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Installing Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) on a ThinkPad T61

2008-10-18T07:01:15Z

EarloftheWest: Undo revision 39126 by EarloftheWest (Talk)

Installing Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) on a ThinkPad T61

2008-10-18T07:00:21Z

EarloftheWest:

Installing Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) on a ThinkPad T61

2008-10-18T06:58:14Z

EarloftheWest:

NOTE: I copied the 8.04 document and created this one with the information. Please help to update it so it accurately reflects 8.10.

== Items that work out of the box ==

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

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

'''Wireless:''' Intel cards tested. Atheros cards also works.

'''Wireless WAN:''' Cingular/AT&T card tested.

'''Network Card''' Intel 10/100/1000 tested

'''Wireless switch''' Tested (Only has an effect over the bluetooth, wifi is unaffected)

'''Webcam''' Tested with cheese and skype.

'''Headphones''' Works out of the box

'''Microphone''' Just needs to be activated, see section [[#Audio|below]]

'''Keyboard Shortcuts:''' Most of them work out of the box, some need to be activated, see section [[#Multimedia_Keys|below]]

== Items that need (some) tweaking to obtain full functionality ==

=== Open Source Intel Wifi Driver ===
The following information is important if you are upgrading from a previous version (2007 or earlier) of Ubuntu to 8.10.

Intel has created a new Linux Wifi driver project for Intel Wireless cards, "[[Iwlwifi]]". This driver is Open Source and no longer requires the Intel daemon to run in addition. This project will support the [[:Category:T61 | T61]]'s Wifi [[Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Mini-PCI Express Adapter | Intel 3945ABG network adapter]] and [[Intel PRO/Wireless 4965AGN Mini-PCI Express Adapter| Intel 4965AGN network adapter]].

An automatic migration will occur when upgrading from [[Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) on a ThinkPad T61|Ubuntu 7.10]] to Ubuntu 8.04. However, there is a caveat to be aware of:
* The new driver wants to name the interface wlan0 (by default -- you can rename it to anything you want), and requires a different entry in {{path|/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules}}, which handles the naming of interfaces. Simply edit this file and delete your old entry for the ipw3945 driver, then unload/reload the new driver, or simply reboot. A new entry will automatically be created that is appropriate for the new driver. Here's an example of the lines to delete:
<pre>
# PCI device 0x8086:0x4227 (ipw3945)
SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTRS{address}=="00:1b:77:a4:0e:2f", NAME="eth1"
</pre>

If you need to perform a manual migration, the Ubuntu Help Community has written some [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/iwlwifi_Intel_3945_4965/gutsy documentation] that will make this very easy to do.

=== Compiz and XV Playback on Intel GM965/GL960 ===

With Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) you currently have to choose between using Compiz and working video playback using XV. On 8.04 (Hardy Heron) alpha 5 you can play videos using XV under compiz, it works right out of the box using the Live-CD.

=== Suspend with Nv140m ===

** Update as of July 17th 2008 -- Using 8.04.1 with the newest nvidea drivers, I had no problems suspending without any additional configuration. **

Suspend may not work even after editing acpi-support. Enable bluetooth (Fn+F5) may result in a successful suspend. NOTE: that although the wifi led does not change when Fn+F5 is used, the wifi is still toggled by this key.

'''Hal "S3 BIOS" parameter issue!'''

After doing the changes to the /etc/default/acpi-support file (described [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_Ubuntu_7.10_(Gutsy_Gibbon)_on_a_ThinkPad_T61#How_to_Suspend_with_nVidia_140m.2F570m here]), I for one, managed to have '''stable''' suspend support by creating a new file called: '''/etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi''' with the following contents:
<pre>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<match key="system.hardware.vendor" string="LENOVO">
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_bios" type="bool">false</merge>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
</pre>
{{NOTE|The problem (after reading the HAL and pm-utils documentations) is the fact that (as far as I can tell) the T61 Lenovo doesn't allow the S3 BIOS to be called *during* suspend/resume, which HAL seems to do by default (who knows, maybe there are T61s out there that do work with this default)!

This did not seem to be necessary for previous versions of Ubuntu. Also note that I have an NVIDIA card so I have no idea what to do for Intel versions.The change should also be resistant to HAL and pm-utils upgrades.}}

'''Still no suspend with nvs140m? Got Modell 6460 or 6458?'''

Fix above didn't work for me on a 15.4 wide T61 Modell 6460 with nv140m. Bios is updated to 2.14 but didn't change anything, except the usb bug is fix. Suspend seems to work fine, but resume gives me a black screen (backlight off - no reaction to brightness up) and I can hear 2 beeps. Most of the time I can reboot with ctrl+alt+delete but the screen stays dark until bios.

follow the instructions above but create the new file called: '''/etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi''' with the following contents instead:
<pre>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<match key="system.hardware.vendor" string="LENOVO">
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_mode" type="bool">true</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_bios" type="bool">false</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.save_pci" type="bool">true</merge>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
</pre>

Also you want to set the following parameter in

{{path|/etc/default/acpi-support}}
<pre>
SAVE_VIDEO_PCI_STATE=true
</pre>

{{NOTE|This works for me with mode 6460, except for one problem: You may get a white screen in xorg after resume when using compiz. If you don't have a 6460 with nvidia this file may break things for you because it doesn't care about the modell and sets the parameter for any lenovo product}}
{{NOTE|This also works for me with mode 6458, but the first wakeup from suspend takes about 20seconds, the following wakeups only some seconds. Please note that i had to change back the settings described [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_Ubuntu_7.10_(Gutsy_Gibbon)_on_a_ThinkPad_T61#How_to_Suspend_with_nVidia_140m.2F570m here] but still SAVE_VIDEO_PCI_STATE set to true}}
{{HELP|Anyone with more knowledge of hal and acpi-support is welcome to clean this up. I also don't know why this setting can be done via hal and in acpi-support.
See below!}}

'''Works for a 6457CTO:'''

After trying out all these recipes on my 6457CTO waking up from suspend still did not work. Finally I came across a blog entry which pointed out the right way: [[http://david.goodlad.ca/2008/3/14/suspend-hibernate-on-lenovo-t61 David Goodlad's blog]]. I realized that all the fixes proposing editing the acpi-support file or adding a kernel parameter acpi_sleep=s3_mode must be wrong because since hardy gnome-power-manager gets its information solely from hal. So setting up correct hal information is the right way but the proposed solution (creating a /etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi file) did not work for me. Ok, but now step by step:

# Revert ALL the proposed fixes from above. I found out that at least the lenovo.fdi solution is actually breaking the real fix. So for sure delete /etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi
# Find out about the excact hal name of your machine: <pre>hal-device |grep 6457</pre> where 6457 is the model number of my t61, replace it with your own. In my case it spits out something like this: system.hardware.product = '6457CTO'. So now I know that hal identifies my machine as 6457CTO.
# <pre>sudo gedit /usr/share/hal/fdi/information/10freedesktop/20-video-quirk-pm-lenovo.fdi</pre> and add a section to the end of the file, just above the </device> tag and replace 6457CTO with your hal device name:
<pre>

<match key="system.hardware.product" string="6457CTO">

<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_mode" type="bool">true</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_bios" type="bool">false</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.save_pci" type="bool">true</merge>
</match>
</pre>

Now save and reboot. Now you might run into the problem of coming back from resume into a completely white screen where normally should be the password dialog. Entering your password blindly is not nice but at least you can resume.

{{NOTE|Somehow I couldn't make the wildcard matching work as they did in the lenovo.fdi solution, but that might be due to my shortcomings on that syntax. Anyway matching the device by its full name worked for me. Probably somebody who knows more about the matching could make that wildcard thing work to have a more general solution. Because hal also knows the xorg driver name (info.linux.driver) there should be a way to set up the quirks depending on the driver.}}

{{NOTE|I have model 6459CTO and run the "nv", not the "nvidia", driver. The nv driver requires the s3_bios and vbemode_restore quirks. I commented out the existing merge directives in /etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi and added:
<pre>

<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_bios" type="bool">true</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.save_pci" type="bool">true</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.vbemode_restore" type="bool">true</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_mode" type="bool">false</merge>
</pre>
Note, /etc/hal/fdi/ is where administrators should put customizations, not /usr/share/hal/fdi/information. More details are [http://www.littleredbat.net/mk/blog/story/71/ here].
}}

[[Category: T61]]

=== TrackPoint ===
The [[TrackPoint]] works out of the box, but does not scroll nor does the tap-clicking (press to select) feature work. Therefor see: [[#tap-to-click feature]] To enable using the middle mouse button to scroll, replace the "Configured Mouse" section in {{path|/etc/X11/xorg.conf}} with the following:
<pre>
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Trackpoint"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "EmulateWheel" "true"
Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2"
EndSection
</pre>

{{NOTE|However, if you need to use external usb mouse, the above configuration is wrong. It will cause odd behavior. Try the following configuration from [http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_IBM_Specific_Laptop_Guide#TrackPoint Gentoo Wiki]:}}
<pre>
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "UltraNav TrackPoint"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mouse1"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "on"
Option "Emulate3TimeOut" "50"
Option "EmulateWheel" "on"
Option "EmulateWheelTimeOut" "200"
Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2"
Option "YAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "XAxisMapping" "6 7"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
</pre>

Regarding to the {{key|Fn}}+{{key|F8}} to change the input device TrackPoint/Touchpad (to disable/enable Touchpad) requires edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf and add:

Option "SHMConfig" "true"

under:

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad"

=== Audio ===

Works great out of the box, just the microphone has to be activated, it is considered a generic capture source and is muted by default.

To unmute the microphone:

*Right Click on the volume icon next to the clock and click on "Open Volume Control"

*Click Edit -> Preferences. A list of devices will be displayed, you should check the following (Do not uncheck any existing items):

Input Source
Capture

*Click Close and there should be two additional tabs "Recording" and "Options". -

*Click Recording and click on the microphone under the Capture slider so that it no longer has a red line through it, and put the slider up as it may be deactivated.

*Click Options and under capture source select internal mic.

To test your mic using Sound Recorder select Capture as the sound source.

This solution has been tested with Sound Recorder and Skype.

To get the volume controls working:

*add the following line to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base, then reboot

options snd-hda-intel index=0 model=thinkpad

{{NOTE|The volume controls worked fine for me out of the box on a 6460.}}

=== Multimedia Keys ===

Most Multimedia Keys work out of the box, though play, forward and stop buttons often need to be adjusted, therefore, press alt + F2 and type in gnome-keybinding-properties. Then everything works as followed:

* 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 >>does not work on all machines<<
* Fn-F4 suspends (to ram)
* Fn-F9 ejects cds >>does not work on all machines, I think this is supposed to eject from a "dock"<< >>fixable with System > Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts
* Fn-F12 hibernates (to disk)
* PrtSc opens the screenshot dialog

To enable the back, forward, and the menu keys you'll need to teach XKB what they are.

* Check the '''XkbLayout''' option (under '''InputDevice''') in your {{path|/etc/X11/xorg.conf}} file to determine which keyboard layout Ubuntu is using (I'll use 'us' for the example).
* Navigate to {{path|/etc/X11/xkb/symbols}} and, as root, open the appropriate layout file (as determined above) in your favorite editor.
{{cmduser|cd /etc/X11/xkb/symbols}}
{{cmduser|sudo gedit us}}
* In the '''xkb_symbols "basic"''' section after the '''name[Group1]= "x";''' (where x is a country name, or similar) line add the following:
key <I63> { [ Menu ] };
key <I69> { [ XF86Forward ] };
key <I6A> { [ XF86Back ] };
* Now log out and back in and all three of the buttons should function.

=== Thinkpad Button ===

Paste the following into /usr/share/hotkey-setup/ibm.hk
setkeycodes e017 148 # thinkpad button
You can also just type this into a terminal, to test it for the time of the current session.

Paste the following into the right file in /usr/share/xmodmap (check your country code)
keycode 159 = XF86Terminal
For immediate availability of the button, reload the file by executing
xmodmap <xmodmap.file>

Then use the "Keyboard Shortcuts" tool under "Preferences".

{{NOTE| You can also follow these instructions: http://www.krizka.net/2008/06/14/the-thinkvantage-button-and-ubuntu-hardy-heron/.
They are wrote specifically for a X61, but it works perfectly with the T61 too.}}

== Items that don't work (a.k.a.: items that need more intense tweaking to get fixed)==

=== tap-to-click feature ===

For the tap-to-click feature (taping the stick instead of using the left mouse button) i used a configure trackpoint utility: [http://tpctl.sourceforge.net/configure-trackpoint.html] there is a package for ubuntu 7.04 i386, but i compiled it by myself (using amd64):

1.) download the .tar.gz file

2.) unpack it

3.) install libgnomeui-dev

{{cmduser|sudo aptitude install libgnomeui-dev}}

4.) in the folder, do:

{{cmduser|./configure}}

if everything worked fine:

{{cmduser|make}}

then install it:

{{cmduser|sudo make install}}

5.a) Gnome : Open it: System > configure trackpoint, and configure on your needs

5.b) Kde : K-menu > Prefences > configure trackpoint > right-click > edit entry, edit "command" to "kdesu configure-trackpoint"

Save & exit

Open it : K-menu > Prefences > configure trackpoint and configure on your needs

=== Hotswapping ===

{{HELP|We need someone who is able to get hotswaping to work properly, this is not the right was to do this!}}
With the new kernel, bay-drivers changed, so if you remove the ultrabay it will freeze your system! You can hack it with a simple comand, first you have to look where the device is:

{{cmduser|less /sys/class/scsi_device/(x)\:0\:0\:0/device/model}}

for (x) first put in 0, if it tells you DVD or the name of the model you want to hotswap youre right. if not, go on with 1, 2 or 3...

then, once you are sure (I deactivated my harddisk like that) you put in:

{{cmduser|echo 1 {{!}} sudo tee /sys/class/scsi_device/(x)\:0\:0\:0/device/delete}}

Now you should be able to remove the device.

{{WARN|Do not use it for harddisks, be sure you unmounted it before! This is just a bad hack, if anyone knows how to get it right --> publish!}}

If Ubuntu does not reactivate the device after putting it in again, do:

{{cmduser|echo 0 0 0 {{!}} sudo tee /sys/class/scsi_host/host1/scan}}

=== Wireless activity LED ===

The LED is not implemented at least in the IWL4965 driver. For the Atheros wifi cards look at the solution below.

For those who don't want to work around this problem and are willing to wait, I have confirmed that the LED works in Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) Alpha 4 for a T61 with IWL4965, including flashing on activity. If you can put up with a nonfunctional LED for a while in 8.04, the final Ubuntu 8.10 is due to be released in October 2008.

A patch posted in this [http://bughost.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1209 thread] works for me on R61 with IWL4965 card.

{{HELP|A howto is needed showing the process of implementing the patch in Hardy Heron. If anyone knows how to do this, please create a quick howto and either put it here or link to it from this page. Please and thank you.}}

As an alternative, you can install a backported IWL4965 driver that ''may'' fix the LED problem on your system.

To active WiFi LED,

sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-hardy

{{NOTE|On some machines, (at least one running IWL3945 & IWL4965) applying the above turns on the LED permanently. It should flicker as data is being transmitted. Also, with the above modification, after turning off wireless and then turning it back on (via the switch on the front of the machine) wireless is not reactivated, so not very helpful}}

You can download a compatible [http://wireless.kernel.org/download/compat-wireless-2.6/compat-wireless-2.6.tar.bz2 driver] which supports WiFi led flicking and build it with modifying the {{path|config.mk}} by adding {{bootparm|CONFIG_IWL3945_LEDS|y}} and {{bootparm|CONFIG_IWLWIFI_LEDS|y}} these two options. For Ubuntu/Debian users, build-essential, linux-source-2.6.24 and linux-headers-generic packages are required.

