`
sudo ln -s /usr/src/linux-headers-`uname -r` /lib/modules/`uname -r`/source

Download and install the latest mac80211 from the 8.x.x branch. 8.0.2 is the latest as of this edit. The 9.x.x branch is currently experimental.

wget http://intellinuxwireless.org/mac80211/downloads/mac80211-8.0.2.tgz
tar -xzf mac80211-8.0.2.tgz
cd mac80211-8.0.2/
sudo make patch_kernel
cd ..

Download and install the latest iwlwifi from the 1.0.x branch. 1.0.0-1 is the latest as of this edit. The 0.1.x branch is currently experimental, but is necessary if you need to use 802.11n. These instructions may or may not work if you want to use 0.1.x.

wget http://intellinuxwireless.org/iwlwifi/downloads/iwlwifi-1.0.0-1.tgz
tar -xzf iwlwifi-1.0.0-1.tgz
cd iwlwifi-1.0.0-1/
make
sudo make install
cd ..

Download and install the latest 4965 ucode.

wget http://intellinuxwireless.org/iwlwifi/downloads/iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.17.tgz
tar -xzf iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.17.tgz
cd iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.17/
sudo cp iwlwifi-4965.ucode /lib/firmware/`uname -r`

Make sure the hardware wifi switch is on before doing this.

sudo rmmod iwl4965
sudo modprobe iwl4965

After that, you should simply be able to connect to wireless networks using Gnome's network manager.

{{T61}}

Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) Tribe 4 on a ThinkPad T61

2007-08-19T00:59:53Z

Cmonkey: /* Bugs */ formatting change

== Initial Install ==

'''Issue #1:''' The initial install from the live CD graphical installer does not work if the laptop is in SATA AHCI mode. You have to go into the BIOS and set the SATA controller to "Compatibility" mode or else you get a "can't access tty" error. After Ubuntu is intalled and you've done an "apt-get update" you can -- and should -- set the controller back to AHCI mode.

'''Issue #2:''' The initial install from the live CD graphical installer hangs with a blank tan screen after gdm loads. It is clear that gdm is running, but the desktop never actually loads. The solution is to:

EITHER

# switch to a console (Ctrl-Alt-F1)
# type "sudo bash"
# type "killall gdm"
# type "/etc/init.d/gdm start"

Note that typing "/etc/init.d/gdm stop" does not work for step 3 -- you '''must''' run "killall gdm".

OR

# Simply (Ctrl-Alt-Backspace) which will kill gdm, and bring you back to the login screen. Login as normal now.

== Video ==

'''Intel:'''

At higher resolutions, the gnome toolbars function in a smaller area than the rest of the desktop. This is because the TV output is turned on. If you see the login screen show up in the top-left corner of the screen, taking up only 2/3 of the screen, then you have this issue and you'll need to disable the TV output.

To turn the TV output off and fix the small desktop issue, add the following section in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "TVOutput"
Option "Disable" "true"
EndSection

and then in the Device Section, add the option:

Option "monitor-TV" "TVOutput"

Reference: [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=2944730]

'''Nvidia:'''

If you would like 3D acceleration then you must download and install the proprietary drivers from Nvidia here: http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html

To install these drivers:

# install build-essentials from Synaptic
# Download the drivers from the link above to your home directory
# When the download completes hit Ctrl-ALT-F1 to drop to a console.
# Login and type:
## sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop
## 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

When asked, permit the installer to modify xorg.conf

Reboot: # sudo shutdown -r now

{{NOTE|With each new Kernel release this process must be repeated except you should tell the installer to not update xorg.conf}}

== Audio ==

Audio does not work out of the box. You need to download and compile [http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/AlsaCVS ALSA from CVS]

Also look at [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.22/+bug/122560 Ubuntu Launchpad bug# 122560] for the relevant patches to apply over Alsa driver 1.0.14 if you do not want to use the CVS version.

==Wireless:==

====Thinkpad 11A/B/G====
The Atheros card works with the Madwifi driver included as part of the Restricted-Modules package in Gutsy and should be installed by default

====Intel IWL4965 A/G/N====
The iwlwifi driver included in Gutsy often stops transmitting or receiving after an hour or so. This issue can be resolved by installing [http://intellinuxwireless.org/?p=iwlwifi iwlwifi 1.0.0-1].

==Fingerprint Reader==
The reader works with ThinkFinger, see instructions at: [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Integrated_Fingerprint_Reader]

==Trackpad scrolling==

To enable using the middle mouse button to scroll add the following in your Trackpoint section in /etc/X11/xorg.conf
{{path|/etc/X11/xorg.conf}}:

Option "EmulateWheel" "on"
Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2"

Trackpad scrolling works out of the box for me in the standard thinkpad way: slide your finger up and down the very right edge of the trackpad --[[User:Plumpy|Plumpy]] 23:04, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

== Bugs ==

====Font Issues on High-Res Screens==== On high-res screens (15" 1680x1050), the default fonts are too bold above 8 or 9px (the exact number depends on the font). I have not heard people with normal-resolution screens complaining about this. You can easily see this by running gnome-specimen and gradually stepping up the font size. At some point (usually around 8-9px) the font will turn bold.

====Suspend/Hibernate==== Suspend has major problems. Suspend-to-disk always hangs, and the only suspend-to-ram command I've gotten to work at all is "s2ram -f -a1". About half the time s2ram never resumes, and usually when it fails to resume it just shows a blank console with "Linux!" written in the upper left. However, even when it does resume to the desktop, it invariably does something very odd: It *loses* a processor and a half. Before running s2ram you can do a "cat /proc/cpuinfo" and see two processors running at ~1800MHz, but after resuming from a s2ram, the same command will only show a single processor running at ~900MHz, and any further suspends will completely hang the system. Very bizarre.

====Console Switching==== After a while of running in X mode, it becomes impossible to switch to a console and see anything. I've not figured out any pattern here, but this is what eventually happens after a few hours: You do a Ctrl-Alt-F1 (or F2 or whatever) to go from X to a console, and all you see is a blank screen. The console is actually there and running -- you just cannot see it. You can log in blind and type commands into the console and they'll run just find; you just cannot see what you're doing.

====Brightness==== After installing the proprietary Nvidia drivers you will be unable to modify the brightness setting. A workaround is to drop into a text console by hitting ctrl-alt-F1, modify the brightness and then return to X windows with ctrl-alt-F7. Your X session will not be lost and you can do this with applications running.

====Launchpad bugs related to the T61====

General listing of issues: [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/131406]

Update Nvidia GLX: [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-restricted-modules-2.6.22/+bug/120943]

Update ALSA to support the sound card in the T61: [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.22/+bug/122560]

Brightness dialog doesn't always disappear: [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-power-manager/+bug/123854]

====Wireless connection "Hangs" after a couple of hours====

This is reported to be fixed in version 1.0.0.-1 to install this version follow the instructions below **Note, this did not fix it for me**:

Install the necessary prerequisites and get the directories symlinked right.

sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r`
sudo ln -s /usr/src/linux-headers-`uname -r` /lib/modules/`uname -r`/source

Download and install the latest mac80211 from the 8.x.x branch. 8.0.2 is the latest as of this edit. The 9.x.x branch is currently experimental.

wget http://intellinuxwireless.org/mac80211/downloads/mac80211-8.0.2.tgz
tar -xzf mac80211-8.0.2.tgz
cd mac80211-8.0.2/
sudo make patch_kernel
cd ..

Download and install the latest iwlwifi from the 1.0.x branch. 1.0.0-1 is the latest as of this edit. The 0.1.x branch is currently experimental, but is necessary if you need to use 802.11n. These instructions may or may not work if you want to use 0.1.x.

wget http://intellinuxwireless.org/iwlwifi/downloads/iwlwifi-1.0.0-1.tgz
tar -xzf iwlwifi-1.0.0-1.tgz
cd iwlwifi-1.0.0-1/
make
sudo make install
cd ..

Download and install the latest 4965 ucode.

wget http://intellinuxwireless.org/iwlwifi/downloads/iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.17.tgz
tar -xzf iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.17.tgz
cd iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.17/
sudo cp iwlwifi-4965.ucode /lib/firmware/`uname -r`

Make sure the hardware wifi switch is on before doing this.

sudo rmmod iwl4965
sudo modprobe iwl4965

After that, you should simply be able to connect to wireless networks using Gnome's network manager.

{{T61}}

Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) Tribe 4 on a ThinkPad T61

2007-08-19T00:58:14Z

Cmonkey: Revert. Click the link and follow the instructions first.

== Initial Install ==

'''Issue #1:''' The initial install from the live CD graphical installer does not work if the laptop is in SATA AHCI mode. You have to go into the BIOS and set the SATA controller to "Compatibility" mode or else you get a "can't access tty" error. After Ubuntu is intalled and you've done an "apt-get update" you can -- and should -- set the controller back to AHCI mode.

'''Issue #2:''' The initial install from the live CD graphical installer hangs with a blank tan screen after gdm loads. It is clear that gdm is running, but the desktop never actually loads. The solution is to:

EITHER

# switch to a console (Ctrl-Alt-F1)
# type "sudo bash"
# type "killall gdm"
# type "/etc/init.d/gdm start"

Note that typing "/etc/init.d/gdm stop" does not work for step 3 -- you '''must''' run "killall gdm".

OR

# Simply (Ctrl-Alt-Backspace) which will kill gdm, and bring you back to the login screen. Login as normal now.

== Video ==

'''Intel:'''

At higher resolutions, the gnome toolbars function in a smaller area than the rest of the desktop. This is because the TV output is turned on. If you see the login screen show up in the top-left corner of the screen, taking up only 2/3 of the screen, then you have this issue and you'll need to disable the TV output.

To turn the TV output off and fix the small desktop issue, add the following section in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "TVOutput"
Option "Disable" "true"
EndSection

and then in the Device Section, add the option:

Option "monitor-TV" "TVOutput"

Reference: [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=2944730]

'''Nvidia:'''

If you would like 3D acceleration then you must download and install the proprietary drivers from Nvidia here: http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html

To install these drivers:

# install build-essentials from Synaptic
# Download the drivers from the link above to your home directory
# When the download completes hit Ctrl-ALT-F1 to drop to a console.
# Login and type:
## sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop
## 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

When asked, permit the installer to modify xorg.conf

Reboot: # sudo shutdown -r now

{{NOTE|With each new Kernel release this process must be repeated except you should tell the installer to not update xorg.conf}}

== Audio ==

Audio does not work out of the box. You need to download and compile [http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/AlsaCVS ALSA from CVS]

Also look at [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.22/+bug/122560 Ubuntu Launchpad bug# 122560] for the relevant patches to apply over Alsa driver 1.0.14 if you do not want to use the CVS version.

==Wireless:==

====Thinkpad 11A/B/G====
The Atheros card works with the Madwifi driver included as part of the Restricted-Modules package in Gutsy and should be installed by default

====Intel IWL4965 A/G/N====
The iwlwifi driver included in Gutsy often stops transmitting or receiving after an hour or so. This issue can be resolved by installing [http://intellinuxwireless.org/?p=iwlwifi iwlwifi 1.0.0-1].

==Fingerprint Reader==
The reader works with ThinkFinger, see instructions at: [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Integrated_Fingerprint_Reader]

==Trackpad scrolling==

To enable using the middle mouse button to scroll add the following in your Trackpoint section in /etc/X11/xorg.conf
{{path|/etc/X11/xorg.conf}}:

Option "EmulateWheel" "on"
Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2"

Trackpad scrolling works out of the box for me in the standard thinkpad way: slide your finger up and down the very right edge of the trackpad --[[User:Plumpy|Plumpy]] 23:04, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

== Bugs ==

'''Font Issues on High-Res Screens:''' On high-res screens (15" 1680x1050), the default fonts are too bold above 8 or 9px (the exact number depends on the font). I have not heard people with normal-resolution screens complaining about this. You can easily see this by running gnome-specimen and gradually stepping up the font size. At some point (usually around 8-9px) the font will turn bold.

'''Suspend/Hibernate:''' Suspend has major problems. Suspend-to-disk always hangs, and the only suspend-to-ram command I've gotten to work at all is "s2ram -f -a1". About half the time s2ram never resumes, and usually when it fails to resume it just shows a blank console with "Linux!" written in the upper left. However, even when it does resume to the desktop, it invariably does something very odd: It *loses* a processor and a half. Before running s2ram you can do a "cat /proc/cpuinfo" and see two processors running at ~1800MHz, but after resuming from a s2ram, the same command will only show a single processor running at ~900MHz, and any further suspends will completely hang the system. Very bizarre.

'''Console Switching:''' After a while of running in X mode, it becomes impossible to switch to a console and see anything. I've not figured out any pattern here, but this is what eventually happens after a few hours: You do a Ctrl-Alt-F1 (or F2 or whatever) to go from X to a console, and all you see is a blank screen. The console is actually there and running -- you just cannot see it. You can log in blind and type commands into the console and they'll run just find; you just cannot see what you're doing.

'''Brightness:''' After installing the proprietary Nvidia drivers you will be unable to modify the brightness setting. A workaround is to drop into a text console by hitting ctrl-alt-F1, modify the brightness and then return to X windows with ctrl-alt-F7. Your X session will not be lost and you can do this with applications running.

'''Launchpad bugs related to the T61:'''

General listing of issues: [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/131406]

Update Nvidia GLX: [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-restricted-modules-2.6.22/+bug/120943]

Update ALSA to support the sound card in the T61: [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.22/+bug/122560]

Brightness dialog doesn't always disappear: [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-power-manager/+bug/123854]

'''Wireless connection "Hangs" after a couple of hours:'''

This is reported to be fixed in version 1.0.0.-1 to install this version follow the instructions below **Note, this did not fix it for me**:

Install the necessary prerequisites and get the directories symlinked right.

sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r`
sudo ln -s /usr/src/linux-headers-`uname -r` /lib/modules/`uname -r`/source

Download and install the latest mac80211 from the 8.x.x branch. 8.0.2 is the latest as of this edit. The 9.x.x branch is currently experimental.

wget http://intellinuxwireless.org/mac80211/downloads/mac80211-8.0.2.tgz
tar -xzf mac80211-8.0.2.tgz
cd mac80211-8.0.2/
sudo make patch_kernel
cd ..

Download and install the latest iwlwifi from the 1.0.x branch. 1.0.0-1 is the latest as of this edit. The 0.1.x branch is currently experimental, but is necessary if you need to use 802.11n. These instructions may or may not work if you want to use 0.1.x.

wget http://intellinuxwireless.org/iwlwifi/downloads/iwlwifi-1.0.0-1.tgz
tar -xzf iwlwifi-1.0.0-1.tgz
cd iwlwifi-1.0.0-1/
make
sudo make install
cd ..

Download and install the latest 4965 ucode.

wget http://intellinuxwireless.org/iwlwifi/downloads/iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.17.tgz
tar -xzf iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.17.tgz
cd iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.17/
sudo cp iwlwifi-4965.ucode /lib/firmware/`uname -r`

Make sure the hardware wifi switch is on before doing this.

sudo rmmod iwl4965
sudo modprobe iwl4965

After that, you should simply be able to connect to wireless networks using Gnome's network manager.

{{T61}}

Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) Tribe 4 on a ThinkPad T61

2007-08-12T16:00:09Z

Cmonkey: /* Intel IWL4965 A/G/N */ added iwlwifi link

== Initial Install ==

'''Issue #1:''' The initial install from the live CD graphical installer does not work if the laptop is in SATA AHCI mode. You have to go into the BIOS and set the SATA controller to "Compatibility" mode or else you get a "can't access tty" error. After Ubuntu is intalled and you've done an "apt-get update" you can -- and should -- set the controller back to AHCI mode.

'''Issue #2:''' The initial install from the live CD graphical installer hangs with a blank tan screen after gdm loads. It is clear that gdm is running, but the desktop never actually loads. The solution is to:

# switch to a console (Ctrl-Alt-F1)
# type "sudo bash"
# type "killall gdm"
# type "/etc/init.d/gdm start"

Note that typing "/etc/init.d/gdm stop" does not work for step 3 -- you '''must''' run "killall gdm".

== Video ==

'''Intel:'''

At higher resolutions, the gnome toolbars function in a smaller area than the rest of the desktop. This is because the TV output is turned on. If you see the login screen show up in the top-left corner of the screen, taking up only 2/3 of the screen, then you have this issue and you'll need to disable the TV output.

To turn the TV output off and fix the small desktop issue, add the following section in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "TVOutput"
Option "Disable" "true"
EndSection

and then in the Device Section, add the option:

Option "monitor-TV" "TVOutput"

Reference: [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=2944730]

'''Nvidia:'''

If you would like 3D acceleration then you must download and install the proprietary drivers from Nvidia here: http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html

To install these drivers:

# install build-essentials from Synaptic
# Download the drivers from the link above to your home directory
# When the download completes hit Ctrl-ALT-F1 to drop to a console.
# Login and type:
## sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop
## 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

When asked, permit the installer to modify xorg.conf

Reboot: # sudo shutdown -r now

{{NOTE|With each new Kernel release this process must be repeated except you should tell the installer to not update xorg.conf}}

== Audio ==

Audio does not work out of the box. You need to download and compile [http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/AlsaCVS ALSA from CVS]

==Wireless:==

====Thinkpad 11A/B/G====
The Atheros card works with the Madwifi driver included as part of the Restricted-Modules package in Gutsy and should be installed by default

====Intel IWL4965 A/G/N====
The iwlwifi driver included in Gutsy often stops transmitting or receiving after an hour or so. This issue can be resolved by installing [http://intellinuxwireless.org/?p=iwlwifi iwlwifi 1.0.0-1].

==Fingerprint Reader==
The reader works with ThinkFinger, see instructions at: [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Integrated_Fingerprint_Reader]

==Trackpad scrolling==

To enable using the middle mouse button to scroll add the following in your Trackpoint section in /etc/X11/xorg.conf
{{path|/etc/X11/xorg.conf}}:

Option "EmulateWheel" "on"
Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2"

== Bugs ==

'''Font Issues on High-Res Screens:''' On high-res screens (15" 1680x1050), the default fonts are too bold above 8 or 9px (the exact number depends on the font). I have not heard people with normal-resolution screens complaining about this. You can easily see this by running gnome-specimen and gradually stepping up the font size. At some point (usually around 8-9px) the font will turn bold.

'''Suspend/Hibernate:''' Suspend has major problems. Suspend-to-disk always hangs, and the only suspend-to-ram command I've gotten to work at all is "s2ram -f -a1". About half the time s2ram never resumes, and usually when it fails to resume it just shows a blank console with "Linux!" written in the upper left. However, even when it does resume to the desktop, it invariably does something very odd: It *loses* a processor and a half. Before running s2ram you can do a "cat /proc/cpuinfo" and see two processors running at ~1800MHz, but after resuming from a s2ram, the same command will only show a single processor running at ~900MHz, and any further suspends will completely hang the system. Very bizarre.

'''Console Switching:''' After a while of running in X mode, it becomes impossible to switch to a console and see anything. I've not figured out any pattern here, but this is what eventually happens after a few hours: You do a Ctrl-Alt-F1 (or F2 or whatever) to go from X to a console, and all you see is a blank screen. The console is actually there and running -- you just cannot see it. You can log in blind and type commands into the console and they'll run just find; you just cannot see what you're doing.

'''Brightness:''' After installing the proprietary Nvidia drivers you will be unable to modify the brightness setting. A workaround is to drop into a text console by hitting ctrl-alt-F1, modify the brightness and then return to X windows with ctrl-alt-F7. Your X session will not be lost and you can do this with applications running.

'''Launchpad bugs related to the T61:'''

General listing of issues: [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/131406]

Update Nvidia GLX: [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-restricted-modules-2.6.22/+bug/120943]

Update ALSA to support the sound card in the T61: [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.22/+bug/122560]

Brightness dialog doesn't always disappear: [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-power-manager/+bug/123854]

{{T61}}

Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) Tribe 4 on a ThinkPad T61

2007-08-12T15:58:30Z

Cmonkey: /* Bugs */

== Initial Install ==

'''Issue #1:''' The initial install from the live CD graphical installer does not work if the laptop is in SATA AHCI mode. You have to go into the BIOS and set the SATA controller to "Compatibility" mode or else you get a "can't access tty" error. After Ubuntu is intalled and you've done an "apt-get update" you can -- and should -- set the controller back to AHCI mode.

'''Issue #2:''' The initial install from the live CD graphical installer hangs with a blank tan screen after gdm loads. It is clear that gdm is running, but the desktop never actually loads. The solution is to:

# switch to a console (Ctrl-Alt-F1)
# type "sudo bash"
# type "killall gdm"
# type "/etc/init.d/gdm start"

Note that typing "/etc/init.d/gdm stop" does not work for step 3 -- you '''must''' run "killall gdm".

== Video ==

'''Intel:'''

At higher resolutions, the gnome toolbars function in a smaller area than the rest of the desktop. This is because the TV output is turned on. If you see the login screen show up in the top-left corner of the screen, taking up only 2/3 of the screen, then you have this issue and you'll need to disable the TV output.