{{HELP|I added the above lines to the config.mk file and it would not make or make install correctly. I received an error 2 at the end of the make. If you have had success, where did you put the items in the config.mk file for it to make and make install correctly? Thanks in advance.}}

To compile the with these two options enabled, you need to insert the following command into config.mk as well:

CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUG=y

Or if you don't want debug mode you can edit iwl-led.c in drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi . At line 198 remove IWL_DEBUG_LED("Led type = %s brightness = %d\n", and it will work - now I have a flickering WiFi led on T61.

==== To enable the Wifi LED with the Atheros cards ====

First check if this solution works on your computer. Open a terminal and run this commands:

sysctl dev.wifi0.ledpin=1
sysctl dev.wifi0.softled=3

Now connect to a wireless network and the LED should start working. If so and you want to make the changes permanent then:

1) Create a file ~/wifiLED and copy/paste the following into it:

#!/bin/bash
#
# Commands to enable the wireless LED
sysctl dev.wifi0.ledpin=1
sysctl dev.wifi0.softled=3

2) sudo cp ~/wifiLED /etc/init.d

3) sudo chmod 755 /etc/init.d/wifiLED

4) sudo update-rc.d wifiLED defaults 90

After you reboot your wireless led should be working.

--[[User:Lunatico|Lunatico]] 14:50, 26 July 2008 (CEST)

=== Hidden SSID ===
It has been reported that users wanting to access Hidden SSIDs have to enter the SSID and password manually in Network Manager to connect. Even after the SSID is saved in Network Manager, it will not reconnect automatically. The user has to connect manually by entering the information as previously described.
It appears that updating the driver by following the instructions [http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Download here] resolves this issue.

=== Hard Disk Parking ===
Getting hard disk parking to work:

tp_smapi patch is not needed in [http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=linux-image-2.6.24-18&searchon=names&suite=hardy&section=all linux-image-2.6.24-18]

1. Patch your kernel with the 'protect' [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/HDAPS#Kernel_patch patch].

2. Installing the hdapsd daemon which does the actual parking.

{{cmduser|sudo apt-get install hdapsd hdaps-utils}}

== some other tweaks ==

=== screenblank with {{key|Fn}} + {{key|F3}} ===

Its ok, and might be usefull to get the estimated batterytime when pressing {{key|Fn}}+{{key|F3}}, as it should be. But i dont need that, i find the earlier command for {{key|F3}}, to blank the screen, more useful to save batterylife better.

For that, you must edit {{path|/etc/acpi/thinkpad-lockbattery.sh}} and replace LENOVO by IBM, and IBM by LENOVO :). Do not forget to copy the file before you change it!

=== Enable normal User to Limit CPU Speed ===
To let user set the CPU limit you need to open a Terminal an type there
sudo dpkg-reconfigure gnome-applets
answer the question with yes

=== Fix bluish displays ===
Many T61 owners complain about a very bluish color temperature: My T61 WSXGA+ was also way too blue. I came across a thread at the notebook review forum http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=174408 which provided two useful ICC profiles which fixed the situation for me. Just install xcalib
sudo apt-get install xcalib
and load one of these profiles with xcalib. To omit quoting the filename better rename the profile to something without blanks like t61.icc.

Load the icc file automatically:
sudo cp <your icc file> /usr/local/etc/
Append the following line to your display manager's config file /etc/gdm/Init/Default (for standard Ubuntu/Gnome) or /etc/kde3/kdm/Xsetup (for Kubuntu/KDE), before the final "exit" statement:
/usr/bin/xcalib -d :0 -s 0 /usr/local/etc/<your icc file>

=== Hotplugging of Dual-Head with nvidia (Also with Dock possible)===

Although many forums state it, it is not necessary to use the open-source nv-driver in order to resize the screen with xrandr. Following thread explains sufficently, how to make resizing/switch of screens possible with the proprietary nvidia-driver without restarting X:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-software-2/using-nvidia-settings-from-the-command-line-only-647626/

[[Category: Ubuntu 8.10]]

Installing Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) on a ThinkPad T61

2008-10-18T06:57:57Z

EarloftheWest: â†Created page with 'NOTE: I coped the 8.04 document and created this one with the information. Please help to update it so it accurately reflects 8.10. == Items that work out of the box == ...'

NOTE: I coped the 8.04 document and created this one with the information. Please help to update it so it accurately reflects 8.10.

== Items that work out of the box ==

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

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

'''Wireless:''' Intel cards tested. Atheros cards also works.

'''Wireless WAN:''' Cingular/AT&T card tested.

'''Network Card''' Intel 10/100/1000 tested

'''Wireless switch''' Tested (Only has an effect over the bluetooth, wifi is unaffected)

'''Webcam''' Tested with cheese and skype.

'''Headphones''' Works out of the box

'''Microphone''' Just needs to be activated, see section [[#Audio|below]]

'''Keyboard Shortcuts:''' Most of them work out of the box, some need to be activated, see section [[#Multimedia_Keys|below]]

== Items that need (some) tweaking to obtain full functionality ==

=== Open Source Intel Wifi Driver ===
The following information is important if you are upgrading from a previous version (2007 or earlier) of Ubuntu to 8.10.

Intel has created a new Linux Wifi driver project for Intel Wireless cards, "[[Iwlwifi]]". This driver is Open Source and no longer requires the Intel daemon to run in addition. This project will support the [[:Category:T61 | T61]]'s Wifi [[Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Mini-PCI Express Adapter | Intel 3945ABG network adapter]] and [[Intel PRO/Wireless 4965AGN Mini-PCI Express Adapter| Intel 4965AGN network adapter]].

An automatic migration will occur when upgrading from [[Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) on a ThinkPad T61|Ubuntu 7.10]] to Ubuntu 8.04. However, there is a caveat to be aware of:
* The new driver wants to name the interface wlan0 (by default -- you can rename it to anything you want), and requires a different entry in {{path|/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules}}, which handles the naming of interfaces. Simply edit this file and delete your old entry for the ipw3945 driver, then unload/reload the new driver, or simply reboot. A new entry will automatically be created that is appropriate for the new driver. Here's an example of the lines to delete:
<pre>
# PCI device 0x8086:0x4227 (ipw3945)
SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTRS{address}=="00:1b:77:a4:0e:2f", NAME="eth1"
</pre>

If you need to perform a manual migration, the Ubuntu Help Community has written some [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/iwlwifi_Intel_3945_4965/gutsy documentation] that will make this very easy to do.

=== Compiz and XV Playback on Intel GM965/GL960 ===

With Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) you currently have to choose between using Compiz and working video playback using XV. On 8.04 (Hardy Heron) alpha 5 you can play videos using XV under compiz, it works right out of the box using the Live-CD.

=== Suspend with Nv140m ===

** Update as of July 17th 2008 -- Using 8.04.1 with the newest nvidea drivers, I had no problems suspending without any additional configuration. **

Suspend may not work even after editing acpi-support. Enable bluetooth (Fn+F5) may result in a successful suspend. NOTE: that although the wifi led does not change when Fn+F5 is used, the wifi is still toggled by this key.

'''Hal "S3 BIOS" parameter issue!'''

After doing the changes to the /etc/default/acpi-support file (described [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_Ubuntu_7.10_(Gutsy_Gibbon)_on_a_ThinkPad_T61#How_to_Suspend_with_nVidia_140m.2F570m here]), I for one, managed to have '''stable''' suspend support by creating a new file called: '''/etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi''' with the following contents:
<pre>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<match key="system.hardware.vendor" string="LENOVO">
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_bios" type="bool">false</merge>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
</pre>
{{NOTE|The problem (after reading the HAL and pm-utils documentations) is the fact that (as far as I can tell) the T61 Lenovo doesn't allow the S3 BIOS to be called *during* suspend/resume, which HAL seems to do by default (who knows, maybe there are T61s out there that do work with this default)!

This did not seem to be necessary for previous versions of Ubuntu. Also note that I have an NVIDIA card so I have no idea what to do for Intel versions.The change should also be resistant to HAL and pm-utils upgrades.}}

'''Still no suspend with nvs140m? Got Modell 6460 or 6458?'''

Fix above didn't work for me on a 15.4 wide T61 Modell 6460 with nv140m. Bios is updated to 2.14 but didn't change anything, except the usb bug is fix. Suspend seems to work fine, but resume gives me a black screen (backlight off - no reaction to brightness up) and I can hear 2 beeps. Most of the time I can reboot with ctrl+alt+delete but the screen stays dark until bios.

follow the instructions above but create the new file called: '''/etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi''' with the following contents instead:
<pre>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<match key="system.hardware.vendor" string="LENOVO">
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_mode" type="bool">true</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_bios" type="bool">false</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.save_pci" type="bool">true</merge>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
</pre>

Also you want to set the following parameter in

{{path|/etc/default/acpi-support}}
<pre>
SAVE_VIDEO_PCI_STATE=true
</pre>

{{NOTE|This works for me with mode 6460, except for one problem: You may get a white screen in xorg after resume when using compiz. If you don't have a 6460 with nvidia this file may break things for you because it doesn't care about the modell and sets the parameter for any lenovo product}}
{{NOTE|This also works for me with mode 6458, but the first wakeup from suspend takes about 20seconds, the following wakeups only some seconds. Please note that i had to change back the settings described [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_Ubuntu_7.10_(Gutsy_Gibbon)_on_a_ThinkPad_T61#How_to_Suspend_with_nVidia_140m.2F570m here] but still SAVE_VIDEO_PCI_STATE set to true}}
{{HELP|Anyone with more knowledge of hal and acpi-support is welcome to clean this up. I also don't know why this setting can be done via hal and in acpi-support.
See below!}}

'''Works for a 6457CTO:'''

After trying out all these recipes on my 6457CTO waking up from suspend still did not work. Finally I came across a blog entry which pointed out the right way: [[http://david.goodlad.ca/2008/3/14/suspend-hibernate-on-lenovo-t61 David Goodlad's blog]]. I realized that all the fixes proposing editing the acpi-support file or adding a kernel parameter acpi_sleep=s3_mode must be wrong because since hardy gnome-power-manager gets its information solely from hal. So setting up correct hal information is the right way but the proposed solution (creating a /etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi file) did not work for me. Ok, but now step by step:

# Revert ALL the proposed fixes from above. I found out that at least the lenovo.fdi solution is actually breaking the real fix. So for sure delete /etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi
# Find out about the excact hal name of your machine: <pre>hal-device |grep 6457</pre> where 6457 is the model number of my t61, replace it with your own. In my case it spits out something like this: system.hardware.product = '6457CTO'. So now I know that hal identifies my machine as 6457CTO.
# <pre>sudo gedit /usr/share/hal/fdi/information/10freedesktop/20-video-quirk-pm-lenovo.fdi</pre> and add a section to the end of the file, just above the </device> tag and replace 6457CTO with your hal device name:
<pre>

<match key="system.hardware.product" string="6457CTO">

<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_mode" type="bool">true</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_bios" type="bool">false</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.save_pci" type="bool">true</merge>
</match>
</pre>

Now save and reboot. Now you might run into the problem of coming back from resume into a completely white screen where normally should be the password dialog. Entering your password blindly is not nice but at least you can resume.

{{NOTE|Somehow I couldn't make the wildcard matching work as they did in the lenovo.fdi solution, but that might be due to my shortcomings on that syntax. Anyway matching the device by its full name worked for me. Probably somebody who knows more about the matching could make that wildcard thing work to have a more general solution. Because hal also knows the xorg driver name (info.linux.driver) there should be a way to set up the quirks depending on the driver.}}

{{NOTE|I have model 6459CTO and run the "nv", not the "nvidia", driver. The nv driver requires the s3_bios and vbemode_restore quirks. I commented out the existing merge directives in /etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi and added:
<pre>

<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_bios" type="bool">true</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.save_pci" type="bool">true</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.vbemode_restore" type="bool">true</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_mode" type="bool">false</merge>
</pre>
Note, /etc/hal/fdi/ is where administrators should put customizations, not /usr/share/hal/fdi/information. More details are [http://www.littleredbat.net/mk/blog/story/71/ here].
}}

[[Category: T61]]

=== TrackPoint ===
The [[TrackPoint]] works out of the box, but does not scroll nor does the tap-clicking (press to select) feature work. Therefor see: [[#tap-to-click feature]] To enable using the middle mouse button to scroll, replace the "Configured Mouse" section in {{path|/etc/X11/xorg.conf}} with the following:
<pre>
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Trackpoint"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "EmulateWheel" "true"
Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2"
EndSection
</pre>

{{NOTE|However, if you need to use external usb mouse, the above configuration is wrong. It will cause odd behavior. Try the following configuration from [http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_IBM_Specific_Laptop_Guide#TrackPoint Gentoo Wiki]:}}
<pre>
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "UltraNav TrackPoint"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mouse1"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "on"
Option "Emulate3TimeOut" "50"
Option "EmulateWheel" "on"
Option "EmulateWheelTimeOut" "200"
Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2"
Option "YAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "XAxisMapping" "6 7"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
</pre>

Regarding to the {{key|Fn}}+{{key|F8}} to change the input device TrackPoint/Touchpad (to disable/enable Touchpad) requires edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf and add:

Option "SHMConfig" "true"

under:

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad"

=== Audio ===

Works great out of the box, just the microphone has to be activated, it is considered a generic capture source and is muted by default.

To unmute the microphone:

*Right Click on the volume icon next to the clock and click on "Open Volume Control"

*Click Edit -> Preferences. A list of devices will be displayed, you should check the following (Do not uncheck any existing items):

Input Source
Capture

*Click Close and there should be two additional tabs "Recording" and "Options". -

*Click Recording and click on the microphone under the Capture slider so that it no longer has a red line through it, and put the slider up as it may be deactivated.

*Click Options and under capture source select internal mic.

To test your mic using Sound Recorder select Capture as the sound source.

This solution has been tested with Sound Recorder and Skype.

To get the volume controls working:

*add the following line to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base, then reboot

options snd-hda-intel index=0 model=thinkpad

{{NOTE|The volume controls worked fine for me out of the box on a 6460.}}

=== Multimedia Keys ===

Most Multimedia Keys work out of the box, though play, forward and stop buttons often need to be adjusted, therefore, press alt + F2 and type in gnome-keybinding-properties. Then everything works as followed:

* 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 >>does not work on all machines<<
* Fn-F4 suspends (to ram)
* Fn-F9 ejects cds >>does not work on all machines, I think this is supposed to eject from a "dock"<< >>fixable with System > Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts
* Fn-F12 hibernates (to disk)
* PrtSc opens the screenshot dialog

To enable the back, forward, and the menu keys you'll need to teach XKB what they are.

* Check the '''XkbLayout''' option (under '''InputDevice''') in your {{path|/etc/X11/xorg.conf}} file to determine which keyboard layout Ubuntu is using (I'll use 'us' for the example).
* Navigate to {{path|/etc/X11/xkb/symbols}} and, as root, open the appropriate layout file (as determined above) in your favorite editor.
{{cmduser|cd /etc/X11/xkb/symbols}}
{{cmduser|sudo gedit us}}
* In the '''xkb_symbols "basic"''' section after the '''name[Group1]= "x";''' (where x is a country name, or similar) line add the following:
key <I63> { [ Menu ] };
key <I69> { [ XF86Forward ] };
key <I6A> { [ XF86Back ] };
* Now log out and back in and all three of the buttons should function.