To turn the TV output off and fix the small desktop issue, add the following section in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "TVOutput"
Option "Disable" "true"
EndSection

and then in the Device Section, add the option:

Option "monitor-TV" "TVOutput"

Reference: [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=2944730]

'''Nvidia:'''

If you would like 3D acceleration then you must download and install the proprietary drivers from Nvidia here: http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html

To install these drivers:

# install build-essentials from Synaptic
# Download the drivers from the link above to your home directory
# When the download completes hit Ctrl-ALT-F1 to drop to a console.
# Login and type:
## sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop
## 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

When asked, permit the installer to modify xorg.conf

Reboot: # sudo shutdown -r now

{{NOTE|With each new Kernel release this process must be repeated except you should tell the installer to not update xorg.conf}}

== Audio ==

Audio does not work out of the box. You need to download and compile [http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/AlsaCVS ALSA from CVS]

==Wireless:==

====Thinkpad 11A/B/G====
The Atheros card works with the Madwifi driver included as part of the Restricted-Modules package in Gutsy and should be installed by default

====Intel IWL4965 A/G/N====
The iwlwifi driver included in Gutsy often stops transmitting or receiving after an hour or so. This issue can be resolved by installing iwlwifi 1.0.0-1.

==Fingerprint Reader==
The reader works with ThinkFinger, see instructions at: [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Integrated_Fingerprint_Reader]

==Trackpad scrolling==

To enable using the middle mouse button to scroll add the following in your Trackpoint section in /etc/X11/xorg.conf
{{path|/etc/X11/xorg.conf}}:

Option "EmulateWheel" "on"
Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2"

== Bugs ==

'''Font Issues on High-Res Screens:''' On high-res screens (15" 1680x1050), the default fonts are too bold above 8 or 9px (the exact number depends on the font). I have not heard people with normal-resolution screens complaining about this. You can easily see this by running gnome-specimen and gradually stepping up the font size. At some point (usually around 8-9px) the font will turn bold.

'''Suspend/Hibernate:''' Suspend has major problems. Suspend-to-disk always hangs, and the only suspend-to-ram command I've gotten to work at all is "s2ram -f -a1". About half the time s2ram never resumes, and usually when it fails to resume it just shows a blank console with "Linux!" written in the upper left. However, even when it does resume to the desktop, it invariably does something very odd: It *loses* a processor and a half. Before running s2ram you can do a "cat /proc/cpuinfo" and see two processors running at ~1800MHz, but after resuming from a s2ram, the same command will only show a single processor running at ~900MHz, and any further suspends will completely hang the system. Very bizarre.

'''Console Switching:''' After a while of running in X mode, it becomes impossible to switch to a console and see anything. I've not figured out any pattern here, but this is what eventually happens after a few hours: You do a Ctrl-Alt-F1 (or F2 or whatever) to go from X to a console, and all you see is a blank screen. The console is actually there and running -- you just cannot see it. You can log in blind and type commands into the console and they'll run just find; you just cannot see what you're doing.

'''Brightness:''' After installing the proprietary Nvidia drivers you will be unable to modify the brightness setting. A workaround is to drop into a text console by hitting ctrl-alt-F1, modify the brightness and then return to X windows with ctrl-alt-F7. Your X session will not be lost and you can do this with applications running.

'''Launchpad bugs related to the T61:'''

General listing of issues: [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/131406]

Update Nvidia GLX: [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-restricted-modules-2.6.22/+bug/120943]

Update ALSA to support the sound card in the T61: [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.22/+bug/122560]

Brightness dialog doesn't always disappear: [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-power-manager/+bug/123854]

{{T61}}

Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) Tribe 4 on a ThinkPad T61

2007-08-12T15:58:07Z

Cmonkey: /* Intel IWL4965 A/G/N */ iwlwifi 1.0.0-1

== Initial Install ==

'''Issue #1:''' The initial install from the live CD graphical installer does not work if the laptop is in SATA AHCI mode. You have to go into the BIOS and set the SATA controller to "Compatibility" mode or else you get a "can't access tty" error. After Ubuntu is intalled and you've done an "apt-get update" you can -- and should -- set the controller back to AHCI mode.

'''Issue #2:''' The initial install from the live CD graphical installer hangs with a blank tan screen after gdm loads. It is clear that gdm is running, but the desktop never actually loads. The solution is to:

# switch to a console (Ctrl-Alt-F1)
# type "sudo bash"
# type "killall gdm"
# type "/etc/init.d/gdm start"

Note that typing "/etc/init.d/gdm stop" does not work for step 3 -- you '''must''' run "killall gdm".

== Video ==

'''Intel:'''

At higher resolutions, the gnome toolbars function in a smaller area than the rest of the desktop. This is because the TV output is turned on. If you see the login screen show up in the top-left corner of the screen, taking up only 2/3 of the screen, then you have this issue and you'll need to disable the TV output.

To turn the TV output off and fix the small desktop issue, add the following section in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "TVOutput"
Option "Disable" "true"
EndSection

and then in the Device Section, add the option:

Option "monitor-TV" "TVOutput"

Reference: [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=2944730]

'''Nvidia:'''

If you would like 3D acceleration then you must download and install the proprietary drivers from Nvidia here: http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html

To install these drivers:

# install build-essentials from Synaptic
# Download the drivers from the link above to your home directory
# When the download completes hit Ctrl-ALT-F1 to drop to a console.
# Login and type:
## sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop
## 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

When asked, permit the installer to modify xorg.conf

Reboot: # sudo shutdown -r now

{{NOTE|With each new Kernel release this process must be repeated except you should tell the installer to not update xorg.conf}}

== Audio ==

Audio does not work out of the box. You need to download and compile [http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/AlsaCVS ALSA from CVS]

==Wireless:==

====Thinkpad 11A/B/G====
The Atheros card works with the Madwifi driver included as part of the Restricted-Modules package in Gutsy and should be installed by default

====Intel IWL4965 A/G/N====
The iwlwifi driver included in Gutsy often stops transmitting or receiving after an hour or so. This issue can be resolved by installing iwlwifi 1.0.0-1.

==Fingerprint Reader==
The reader works with ThinkFinger, see instructions at: [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Integrated_Fingerprint_Reader]

==Trackpad scrolling==

To enable using the middle mouse button to scroll add the following in your Trackpoint section in /etc/X11/xorg.conf
{{path|/etc/X11/xorg.conf}}:

Option "EmulateWheel" "on"
Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2"

== Bugs ==

'''Font Issues on High-Res Screens:''' On high-res screens (15" 1680x1050), the default fonts are too bold above 8 or 9px (the exact number depends on the font). I have not heard people with normal-resolution screens complaining about this. You can easily see this by running gnome-specimen and gradually stepping up the font size. At some point (usually around 8-9px) the font will turn bold.

'''Suspend/Hibernate:''' Suspend has major problems. Suspend-to-disk always hangs, and the only suspend-to-ram command I've gotten to work at all is "s2ram -f -a1". About half the time s2ram never resumes, and usually when it fails to resume it just shows a blank console with "Linux!" written in the upper left. However, even when it does resume to the desktop, it invariably does something very odd: It *loses* a processor and a half. Before running s2ram you can do a "cat /proc/cpuinfo" and see two processors running at ~1800MHz, but after resuming from a s2ram, the same command will only show a single processor running at ~900MHz, and any further suspends will completely hang the system. Very bizarre.

'''Console Switching:''' After a while of running in X mode, it becomes impossible to switch to a console and see anything. I've not figured out any pattern here, but this is what eventually happens after a few hours: You do a Ctrl-Alt-F1 (or F2 or whatever) to go from X to a console, and all you see is a blank screen. The console is actually there and running -- you just cannot see it. You can log in blind and type commands into the console and they'll run just find; you just cannot see what you're doing.

'''Brightness:''' After installing the proprietary Nvidia drivers you will be unable to modify the brightness setting. A workaround is to drop into a text console by hitting ctrl-alt-F1, modify the brightness and then return to X windows with ctrl-alt-F7. Your X session will not be lost and you can do this with applications running.

'''Wireless Connection issues:''' There have been some reports from Intel wireless users that the wireless card stops transmitting after a couple of hours but the connection still shows connected. Disabling and Enabling wireless in Network-Manager usually resolves this.

'''Launchpad bugs related to the T61:'''

General listing of issues: [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/131406]

Update Nvidia GLX: [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-restricted-modules-2.6.22/+bug/120943]

Update ALSA to support the sound card in the T61: [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.22/+bug/122560]

Brightness dialog doesn't always disappear: [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-power-manager/+bug/123854]

{{T61}}

Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) Tribe 3 on a ThinkPad T61

2007-08-11T17:12:26Z

Cmonkey: /* IWL4965 */ iwlwifi 1.0.0-1

===Opening Notes:===

1) This is written for Tribe 3, 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) While Gutsy has been relatively stable lately if you are looking for stability stay with Feisty.

===Video:===

====Intel:====
Install using the regular CD and hit F4 to change VGA settings to 1024x768x32.

Starting with Tribe 3 on the T61, Ubuntu defaults to using the Intel driver and you can use the regular CD to install. However there have been problems with the resolution where the gnome toolbars are functioning in a smaller area than the rest of the desktop. This is because the TV output is turned on. If you see the login screen show up in the top-left corner of the screen, taking up only 2/3 of the screen, then you have this issue and you'll need to disable the TV output.

To turn the TV output off and fix the small desktop issue, add the following section in {{path|/etc/X11/xorg.conf}}.

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "TVOutput"
Option "Disable" "true"
EndSection

and then in the Device Section, add the option:

Option "monitor-TV" "TVOutput"

Reference: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=2944730

====Nvidia:====

As of July 10th the latest nv 2D driver was released that supports the 140m in the T61 and this driver is in Tribe3.

If you would like 3D acceleration then you must download and install the proprietary drivers from Nvidia here:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html

To install these drivers:

1) install build-essentials from Synaptic

2) Download the drivers from the link above to your home directory

3) When the download completes hit Ctrl-ALT-F1 to drop to a console.

4) Login and type:

{{cmdroot|sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop}}

{{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

When asked permit the installer to modify your xorg.conf

Reboot:
{{cmdroot|sudo shutdown -r now}}

{{NOTE|With each new Kernel release this process must be repeated except you should tell the installer to not update xorg.conf}}

===Wireless:===

====Thinkpad 11A/B/G====
The Atheros card works with the Madwifi driver included as part of the Restricted-Modules package in Gutsy and should be installed by default

====Intel IWL4965 A/G/N====
As of July 26th the IWL4965 driver and firmware is included in linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22 which should be installed by default.
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/gutsy-changes/2007-July/005258.html

===Audio:===

Audio does not work out of the box, download and install the latest version of Alsa from CVS using the instructions here:
http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/Quick_Install

==References==
* This guide is listed at the [http://tuxmobil.org/ibm.html TuxMobil Linux laptop and notebook installation guides survey (IBM/Lenovo)].

==Updates==

{{NOTE|The section below is optional}}

====IWL4965====
As of July 27th Ubuntu ships version 0.42 of the iwlwifi driver, if you would like to install version 1.0.0-1 follow the instructions below:

{{NOTE|As the release process moves forward the Kernel will be updated, so make sure to update the paths below. Also, with each new Kernel release this process must be repeated}}

Install the necessary prerequisites and get the directories symlinked right.

sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r`
sudo ln -s /usr/src/linux-headers-`uname -r` /lib/modules/`uname -r`/source

Download and install the latest mac80211 from the 8.x.x branch. 8.0.2 is the latest as of this edit. The 9.x.x branch is currently experimental.

wget http://intellinuxwireless.org/mac80211/downloads/mac80211-8.0.2.tgz
tar -xzf mac80211-8.0.2.tgz
cd mac80211-8.0.2/
sudo make patch_kernel
cd ..

Download and install the latest iwlwifi from the 1.0.x branch. 1.0.0-1 is the latest as of this edit. The 0.1.x branch is currently experimental, but is necessary if you need to use 802.11n. These instructions may or may not work if you want to use 0.1.x.

wget http://intellinuxwireless.org/iwlwifi/downloads/iwlwifi-1.0.0-1.tgz
tar -xzf iwlwifi-1.0.0-1.tgz
cd iwlwifi-1.0.0-1/
make
sudo make install
cd ..

Download and install the latest 4965 ucode.

wget http://intellinuxwireless.org/iwlwifi/downloads/iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.17.tgz
tar -xzf iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.17.tgz
cd iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.17/
sudo cp iwlwifi-4965.ucode /lib/firmware/`uname -r`

Make sure the hardware wifi switch is on before doing this.

sudo modprobe iwl4965

After that, you should simply be able to connect to wireless networks using Gnome's network manager.

{{T61}}

Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) Tribe 3 on a ThinkPad T61

2007-07-29T16:42:46Z

Cmonkey: /* Hard Disk Controller */ Removed a note.

===Opening Notes:===

1) This is written for Tribe 3, 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) While Gutsy has been relatively stable lately if you are looking 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:====
Must install using the alternate CD or the regular CD and hit F4 to change VGA settings to 1024x768x32 and use regular install.

Starting with Tribe 3 on the T61, Ubuntu defaults to using the Intel driver.

====Nvidia:====

As of July 10th the latest nv 2D driver was released that supports the 140m in the T61 and this driver is in Tribe3.

If you would like 3D acceleration then you must download and install the proprietary drivers from Nvidia here:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html

To install these drivers:

1) install build-essentials from Synaptic

2) Download the drivers from the link above to your home directory

3) When the download completes hit Ctrl-ALT-F1 to drop to a console.

4) Login and type:

{{cmdroot|sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop}}

{{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

When asked permit the installer to modify your xorg.conf

Reboot:
{{cmdroot|sudo shutdown -r now}}

{{NOTE|With each new Kernel release this process must be repeated except you should tell the installer to not update xorg.conf}}

===Wireless:===

====Thinkpad 11A/B/G====
The Atheros card works with the Madwifi driver included as part of the Restricted-Modules package in Gutsy and should be installed by default

====Intel IWL4965 A/G/N====
As of July 26th the IWL4965 driver and firmware is included in linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22 which should be installed by default.
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/gutsy-changes/2007-July/005258.html

===Audio:===

Audio does not work out of the box, download and install the latest version of Alsa from CVS using the instructions here:
http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/Quick_Install

==References==
* This guide is listed at the [http://tuxmobil.org/ibm.html TuxMobil Linux laptop and notebook installation guides survey (IBM/Lenovo)].

==Updates==

{{NOTE|The section below is optional}}

====IWL4965====
As of July 27th Ubuntu ships version 0.42 of the iwlwifi driver, if you would like to install version 1.0 follow the instructions below:

{{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}}

Install the necessary prerequisites and get the directories symlinked right.

sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r`
sudo ln -s /usr/src/linux-headers-`uname -r` /lib/modules/`uname -r`/source

Download and install the latest mac80211 from the 8.x.x branch. 8.0.2 is the latest as of this edit. The 9.x.x branch is currently experimental.

wget http://intellinuxwireless.org/mac80211/downloads/mac80211-8.0.2.tgz
tar -xzf mac80211-8.0.2.tgz
cd mac80211-8.0.2/
sudo make patch_kernel
cd ..

Download and install the latest iwlwifi from the 1.0.x branch. 1.0.0 is the latest as of this edit. The 0.1.x branch is currently experimental, but is necessary if you need to use 802.11n. These instructions may or may not work if you want to use 0.1.x.

wget http://intellinuxwireless.org/iwlwifi/downloads/iwlwifi-1.0.0.tgz
tar -xzf iwlwifi-1.0.0.tgz
cd iwlwifi-1.0.0/
make
sudo make install
cd ..

Download and install the latest 4965 ucode.

wget http://intellinuxwireless.org/iwlwifi/downloads/iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.17.tgz
tar -xzf iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.17.tgz
cd iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.17/
sudo cp iwlwifi-4965.ucode /lib/firmware/`uname -r`

Make sure the hardware wifi switch is on before doing this.

sudo modprobe iwl4965

After that, you should simply be able to connect to wireless networks using Gnome's network manager.

{{T61}}

Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) Tribe 3 on a ThinkPad T61

2007-07-25T22:46:23Z

Cmonkey: /* Wireless: */ updating iwlwifi version

===Opening Notes:===

1) This is written for Tribe 3, 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) While Gutsy has been relatively stable lately if you are looking 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:====
Must install using the alternate CD or the regular CD and hit F4 to change VGA settings to 1024x768x32 and use regular install.

Starting with Tribe 3 on the T61, Ubuntu defaults to using the Intel driver.

====Nvidia:====

As of July 10th the latest nv 2D driver was released that supports the 140m in the T61 and this driver is in Tribe3.

If you would like 3D acceleration then you must download and install the proprietary drivers from Nvidia here:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html

To install these drivers:

1) install build-essentials from Synaptic

2) Download the drivers from the link above to your home directory

3) When the download completes hit Ctrl-ALT-F1 to drop to a console.

4) Login and type:

{{cmdroot|sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop}}

{{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

When asked permit the installer to modify your xorg.conf

Reboot:
{{cmdroot|sudo shutdown -r now}}

{{NOTE|With each new Kernel release this process must be repeated except you should tell the installer to not update xorg.conf}}

===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}}

Install the necessary prerequisites and get the directories symlinked right.

sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r`
sudo ln -s /usr/src/linux-headers-`uname -r` /lib/modules/`uname -r`/source

Download and install the latest mac80211 from the 8.x.x branch. 8.0.2 is the latest as of this edit. The 9.x.x branch is currently experimental.

wget http://intellinuxwireless.org/mac80211/downloads/mac80211-8.0.2.tgz
tar -xzf mac80211-8.0.2.tgz
cd mac80211-8.0.2/
sudo make patch_kernel
cd ..

Download and install the latest iwlwifi from the 1.0.x branch. 1.0.0 is the latest as of this edit. The 0.1.x branch is currently experimental, but is necessary if you need to use 802.11n. These instructions may or may not work if you want to use 0.1.x.

wget http://intellinuxwireless.org/iwlwifi/downloads/iwlwifi-1.0.0.tgz
tar -xzf iwlwifi-1.0.0.tgz
cd iwlwifi-1.0.0/
make
sudo make install
cd ..

Download and install the latest 4965 ucode.

wget http://intellinuxwireless.org/iwlwifi/downloads/iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.17.tgz
tar -xzf iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.17.tgz
cd iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.17/
sudo cp iwlwifi-4965.ucode /lib/firmware/`uname -r`

Make sure the hardware wifi switch is on before doing this.

sudo modprobe iwl4965

After that, you should simply be able to connect to wireless networks using Gnome's network manager.

===Audio:===

Audio does not work out of the box, download and install the latest version of Alsa from CVS using the instructions here:
http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/Quick_Install

==References==
* This guide is listed at the [http://tuxmobil.org/ibm.html TuxMobil Linux laptop and notebook installation guides survey (IBM/Lenovo)].

{{T61}}

Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) Tribe 3 on a ThinkPad T61

2007-07-21T13:45:55Z

Cmonkey: /* Intel: */ updated for tribe 3

===Opening Notes:===

1) This is written for Tribe 3, 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. ***This has changed lately and things are a lot more stable, disabling Compiz helped and most the random crashes seemed to have cleared up the past week.***

===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:====
Must install using the alternate CD or the regular CD and hit F4 to change VGA settings to 1024x768x32 and use regular install.

Starting with Tribe 3 on the T61, Ubuntu defaults to using the Intel driver.

====Nvidia:====

On July 10th the latest nv 2D driver was released that supported the 140m. It should be in the repo's soon: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/gutsy-changes/2007-July/004577.html Once this makes it into the Daily CD's you should be able to install via the Live CD and the instructions below will not be required.

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

{{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}}

Install the necessary prerequisites and get the directories symlinked right.

sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r`
sudo ln -s /usr/src/linux-headers-`uname -r` /lib/modules/`uname -r`/source

Download and install the latest mac80211 from the 8.x.x branch. 8.0.2 is the latest as of this edit. The 9.x.x branch is currently experimental.

wget http://intellinuxwireless.org/mac80211/downloads/mac80211-8.0.2.tgz
tar -xzf mac80211-8.0.2.tgz
cd mac80211-8.0.2/
sudo make patch_kernel
cd ..

Download and install the latest iwlwifi from the 0.0.x branch. 0.0.42 is the latest as of this edit. The 0.1.x branch is currently experimental, but is necessary if you need to use 802.11n. These instructions may or may not work if you want to use 0.1.x.

wget http://intellinuxwireless.org/iwlwifi/downloads/iwlwifi-0.0.42.tgz
tar -xzf iwlwifi-0.0.42.tgz
cd iwlwifi-0.0.42/
make
sudo make install
cd ..

Download and install the latest 4965 ucode.

wget http://intellinuxwireless.org/iwlwifi/downloads/iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.17.tgz
tar -xzf iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.17.tgz
cd iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.17/
sudo cp iwlwifi-4965.ucode /lib/firmware/`uname -r`

Make sure the hardware wifi switch is on before doing this.

sudo modprobe iwl4965

After that, you should simply be able to connect to wireless networks using Gnome's network manager.

===Audio:===

Audio does not work out of the box, download and install the latest version of Alsa from CVS using the instructions here:
http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/Quick_Install

{{T61}}

Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) Tribe 3 on a ThinkPad T61

2007-07-20T15:47:08Z

Cmonkey: formatting change

===Opening Notes:===

1) This is written for Tribe 3, 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. ***This has changed lately and things are a lot more stable, disabling Compiz helped and most the random crashes seemed to have cleared up the past week.***

===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:====
Must install using the alternate CD or the regular CD and hit F4 to change VGA settings to 1024x768x32 and use regular install.