=== Thinkpad Button ===

Paste the following into /usr/share/hotkey-setup/ibm.hk
setkeycodes e017 148 # thinkpad button
You can also just type this into a terminal, to test it for the time of the current session.

Paste the following into the right file in /usr/share/xmodmap (check your country code)
keycode 159 = XF86Terminal
For immediate availability of the button, reload the file by executing
xmodmap <xmodmap.file>

Then use the "Keyboard Shortcuts" tool under "Preferences".

{{NOTE| You can also follow these instructions: http://www.krizka.net/2008/06/14/the-thinkvantage-button-and-ubuntu-hardy-heron/.
They are wrote specifically for a X61, but it works perfectly with the T61 too.}}

== Items that don't work (a.k.a.: items that need more intense tweaking to get fixed)==

=== tap-to-click feature ===

For the tap-to-click feature (taping the stick instead of using the left mouse button) i used a configure trackpoint utility: [http://tpctl.sourceforge.net/configure-trackpoint.html] there is a package for ubuntu 7.04 i386, but i compiled it by myself (using amd64):

1.) download the .tar.gz file

2.) unpack it

3.) install libgnomeui-dev

{{cmduser|sudo aptitude install libgnomeui-dev}}

4.) in the folder, do:

{{cmduser|./configure}}

if everything worked fine:

{{cmduser|make}}

then install it:

{{cmduser|sudo make install}}

5.a) Gnome : Open it: System > configure trackpoint, and configure on your needs

5.b) Kde : K-menu > Prefences > configure trackpoint > right-click > edit entry, edit "command" to "kdesu configure-trackpoint"

Save & exit

Open it : K-menu > Prefences > configure trackpoint and configure on your needs

=== Hotswapping ===

{{HELP|We need someone who is able to get hotswaping to work properly, this is not the right was to do this!}}
With the new kernel, bay-drivers changed, so if you remove the ultrabay it will freeze your system! You can hack it with a simple comand, first you have to look where the device is:

{{cmduser|less /sys/class/scsi_device/(x)\:0\:0\:0/device/model}}

for (x) first put in 0, if it tells you DVD or the name of the model you want to hotswap youre right. if not, go on with 1, 2 or 3...

then, once you are sure (I deactivated my harddisk like that) you put in:

{{cmduser|echo 1 {{!}} sudo tee /sys/class/scsi_device/(x)\:0\:0\:0/device/delete}}

Now you should be able to remove the device.

{{WARN|Do not use it for harddisks, be sure you unmounted it before! This is just a bad hack, if anyone knows how to get it right --> publish!}}

If Ubuntu does not reactivate the device after putting it in again, do:

{{cmduser|echo 0 0 0 {{!}} sudo tee /sys/class/scsi_host/host1/scan}}

=== Wireless activity LED ===

The LED is not implemented at least in the IWL4965 driver. For the Atheros wifi cards look at the solution below.

For those who don't want to work around this problem and are willing to wait, I have confirmed that the LED works in Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) Alpha 4 for a T61 with IWL4965, including flashing on activity. If you can put up with a nonfunctional LED for a while in 8.04, the final Ubuntu 8.10 is due to be released in October 2008.

A patch posted in this [http://bughost.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1209 thread] works for me on R61 with IWL4965 card.

{{HELP|A howto is needed showing the process of implementing the patch in Hardy Heron. If anyone knows how to do this, please create a quick howto and either put it here or link to it from this page. Please and thank you.}}

As an alternative, you can install a backported IWL4965 driver that ''may'' fix the LED problem on your system.

To active WiFi LED,

sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-hardy

{{NOTE|On some machines, (at least one running IWL3945 & IWL4965) applying the above turns on the LED permanently. It should flicker as data is being transmitted. Also, with the above modification, after turning off wireless and then turning it back on (via the switch on the front of the machine) wireless is not reactivated, so not very helpful}}

You can download a compatible [http://wireless.kernel.org/download/compat-wireless-2.6/compat-wireless-2.6.tar.bz2 driver] which supports WiFi led flicking and build it with modifying the {{path|config.mk}} by adding {{bootparm|CONFIG_IWL3945_LEDS|y}} and {{bootparm|CONFIG_IWLWIFI_LEDS|y}} these two options. For Ubuntu/Debian users, build-essential, linux-source-2.6.24 and linux-headers-generic packages are required.

{{HELP|I added the above lines to the config.mk file and it would not make or make install correctly. I received an error 2 at the end of the make. If you have had success, where did you put the items in the config.mk file for it to make and make install correctly? Thanks in advance.}}

To compile the with these two options enabled, you need to insert the following command into config.mk as well:

CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUG=y

Or if you don't want debug mode you can edit iwl-led.c in drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi . At line 198 remove IWL_DEBUG_LED("Led type = %s brightness = %d\n", and it will work - now I have a flickering WiFi led on T61.

==== To enable the Wifi LED with the Atheros cards ====

First check if this solution works on your computer. Open a terminal and run this commands:

sysctl dev.wifi0.ledpin=1
sysctl dev.wifi0.softled=3

Now connect to a wireless network and the LED should start working. If so and you want to make the changes permanent then:

1) Create a file ~/wifiLED and copy/paste the following into it:

#!/bin/bash
#
# Commands to enable the wireless LED
sysctl dev.wifi0.ledpin=1
sysctl dev.wifi0.softled=3

2) sudo cp ~/wifiLED /etc/init.d

3) sudo chmod 755 /etc/init.d/wifiLED

4) sudo update-rc.d wifiLED defaults 90

After you reboot your wireless led should be working.

--[[User:Lunatico|Lunatico]] 14:50, 26 July 2008 (CEST)

=== Hidden SSID ===
It has been reported that users wanting to access Hidden SSIDs have to enter the SSID and password manually in Network Manager to connect. Even after the SSID is saved in Network Manager, it will not reconnect automatically. The user has to connect manually by entering the information as previously described.
It appears that updating the driver by following the instructions [http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Download here] resolves this issue.

=== Hard Disk Parking ===
Getting hard disk parking to work:

tp_smapi patch is not needed in [http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=linux-image-2.6.24-18&searchon=names&suite=hardy&section=all linux-image-2.6.24-18]

1. Patch your kernel with the 'protect' [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/HDAPS#Kernel_patch patch].

2. Installing the hdapsd daemon which does the actual parking.

{{cmduser|sudo apt-get install hdapsd hdaps-utils}}

== some other tweaks ==

=== screenblank with {{key|Fn}} + {{key|F3}} ===

Its ok, and might be usefull to get the estimated batterytime when pressing {{key|Fn}}+{{key|F3}}, as it should be. But i dont need that, i find the earlier command for {{key|F3}}, to blank the screen, more useful to save batterylife better.

For that, you must edit {{path|/etc/acpi/thinkpad-lockbattery.sh}} and replace LENOVO by IBM, and IBM by LENOVO :). Do not forget to copy the file before you change it!

=== Enable normal User to Limit CPU Speed ===
To let user set the CPU limit you need to open a Terminal an type there
sudo dpkg-reconfigure gnome-applets
answer the question with yes

=== Fix bluish displays ===
Many T61 owners complain about a very bluish color temperature: My T61 WSXGA+ was also way too blue. I came across a thread at the notebook review forum http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=174408 which provided two useful ICC profiles which fixed the situation for me. Just install xcalib
sudo apt-get install xcalib
and load one of these profiles with xcalib. To omit quoting the filename better rename the profile to something without blanks like t61.icc.

Load the icc file automatically:
sudo cp <your icc file> /usr/local/etc/
Append the following line to your display manager's config file /etc/gdm/Init/Default (for standard Ubuntu/Gnome) or /etc/kde3/kdm/Xsetup (for Kubuntu/KDE), before the final "exit" statement:
/usr/bin/xcalib -d :0 -s 0 /usr/local/etc/<your icc file>

=== Hotplugging of Dual-Head with nvidia (Also with Dock possible)===

Although many forums state it, it is not necessary to use the open-source nv-driver in order to resize the screen with xrandr. Following thread explains sufficently, how to make resizing/switch of screens possible with the proprietary nvidia-driver without restarting X:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-software-2/using-nvidia-settings-from-the-command-line-only-647626/

[[Category: Ubuntu 8.10]]

Installation instructions for the ThinkPad T61

2008-10-18T06:54:20Z

EarloftheWest: /* Ubuntu */

See also: General Thinkpad {{T61}} information and installation notes for the previous {{T60}}.

==Distribution Specific Instructions==

=== Debian ===

* [http://ejahn.net/Members/eric/stories/t61_etch Installing Debian Etch Linux on a Thinkpad T61], 2007-10-13
* [http://www.klabs.be/~fpiat/linux/debian/Etch_on_Thinkpad_T61.html Installing Debian/Linux Etch on a Thinkpad T61], 2007-05-22
* {{Install|Debian| Lenny|T61}}

=== Slackware ===
* [http://dotimes.com/articles/t61-slackware-index.html Running Slackware Linux on a Thinkpad T61]
* [[Slackware 12.1 on a Thinkpad T61]]

=== Ubuntu ===

* {{Install|Ubuntu| 7.04 (Feisty Fawn)| T61}}
* {{Install|Ubuntu| 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon)| T61}}
* {{Install|Ubuntu| 8.04 (Hardy Heron)| T61}}
* {{Install|Ubuntu| 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex)| T61}}

=== Fedora ===

* [http://carrot.hep.upenn.edu/wiki/doku.php?id=thinkpad:start Installing Fedora 7 x86_64] on a Thinkpad {{T61}} 15.4" widescreen.
* {{Install|Fedora| 7|T61}}, including Xen.
* Useful forum post on [http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=159516 Fedora 7 x86_64] installation. - Updated 7.8.2007 to include suspend
* [http://lambda.uta.edu/T61/ Fedora 7 on a Lenovo ThinkPad T61]
* [[Installing Fedora 8 on a T61]]
* [http://www.lansys.ch/index.html?nav=31 Installing Fedora 9 on ThinkPad T61] together with Vista as dual boot (german howto)

=== openSUSE / SUSE Linux ===
* [[Installing Novell SLED 10sp1 on a Thinkpad T61]]
* [[Installing openSUSE 10.3 Beta 2 on an Thinkpad T61]]
* [[Installing openSUSE 10.3 Beta 1 on an IBM ThinkPad T61]]
* [[Installing openSUSE 10.2 on an IBM ThinkPad T61]] - max X resolution in default install is 1024x768
* [[Installing openSUSE 10.3 GM on a ThinkPad T61]]
* [http://en.nothingisreal.com/wiki/GNU/Linux_on_a_Lenovo_ThinkPad_T61 GNU/Linux on a Lenovo ThinkPad T61]
* [http://hamisageek.blogspot.com/2008/06/opensuse-110-on-lenovo-thinkpad-t61.html Installing openSUSE 11 GM on a ThinkPad T61]

=== Gentoo ===
* Useful forum post on [http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-567773-highlight-.html installation of Gentoo].
* Gentoo-wiki's [http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Lenovo_Thinkpad_T61 Lenovo Thinkpad T61 hardware page].

=== Mandriva ===
* [[Installing Mandriva 2008 x86-64 Powerpack on a Thinkpad T61]]

=== ArchLinux ===
* [http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/IBM_Thinkpad_T61 Installing ArchLinux on a Thinkpad T61].

==General Instructions==

* [http://www.linlap.com/wiki/IBM-Lenovo+Thinkpad+T61 A Linux compatibility guide to the Lenovo Thinkpad T61]

Installing Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) on a ThinkPad T61

2008-07-16T16:56:37Z

EarloftheWest: /* Hidden SSID */

== Items that work out of the box ==

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

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

'''Wireless:''' Intel cards tested. Atheros cards also works.

'''Wireless WAN:''' Cingular/AT&T card tested.

'''Network Card''' Intel 10/100/1000 tested

'''Wireless switch''' Tested

'''Webcam''' Tested with cheese and skype.

'''Headphones''' Works out of the box

'''Microphone''' Just needs to be activated, see section [[#Audio|below]]

'''Keyboard Shortcuts:''' Most of them work out of the box, some need to be activated, see section [[#Multimedia_Keys|below]]

== Items that need (some) tweaking to obtain full functionality ==

=== Open Source Intel Wifi Driver ===
The following information is important if you are upgrading from a previous version of Ubuntu to 8.04.

Intel has created a new Linux Wifi driver project for Intel Wireless cards, "[[Iwlwifi]]". This driver is Open Source and no longer requires the Intel daemon to run in addition. This project will support the [[:Category:T61 | T61]]'s Wifi [[Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Mini-PCI Express Adapter | Intel 3945ABG network adapter]] and [[Intel PRO/Wireless 4965AGN Mini-PCI Express Adapter| Intel 4965AGN network adapter]].

An automatic migration will occur when upgrading from [[Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) on a ThinkPad T61|Ubuntu 7.10]] to Ubuntu 8.04. However, there is a caveat to be aware of:
* The new driver wants to name the interface wlan0 (by default -- you can rename it to anything you want), and requires a different entry in {{path|/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules}}, which handles the naming of interfaces. Simply edit this file and delete your old entry for the ipw3945 driver, then unload/reload the new driver, or simply reboot. A new entry will automatically be created that is appropriate for the new driver. Here's an example of the lines to delete:
<pre>
# PCI device 0x8086:0x4227 (ipw3945)
SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTRS{address}=="00:1b:77:a4:0e:2f", NAME="eth1"
</pre>

If you need to perform a manual migration, the Ubuntu Help Community has written some [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/iwlwifi_Intel_3945_4965/gutsy documentation] that will make this very easy to do.

=== Compiz and XV Playback on Intel GM965/GL960 ===

With Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) you currently have to choose between using Compiz and working video playback using XV. On 8.04 (Hardy Heron) alpha 5 you can play videos using XV under compiz, it works right out of the box using the Live-CD.

=== Suspend with Nv140m ===
Suspend may not work even after editing acpi-support. Enable bluetooth (Fn+F5) may result in a successful suspend. NOTE: that although the wifi led does not change when Fn+F5 is used, the wifi is still toggled by this key.

'''Hal "S3 BIOS" parameter issue!'''

After doing the changes to the /etc/default/acpi-support file (described [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_Ubuntu_7.10_(Gutsy_Gibbon)_on_a_ThinkPad_T61#How_to_Suspend_with_nVidia_140m.2F570m here]), I for one, managed to have '''stable''' suspend support by creating a new file called: '''/etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi''' with the following contents:
<pre>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<match key="system.hardware.vendor" string="LENOVO">
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_bios" type="bool">false</merge>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
</pre>
{{NOTE|The problem (after reading the HAL and pm-utils documentations) is the fact that (as far as I can tell) the T61 Lenovo doesn't allow the S3 BIOS to be called *during* suspend/resume, which HAL seems to do by default (who knows, maybe there are T61s out there that do work with this default)!

This did not seem to be necessary for previous versions of Ubuntu. Also note that I have an NVIDIA card so I have no idea what to do for Intel versions.The change should also be resistant to HAL and pm-utils upgrades.}}

'''Still no suspend with nvs140m? Got Modell 6460?'''