Intel GMX3100 worked flawlessly at 1200x1024 resolution. Have not yet tried the higher resolution.

====Nvidia:====

On July 10th the latest nv 2D driver was released that supported the 140m. It should be in the repo's soon: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/gutsy-changes/2007-July/004577.html Once this makes it into the Daily CD's you should be able to install via the Live CD and the instructions below will not be required.

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

{{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}}

Install the necessary prerequisites and get the directories symlinked right.

sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r`
sudo ln -s /usr/src/linux-headers-`uname -r` /lib/modules/`uname -r`/source

Download and install the latest mac80211 from the 8.x.x branch. 8.0.2 is the latest as of this edit. The 9.x.x branch is currently experimental.

wget http://intellinuxwireless.org/mac80211/downloads/mac80211-8.0.2.tgz
tar -xzf mac80211-8.0.2.tgz
cd mac80211-8.0.2/
sudo make patch_kernel
cd ..

Download and install the latest iwlwifi from the 0.0.x branch. 0.0.42 is the latest as of this edit. The 0.1.x branch is currently experimental, but is necessary if you need to use 802.11n. These instructions may or may not work if you want to use 0.1.x.

wget http://intellinuxwireless.org/iwlwifi/downloads/iwlwifi-0.0.42.tgz
tar -xzf iwlwifi-0.0.42.tgz
cd iwlwifi-0.0.42/
make
sudo make install
cd ..

Download and install the latest 4965 ucode.

wget http://intellinuxwireless.org/iwlwifi/downloads/iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.17.tgz
tar -xzf iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.17.tgz
cd iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.17/
sudo cp iwlwifi-4965.ucode /lib/firmware/`uname -r`

Make sure the hardware wifi switch is on before doing this.

sudo modprobe iwl4965

After that, you should simply be able to connect to wireless networks using Gnome's network manager.

===Audio:===

Audio does not work out of the box, download and install the latest version of Alsa from CVS using the instructions here:
http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/Quick_Install

{{T61}}

Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) Tribe 3 on a ThinkPad T61

2007-07-20T15:46:14Z

Cmonkey:

===Opening Notes:===

1) This is written for Tribe 3, 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. ***This has changed lately and things are a lot more stable, disabling Compiz helped and most the random crashes seemed to have cleared up the past week.***

===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:====
Must install using the alternate CD or the regular CD and hit F4 to change VGA settings to 1024x768x32 and use regular install.

Intel GMX3100 worked flawlessly at 1200x1024 resolution. Have not yet tried the higher resolution.

====Nvidia:====

On July 10th the latest nv 2D driver was released that supported the 140m. It should be in the repo's soon: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/gutsy-changes/2007-July/004577.html Once this makes it into the Daily CD's you should be able to install via the Live CD and the instructions below will not be required.

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

{{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}}

Install the necessary prerequisites and get the directories symlinked right.

#sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r`
#sudo ln -s /usr/src/linux-headers-`uname -r` /lib/modules/`uname -r`/source

Download and install the latest mac80211 from the 8.x.x branch. 8.0.2 is the latest as of this edit. The 9.x.x branch is currently experimental.

#wget http://intellinuxwireless.org/mac80211/downloads/mac80211-8.0.2.tgz
#tar -xzf mac80211-8.0.2.tgz
#cd mac80211-8.0.2/
#sudo make patch_kernel
#cd ..

Download and install the latest iwlwifi from the 0.0.x branch. 0.0.42 is the latest as of this edit. The 0.1.x branch is currently experimental, but is necessary if you need to use 802.11n. These instructions may or may not work if you want to use 0.1.x.

#wget http://intellinuxwireless.org/iwlwifi/downloads/iwlwifi-0.0.42.tgz
#tar -xzf iwlwifi-0.0.42.tgz
#cd iwlwifi-0.0.42/
#make
#sudo make install
#cd ..

Download and install the latest 4965 ucode.

#wget http://intellinuxwireless.org/iwlwifi/downloads/iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.17.tgz
#tar -xzf iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.17.tgz
#cd iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.17/
#sudo cp iwlwifi-4965.ucode /lib/firmware/`uname -r`

Make sure the hardware wifi switch is on before doing this.

#sudo modprobe iwl4965

After that, you should simply be able to connect to wireless networks using Gnome's network manager.

===Audio:===

Audio does not work out of the box, download and install the latest version of Alsa from CVS using the instructions here:
http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/Quick_Install

{{T61}}

Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) Tribe 3 on a ThinkPad T61

2007-07-20T15:45:41Z

Cmonkey: Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) Tribe 2 on a ThinkPad T61 moved to Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) Tribe 3 on a ThinkPad T61: Tribe 2 has been updated to Tribe 3.

===Opening Notes:===

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. ***This has changed lately and things are a lot more stable, disabling Compiz helped and most the random crashes seemed to have cleared up the past week.***

===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:====
Must install using the alternate CD or the regular CD and hit F4 to change VGA settings to 1024x768x32 and use regular install.

Intel GMX3100 worked flawlessly at 1200x1024 resolution. Have not yet tried the higher resolution.

====Nvidia:====

On July 10th the latest nv 2D driver was released that supported the 140m. It should be in the repo's soon: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/gutsy-changes/2007-July/004577.html Once this makes it into the Daily CD's you should be able to install via the Live CD and the instructions below will not be required.

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

{{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}}

Install the necessary prerequisites and get the directories symlinked right.

#sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r`
#sudo ln -s /usr/src/linux-headers-`uname -r` /lib/modules/`uname -r`/source

Download and install the latest mac80211 from the 8.x.x branch. 8.0.2 is the latest as of this edit. The 9.x.x branch is currently experimental.

#wget http://intellinuxwireless.org/mac80211/downloads/mac80211-8.0.2.tgz
#tar -xzf mac80211-8.0.2.tgz
#cd mac80211-8.0.2/
#sudo make patch_kernel
#cd ..

Download and install the latest iwlwifi from the 0.0.x branch. 0.0.42 is the latest as of this edit. The 0.1.x branch is currently experimental, but is necessary if you need to use 802.11n. These instructions may or may not work if you want to use 0.1.x.

#wget http://intellinuxwireless.org/iwlwifi/downloads/iwlwifi-0.0.42.tgz
#tar -xzf iwlwifi-0.0.42.tgz
#cd iwlwifi-0.0.42/
#make
#sudo make install
#cd ..

Download and install the latest 4965 ucode.

#wget http://intellinuxwireless.org/iwlwifi/downloads/iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.17.tgz
#tar -xzf iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.17.tgz
#cd iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.17/
#sudo cp iwlwifi-4965.ucode /lib/firmware/`uname -r`

Make sure the hardware wifi switch is on before doing this.

#sudo modprobe iwl4965

After that, you should simply be able to connect to wireless networks using Gnome's network manager.

===Audio:===

Audio does not work out of the box, download and install the latest version of Alsa from CVS using the instructions here:
http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/Quick_Install

{{T61}}

Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) Tribe 2 on a ThinkPad T61

2007-07-20T15:45:41Z

Cmonkey: Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) Tribe 2 on a ThinkPad T61 moved to Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) Tribe 3 on a ThinkPad T61: Tribe 2 has been updated to Tribe 3.

#REDIRECT [[Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) Tribe 3 on a ThinkPad T61]]

Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) Tribe 3 on a ThinkPad T61

2007-07-20T15:44:09Z

Cmonkey: /* Wireless: */ Updated method of getting wireless working

Installing Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) on a ThinkPad T61

2007-07-14T21:29:36Z

Cmonkey: /* Another solution for Brightness, using xbacklight and laptop-mode */

We'll I got it basically working, so far (will update as i get more thing working).

===SATA Issues===
At first, the Ubuntu Live CD would not start at all, this seems to be a problem with the SATA AHCI driver. I had to go into the BIOS and change the SATA driver from ACHI to compatibility (What is the difference? Am I loosing performance?).

----

After you've installed and booted, try the advice from [[Problems_with_SATA_and_Linux]]. Do this:
'''# echo options libata atapi_enabled=1>/etc/modprobe.d/atapienable && update-initramfs -u'''
Then try turning AHCI back on in the BIOS. On a custom-built 2.6.21.5 kernel, my DVD drive appears as /dev/hda and DMA works.
--[[User:Kc8tbe|Kc8tbe]] 12:45, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

===NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M (Solved)===
After initial issues like those explained above in the SATA Issues, I received the xorg error 'fatal error: no screens found'. I was able to boot into Safe Graphics Mode and run the installer, though I had to move both window manager bars to see enough of the install window to use it.

Alternatively, you can download the drivers via wget in a console. Take care to follow the instructions in
[http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=72490 the NVidia Forum] and uninstall all the packages wit apt-get remove, as descirbed.
Then run the nvidia installer.

Remember that, after you upgrade the kernel, you also have to re-install the drivers.

After installing the NVIDIA drivers, your laptop may not wake after suspend or hibernation. I followed these instructions to fix it [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NvidiaLaptopBinaryDriverSuspend Ubuntu Community Help].

====Alternative NVIDIA driver installation====
Instead of installing the NVIDIA drivers manually as described above, you can try using [http://www.albertomilone.com/nvidia_scripts1.html Envy]. It automatically installs the latest NVIDIA drivers, and cleans up any previous installations.

=== Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 (Chipset GM965) (Solved)===
After that the CD seemed to boot but the screen was just garbage [http://shadowarts.nonlogic.org/projects/thinkpad/screen_garbage.jpg Picture]. In order to get around that issue I had to go back and download the Alternate CD, which allows you to install in text only mode. From here, the text-only install went okay. Changing the VGA settings on the regular CD worked for me.

When I booted up after the installation, I was still getting the same garbage on the screen. To resolve this I edited my [http://shadowarts.nonlogic.org/projects/thinkpad/xorg.conf xorg.conf] file as shown. I also had to install the latest kernel for Feisty, as the one off of the install disk did have have /dev/agpgart. And I could then use X11. There were still some issues however. The screen seemed somewhat fuzzy. This was a little more challenging of a fix... I found [http://www.spinics.net/lists/xorg/msg25099.html this] mailing list posting, according to it, there was a small glitch in the driver. To fix it:
<pre>
apt-get source xserver-xorg-video-intel
cd xserver-xorg-video-intel-1.9.94/
vim src/i830_lvds.c
Goto line 230 and delete (PFIT_ENABLE | VERT_AUTSCALE ....);, replacing it with 0; then quit vim
dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -uc -b
cd ..
dpkg -i xserver-xorg-video-intel_1.9.94-lubuntu3_amd64.deb (wont be amd64 with a 32-bit install)
</pre>
Now reboot your computer, and it should work. **NOTE: For some reason just restarting X didn't fix it, seems like you must reboot.** At this point you should have a nice, crisp display.

I am still working on aiglx and compiz (switching desktops on a cube doesnt seem to work, though I have some ideas...). There are some issues with OpenGL apps freezing Xorg as well, but the standard 2D desktop works flawlessly.
----
It doesn't seem to be necessary to modify the soruce of xserver-xorg-video-intel anymore, but 3D-acceleration doesn't seem to be stable yet and kdm occasionally needs to be restarted after a login attempt.--[[User:Kc8tbe|Kc8tbe]] 12:49, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

----

It seems that everything works fine when using "apt pinning" and updating the xserver-xorg-video-intel, mesa and other packages to the versions provided by Gutsy. I did the following and the resolution and Compiz Fusion are working fine at the moment. The original source of the steps described below can be found here: [http://techreport.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=714998#714998]

'''Instructions:'''
* Make a new file /etc/apt/preferences
* In the preferences file, put:
<pre>
Package: *
Pin: release a=feisty
Pin-Priority: 700

Package: *
Pin: release a=gutsy
Pin-Priority: 200
</pre>
* Now, edit your sources.list and copy the main and restricted (and others if you want) repo lines replacing feisty with gutsy:
<pre>
# original
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty main restricted universe multiverse

# your addition
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy main restricted universe multiverse
</pre>
* Now run:
<pre>
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -t gutsy install xserver-xorg-video-intel
sudo apt-get -t gutsy install linux
sudo apt-get -t gutsy install libgl1-mesa-dri
</pre>
* Now reboot.

Probably now you have the weird effect that your GUI is scaled wrong and doesn't fill the full width of the monitor. To fix that, open your xorg.conf and make the following changes:
* Add the following section to your xorg.conf
<pre>
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "TVOutput"
Option "Disable" "true"
EndSection
</pre>
* Then in the "Device" section add the following line:
<pre>
Option "monitor-TV" "TVOutput"
</pre>

That should fix the scaling problem and now everything should work fine.
--[[User:Shuk|Shuk]] 02:26, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

===ThinkFinger===
Ubuntu does not come with a package for thinkfinger. Downloading the most recent source and building it was simple enough: Download most recent version (0.3 at time of writing)
<pre>
tar xvzf thinkfinger-0.3.tar.gz
cd thinkfinger-0.3/
./configure --with-securedir=/lib/security --with-birdir=/etc/pam_thinkfinger
make -j5 (hey its dual core!)
sudo make install
</pre>

Configuring it is easy as well, open /etc/pam.d/common-auth:
<pre>
auth sufficient pam_thinkfinger.so
auth required pam_unix.so try_first_pass nullok_secure
</pre>

Now just run sudo tf-tool --add-user <username> and it will all be setup. (I found this somewhere on the web, I wish I could give a source but I'm afraid I cant find it, thank you Anonymous!).

===HDAPS===
This seems to be working fine now, I just follow the step on [[How_to_protect_the_harddisk_through_APS]]. Using hdaps-gl does the inverse of the accelerometer, though it's not really a big deal, the harddrive protection should still work.

===WiFi===
If you have Intel 4965AGN WiFi card, you have to use ndiswrapper OR use backported kernel from Ubuntu Gutsy (Anybody have howto?) and use following:
http://kuscsik.blogspot.com/2007/06/how-to-install-intel-4965-wireless.html

If you have the Atheros card, Ubuntu should automatically install madwifi, which works out of the box
----
Works for me with iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.15, iwlwifi-0.0.34, and mac80211-8.0.1. The catch is, you need to patch your kernel with mac80211, which will fail at compile time with the stock Ubuntu sources. Worked for me with vanilla 2.6.21.5 sources patched for tp_smapi and hdaps protect. Make sure to disable CONFIG_NET_WIRELESS_RTNETLINK in your kernel config.

You can download what you need for for iwlwifi and mac80211 from
http://intellinuxwireless.org .--[[User:Kc8tbe|Kc8tbe]] 13:00, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

===Can you hear me now?.... What? (Solved!)===
After upgrading to 1.0.14 I still had no sound, and this took about a week to solved (though it was so sadly obvious though). Just upgrading to alsa 1.0.14 will not be enough, there were a few patches released right after the release that fix the Thinkpad's. The reason I missed this was because it was the same day so the release of 1.0.14!

Anyway download the source code to the alsa-driver and apply these patches: (links to the revisions)

* [http://hg.alsa-project.org/alsa-kernel/rev/958b39f3e8dd Fix Oops with AD1984 thinkpad model]
* [http://hg.alsa-project.org/alsa-kernel/rev/47ca87407c84 Fix AD1984 basic model]
* [http://hg.alsa-project.org/alsa-kernel/rev/ca37aeeeb0ea Fix Thinkpad X61/T61 outputs]

'''Please use CVS version of ALSA instead. All of these patches are commited'''.

After doing a make and make install reboot your computer (or rrmmod snd-hda-intel && modprobe snd-hda-intel). And run alsamixer (for me it only works as root atm). You will have to play with the settings a bit. Make sure the speaker option is not muted and leave the Internal Mic Boost at 0, other wise you will have a really loud microphone feedback sort of sound constantly.

I had to chmod -R 777 /dev/snd/ to get everything work for now. (THIS IS NOT THE CORRECT WAY TO DO IT, IT WILL NOT STAY BETWEEN REBOOTS!).

Audio playback should then work, audio capture (microphone) doesn't seem to work, but I am probably not going to try and fix it, I don't use the capture so I am not concerned with that at the moment.
'''Update:''' With ALSA CVS, microphone seems to work

If you can't hear the mic boost mic settings. Here are my settings at KMix
Output
Mic - low
Mic Boost - full
Input
Mic boost [enable] - medium
capture [enable] - medium

works great with Skype. Also you can use the 'mic level meter' on KRecord to check the mic

In Gnome, default channel mapped to thinkpad volume buttons is MIC, which is bad. Go to ''System->Preferences->Sound->Default mixer tracks'' to change it

'''Please note''' that internal speakers doesn't work with ALSA CVS. Use the headphone jack. Solution?

----
The newest CVS version didn't work for me but version 1.0.14 with the patches described above worked. When starting alsamixer over the terminal I couldn't activate the speakers and only had sound over the headphone. However, I figured out how to easily activate the speakers:
* Right-click on your microphone icon in the top panel.
* (If "Mute" is activated, deactivate it. I had that at the beginning and was confused since in alsa you don't really realize it.)
* Click on "Open Volume Control"
* Change to the tab "Switches" and activate the option for speaker.
That should be enough to make it work.
--[[User:Shuk|Shuk]] 02:51, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

I tried those patches, it didnt work for me. But this python script did: http://www.klabs.be/~fpiat/linux/debian/Etch_on_Thinkpad_T61.html#Sound .. apparently if you make the PC speaker play constantly, you cant hear it but you can then hear sound. Hopefully gutsy will fix this :/ --[[User:Rubin|Rubin]] 07:18, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

==Suspend==
Suspending doesn't work by default. It succesfully suspends, but after resuming, Kernel panic occurs. I didn't test hibernate.
I managed to get suspend to ram to work by using this script:

#!/bin/sh

# if launched through a lid event and lid is open, do nothing
echo "$1" | grep "button/lid" && grep -q open /proc/acpi/button/lid/LID/state && exit 0

# remove USB 1.1 driver
rmmod uhci_hcd
rmmod ehci_hcd

# sync filesystem and clock
sync
/sbin/hwclock --systohc

# switch to console
FGCONSOLE=`fgconsole`
chvt 6

# go to sleep
sleep 5 && echo -n "mem" > /sys/power/state

# readjust the clock (it might be off a bit after suspend)
/sbin/hwclock --adjust
/sbin/hwclock --hctosys

# reload USB 1.1 driver
modprobe uhci_hcd
modprobe ehci_hcd

# turn on the backlight and switch back to X
chvt $FGCONSOLE

It's very similar to script posted on thinkwiki, but I had to add ehci_hcd to removed modules and remove some radeon stuff (when using Nvidia)

'''Problems''' the problem with this suspend script is, that after resuming, the laptop is incredibly slow. Applications start about 20 seconds, Firefox is lagging. But processor doesn't run at highest frequency, nothing seems unusual. '''Suggestions?'''

When using this script, my USB ports are 'dead' after resume (i.e. nothing connected to it gets any power). I have commented out 'rmmod ehci_hcd' and 'modprobe ehci_hcd' lines, to make the USB ports active after a suspend/resume cycle. (this is using nvidia card)

----
Suspend and hibernate work out-of-the-box for me with the 2.6.21.5 kernel, except that you need to put acpi_sleep=s3_bios in the kernel command line (i.e. at the end of each kernel line in /boot/grub/menu.lst).
--[[User:Kc8tbe|Kc8tbe]] 13:03, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Hmm, with 2.6.21.5 + acpi_sleep=s3_bios, laptop suspends, but resume fails - machine locks up. This is with nvidia 140. Same result when doing it at console. When I resume, I hear a beep and the machine hangs. Have to hard-reset. Suggestions?

==Brightness==
Changing brightness doesn't work at all. There are many issues. I tried Gutsy and still the same (even worse)

Not a real solution, but if using the vesa driver, brightness control works. ''--Daniel06'' 11:58, 4 July 2007

doesnt work for me with vesa or intel --[[User:Rubin|Rubin]] 06:19, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

=== one idea ===
echo "up" >/proc/acpi/ibm/brightness
...works. as does 'down' and 'level x' where x is 1-7. But how to tie that into the buttons? Seems they are currently using something else in /proc that doesnt exist for us. --[[User:Rubin|Rubin]] 06:19, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

=== Another solution for Brightness, using xbacklight and laptop-mode ===

While the hardware buttons still don't work, I have a solution that will automatically raise and lower the backlight when plugged in or on battery.

First, make sure Gnome isn't trying to set the brightness, by going to System > Preferences > Power Management. In the On Battery Power tab, set "Dim display brightness by" to 0%.

Next, install xbacklight.

sudo apt-get install xbacklight

You can manually set the backlight by using "xbacklight -set <number from 1-100>". Note that by using xbacklight, you can make the backlight go brighter or dimmer than normally allowed by Windows or Ubuntu.