Fix above didn't work for me on a 15.4 wide T61 Modell 6460 with nv140m. Bios is updated to 2.14 but didn't change anything, except the usb bug is fix. Suspend seems to work fine, but resume gives me a black screen (backlight off - no reaction to brightness up) and I can hear 2 beeps. Most of the time I can reboot with ctrl+alt+delete but the screen stays dark until bios.

follow the instructions above but create the new file called: '''/etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi''' with the following contents instead:
<pre>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<match key="system.hardware.vendor" string="LENOVO">
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_mode" type="bool">true</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_bios" type="bool">false</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.save_pci" type="bool">true</merge>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
</pre>

Also you want to set the following parameter in

{{path|/etc/default/acpi-support}}
<pre>
SAVE_VIDEO_PCI_STATE=true
</pre>

{{NOTE|This works for me with mode 6460, except for one problem: You may get a white screen in xorg after resume when using compiz. If you don't have a 6460 with nvidia this file may break things for you because it doesn't care about the modell and sets the parameter for any lenovo product}}
{{HELP|Anyone with more knowledge of hal and acpi-support is welcome to clean this up. I also don't know why this setting can be done via hal and in acpi-support.
See below!}}

'''Working on hardy final'''

After trying out all these recipes on my 6457CTO waking up from suspend still did not work. Finally I came across a blog entry which pointed out the right way: [[http://david.goodlad.ca/2008/3/14/suspend-hibernate-on-lenovo-t61 David Goodlad's blog]]. I realized that all the fixes proposing editing the acpi-support file or adding a kernel parameter acpi_sleep=s3_mode must be wrong because since hardy gnome-power-manager gets its information solely from hal. So setting up correct hal information is the right way but the proposed solution (creating a /etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi file) did not work for me. Ok, but now step by step:

# Revert ALL the proposed fixes from above. I found out that at least the lenovo.fdi solution is actually breaking the real fix. So for sure delete /etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi
# Find out about the excact hal name of your machine: <pre>hal-device |grep 6457</pre> where 6457 is the model number of my t61, replace it with your own. In my case it spits out something like this: system.hardware.product = '6457CTO'. So now I know that hal identifies my machine as 6457CTO.
# <pre>sudo gedit /usr/share/hal/fdi/information/10freedesktop/20-video-quirk-pm-lenovo.fdi</pre> and add a section to the end of the file, just above the </device> tag and replace 6457CTO with your hal device name:
<pre>

<match key="system.hardware.product" string="6457CTO">

<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_mode" type="bool">true</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_bios" type="bool">false</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.save_pci" type="bool">true</merge>
</match>
</pre>

Now save and reboot. Now you might run into the problem of coming back from resume into a completely white screen where normally should be the password dialog. Entering your password blindly is not nice but at least you can resume.

{{NOTE|Somehow I couldn't make the wildcard matching work as they did in the lenovo.fdi solution, but that might be due to my shortcomings on that syntax. Anyway matching the device by its full name worked for me. Probably somebody who knows more about the matching could make that wildcard thing work to have a more general solution. Because hal also knows the xorg driver name (info.linux.driver) there should be a way to set up the quirks depending on the driver.}}

[[Category: T61]]

=== TrackPoint ===
The [[TrackPoint]] works out of the box, but does not scroll nor does the tap-clicking (press to select) feature work. Therefor see: [[#tap-to-click feature]] To enable using the middle mouse button to scroll, replace the "Configured Mouse" section in {{path|/etc/X11/xorg.conf}} with the following:
<pre>
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Trackpoint"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "EmulateWheel" "true"
Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2"
EndSection
</pre>

{{NOTE|However, if you need to use external usb mouse, the above configuration is wrong. It will cause odd behavior. Try the following configuration from [http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_IBM_Specific_Laptop_Guide#TrackPoint Gentoo Wiki]:}}
<pre>
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "UltraNav TrackPoint"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mouse1"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "on"
Option "Emulate3TimeOut" "50"
Option "EmulateWheel" "on"
Option "EmulateWheelTimeOut" "200"
Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2"
Option "YAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "XAxisMapping" "6 7"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
</pre>

=== Audio ===

Works great out of the box, just the microphone has to be activated, it is considered a generic capture source and is muted by default.

To unmute the microphone:

*Right Click on the volume icon next to the clock and click on "Open Volume Control"

*Click Edit -> Preferences. A list of devices will be displayed, you should check the following (Do not uncheck any existing items):

Input Source
Capture

*Click Close and there should be two additional tabs "Recording" and "Options". -

*Click Recording and click on the microphone under the Capture slider so that it no longer has a red line through it, and put the slider up as it may be deactivated.

*Click Options and under capture source select internal mic.

To test your mic using Sound Recorder select Capture as the sound source.

This solution has been tested with Sound Recorder and Skype.

To get the volume controls working:

*add the following line to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base, then reboot

options snd-hda-intel index=0 model=thinkpad

{{NOTE|The volume controls worked fine for me out of the box on a 6460.}}

=== Multimedia Keys ===

Most Multimedia Keys work out of the box, just the play, forward and stop buttons need to be adjusted, therefore, press alt + F2 and type in gnome-keybinding-properties. Then everything works as followed:

* 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 >>does not work on all machines<<
* Fn-F4 suspends (to ram)
* Fn-F9 ejects cds >>does not work on all machines, I think this is supposed to eject from a "dock"<<
* Fn-F12 hibernates (to disk)
* PrtSc opens the screenshot dialog

To enable the back, forward, and the menu keys you'll need to teach XKB what they are.

* Check the '''XkbLayout''' option (under '''InputDevice''') in your {{path|/etc/X11/xorg.conf}} file to determine which keyboard layout Ubuntu is using (I'll use 'us' for the example).
* Navigate to {{path|/etc/X11/xkb/symbols}} and, as root, open the appropriate layout file (as determined above) in your favorite editor.
{{cmduser|cd /etc/X11/xkb/symbols}}
{{cmduser|sudo gedit us}}
* In the '''xkb_symbols "basic"''' section after the '''name[Group1]= "x";''' (where x is a country name, or similar) line add the following:
key <I63> { [ Menu ] };
key <I69> { [ XF86Forward ] };
key <I6A> { [ XF86Back ] };
* Now log out and back in and all three of the buttons should function.

=== Thinkpad Button ===

Paste the following into /usr/share/hotkey-setup/ibm.hk
setkeycodes e017 148 # thinkpad button
You can also just type this into a terminal, to test it for the time of the current session.

Paste the following into the right file in /usr/share/xmodmap (check your country code)
keycode 159 = XF86Terminal
For immediate availability of the button, reload the file by executing
xmodmap <xmodmap.file>

Then use the "Keyboard Shortcuts" tool under "Preferences".

== Items that don't work (a.k.a.: items that need more intense tweaking to get fixed)==

=== tap-to-click feature ===

For the tap-to-click feature (taping the stick instead of using the left mouse button) i used a configure trackpoint utility: [http://tpctl.sourceforge.net/configure-trackpoint.html] there is a package for ubuntu 7.04 i386, but i compiled it by myself (using amd64):

1.) download the .tar.gz file

2.) unpack it

3.) install libgnomeui-dev

{{cmduser|sudo aptitude install libgnomeui-dev}}

4.) in the folder, do:

{{cmduser|./configure}}

if everything worked fine:

{{cmduser|make}}

then install it:

{{cmduser|sudo make install}}

5.a) Gnome : Open it: System > configure trackpoint, and configure on your needs

5.b) Kde : K-menu > Prefences > configure trackpoint > right-click > edit entry, edit "command" to "kdesu configure-trackpoint"

Save & exit

Open it : K-menu > Prefences > configure trackpoint and configure on your needs

=== Hotswapping ===

{{HELP|We need someone who is able to get hotswaping to work properly, this is not the right was to do this!}}
With the new kernel, bay-drivers changed, so if you remove the ultrabay it will freeze your system! You can hack it with a simple comand, first you have to look where the device is:

{{cmduser|less /sys/class/scsi_device/(x)\:0\:0\:0/device/model}}

for (x) first put in 0, if it tells you DVD or the name of the model you want to hotswap youre right. if not, go on with 1, 2 or 3...

then, once you are sure (I deactivated my harddisk like that) you put in:

{{cmduser|echo 1 {{!}} sudo tee /sys/class/scsi_device/(x)\:0\:0\:0/device/delete}}

Now you should be able to remove the device.

{{WARN|Do not use it for harddisks, be sure you unmounted it before! This is just a bad hack, if anyone knows how to get it right --> publish!}}

If Ubuntu does not reactivate the device after putting it in again, do:

{{cmduser|echo 0 0 0 {{!}} sudo tee /sys/class/scsi_host/host1/scan}}

=== Wireless activity LED ===

The LED is not implemented at least in the IWL4965 driver.

A patch posted in this [http://bughost.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1209 thread] works for me on R61 with IWL4965 card.

{{HELP|A howto is needed showing the process of implementing the patch in Hardy Heron. If anyone knows how to do this, please create a quick howto and either put it here or link to it from this page. Please and thank you.}}

As an alternative, you can install a backported IWL4965 driver that ''may'' fix the LED problem on your system.

To active WiFi LED,

sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-hardy

{{NOTE|On some machines, (at least one running IWL3945 & IWL4965) applying the above turns on the LED permanently. It should flicker as data is being transmitted. Also, with the above modification, after turning off wireless and then turning it back on (via the switch on the front of the machine) wireless is not reactivated, so not very helpful}}

You can download a compatible [http://wireless.kernel.org/download/compat-wireless-2.6/compat-wireless-2.6.tar.bz2 driver] which supports WiFi led flicking and build it with modifying the {{path|config.mk}} by adding {{bootparm|CONFIG_IWL3945_LEDS|y}} and {{bootparm|CONFIG_IWLWIFI_LEDS|y}} these two options. For Ubuntu/Debian users, build-essential, linux-source-2.6.24 and linux-headers-generic packages are required.

{{HELP|I added the above lines to the config.mk file and it would not make or make install correctly. I received an error 2 at the end of the make. If you have had success, where did you put the items in the config.mk file for it to make and make install correctly? Thanks in advance.}}

=== Hidden SSID ===
It has been reported that users wanting to access Hidden SSIDs have to enter the SSID and password manually in Network Manager to connect. Even after the SSID is saved in Network Manager, it will not reconnect automatically. The user has to connect manually by entering the information as previously described.
It appears that updating the driver by following the instructions [http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Download here] resolves this issue.

=== Hard Disk Parking ===
Getting hard disk parking to work:

tp_smapi patch is not needed in [http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=linux-image-2.6.24-18&searchon=names&suite=hardy&section=all linux-image-2.6.24-18]

1. Patch your kernel with the 'protect' [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/HDAPS#Kernel_patch patch].

2. Installing the hdapsd daemon which does the actual parking.

{{cmduser|sudo apt-get install hdapsd hdaps-utils}}

== some other tweaks ==

=== screenblank with {{key|Fn}} + {{key|F3}} ===

Its ok, and might be usefull to get the estimated batterytime when pressing {{key|Fn}}+{{key|F3}}, as it should be. But i dont need that, i find the earlier command for {{key|F3}}, to blank the screen, more useful to save batterylife better.

For that, you must edit {{path|/etc/acpi/thinkpad-lockbattery.sh}} and replace LENOVO by IBM, and IBM by LENOVO :). Do not forget to copy the file before you change it!

=== Enable normal User to Limit CPU Speed ===
To let user set the CPU limit you need to open a Terminal an type there
sudo dpkg-reconfigure gnome-applets
anser the question with yes

=== Fix bluish WSXGA+ displays ===
Many T61 owners complain about a very bluish color temperature: My T61 WSXGA+ was also way too blue. I came across a thread at the notebook review forum http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=174408 which provided two useful ICC profiles which fixed the situation for me. Just install xcalib
sudo apt-get install xcalib
and load one of these profiles.

[[Category: Ubuntu 8.04]]

Installing Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) on a ThinkPad T61

2008-07-16T16:55:56Z

EarloftheWest: /* Hidden SSID */

== Items that work out of the box ==

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

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

'''Wireless:''' Intel cards tested. Atheros cards also works.

'''Wireless WAN:''' Cingular/AT&T card tested.

'''Network Card''' Intel 10/100/1000 tested

'''Wireless switch''' Tested

'''Webcam''' Tested with cheese and skype.

'''Headphones''' Works out of the box

'''Microphone''' Just needs to be activated, see section [[#Audio|below]]

'''Keyboard Shortcuts:''' Most of them work out of the box, some need to be activated, see section [[#Multimedia_Keys|below]]

== Items that need (some) tweaking to obtain full functionality ==

=== Open Source Intel Wifi Driver ===
The following information is important if you are upgrading from a previous version of Ubuntu to 8.04.

Intel has created a new Linux Wifi driver project for Intel Wireless cards, "[[Iwlwifi]]". This driver is Open Source and no longer requires the Intel daemon to run in addition. This project will support the [[:Category:T61 | T61]]'s Wifi [[Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Mini-PCI Express Adapter | Intel 3945ABG network adapter]] and [[Intel PRO/Wireless 4965AGN Mini-PCI Express Adapter| Intel 4965AGN network adapter]].

An automatic migration will occur when upgrading from [[Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) on a ThinkPad T61|Ubuntu 7.10]] to Ubuntu 8.04. However, there is a caveat to be aware of:
* The new driver wants to name the interface wlan0 (by default -- you can rename it to anything you want), and requires a different entry in {{path|/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules}}, which handles the naming of interfaces. Simply edit this file and delete your old entry for the ipw3945 driver, then unload/reload the new driver, or simply reboot. A new entry will automatically be created that is appropriate for the new driver. Here's an example of the lines to delete:
<pre>
# PCI device 0x8086:0x4227 (ipw3945)
SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTRS{address}=="00:1b:77:a4:0e:2f", NAME="eth1"
</pre>

If you need to perform a manual migration, the Ubuntu Help Community has written some [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/iwlwifi_Intel_3945_4965/gutsy documentation] that will make this very easy to do.

=== Compiz and XV Playback on Intel GM965/GL960 ===

With Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) you currently have to choose between using Compiz and working video playback using XV. On 8.04 (Hardy Heron) alpha 5 you can play videos using XV under compiz, it works right out of the box using the Live-CD.

=== Suspend with Nv140m ===
Suspend may not work even after editing acpi-support. Enable bluetooth (Fn+F5) may result in a successful suspend. NOTE: that although the wifi led does not change when Fn+F5 is used, the wifi is still toggled by this key.

'''Hal "S3 BIOS" parameter issue!'''

After doing the changes to the /etc/default/acpi-support file (described [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_Ubuntu_7.10_(Gutsy_Gibbon)_on_a_ThinkPad_T61#How_to_Suspend_with_nVidia_140m.2F570m here]), I for one, managed to have '''stable''' suspend support by creating a new file called: '''/etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi''' with the following contents:
<pre>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<match key="system.hardware.vendor" string="LENOVO">
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_bios" type="bool">false</merge>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
</pre>
{{NOTE|The problem (after reading the HAL and pm-utils documentations) is the fact that (as far as I can tell) the T61 Lenovo doesn't allow the S3 BIOS to be called *during* suspend/resume, which HAL seems to do by default (who knows, maybe there are T61s out there that do work with this default)!

This did not seem to be necessary for previous versions of Ubuntu. Also note that I have an NVIDIA card so I have no idea what to do for Intel versions.The change should also be resistant to HAL and pm-utils upgrades.}}

'''Still no suspend with nvs140m? Got Modell 6460?'''

Fix above didn't work for me on a 15.4 wide T61 Modell 6460 with nv140m. Bios is updated to 2.14 but didn't change anything, except the usb bug is fix. Suspend seems to work fine, but resume gives me a black screen (backlight off - no reaction to brightness up) and I can hear 2 beeps. Most of the time I can reboot with ctrl+alt+delete but the screen stays dark until bios.

follow the instructions above but create the new file called: '''/etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi''' with the following contents instead:
<pre>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<match key="system.hardware.vendor" string="LENOVO">
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_mode" type="bool">true</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_bios" type="bool">false</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.save_pci" type="bool">true</merge>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
</pre>

Also you want to set the following parameter in

{{path|/etc/default/acpi-support}}
<pre>
SAVE_VIDEO_PCI_STATE=true
</pre>

{{NOTE|This works for me with mode 6460, except for one problem: You may get a white screen in xorg after resume when using compiz. If you don't have a 6460 with nvidia this file may break things for you because it doesn't care about the modell and sets the parameter for any lenovo product}}
{{HELP|Anyone with more knowledge of hal and acpi-support is welcome to clean this up. I also don't know why this setting can be done via hal and in acpi-support.
See below!}}

'''Working on hardy final'''

After trying out all these recipes on my 6457CTO waking up from suspend still did not work. Finally I came across a blog entry which pointed out the right way: [[http://david.goodlad.ca/2008/3/14/suspend-hibernate-on-lenovo-t61 David Goodlad's blog]]. I realized that all the fixes proposing editing the acpi-support file or adding a kernel parameter acpi_sleep=s3_mode must be wrong because since hardy gnome-power-manager gets its information solely from hal. So setting up correct hal information is the right way but the proposed solution (creating a /etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi file) did not work for me. Ok, but now step by step:

# Revert ALL the proposed fixes from above. I found out that at least the lenovo.fdi solution is actually breaking the real fix. So for sure delete /etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi
# Find out about the excact hal name of your machine: <pre>hal-device |grep 6457</pre> where 6457 is the model number of my t61, replace it with your own. In my case it spits out something like this: system.hardware.product = '6457CTO'. So now I know that hal identifies my machine as 6457CTO.
# <pre>sudo gedit /usr/share/hal/fdi/information/10freedesktop/20-video-quirk-pm-lenovo.fdi</pre> and add a section to the end of the file, just above the </device> tag and replace 6457CTO with your hal device name:
<pre>

<match key="system.hardware.product" string="6457CTO">

<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_mode" type="bool">true</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_bios" type="bool">false</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.save_pci" type="bool">true</merge>
</match>
</pre>

Now save and reboot. Now you might run into the problem of coming back from resume into a completely white screen where normally should be the password dialog. Entering your password blindly is not nice but at least you can resume.

{{NOTE|Somehow I couldn't make the wildcard matching work as they did in the lenovo.fdi solution, but that might be due to my shortcomings on that syntax. Anyway matching the device by its full name worked for me. Probably somebody who knows more about the matching could make that wildcard thing work to have a more general solution. Because hal also knows the xorg driver name (info.linux.driver) there should be a way to set up the quirks depending on the driver.}}

[[Category: T61]]

=== TrackPoint ===
The [[TrackPoint]] works out of the box, but does not scroll nor does the tap-clicking (press to select) feature work. Therefor see: [[#tap-to-click feature]] To enable using the middle mouse button to scroll, replace the "Configured Mouse" section in {{path|/etc/X11/xorg.conf}} with the following:
<pre>
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Trackpoint"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "EmulateWheel" "true"
Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2"
EndSection
</pre>

{{NOTE|However, if you need to use external usb mouse, the above configuration is wrong. It will cause odd behavior. Try the following configuration from [http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_IBM_Specific_Laptop_Guide#TrackPoint Gentoo Wiki]:}}
<pre>
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "UltraNav TrackPoint"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mouse1"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "on"
Option "Emulate3TimeOut" "50"
Option "EmulateWheel" "on"
Option "EmulateWheelTimeOut" "200"
Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2"
Option "YAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "XAxisMapping" "6 7"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
</pre>

=== Audio ===

Works great out of the box, just the microphone has to be activated, it is considered a generic capture source and is muted by default.

To unmute the microphone:

*Right Click on the volume icon next to the clock and click on "Open Volume Control"

*Click Edit -> Preferences. A list of devices will be displayed, you should check the following (Do not uncheck any existing items):

Input Source
Capture

*Click Close and there should be two additional tabs "Recording" and "Options". -

*Click Recording and click on the microphone under the Capture slider so that it no longer has a red line through it, and put the slider up as it may be deactivated.

*Click Options and under capture source select internal mic.

To test your mic using Sound Recorder select Capture as the sound source.

This solution has been tested with Sound Recorder and Skype.

To get the volume controls working:

*add the following line to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base, then reboot

options snd-hda-intel index=0 model=thinkpad

{{NOTE|The volume controls worked fine for me out of the box on a 6460.}}

=== Multimedia Keys ===

Most Multimedia Keys work out of the box, just the play, forward and stop buttons need to be adjusted, therefore, press alt + F2 and type in gnome-keybinding-properties. Then everything works as followed:

* 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 >>does not work on all machines<<
* Fn-F4 suspends (to ram)
* Fn-F9 ejects cds >>does not work on all machines, I think this is supposed to eject from a "dock"<<
* Fn-F12 hibernates (to disk)
* PrtSc opens the screenshot dialog

To enable the back, forward, and the menu keys you'll need to teach XKB what they are.

* Check the '''XkbLayout''' option (under '''InputDevice''') in your {{path|/etc/X11/xorg.conf}} file to determine which keyboard layout Ubuntu is using (I'll use 'us' for the example).
* Navigate to {{path|/etc/X11/xkb/symbols}} and, as root, open the appropriate layout file (as determined above) in your favorite editor.
{{cmduser|cd /etc/X11/xkb/symbols}}
{{cmduser|sudo gedit us}}
* In the '''xkb_symbols "basic"''' section after the '''name[Group1]= "x";''' (where x is a country name, or similar) line add the following:
key <I63> { [ Menu ] };
key <I69> { [ XF86Forward ] };
key <I6A> { [ XF86Back ] };
* Now log out and back in and all three of the buttons should function.

=== Thinkpad Button ===

Paste the following into /usr/share/hotkey-setup/ibm.hk
setkeycodes e017 148 # thinkpad button
You can also just type this into a terminal, to test it for the time of the current session.

Paste the following into the right file in /usr/share/xmodmap (check your country code)
keycode 159 = XF86Terminal
For immediate availability of the button, reload the file by executing
xmodmap <xmodmap.file>

Then use the "Keyboard Shortcuts" tool under "Preferences".

== Items that don't work (a.k.a.: items that need more intense tweaking to get fixed)==

=== tap-to-click feature ===

For the tap-to-click feature (taping the stick instead of using the left mouse button) i used a configure trackpoint utility: [http://tpctl.sourceforge.net/configure-trackpoint.html] there is a package for ubuntu 7.04 i386, but i compiled it by myself (using amd64):

1.) download the .tar.gz file

2.) unpack it

3.) install libgnomeui-dev

{{cmduser|sudo aptitude install libgnomeui-dev}}

4.) in the folder, do:

{{cmduser|./configure}}

if everything worked fine:

{{cmduser|make}}

then install it:

{{cmduser|sudo make install}}

5.a) Gnome : Open it: System > configure trackpoint, and configure on your needs

5.b) Kde : K-menu > Prefences > configure trackpoint > right-click > edit entry, edit "command" to "kdesu configure-trackpoint"

Save & exit

Open it : K-menu > Prefences > configure trackpoint and configure on your needs

=== Hotswapping ===

{{HELP|We need someone who is able to get hotswaping to work properly, this is not the right was to do this!}}
With the new kernel, bay-drivers changed, so if you remove the ultrabay it will freeze your system! You can hack it with a simple comand, first you have to look where the device is:

{{cmduser|less /sys/class/scsi_device/(x)\:0\:0\:0/device/model}}

for (x) first put in 0, if it tells you DVD or the name of the model you want to hotswap youre right. if not, go on with 1, 2 or 3...

then, once you are sure (I deactivated my harddisk like that) you put in:

{{cmduser|echo 1 {{!}} sudo tee /sys/class/scsi_device/(x)\:0\:0\:0/device/delete}}

Now you should be able to remove the device.

{{WARN|Do not use it for harddisks, be sure you unmounted it before! This is just a bad hack, if anyone knows how to get it right --> publish!}}

If Ubuntu does not reactivate the device after putting it in again, do:

{{cmduser|echo 0 0 0 {{!}} sudo tee /sys/class/scsi_host/host1/scan}}

=== Wireless activity LED ===

The LED is not implemented at least in the IWL4965 driver.

A patch posted in this [http://bughost.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1209 thread] works for me on R61 with IWL4965 card.

{{HELP|A howto is needed showing the process of implementing the patch in Hardy Heron. If anyone knows how to do this, please create a quick howto and either put it here or link to it from this page. Please and thank you.}}

As an alternative, you can install a backported IWL4965 driver that ''may'' fix the LED problem on your system.

To active WiFi LED,

sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-hardy

{{NOTE|On some machines, (at least one running IWL3945 & IWL4965) applying the above turns on the LED permanently. It should flicker as data is being transmitted. Also, with the above modification, after turning off wireless and then turning it back on (via the switch on the front of the machine) wireless is not reactivated, so not very helpful}}

You can download a compatible [http://wireless.kernel.org/download/compat-wireless-2.6/compat-wireless-2.6.tar.bz2 driver] which supports WiFi led flicking and build it with modifying the {{path|config.mk}} by adding {{bootparm|CONFIG_IWL3945_LEDS|y}} and {{bootparm|CONFIG_IWLWIFI_LEDS|y}} these two options. For Ubuntu/Debian users, build-essential, linux-source-2.6.24 and linux-headers-generic packages are required.

{{HELP|I added the above lines to the config.mk file and it would not make or make install correctly. I received an error 2 at the end of the make. If you have had success, where did you put the items in the config.mk file for it to make and make install correctly? Thanks in advance.}}

=== Hidden SSID ===
It has been reported that users wanting to access Hidden SSIDs have to enter the SSID and password manually in Network Manager to connect. Even after the SSID is saved in Network Manager, it will not reconnect automatically. The user has to connect manually by entering the information as previously described.
It appears that updating the driver by following the instructions here: [http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Download] resolves this issue.

=== Hard Disk Parking ===
Getting hard disk parking to work:

tp_smapi patch is not needed in [http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=linux-image-2.6.24-18&searchon=names&suite=hardy&section=all linux-image-2.6.24-18]

1. Patch your kernel with the 'protect' [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/HDAPS#Kernel_patch patch].

2. Installing the hdapsd daemon which does the actual parking.

{{cmduser|sudo apt-get install hdapsd hdaps-utils}}

== some other tweaks ==

=== screenblank with {{key|Fn}} + {{key|F3}} ===

Its ok, and might be usefull to get the estimated batterytime when pressing {{key|Fn}}+{{key|F3}}, as it should be. But i dont need that, i find the earlier command for {{key|F3}}, to blank the screen, more useful to save batterylife better.

For that, you must edit {{path|/etc/acpi/thinkpad-lockbattery.sh}} and replace LENOVO by IBM, and IBM by LENOVO :). Do not forget to copy the file before you change it!

=== Enable normal User to Limit CPU Speed ===
To let user set the CPU limit you need to open a Terminal an type there
sudo dpkg-reconfigure gnome-applets
anser the question with yes

=== Fix bluish WSXGA+ displays ===
Many T61 owners complain about a very bluish color temperature: My T61 WSXGA+ was also way too blue. I came across a thread at the notebook review forum http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=174408 which provided two useful ICC profiles which fixed the situation for me. Just install xcalib
sudo apt-get install xcalib
and load one of these profiles.

[[Category: Ubuntu 8.04]]

Installing Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) on a ThinkPad T61

2008-07-16T07:10:33Z

EarloftheWest: /* Wireless activity LED */

== Items that work out of the box ==

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

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

'''Wireless:''' Intel cards tested. Atheros cards also works.

'''Wireless WAN:''' Cingular/AT&T card tested.

'''Network Card''' Intel 10/100/1000 tested

'''Wireless switch''' Tested

'''Webcam''' Tested with cheese and skype.

'''Headphones''' Works out of the box

'''Microphone''' Just needs to be activated, see section [[#Audio|below]]

'''Keyboard Shortcuts:''' Most of them work out of the box, some need to be activated, see section [[#Multimedia_Keys|below]]

== Items that need (some) tweaking to obtain full functionality ==

=== Open Source Intel Wifi Driver ===
The following information is important if you are upgrading from a previous version of Ubuntu to 8.04.

Intel has created a new Linux Wifi driver project for Intel Wireless cards, "[[Iwlwifi]]". This driver is Open Source and no longer requires the Intel daemon to run in addition. This project will support the [[:Category:T61 | T61]]'s Wifi [[Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Mini-PCI Express Adapter | Intel 3945ABG network adapter]] and [[Intel PRO/Wireless 4965AGN Mini-PCI Express Adapter| Intel 4965AGN network adapter]].

An automatic migration will occur when upgrading from [[Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) on a ThinkPad T61|Ubuntu 7.10]] to Ubuntu 8.04. However, there is a caveat to be aware of:
* The new driver wants to name the interface wlan0 (by default -- you can rename it to anything you want), and requires a different entry in {{path|/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules}}, which handles the naming of interfaces. Simply edit this file and delete your old entry for the ipw3945 driver, then unload/reload the new driver, or simply reboot. A new entry will automatically be created that is appropriate for the new driver. Here's an example of the lines to delete:
<pre>
# PCI device 0x8086:0x4227 (ipw3945)
SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTRS{address}=="00:1b:77:a4:0e:2f", NAME="eth1"
</pre>

If you need to perform a manual migration, the Ubuntu Help Community has written some [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/iwlwifi_Intel_3945_4965/gutsy documentation] that will make this very easy to do.

=== Compiz and XV Playback on Intel GM965/GL960 ===

With Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) you currently have to choose between using Compiz and working video playback using XV. On 8.04 (Hardy Heron) alpha 5 you can play videos using XV under compiz, it works right out of the box using the Live-CD.

=== Suspend with Nv140m ===
Suspend may not work even after editing acpi-support. Enable bluetooth (Fn+F5) may result in a successful suspend. NOTE: that although the wifi led does not change when Fn+F5 is used, the wifi is still toggled by this key.

'''Hal "S3 BIOS" parameter issue!'''

After doing the changes to the /etc/default/acpi-support file (described [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_Ubuntu_7.10_(Gutsy_Gibbon)_on_a_ThinkPad_T61#How_to_Suspend_with_nVidia_140m.2F570m here]), I for one, managed to have '''stable''' suspend support by creating a new file called: '''/etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi''' with the following contents:
<pre>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<match key="system.hardware.vendor" string="LENOVO">
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_bios" type="bool">false</merge>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
</pre>
{{NOTE|The problem (after reading the HAL and pm-utils documentations) is the fact that (as far as I can tell) the T61 Lenovo doesn't allow the S3 BIOS to be called *during* suspend/resume, which HAL seems to do by default (who knows, maybe there are T61s out there that do work with this default)!

This did not seem to be necessary for previous versions of Ubuntu. Also note that I have an NVIDIA card so I have no idea what to do for Intel versions.The change should also be resistant to HAL and pm-utils upgrades.}}

'''Still no suspend with nvs140m? Got Modell 6460?'''