To automate brightness changes, first enable laptop-mode

sudo nano /etc/default/acpi-support

Scroll to the bottom and change ENABLE_LAPTOP_MODE to true

ENABLE_LAPTOP_MODE=true

Set laptop mode to start automatically

sudo update-rc.d laptop-mode multiuser

Edit laptop-mode.conf to automate brightness changes. Scroll down to LCD brightness settings. Modify the section to read as follows:

CONTROL_BRIGHTNESS=1

BATT_BRIGHTNESS_COMMAND="xbacklight -set 20"
LM_AC_BRIGHTNESS_COMMAND="xbacklight -set 100"
NOLM_AC_BRIGHTNESS_COMMAND="xbacklight -set 100"
BRIGHTNESS_OUTPUT="/dev/null"

Note: You can use any value from 1 to 100 after -set, I used 20 and 100 as examples. After this, start the laptop-mode daemon, and test if it works. You may have to restart acpid as well.

sudo /etc/init.d/laptop-mode start
sudo /etc/init.d/acpid restart

==Webcam==
The webcam in T61 is some sort of UVC camera: Found UVC 1.00 device Integrated Camera (17ef:1004). The module loads out of the box. I tested the camera using:
Luvcview: http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca50x/Investigation/uvc/luvcview-20070512.tar.gz
Just compile and run using ./luvcview -f yuv (JPG format doesn't work)

I also tried gqcam and webcam, but both doesn't work (first SEGFAULTs, second prints Invalid argument)

luvcview has a button to take pictures. Place your mouse over the buttons at the bottom of the window, and their function is revealed in the title bar. Unfortunately, the button for avi capture does not seem to work (although it does tell you what the video framerate is, which is helpful).

To capture a video stream, run ./luvcview -f yuv -S
To play back the video stream, run mplayer -demuxer rawvideo -rawvideo fps=7:w=320:h=240:yuy2 stream.raw

==64bit systems issues==
If you are running 64bit Ubuntu, you will face some problems wit 32bit only proprietary applications. Most of them can be solved.

===Firefox & Flash===
You can use 32bit version of Firefox (see google), or use http://gwenole.beauchesne.info/projects/nspluginwrapper/ nspluginwrapper] which i prefer:
sudo apt-get install ia32-libs ia32-libs-gtk linux32 lib32asound2 alien
Now download both nspluginwrapper rpms (Plugin + Viewer) and convert them:
sudo alien nspluginwrapper*.rpm
sudo dpkg -i nspluginwrapper*.deb

Download Adobe Flash Player: http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz
tar -xvzf install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz
cd install_flash_player_9_linux
sudo install libflashplayer.so flashplayer.xpt /usr/lib/firefox/plugins
nspluginwrapper -i /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/libflashplayer.so
cd ~/.mozilla/plugins/
sudo install npwrapper.libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins/
This howto is taken from [http://webzine.smehlik.net/64bit-ubuntu-adobe-flash-plugin-pomoci-nspluginwrapper/ Smehlik Webzine (in Czech)]

===Skype===
Download Skype for Ubuntu Feisty
Use this commandlibdbus, libqt4-core, libqt4-gui, libsigc++ to determine missing libraries:
ldd /usr/bin/skype | grep not
It should be these:
libdbus, libqt4-core, libqt4-gui, libsigc++ (2.0 version)
Download them from http://packages.ubuntu.com (32bit versions!)
mkdir testlibs
dpkg-deb --extract <deb file> testlibs
Now copy everything from testlibs to /usr/lib32
cp -r testlibs/usr/lib/* /usr/lib32
Freedom lovers are advised to avoid proprietary systems like Skype, however. Centralized directories and signalling architectures can't be good for your health.

==Overall==
I initially had some big problems getting this working, but now its working quite well. The wifi card worked at startup (uses madwifi) and I am happy because I don't seem to need any proprietary software to run this system.

==Discussion==
In case you missed it the discussion page (for questions/responses) is right here:
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Talk:Installing_Ubuntu_7.04_%28Feisty_Fawn%29_on_a_ThinkPad_T61

==References==
* This guide is listed at the [http://tuxmobil.org/ibm.html TuxMobil Linux laptop and notebook installation guides survey (IBM/Lenovo)].
* Many other suggestions and references can be found in the following ubuntu forum: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=471563

[[Category:Ubuntu]]
[[Category:T61]]

Installing Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) on a ThinkPad T61

2007-07-14T19:28:47Z

Cmonkey: Another solution for Brightness, using xbacklight and laptop-mode

We'll I got it basically working, so far (will update as i get more thing working).

===SATA Issues===
At first, the Ubuntu Live CD would not start at all, this seems to be a problem with the SATA AHCI driver. I had to go into the BIOS and change the SATA driver from ACHI to compatibility (What is the difference? Am I loosing performance?).

----

After you've installed and booted, try the advice from [[Problems_with_SATA_and_Linux]]. Do this:
'''# echo options libata atapi_enabled=1>/etc/modprobe.d/atapienable && update-initramfs -u'''
Then try turning AHCI back on in the BIOS. On a custom-built 2.6.21.5 kernel, my DVD drive appears as /dev/hda and DMA works.
--[[User:Kc8tbe|Kc8tbe]] 12:45, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

===NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M (Solved)===
After initial issues like those explained above in the SATA Issues, I received the xorg error 'fatal error: no screens found'. I was able to boot into Safe Graphics Mode and run the installer, though I had to move both window manager bars to see enough of the install window to use it.

Alternatively, you can download the drivers via wget in a console. Take care to follow the instructions in
[http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=72490 the NVidia Forum] and uninstall all the packages wit apt-get remove, as descirbed.
Then run the nvidia installer.

Remember that, after you upgrade the kernel, you also have to re-install the drivers.

After installing the NVIDIA drivers, your laptop may not wake after suspend or hibernation. I followed these instructions to fix it [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NvidiaLaptopBinaryDriverSuspend Ubuntu Community Help].

====Alternative NVIDIA driver installation====
Instead of installing the NVIDIA drivers manually as described above, you can try using [http://www.albertomilone.com/nvidia_scripts1.html Envy]. It automatically installs the latest NVIDIA drivers, and cleans up any previous installations.

=== Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 (Chipset GM965) (Solved)===
After that the CD seemed to boot but the screen was just garbage [http://shadowarts.nonlogic.org/projects/thinkpad/screen_garbage.jpg Picture]. In order to get around that issue I had to go back and download the Alternate CD, which allows you to install in text only mode. From here, the text-only install went okay. Changing the VGA settings on the regular CD worked for me.

When I booted up after the installation, I was still getting the same garbage on the screen. To resolve this I edited my [http://shadowarts.nonlogic.org/projects/thinkpad/xorg.conf xorg.conf] file as shown. I also had to install the latest kernel for Feisty, as the one off of the install disk did have have /dev/agpgart. And I could then use X11. There were still some issues however. The screen seemed somewhat fuzzy. This was a little more challenging of a fix... I found [http://www.spinics.net/lists/xorg/msg25099.html this] mailing list posting, according to it, there was a small glitch in the driver. To fix it:
<pre>
apt-get source xserver-xorg-video-intel
cd xserver-xorg-video-intel-1.9.94/
vim src/i830_lvds.c
Goto line 230 and delete (PFIT_ENABLE | VERT_AUTSCALE ....);, replacing it with 0; then quit vim
dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -uc -b
cd ..
dpkg -i xserver-xorg-video-intel_1.9.94-lubuntu3_amd64.deb (wont be amd64 with a 32-bit install)
</pre>
Now reboot your computer, and it should work. **NOTE: For some reason just restarting X didn't fix it, seems like you must reboot.** At this point you should have a nice, crisp display.

I am still working on aiglx and compiz (switching desktops on a cube doesnt seem to work, though I have some ideas...). There are some issues with OpenGL apps freezing Xorg as well, but the standard 2D desktop works flawlessly.
----
It doesn't seem to be necessary to modify the soruce of xserver-xorg-video-intel anymore, but 3D-acceleration doesn't seem to be stable yet and kdm occasionally needs to be restarted after a login attempt.--[[User:Kc8tbe|Kc8tbe]] 12:49, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

----

It seems that everything works fine when using "apt pinning" and updating the xserver-xorg-video-intel, mesa and other packages to the versions provided by Gutsy. I did the following and the resolution and Compiz Fusion are working fine at the moment. The original source of the steps described below can be found here: [http://techreport.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=714998#714998]

'''Instructions:'''
* Make a new file /etc/apt/preferences
* In the preferences file, put:
<pre>
Package: *
Pin: release a=feisty
Pin-Priority: 700

Package: *
Pin: release a=gutsy
Pin-Priority: 200
</pre>
* Now, edit your sources.list and copy the main and restricted (and others if you want) repo lines replacing feisty with gutsy:
<pre>
# original
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty main restricted universe multiverse

# your addition
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy main restricted universe multiverse
</pre>
* Now run:
<pre>
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -t gutsy install xserver-xorg-video-intel
sudo apt-get -t gutsy install linux
sudo apt-get -t gutsy install libgl1-mesa-dri
</pre>
* Now reboot.

Probably now you have the weird effect that your GUI is scaled wrong and doesn't fill the full width of the monitor. To fix that, open your xorg.conf and make the following changes:
* Add the following section to your xorg.conf
<pre>
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "TVOutput"
Option "Disable" "true"
EndSection
</pre>
* Then in the "Device" section add the following line:
<pre>
Option "monitor-TV" "TVOutput"
</pre>

That should fix the scaling problem and now everything should work fine.
--[[User:Shuk|Shuk]] 02:26, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

===ThinkFinger===
Ubuntu does not come with a package for thinkfinger. Downloading the most recent source and building it was simple enough: Download most recent version (0.3 at time of writing)
<pre>
tar xvzf thinkfinger-0.3.tar.gz
cd thinkfinger-0.3/
./configure --with-securedir=/lib/security --with-birdir=/etc/pam_thinkfinger
make -j5 (hey its dual core!)
sudo make install
</pre>

Configuring it is easy as well, open /etc/pam.d/common-auth:
<pre>
auth sufficient pam_thinkfinger.so
auth required pam_unix.so try_first_pass nullok_secure
</pre>

Now just run sudo tf-tool --add-user <username> and it will all be setup. (I found this somewhere on the web, I wish I could give a source but I'm afraid I cant find it, thank you Anonymous!).

===HDAPS===
This seems to be working fine now, I just follow the step on [[How_to_protect_the_harddisk_through_APS]]. Using hdaps-gl does the inverse of the accelerometer, though it's not really a big deal, the harddrive protection should still work.

===WiFi===
If you have Intel 4965AGN WiFi card, you have to use ndiswrapper OR use backported kernel from Ubuntu Gutsy (Anybody have howto?) and use following:
http://kuscsik.blogspot.com/2007/06/how-to-install-intel-4965-wireless.html

If you have the Atheros card, Ubuntu should automatically install madwifi, which works out of the box
----
Works for me with iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.15, iwlwifi-0.0.34, and mac80211-8.0.1. The catch is, you need to patch your kernel with mac80211, which will fail at compile time with the stock Ubuntu sources. Worked for me with vanilla 2.6.21.5 sources patched for tp_smapi and hdaps protect. Make sure to disable CONFIG_NET_WIRELESS_RTNETLINK in your kernel config.