Fix above didn't work for me on a 15.4 wide T61 Modell 6460 with nv140m. Bios is updated to 2.14 but didn't change anything, except the usb bug is fix. Suspend seems to work fine, but resume gives me a black screen (backlight off - no reaction to brightness up) and I can hear 2 beeps. Most of the time I can reboot with ctrl+alt+delete but the screen stays dark until bios.

follow the instructions above but create the new file called: '''/etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi''' with the following contents instead:
<pre>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<match key="system.hardware.vendor" string="LENOVO">
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_mode" type="bool">true</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_bios" type="bool">false</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.save_pci" type="bool">true</merge>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
</pre>

Also you want to set the following parameter in

{{path|/etc/default/acpi-support}}
<pre>
SAVE_VIDEO_PCI_STATE=true
</pre>

{{NOTE|This works for me with mode 6460, except for one problem: You may get a white screen in xorg after resume when using compiz. If you don't have a 6460 with nvidia this file may break things for you because it doesn't care about the modell and sets the parameter for any lenovo product}}
{{HELP|Anyone with more knowledge of hal and acpi-support is welcome to clean this up. I also don't know why this setting can be done via hal and in acpi-support.
See below!}}

'''Working on hardy final'''

After trying out all these recipes on my 6457CTO waking up from suspend still did not work. Finally I came across a blog entry which pointed out the right way: [[http://david.goodlad.ca/2008/3/14/suspend-hibernate-on-lenovo-t61 David Goodlad's blog]]. I realized that all the fixes proposing editing the acpi-support file or adding a kernel parameter acpi_sleep=s3_mode must be wrong because since hardy gnome-power-manager gets its information solely from hal. So setting up correct hal information is the right way but the proposed solution (creating a /etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi file) did not work for me. Ok, but now step by step:

# Revert ALL the proposed fixes from above. I found out that at least the lenovo.fdi solution is actually breaking the real fix. So for sure delete /etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi
# Find out about the excact hal name of your machine: <pre>hal-device |grep 6457</pre> where 6457 is the model number of my t61, replace it with your own. In my case it spits out something like this: system.hardware.product = '6457CTO'. So now I know that hal identifies my machine as 6457CTO.
# <pre>sudo gedit /usr/share/hal/fdi/information/10freedesktop/20-video-quirk-pm-lenovo.fdi</pre> and add a section to the end of the file, just above the </device> tag and replace 6457CTO with your hal device name:
<pre>

<match key="system.hardware.product" string="6457CTO">

<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_mode" type="bool">true</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_bios" type="bool">false</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.save_pci" type="bool">true</merge>
</match>
</pre>

Now save and reboot. Now you might run into the problem of coming back from resume into a completely white screen where normally should be the password dialog. Entering your password blindly is not nice but at least you can resume.

{{NOTE|Somehow I couldn't make the wildcard matching work as they did in the lenovo.fdi solution, but that might be due to my shortcomings on that syntax. Anyway matching the device by its full name worked for me. Probably somebody who knows more about the matching could make that wildcard thing work to have a more general solution. Because hal also knows the xorg driver name (info.linux.driver) there should be a way to set up the quirks depending on the driver.}}

[[Category: T61]]

=== TrackPoint ===
The [[TrackPoint]] works out of the box, but does not scroll nor does the tap-clicking (press to select) feature work. Therefor see: [[#tap-to-click feature]] To enable using the middle mouse button to scroll, replace the "Configured Mouse" section in {{path|/etc/X11/xorg.conf}} with the following:
<pre>
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Trackpoint"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "EmulateWheel" "true"
Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2"
EndSection
</pre>

{{NOTE|However, if you need to use external usb mouse, the above configuration is wrong. It will cause odd behavior. Try the following configuration from [http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_IBM_Specific_Laptop_Guide#TrackPoint Gentoo Wiki]:}}
<pre>
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "UltraNav TrackPoint"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mouse1"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "on"
Option "Emulate3TimeOut" "50"
Option "EmulateWheel" "on"
Option "EmulateWheelTimeOut" "200"
Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2"
Option "YAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "XAxisMapping" "6 7"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
</pre>

=== Audio ===

Works great out of the box, just the microphone has to be activated, it is considered a generic capture source and is muted by default.

To unmute the microphone:

*Right Click on the volume icon next to the clock and click on "Open Volume Control"

*Click Edit -> Preferences. A list of devices will be displayed, you should check the following (Do not uncheck any existing items):

Input Source
Capture

*Click Close and there should be two additional tabs "Recording" and "Options". -

*Click Recording and click on the microphone under the Capture slider so that it no longer has a red line through it, and put the slider up as it may be deactivated.

*Click Options and under capture source select internal mic.

To test your mic using Sound Recorder select Capture as the sound source.

This solution has been tested with Sound Recorder and Skype.

To get the volume controls working:

*add the following line to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base, then reboot

options snd-hda-intel index=0 model=thinkpad

{{NOTE|The volume controls worked fine for me out of the box on a 6460.}}

=== Multimedia Keys ===

Most Multimedia Keys work out of the box, just the play, forward and stop buttons need to be adjusted, therefore, press alt + F2 and type in gnome-keybinding-properties. Then everything works as followed:

* 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 >>does not work on all machines<<
* Fn-F4 suspends (to ram)
* Fn-F9 ejects cds >>does not work on all machines, I think this is supposed to eject from a "dock"<<
* Fn-F12 hibernates (to disk)
* PrtSc opens the screenshot dialog

To enable the back, forward, and the menu keys you'll need to teach XKB what they are.

* Check the '''XkbLayout''' option (under '''InputDevice''') in your {{path|/etc/X11/xorg.conf}} file to determine which keyboard layout Ubuntu is using (I'll use 'us' for the example).
* Navigate to {{path|/etc/X11/xkb/symbols}} and, as root, open the appropriate layout file (as determined above) in your favorite editor.
{{cmduser|cd /etc/X11/xkb/symbols}}
{{cmduser|sudo gedit us}}
* In the '''xkb_symbols "basic"''' section after the '''name[Group1]= "x";''' (where x is a country name, or similar) line add the following:
key <I63> { [ Menu ] };
key <I69> { [ XF86Forward ] };
key <I6A> { [ XF86Back ] };
* Now log out and back in and all three of the buttons should function.

=== Thinkpad Button ===

Paste the following into /usr/share/hotkey-setup/ibm.hk
setkeycodes e017 148 # thinkpad button
You can also just type this into a terminal, to test it for the time of the current session.

Paste the following into the right file in /usr/share/xmodmap (check your country code)
keycode 159 = XF86Terminal
For immediate availability of the button, reload the file by executing
xmodmap <xmodmap.file>

Then use the "Keyboard Shortcuts" tool under "Preferences".

== Items that don't work (a.k.a.: items that need more intense tweaking to get fixed)==

=== tap-to-click feature ===

For the tap-to-click feature (taping the stick instead of using the left mouse button) i used a configure trackpoint utility: [http://tpctl.sourceforge.net/configure-trackpoint.html] there is a package for ubuntu 7.04 i386, but i compiled it by myself (using amd64):

1.) download the .tar.gz file

2.) unpack it

3.) install libgnomeui-dev

{{cmduser|sudo aptitude install libgnomeui-dev}}

4.) in the folder, do:

{{cmduser|./configure}}

if everything worked fine:

{{cmduser|make}}

then install it:

{{cmduser|sudo make install}}

5.a) Gnome : Open it: System > configure trackpoint, and configure on your needs

5.b) Kde : K-menu > Prefences > configure trackpoint > right-click > edit entry, edit "command" to "kdesu configure-trackpoint"

Save & exit

Open it : K-menu > Prefences > configure trackpoint and configure on your needs

=== Hotswapping ===

{{HELP|We need someone who is able to get hotswaping to work properly, this is not the right was to do this!}}
With the new kernel, bay-drivers changed, so if you remove the ultrabay it will freeze your system! You can hack it with a simple comand, first you have to look where the device is:

{{cmduser|less /sys/class/scsi_device/(x)\:0\:0\:0/device/model}}

for (x) first put in 0, if it tells you DVD or the name of the model you want to hotswap youre right. if not, go on with 1, 2 or 3...

then, once you are sure (I deactivated my harddisk like that) you put in:

{{cmduser|echo 1 {{!}} sudo tee /sys/class/scsi_device/(x)\:0\:0\:0/device/delete}}

Now you should be able to remove the device.

{{WARN|Do not use it for harddisks, be sure you unmounted it before! This is just a bad hack, if anyone knows how to get it right --> publish!}}

If Ubuntu does not reactivate the device after putting it in again, do:

{{cmduser|echo 0 0 0 {{!}} sudo tee /sys/class/scsi_host/host1/scan}}

=== Wireless activity LED ===

The LED is not implemented at least in the IWL4965 driver.

A patch posted in this [http://bughost.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1209 thread] works for me on R61 with IWL4965 card.

{{HELP|A howto is needed showing the process of implementing the patch in Hardy Heron. If anyone knows how to do this, please create a quick howto and either put it here or link to it from this page. Please and thank you.}}

As an alternative, you can install a backported IWL4965 driver that ''may'' fix the LED problem on your system.

To active WiFi LED,

sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-hardy

{{NOTE|On some machines, (at least one running IWL3945 & IWL4965) applying the above turns on the LED permanently. It should flicker as data is being transmitted. Also, with the above modification, after turning off wireless and then turning it back on (via the switch on the front of the machine) wireless is not reactivated, so not very helpful}}

You can download a compatible [http://wireless.kernel.org/download/compat-wireless-2.6/compat-wireless-2.6.tar.bz2 driver] which supports WiFi led flicking and build it with modifying the {{path|config.mk}} by adding {{bootparm|CONFIG_IWL3945_LEDS|y}} and {{bootparm|CONFIG_IWLWIFI_LEDS|y}} these two options. For Ubuntu/Debian users, build-essential, linux-source-2.6.24 and linux-headers-generic packages are required.

{{HELP|I added the above lines to the config.mk file and it would not make or make install correctly. I received an error 2 at the end of the make. If you have had success, where did you put the items in the config.mk file for it to make and make install correctly? Thanks in advance.}}

=== Hidden SSID ===
It has been reported that users wanting to access Hidden SSIDs have to enter the SSID and password manually in Network Manager to connect. Even after the SSID is saved in Network Manager, it will not reconnect automatically. The user has to connect manually by entering the information as previously described. Please post any fixes here.

=== Hard Disk Parking ===
Getting hard disk parking to work:

tp_smapi patch is not needed in [http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=linux-image-2.6.24-18&searchon=names&suite=hardy&section=all linux-image-2.6.24-18]

1. Patch your kernel with the 'protect' [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/HDAPS#Kernel_patch patch].

2. Installing the hdapsd daemon which does the actual parking.

{{cmduser|sudo apt-get install hdapsd hdaps-utils}}

== some other tweaks ==

=== screenblank with {{key|Fn}} + {{key|F3}} ===

Its ok, and might be usefull to get the estimated batterytime when pressing {{key|Fn}}+{{key|F3}}, as it should be. But i dont need that, i find the earlier command for {{key|F3}}, to blank the screen, more useful to save batterylife better.

For that, you must edit {{path|/etc/acpi/thinkpad-lockbattery.sh}} and replace LENOVO by IBM, and IBM by LENOVO :). Do not forget to copy the file before you change it!

=== Enable normal User to Limit CPU Speed ===
To let user set the CPU limit you need to open a Terminal an type there
sudo dpkg-reconfigure gnome-applets
anser the question with yes

=== Fix bluish WSXGA+ displays ===
Many T61 owners complain about a very bluish color temperature: My T61 WSXGA+ was also way too blue. I came across a thread at the notebook review forum http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=174408 which provided two useful ICC profiles which fixed the situation for me. Just install xcalib
sudo apt-get install xcalib
and load one of these profiles.

[[Category: Ubuntu 8.04]]

Installing Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) on a ThinkPad T61

2008-05-06T04:51:22Z

EarloftheWest: /* Wireless activity LED */

== Items that work out of the box ==

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

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

'''Wireless:''' Intel cards tested.

'''Wireless WAN:''' Cingular/AT&T card tested.

'''Network Card''' Intel 10/100/1000 tested

'''Wireless switch''' Tested

'''Webcam''' Tested with cheese and skype.

'''Headphones''' Works out of the box

'''Microphone''' Just needs to be activated, see section [[#Audio|below]]

'''Keyboard Shortcuts:''' Most of them work out of the box, some need to be activated, see section [[#Multimedia_Keys|below]]

== Items that need (some) tweaking to obtain full functionality ==

=== Open Source Intel Wifi Driver ===
The following information is important if you are upgrading from a previous version of Ubuntu to 8.04.

Intel has created a new Linux Wifi driver project for Intel Wireless cards, "[[Iwlwifi]]". This driver is Open Source and no longer requires the Intel daemon to run in addition. This project will support the [[:Category:T61 | T61]]'s Wifi [[Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Mini-PCI Express Adapter | Intel 3945ABG network adapter]] and [[Intel PRO/Wireless 4965AGN Mini-PCI Express Adapter| Intel 4965AGN network adapter]].

An automatic migration will occur when upgrading from [[Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) on a ThinkPad T61|Ubuntu 7.10]] to Ubuntu 8.04. However, there is a caveat to be aware of:
* The new driver wants to name the interface wlan0 (by default -- you can rename it to anything you want), and requires a different entry in {{path|/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules}}, which handles the naming of interfaces. Simply edit this file and delete your old entry for the ipw3945 driver, then unload/reload the new driver, or simply reboot. A new entry will automatically be created that is appropriate for the new driver. Here's an example of the lines to delete:
<pre>
# PCI device 0x8086:0x4227 (ipw3945)
SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTRS{address}=="00:1b:77:a4:0e:2f", NAME="eth1"
</pre>

If you need to perform a manual migration, the Ubuntu Help Community has written some [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/iwlwifi_Intel_3945_4965/gutsy documentation] that will make this very easy to do.

=== Compiz and XV Playback on Intel GM965/GL960 ===

With Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) you currently have to choose between using Compiz and working video playback using XV. On 8.04 (Hardy Heron) alpha 5 you can play videos using XV under compiz, it works right out of the box using the Live-CD.

=== Suspend with Nv140m ===
Suspend may not work even after editing acpi-support. Enable bluetooth (Fn+F5) may result in a successful suspend. NOTE: that although the wifi led does not change when Fn+F5 is used, the wifi is still toggled by this key.

'''Hal "S3 BIOS" parameter issue!'''

After doing the changes to the /etc/default/acpi-support file (described [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_Ubuntu_7.10_(Gutsy_Gibbon)_on_a_ThinkPad_T61#How_to_Suspend_with_nVidia_140m.2F570m here]), I for one, managed to have '''stable''' suspend support by creating a new file called: '''/etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi''' with the following contents:
<pre>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<match key="system.hardware.vendor" string="LENOVO">
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_bios" type="bool">false</merge>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
</pre>
{{NOTE|The problem (after reading the HAL and pm-utils documentations) is the fact that (as far as I can tell) the T61 Lenovo doesn't allow the S3 BIOS to be called *during* suspend/resume, which HAL seems to do by default (who knows, maybe there are T61s out there that do work with this default)!

This did not seem to be necessary for previous versions of Ubuntu. Also note that I have an NVIDIA card so I have no idea what to do for Intel versions.The change should also be resistant to HAL and pm-utils upgrades.}}

'''Still no suspend with nvs140m? Got Modell 6460?'''