You can download what you need for for iwlwifi and mac80211 from
http://intellinuxwireless.org .--[[User:Kc8tbe|Kc8tbe]] 13:00, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

===Can you hear me now?.... What? (Solved!)===
After upgrading to 1.0.14 I still had no sound, and this took about a week to solved (though it was so sadly obvious though). Just upgrading to alsa 1.0.14 will not be enough, there were a few patches released right after the release that fix the Thinkpad's. The reason I missed this was because it was the same day so the release of 1.0.14!

Anyway download the source code to the alsa-driver and apply these patches: (links to the revisions)

* [http://hg.alsa-project.org/alsa-kernel/rev/958b39f3e8dd Fix Oops with AD1984 thinkpad model]
* [http://hg.alsa-project.org/alsa-kernel/rev/47ca87407c84 Fix AD1984 basic model]
* [http://hg.alsa-project.org/alsa-kernel/rev/ca37aeeeb0ea Fix Thinkpad X61/T61 outputs]

'''Please use CVS version of ALSA instead. All of these patches are commited'''.

After doing a make and make install reboot your computer (or rrmmod snd-hda-intel && modprobe snd-hda-intel). And run alsamixer (for me it only works as root atm). You will have to play with the settings a bit. Make sure the speaker option is not muted and leave the Internal Mic Boost at 0, other wise you will have a really loud microphone feedback sort of sound constantly.

I had to chmod -R 777 /dev/snd/ to get everything work for now. (THIS IS NOT THE CORRECT WAY TO DO IT, IT WILL NOT STAY BETWEEN REBOOTS!).

Audio playback should then work, audio capture (microphone) doesn't seem to work, but I am probably not going to try and fix it, I don't use the capture so I am not concerned with that at the moment.
'''Update:''' With ALSA CVS, microphone seems to work

If you can't hear the mic boost mic settings. Here are my settings at KMix
Output
Mic - low
Mic Boost - full
Input
Mic boost [enable] - medium
capture [enable] - medium

works great with Skype. Also you can use the 'mic level meter' on KRecord to check the mic

In Gnome, default channel mapped to thinkpad volume buttons is MIC, which is bad. Go to ''System->Preferences->Sound->Default mixer tracks'' to change it

'''Please note''' that internal speakers doesn't work with ALSA CVS. Use the headphone jack. Solution?

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The newest CVS version didn't work for me but version 1.0.14 with the patches described above worked. When starting alsamixer over the terminal I couldn't activate the speakers and only had sound over the headphone. However, I figured out how to easily activate the speakers:
* Right-click on your microphone icon in the top panel.
* (If "Mute" is activated, deactivate it. I had that at the beginning and was confused since in alsa you don't really realize it.)
* Click on "Open Volume Control"
* Change to the tab "Switches" and activate the option for speaker.
That should be enough to make it work.
--[[User:Shuk|Shuk]] 02:51, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

I tried those patches, it didnt work for me. But this python script did: http://www.klabs.be/~fpiat/linux/debian/Etch_on_Thinkpad_T61.html#Sound .. apparently if you make the PC speaker play constantly, you cant hear it but you can then hear sound. Hopefully gutsy will fix this :/ --[[User:Rubin|Rubin]] 07:18, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

==Suspend==
Suspending doesn't work by default. It succesfully suspends, but after resuming, Kernel panic occurs. I didn't test hibernate.
I managed to get suspend to ram to work by using this script:

#!/bin/sh

# if launched through a lid event and lid is open, do nothing
echo "$1" | grep "button/lid" && grep -q open /proc/acpi/button/lid/LID/state && exit 0

# remove USB 1.1 driver
rmmod uhci_hcd
rmmod ehci_hcd

# sync filesystem and clock
sync
/sbin/hwclock --systohc

# switch to console
FGCONSOLE=`fgconsole`
chvt 6

# go to sleep
sleep 5 && echo -n "mem" > /sys/power/state

# readjust the clock (it might be off a bit after suspend)
/sbin/hwclock --adjust
/sbin/hwclock --hctosys

# reload USB 1.1 driver
modprobe uhci_hcd
modprobe ehci_hcd

# turn on the backlight and switch back to X
chvt $FGCONSOLE

It's very similar to script posted on thinkwiki, but I had to add ehci_hcd to removed modules and remove some radeon stuff (when using Nvidia)

'''Problems''' the problem with this suspend script is, that after resuming, the laptop is incredibly slow. Applications start about 20 seconds, Firefox is lagging. But processor doesn't run at highest frequency, nothing seems unusual. '''Suggestions?'''

When using this script, my USB ports are 'dead' after resume (i.e. nothing connected to it gets any power). I have commented out 'rmmod ehci_hcd' and 'modprobe ehci_hcd' lines, to make the USB ports active after a suspend/resume cycle. (this is using nvidia card)

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Suspend and hibernate work out-of-the-box for me with the 2.6.21.5 kernel, except that you need to put acpi_sleep=s3_bios in the kernel command line (i.e. at the end of each kernel line in /boot/grub/menu.lst).
--[[User:Kc8tbe|Kc8tbe]] 13:03, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Hmm, with 2.6.21.5 + acpi_sleep=s3_bios, laptop suspends, but resume fails - machine locks up. This is with nvidia 140. Same result when doing it at console. When I resume, I hear a beep and the machine hangs. Have to hard-reset. Suggestions?

==Brightness==
Changing brightness doesn't work at all. There are many issues. I tried Gutsy and still the same (even worse)

Not a real solution, but if using the vesa driver, brightness control works. ''--Daniel06'' 11:58, 4 July 2007

doesnt work for me with vesa or intel --[[User:Rubin|Rubin]] 06:19, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

=== one idea ===
echo "up" >/proc/acpi/ibm/brightness
...works. as does 'down' and 'level x' where x is 1-7. But how to tie that into the buttons? Seems they are currently using something else in /proc that doesnt exist for us. --[[User:Rubin|Rubin]] 06:19, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

=== Another solution for Brightness, using xbacklight and laptop-mode ===

While the hardware buttons still don't work, I have a solution that will automatically raise and lower the backlight when plugged in or on battery.

First, make sure Gnome isn't trying to set the brightness, by going to System > Preferences > Power Management. In the On Battery Power tab, set "Dim display brightness by" to 0%.

Next, install xbacklight.

sudo apt-get install xbacklight

You can manually set the backlight by using "xbacklight -set <number from 1-100>". Note that by using xbacklight, you can make the backlight go brighter or dimmer than normally allowed by Windows or Ubuntu.

To automate brightness changes, first enable laptop-mode

sudo nano /etc/default/acpi-support

Scroll to the bottom and change ENABLE_LAPTOP_MODE to true

ENABLE_LAPTOP_MODE=true

Set laptop mode to start automatically

sudo update-rc.d laptop-mode multiuser

Edit laptop-mode.conf to automate brightness changes. Scroll down to LCD brightness settings. Modify the section to read as follows:

CONTROL_BRIGHTNESS=1

BATT_BRIGHTNESS_COMMAND="xbacklight -set 20"
LM_AC_BRIGHTNESS_COMMAND="xbacklight -set 100"
NOLM_AC_BRIGHTNESS_COMMAND="xbacklight -set 100"
BRIGHTNESS_OUTPUT="/dev/null"

Note: You can use any value from 1 to 100 after -set, I used 20 and 100 as examples. After this, start the laptop-mode daemon, and test if it works.

sudo /etc/init.d/laptop-mode start
==Webcam==
The webcam in T61 is some sort of UVC camera: Found UVC 1.00 device Integrated Camera (17ef:1004). The module loads out of the box. I tested the camera using:
Luvcview: http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca50x/Investigation/uvc/luvcview-20070512.tar.gz
Just compile and run using ./luvcview -f yuv (JPG format doesn't work)

I also tried gqcam and webcam, but both doesn't work (first SEGFAULTs, second prints Invalid argument)

luvcview has a button to take pictures. Place your mouse over the buttons at the bottom of the window, and their function is revealed in the title bar. Unfortunately, the button for avi capture does not seem to work (although it does tell you what the video framerate is, which is helpful).

To capture a video stream, run ./luvcview -f yuv -S
To play back the video stream, run mplayer -demuxer rawvideo -rawvideo fps=7:w=320:h=240:yuy2 stream.raw

==64bit systems issues==
If you are running 64bit Ubuntu, you will face some problems wit 32bit only proprietary applications. Most of them can be solved.

===Firefox & Flash===
You can use 32bit version of Firefox (see google), or use http://gwenole.beauchesne.info/projects/nspluginwrapper/ nspluginwrapper] which i prefer:
sudo apt-get install ia32-libs ia32-libs-gtk linux32 lib32asound2 alien
Now download both nspluginwrapper rpms (Plugin + Viewer) and convert them:
sudo alien nspluginwrapper*.rpm
sudo dpkg -i nspluginwrapper*.deb

Download Adobe Flash Player: http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz
tar -xvzf install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz
cd install_flash_player_9_linux
sudo install libflashplayer.so flashplayer.xpt /usr/lib/firefox/plugins
nspluginwrapper -i /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/libflashplayer.so
cd ~/.mozilla/plugins/
sudo install npwrapper.libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins/
This howto is taken from [http://webzine.smehlik.net/64bit-ubuntu-adobe-flash-plugin-pomoci-nspluginwrapper/ Smehlik Webzine (in Czech)]

===Skype===
Download Skype for Ubuntu Feisty
Use this commandlibdbus, libqt4-core, libqt4-gui, libsigc++ to determine missing libraries:
ldd /usr/bin/skype | grep not
It should be these:
libdbus, libqt4-core, libqt4-gui, libsigc++ (2.0 version)
Download them from http://packages.ubuntu.com (32bit versions!)
mkdir testlibs
dpkg-deb --extract <deb file> testlibs
Now copy everything from testlibs to /usr/lib32
cp -r testlibs/usr/lib/* /usr/lib32
Freedom lovers are advised to avoid proprietary systems like Skype, however. Centralized directories and signalling architectures can't be good for your health.

==Overall==
I initially had some big problems getting this working, but now its working quite well. The wifi card worked at startup (uses madwifi) and I am happy because I don't seem to need any proprietary software to run this system.

==Discussion==
In case you missed it the discussion page (for questions/responses) is right here:
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Talk:Installing_Ubuntu_7.04_%28Feisty_Fawn%29_on_a_ThinkPad_T61

==References==
* This guide is listed at the [http://tuxmobil.org/ibm.html TuxMobil Linux laptop and notebook installation guides survey (IBM/Lenovo)].
* Many other suggestions and references can be found in the following ubuntu forum: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=471563

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