Fix above didn't work for me on a 15.4 wide T61 Modell 6460 with nv140m. Bios is updated to 2.14 but didn't change anything, except the usb bug is fix. Suspend seems to work fine, but resume gives me a black screen (backlight off - no reaction to brightness up) and I can hear 2 beeps. Most of the time I can reboot with ctrl+alt+delete but the screen stays dark until bios.

follow the instructions above but create the new file called: '''/etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi''' with the following contents instead:
<pre>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<match key="system.hardware.vendor" string="LENOVO">
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_mode" type="bool">true</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_bios" type="bool">false</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.save_pci" type="bool">true</merge>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
</pre>

Also you want to set the following parameter in

{{path|/etc/default/acpi-support}}
<pre>
SAVE_VIDEO_PCI_STATE=true
</pre>

{{NOTE|This works for me with mode 6460, except for one problem: You may get a white screen in xorg after resume when using compiz. If you don't have a 6460 with nvidia this file may break things for you because it doesn't care about the modell and sets the parameter for any lenovo product}}
{{HELP|Anyone with more knowledge of hal and acpi-support is welcome to clean this up. I also don't know why this setting can be done via hal and in acpi-support}}

[[Category: T61]]

=== TrackPoint ===
The [[TrackPoint]] works out of the box, but does not scroll. To enable using the middle mouse button to scroll, replace the "Configured Mouse" section in
{{path|/etc/X11/xorg.conf}} with the following:
<pre>
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Trackpoint"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "EmulateWheel" "true"
Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2"
EndSection
</pre>

=== Audio ===

Works great out of the box, just the microphone has to be activated, it is considered a generic capture source and is muted by default.

To unmute the microphone:

*Right Click on the volume icon next to the clock and click on "Open Volume Control"

*Click Edit -> Preferences. A list of devices will be displayed, you should check the following (Do not uncheck any existing items):

Input Source
Capture

*Click Close and there should be two additional tabs "Recording" and "Options". -

*Click Recording and click on the microphone under the Capture slider so that it no longer has a red line through it, and put the slider up as it may be deactivated.

*Click Options and under capture source select internal mic.

To test your mic using Sound Recorder select Capture as the sound source.

This solution has been tested with Sound Recorder and Skype.

To get the volume controls working:

*add the following line to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base, then reboot

options snd-hda-intel index=0 model=thinkpad

=== Multimedia Keys ===

Most Multimedia Keys work out of the box, just the play, forward and stop buttons need to be adjusted, therefore, press alt + F2 and type in gnome-keybinding-properties. Then everything works as followed:

* 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 >>does not work on all machines<<
* Fn-F4 suspends (to ram)
* Fn-F9 ejects cds
* Fn-F12 hibernates (to disk)
* PrtSc opens the screenshot dialog

== Items that don't work (a.k.a.: items that need more intense tweaking to get fixed)==

=== Wireless activity LED ===

The LED is not implemented at least in the IWL4965 driver.

A patch posted in this [http://bughost.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1209 thread] works for me on R61 with IWL4965 card.

{{HELP|A howto is needed showing the process of implementing the patch in Hardy Heron. If anyone knows how to do this, please create a quick howto and either put it here or link to it from this page. Please and thank you.}}

As an alternative, you can install a backported IWL4965 driver that ''may'' fix the LED problem on your system.

To active WiFi LED,

sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-hardy

{{NOTE|On some machines, (at least one running IWL3945) applying the above turns on the LED permanently. It should flicker as data is being transmitted. Also, with the above modification, after turning off wireless and then turning it back on (via the switch on the front of the machine) wireless is not reactivated.}}

=== Hidden SSID ===
It has been reported that users wanting to access Hidden SSIDs have to enter the SSID and password manually in Network Manager to connect. Even after the SSID is saved in Network Manager, it will not reconnect automatically. The user has to connect manually by entering the information as previously described. Please post any fixes here.

=== Hard Disk Parking ===
Getting hard disk parking to work is a 3 step process:

1. Patch your system with tp_smapi.

2. Patch your kernel with the 'protect' patch.

3. Installing the hdapsd daemon which does the actual parking.

See the following link for instructions on implementing Hard Disk Parking:
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_protect_the_harddisk_through_APS

[[Category: Ubuntu 8.04]]

Installing Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) on a ThinkPad T61

2008-05-05T15:59:48Z

EarloftheWest:

== Items that work out of the box ==

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

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

'''Wireless:''' Intel cards tested.

'''Wireless WAN:''' Cingular/AT&T card tested.

'''Network Card''' Intel 10/100/1000 tested

'''Wireless switch''' Tested

'''Webcam''' Tested with cheese and skype.

'''Headphones''' Works out of the box

'''Microphone''' Just needs to be activated, see section [[#Audio|below]]

'''Keyboard Shortcuts:''' Most of them work out of the box, some need to be activated, see section [[#Multimedia_Keys|below]]

== Items that need (some) tweaking to obtain full functionality ==

=== Open Source Intel Wifi Driver ===
The following information is important if you are upgrading from a previous version of Ubuntu to 8.04.

Intel has created a new Linux Wifi driver project for Intel Wireless cards, "[[Iwlwifi]]". This driver is Open Source and no longer requires the Intel daemon to run in addition. This project will support the [[:Category:T61 | T61]]'s Wifi [[Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Mini-PCI Express Adapter | Intel 3945ABG network adapter]] and [[Intel PRO/Wireless 4965AGN Mini-PCI Express Adapter| Intel 4965AGN network adapter]].

An automatic migration will occur when upgrading from [[Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) on a ThinkPad T61|Ubuntu 7.10]] to Ubuntu 8.04. However, there is a caveat to be aware of:
* The new driver wants to name the interface wlan0 (by default -- you can rename it to anything you want), and requires a different entry in {{path|/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules}}, which handles the naming of interfaces. Simply edit this file and delete your old entry for the ipw3945 driver, then unload/reload the new driver, or simply reboot. A new entry will automatically be created that is appropriate for the new driver. Here's an example of the lines to delete:
<pre>
# PCI device 0x8086:0x4227 (ipw3945)
SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTRS{address}=="00:1b:77:a4:0e:2f", NAME="eth1"
</pre>

If you need to perform a manual migration, the Ubuntu Help Community has written some [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/iwlwifi_Intel_3945_4965/gutsy documentation] that will make this very easy to do.

=== Compiz and XV Playback on Intel GM965/GL960 ===

With Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) you currently have to choose between using Compiz and working video playback using XV. On 8.04 (Hardy Heron) alpha 5 you can play videos using XV under compiz, it works right out of the box using the Live-CD.

=== Suspend with Nv140m ===
Suspend may not work even after editing acpi-support. Enable bluetooth (Fn+F5) may result in a successful suspend. NOTE: that although the wifi led does not change when Fn+F5 is used, the wifi is still toggled by this key.

'''Hal "S3 BIOS" parameter issue!'''

After doing the changes to the /etc/default/acpi-support file (described [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_Ubuntu_7.10_(Gutsy_Gibbon)_on_a_ThinkPad_T61#How_to_Suspend_with_nVidia_140m.2F570m here]), I for one, managed to have '''stable''' suspend support by creating a new file called: '''/etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi''' with the following contents:
<pre>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<match key="system.hardware.vendor" string="LENOVO">
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_bios" type="bool">false</merge>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
</pre>
{{NOTE|The problem (after reading the HAL and pm-utils documentations) is the fact that (as far as I can tell) the T61 Lenovo doesn't allow the S3 BIOS to be called *during* suspend/resume, which HAL seems to do by default (who knows, maybe there are T61s out there that do work with this default)!

This did not seem to be necessary for previous versions of Ubuntu. Also note that I have an NVIDIA card so I have no idea what to do for Intel versions.The change should also be resistant to HAL and pm-utils upgrades.}}

'''Still no suspend with nvs140m? Got Modell 6460?'''

Fix above didn't work for me on a 15.4 wide T61 Modell 6460 with nv140m. Bios is updated to 2.14 but didn't change anything, except the usb bug is fix. Suspend seems to work fine, but resume gives me a black screen (backlight off - no reaction to brightness up) and I can hear 2 beeps. Most of the time I can reboot with ctrl+alt+delete but the screen stays dark until bios.

follow the instructions above but create the new file called: '''/etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi''' with the following contents instead:
<pre>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<match key="system.hardware.vendor" string="LENOVO">
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_mode" type="bool">true</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_bios" type="bool">false</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.save_pci" type="bool">true</merge>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
</pre>

Also you want to set the following parameter in

{{path|/etc/default/acpi-support}}
<pre>
SAVE_VIDEO_PCI_STATE=true
</pre>

{{NOTE|This works for me with mode 6460, except for one problem: You may get a white screen in xorg after resume when using compiz. If you don't have a 6460 with nvidia this file may break things for you because it doesn't care about the modell and sets the parameter for any lenovo product}}
{{HELP|Anyone with more knowledge of hal and acpi-support is welcome to clean this up. I also don't know why this setting can be done via hal and in acpi-support}}

[[Category: T61]]

=== TrackPoint ===
The [[TrackPoint]] works out of the box, but does not scroll. To enable using the middle mouse button to scroll, replace the "Configured Mouse" section in
{{path|/etc/X11/xorg.conf}} with the following:
<pre>
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Trackpoint"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "EmulateWheel" "true"
Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2"
EndSection
</pre>

=== Audio ===

Works great out of the box, just the microphone has to be activated, it is considered a generic capture source and is muted by default.

To unmute the microphone:

*Right Click on the volume icon next to the clock and click on "Open Volume Control"

*Click Edit -> Preferences. A list of devices will be displayed, you should check the following (Do not uncheck any existing items):

Input Source
Capture

*Click Close and there should be two additional tabs "Recording" and "Options". -

*Click Recording and click on the microphone under the Capture slider so that it no longer has a red line through it, and put the slider up as it may be deactivated.

*Click Options and under capture source select internal mic.

To test your mic using Sound Recorder select Capture as the sound source.

This solution has been tested with Sound Recorder and Skype.

To get the volume controls working:

*add the following line to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base, then reboot

options snd-hda-intel index=0 model=thinkpad

=== Multimedia Keys ===

Most Multimedia Keys work out of the box, just the play, forward and stop buttons need to be adjusted, therefore, press alt + F2 and type in gnome-keybinding-properties. Then everything works as followed:

* 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 >>does not work on all machines<<
* Fn-F4 suspends (to ram)
* Fn-F9 ejects cds
* Fn-F12 hibernates (to disk)
* PrtSc opens the screenshot dialog

== Items that don't work (a.k.a.: items that need more intense tweaking to get fixed)==

=== Wireless activity LED ===

The LED is not implemented at least in the IWL4965 driver.

A patch posted in this [http://bughost.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1209 thread] works for me on R61 with IWL4965 card.

{{HELP|A howto is needed showing the process of implementing the patch in Hardy Heron. If anyone knows how to do this, please create a quick howto and either put it here or link to it from this page. Please and thank you.}}

As an alternative, you can install a backported IWL4965 driver that ''may'' fix the LED problem on your system.

To active WiFi LED,

sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-hardy

{{NOTE|On some machines, (at least one running IWL3965) applying the above turns on the LED permanently. It should flicker as data is being transmitted. Also, with the above modification, after turning off wireless and then turning it back on (via the switch on the front of the machine) wireless is not reactivated.}}

=== Hidden SSID ===
It has been reported that users wanting to access Hidden SSIDs have to enter the SSID and password manually in Network Manager to connect. Even after the SSID is saved in Network Manager, it will not reconnect automatically. The user has to connect manually by entering the information as previously described. Please post any fixes here.

=== Hard Disk Parking ===
Getting hard disk parking to work is a 3 step process:

1. Patch your system with tp_smapi.

2. Patch your kernel with the 'protect' patch.

3. Installing the hdapsd daemon which does the actual parking.

See the following link for instructions on implementing Hard Disk Parking:
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_protect_the_harddisk_through_APS

[[Category: Ubuntu 8.04]]

Installing Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) on a ThinkPad T61

2008-05-05T06:24:20Z

EarloftheWest: /* Items that may need (some) tweaking to obtain full functionality */

== Items that work out of the box ==

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

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

'''Wireless:''' Intel cards tested.

'''Wireless WAN:''' Cingular/AT&T card tested.

'''Network Card''' Intel 10/100/1000 tested

'''Wireless switch''' Tested

'''Webcam''' Tested with cheese and skype.

'''Headphones''' Works out of the box

'''Microphone''' Just needs to be activated, see section [[#Audio|below]]

'''Keyboard Shortcuts:''' Most of them work out of the box, some need to be activated, see section [[#Multimedia_Keys|below]]

== Items that need (some) tweaking to obtain full functionality ==

=== Open Source Intel Wifi Driver ===
The following information is important if you are upgrading from a previous version of Ubuntu to 8.04.

Intel has created a new Linux Wifi driver project for Intel Wireless cards, "[[Iwlwifi]]". This driver is Open Source and no longer requires the Intel daemon to run in addition. This project will support the [[:Category:T61 | T61]]'s Wifi [[Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Mini-PCI Express Adapter | Intel 3945ABG network adapter]] and [[Intel PRO/Wireless 4965AGN Mini-PCI Express Adapter| Intel 4965AGN network adapter]].

An automatic migration will occur when upgrading from [[Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) on a ThinkPad T61|Ubuntu 7.10]] to Ubuntu 8.04. However, there is a caveat to be aware of:
* The new driver wants to name the interface wlan0 (by default -- you can rename it to anything you want), and requires a different entry in {{path|/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules}}, which handles the naming of interfaces. Simply edit this file and delete your old entry for the ipw3945 driver, then unload/reload the new driver, or simply reboot. A new entry will automatically be created that is appropriate for the new driver. Here's an example of the lines to delete:
<pre>
# PCI device 0x8086:0x4227 (ipw3945)
SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTRS{address}=="00:1b:77:a4:0e:2f", NAME="eth1"
</pre>

If you need to perform a manual migration, the Ubuntu Help Community has written some [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/iwlwifi_Intel_3945_4965/gutsy documentation] that will make this very easy to do.

=== Compiz and XV Playback on Intel GM965/GL960 ===

With Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) you currently have to choose between using Compiz and working video playback using XV. On 8.04 (Hardy Heron) alpha 5 you can play videos using XV under compiz, it works right out of the box using the Live-CD.

=== Suspend with Nv140m ===
Suspend may not work even after editing acpi-support. Enable bluetooth (Fn+F5) may result in a successful suspend. NOTE: that although the wifi led does not change when Fn+F5 is used, the wifi is still toggled by this key.

'''Hal "S3 BIOS" parameter issue!'''

After doing the changes to the /etc/default/acpi-support file (described [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_Ubuntu_7.10_(Gutsy_Gibbon)_on_a_ThinkPad_T61#How_to_Suspend_with_nVidia_140m.2F570m here]), I for one, managed to have '''stable''' suspend support by creating a new file called: '''/etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi''' with the following contents:
<pre>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<match key="system.hardware.vendor" string="LENOVO">
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_bios" type="bool">false</merge>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
</pre>
{{NOTE|The problem (after reading the HAL and pm-utils documentations) is the fact that (as far as I can tell) the T61 Lenovo doesn't allow the S3 BIOS to be called *during* suspend/resume, which HAL seems to do by default (who knows, maybe there are T61s out there that do work with this default)!

This did not seem to be necessary for previous versions of Ubuntu. Also note that I have an NVIDIA card so I have no idea what to do for Intel versions.The change should also be resistant to HAL and pm-utils upgrades.}}

'''Still no suspend with nvs140m? Got Modell 6460?'''

Fix above didn't work for me on a 15.4 wide T61 Modell 6460 with nv140m. Bios is updated to 2.14 but didn't change anything, except the usb bug is fix. Suspend seems to work fine, but resume gives me a black screen (backlight off - no reaction to brightness up) and I can hear 2 beeps. Most of the time I can reboot with ctrl+alt+delete but the screen stays dark until bios.

follow the instructions above but create the new file called: '''/etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi''' with the following contents instead:
<pre>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<match key="system.hardware.vendor" string="LENOVO">
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_mode" type="bool">true</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_bios" type="bool">false</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.save_pci" type="bool">true</merge>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
</pre>

Also you want to set the following parameter in

{{path|/etc/default/acpi-support}}
<pre>
SAVE_VIDEO_PCI_STATE=true
</pre>

{{NOTE|This works for me with mode 6460, except for one problem: You may get a white screen in xorg after resume when using compiz. If you don't have a 6460 with nvidia this file may break things for you because it doesn't care about the modell and sets the parameter for any lenovo product}}
{{HELP|Anyone with more knowledge of hal and acpi-support is welcome to clean this up. I also don't know why this setting can be done via hal and in acpi-support}}

[[Category: T61]]

=== TrackPoint ===
The [[TrackPoint]] works out of the box, but does not scroll. To enable using the middle mouse button to scroll, replace the "Configured Mouse" section in
{{path|/etc/X11/xorg.conf}} with the following:
<pre>
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Trackpoint"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "EmulateWheel" "true"
Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2"
EndSection
</pre>

=== Audio ===

Works great out of the box, just the microphone has to be activated, it is considered a generic capture source and is muted by default.

To unmute the microphone:

*Right Click on the volume icon next to the clock and click on "Open Volume Control"

*Click Edit -> Preferences. A list of devices will be displayed, you should check the following (Do not uncheck any existing items):

Input Source
Capture

*Click Close and there should be two additional tabs "Recording" and "Options". -

*Click Recording and click on the microphone under the Capture slider so that it no longer has a red line through it, and put the slider up as it may be deactivated.

*Click Options and under capture source select internal mic.

To test your mic using Sound Recorder select Capture as the sound source.

This solution has been tested with Sound Recorder and Skype.

To get the volume controls working:

*add the following line to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base, then reboot

options snd-hda-intel index=0 model=thinkpad

=== Multimedia Keys ===

Most Multimedia Keys work out of the box, just the play, forward and stop buttons need to be adjusted, therefore, press alt + F2 and type in gnome-keybinding-properties. Then everything works as followed:

* 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 >>does not work on all machines<<
* Fn-F4 suspends (to ram)
* Fn-F9 ejects cds
* Fn-F12 hibernates (to disk)
* PrtSc opens the screenshot dialog

=== WiFi LED ===

To active WiFi LED, install backported IWL4965 driver

sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-hardy

{{NOTE|On some machines, (at least one running IWL3965) applying the above turns on the LED permanently. It should flicker as data is being transmitted. Also, with the above modification, after turning off wireless and then turning it back on (via the switch on the front of the machine) wireless is not reactivated. Implementing the patch discussed [[#Wireless_activity_LED|below]] may yield you better results.}}

== Items that don't work (a.k.a.: items that need more intense tweaking to get fixed)==

=== Wireless activity LED ===

The LED is not implemented at least in the IWL4965 driver.

patch posted in this [http://bughost.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1209 thread] works for me on R61 with IWL4965 card.

{{HELP|A howto is needed showing the process of implementing the patch in Hardy Heron. If anyone knows how to do this, please create a quick howto and either put it here or link to it from this page. Please and thank you.}}

As an alternative, you can install a backported driver that ''may'' fix the LED problem on your system. See [[#WiFi_LED|above]] for the package containing the fixed driver.

=== Hidden SSID ===
It has been reported that users wanting to access Hidden SSIDs have to enter the SSID and password manually in Network Manager to connect. Even after the SSID is saved in Network Manager, it will not reconnect automatically. The user has to connect manually by entering the information as previously described. Please post any fixes here.

=== Hard Disk Parking ===
Getting hard disk parking to work is a 3 step process:

1. Patch your system with tp_smapi.

2. Patch your kernel with the 'protect' patch.

3. Installing the hdapsd daemon which does the actual parking.

See the following link for instructions on implementing Hard Disk Parking:
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_protect_the_harddisk_through_APS

[[Category: Ubuntu 8.04]]

Installing Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) on a ThinkPad T61

2008-05-05T06:22:35Z

EarloftheWest: /* Wireless activity LED */

== Items that work out of the box ==

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

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

'''Wireless:''' Intel cards tested.

'''Wireless WAN:''' Cingular/AT&T card tested.

'''Network Card''' Intel 10/100/1000 tested

'''Wireless switch''' Tested

'''Webcam''' Tested with cheese and skype.

'''Headphones''' Works out of the box

'''Microphone''' Just needs to be activated, see section [[#Audio|below]]

'''Keyboard Shortcuts:''' Most of them work out of the box, some need to be activated, see section [[#Multimedia_Keys|below]]

== Items that may need (some) tweaking to obtain full functionality ==

=== Open Source Intel Wifi Driver ===
The following information is important if you are upgrading from a previous version of Ubuntu to 8.04.

Intel has created a new Linux Wifi driver project for Intel Wireless cards, "[[Iwlwifi]]". This driver is Open Source and no longer requires the Intel daemon to run in addition. This project will support the [[:Category:T61 | T61]]'s Wifi [[Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Mini-PCI Express Adapter | Intel 3945ABG network adapter]] and [[Intel PRO/Wireless 4965AGN Mini-PCI Express Adapter| Intel 4965AGN network adapter]].

An automatic migration will occur when upgrading from [[Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) on a ThinkPad T61|Ubuntu 7.10]] to Ubuntu 8.04. However, there is a caveat to be aware of:
* The new driver wants to name the interface wlan0 (by default -- you can rename it to anything you want), and requires a different entry in {{path|/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules}}, which handles the naming of interfaces. Simply edit this file and delete your old entry for the ipw3945 driver, then unload/reload the new driver, or simply reboot. A new entry will automatically be created that is appropriate for the new driver. Here's an example of the lines to delete:
<pre>
# PCI device 0x8086:0x4227 (ipw3945)
SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTRS{address}=="00:1b:77:a4:0e:2f", NAME="eth1"
</pre>

If you need to perform a manual migration, the Ubuntu Help Community has written some [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/iwlwifi_Intel_3945_4965/gutsy documentation] that will make this very easy to do.

=== Compiz and XV Playback on Intel GM965/GL960 ===

With Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) you currently have to choose between using Compiz and working video playback using XV. On 8.04 (Hardy Heron) alpha 5 you can play videos using XV under compiz, it works right out of the box using the Live-CD.

=== Suspend with Nv140m ===
Suspend may not work even after editing acpi-support. Enable bluetooth (Fn+F5) may result in a successful suspend. NOTE: that although the wifi led does not change when Fn+F5 is used, the wifi is still toggled by this key.

'''Hal "S3 BIOS" parameter issue!'''

After doing the changes to the /etc/default/acpi-support file (described [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_Ubuntu_7.10_(Gutsy_Gibbon)_on_a_ThinkPad_T61#How_to_Suspend_with_nVidia_140m.2F570m here]), I for one, managed to have '''stable''' suspend support by creating a new file called: '''/etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi''' with the following contents:
<pre>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<match key="system.hardware.vendor" string="LENOVO">
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_bios" type="bool">false</merge>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
</pre>
{{NOTE|The problem (after reading the HAL and pm-utils documentations) is the fact that (as far as I can tell) the T61 Lenovo doesn't allow the S3 BIOS to be called *during* suspend/resume, which HAL seems to do by default (who knows, maybe there are T61s out there that do work with this default)!

This did not seem to be necessary for previous versions of Ubuntu. Also note that I have an NVIDIA card so I have no idea what to do for Intel versions.The change should also be resistant to HAL and pm-utils upgrades.}}

'''Still no suspend with nvs140m? Got Modell 6460?'''

Fix above didn't work for me on a 15.4 wide T61 Modell 6460 with nv140m. Bios is updated to 2.14 but didn't change anything, except the usb bug is fix. Suspend seems to work fine, but resume gives me a black screen (backlight off - no reaction to brightness up) and I can hear 2 beeps. Most of the time I can reboot with ctrl+alt+delete but the screen stays dark until bios.

follow the instructions above but create the new file called: '''/etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi''' with the following contents instead:
<pre>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<match key="system.hardware.vendor" string="LENOVO">
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_mode" type="bool">true</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_bios" type="bool">false</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.save_pci" type="bool">true</merge>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
</pre>

Also you want to set the following parameter in

{{path|/etc/default/acpi-support}}
<pre>
SAVE_VIDEO_PCI_STATE=true
</pre>

{{NOTE|This works for me with mode 6460, except for one problem: You may get a white screen in xorg after resume when using compiz. If you don't have a 6460 with nvidia this file may break things for you because it doesn't care about the modell and sets the parameter for any lenovo product}}
{{HELP|Anyone with more knowledge of hal and acpi-support is welcome to clean this up. I also don't know why this setting can be done via hal and in acpi-support}}

[[Category: T61]]

=== TrackPoint ===
The [[TrackPoint]] works out of the box, but does not scroll. To enable using the middle mouse button to scroll, replace the "Configured Mouse" section in
{{path|/etc/X11/xorg.conf}} with the following:
<pre>
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Trackpoint"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "EmulateWheel" "true"
Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2"
EndSection
</pre>

=== Audio ===

Works great out of the box, just the microphone has to be activated, it is considered a generic capture source and is muted by default.

To unmute the microphone:

*Right Click on the volume icon next to the clock and click on "Open Volume Control"

*Click Edit -> Preferences. A list of devices will be displayed, you should check the following (Do not uncheck any existing items):

Input Source
Capture

*Click Close and there should be two additional tabs "Recording" and "Options". -

*Click Recording and click on the microphone under the Capture slider so that it no longer has a red line through it, and put the slider up as it may be deactivated.

*Click Options and under capture source select internal mic.

To test your mic using Sound Recorder select Capture as the sound source.

This solution has been tested with Sound Recorder and Skype.

To get the volume controls working:

*add the following line to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base, then reboot

options snd-hda-intel index=0 model=thinkpad

=== Multimedia Keys ===

Most Multimedia Keys work out of the box, just the play, forward and stop buttons need to be adjusted, therefore, press alt + F2 and type in gnome-keybinding-properties. Then everything works as followed:

* 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 >>does not work on all machines<<
* Fn-F4 suspends (to ram)
* Fn-F9 ejects cds
* Fn-F12 hibernates (to disk)
* PrtSc opens the screenshot dialog

=== WiFi LED ===

To active WiFi LED, install backported IWL4965 driver

sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-hardy

{{NOTE|On some machines, (at least one running IWL3965) applying the above turns on the LED permanently. It should flicker as data is being transmitted. Also, with the above modification, after turning off wireless and then turning it back on (via the switch on the front of the machine) wireless is not reactivated. Implementing the patch discussed [[#Wireless_activity_LED|below]] may yield you better results.}}

== Items that don't work (a.k.a.: items that need more intense tweaking to get fixed)==

=== Wireless activity LED ===

The LED is not implemented at least in the IWL4965 driver.

patch posted in this [http://bughost.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1209 thread] works for me on R61 with IWL4965 card.

{{HELP|A howto is needed showing the process of implementing the patch in Hardy Heron. If anyone knows how to do this, please create a quick howto and either put it here or link to it from this page. Please and thank you.}}

As an alternative, you can install a backported driver that ''may'' fix the LED problem on your system. See [[#WiFi_LED|above]] for the package containing the fixed driver.

=== Hidden SSID ===
It has been reported that users wanting to access Hidden SSIDs have to enter the SSID and password manually in Network Manager to connect. Even after the SSID is saved in Network Manager, it will not reconnect automatically. The user has to connect manually by entering the information as previously described. Please post any fixes here.

=== Hard Disk Parking ===
Getting hard disk parking to work is a 3 step process:

1. Patch your system with tp_smapi.

2. Patch your kernel with the 'protect' patch.

3. Installing the hdapsd daemon which does the actual parking.

See the following link for instructions on implementing Hard Disk Parking:
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_protect_the_harddisk_through_APS

[[Category: Ubuntu 8.04]]

Installing Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) on a ThinkPad T61

2008-05-05T06:21:15Z

EarloftheWest: /* Items that work out of the box */

== Items that work out of the box ==

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

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

'''Wireless:''' Intel cards tested.

'''Wireless WAN:''' Cingular/AT&T card tested.

'''Network Card''' Intel 10/100/1000 tested

'''Wireless switch''' Tested

'''Webcam''' Tested with cheese and skype.

'''Headphones''' Works out of the box

'''Microphone''' Just needs to be activated, see section [[#Audio|below]]

'''Keyboard Shortcuts:''' Most of them work out of the box, some need to be activated, see section [[#Multimedia_Keys|below]]

== Items that may need (some) tweaking to obtain full functionality ==

=== Open Source Intel Wifi Driver ===
The following information is important if you are upgrading from a previous version of Ubuntu to 8.04.

Intel has created a new Linux Wifi driver project for Intel Wireless cards, "[[Iwlwifi]]". This driver is Open Source and no longer requires the Intel daemon to run in addition. This project will support the [[:Category:T61 | T61]]'s Wifi [[Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Mini-PCI Express Adapter | Intel 3945ABG network adapter]] and [[Intel PRO/Wireless 4965AGN Mini-PCI Express Adapter| Intel 4965AGN network adapter]].

An automatic migration will occur when upgrading from [[Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) on a ThinkPad T61|Ubuntu 7.10]] to Ubuntu 8.04. However, there is a caveat to be aware of:
* The new driver wants to name the interface wlan0 (by default -- you can rename it to anything you want), and requires a different entry in {{path|/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules}}, which handles the naming of interfaces. Simply edit this file and delete your old entry for the ipw3945 driver, then unload/reload the new driver, or simply reboot. A new entry will automatically be created that is appropriate for the new driver. Here's an example of the lines to delete:
<pre>
# PCI device 0x8086:0x4227 (ipw3945)
SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTRS{address}=="00:1b:77:a4:0e:2f", NAME="eth1"
</pre>

If you need to perform a manual migration, the Ubuntu Help Community has written some [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/iwlwifi_Intel_3945_4965/gutsy documentation] that will make this very easy to do.

=== Compiz and XV Playback on Intel GM965/GL960 ===

With Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) you currently have to choose between using Compiz and working video playback using XV. On 8.04 (Hardy Heron) alpha 5 you can play videos using XV under compiz, it works right out of the box using the Live-CD.

=== Suspend with Nv140m ===
Suspend may not work even after editing acpi-support. Enable bluetooth (Fn+F5) may result in a successful suspend. NOTE: that although the wifi led does not change when Fn+F5 is used, the wifi is still toggled by this key.

'''Hal "S3 BIOS" parameter issue!'''

After doing the changes to the /etc/default/acpi-support file (described [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_Ubuntu_7.10_(Gutsy_Gibbon)_on_a_ThinkPad_T61#How_to_Suspend_with_nVidia_140m.2F570m here]), I for one, managed to have '''stable''' suspend support by creating a new file called: '''/etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi''' with the following contents:
<pre>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<match key="system.hardware.vendor" string="LENOVO">
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_bios" type="bool">false</merge>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
</pre>
{{NOTE|The problem (after reading the HAL and pm-utils documentations) is the fact that (as far as I can tell) the T61 Lenovo doesn't allow the S3 BIOS to be called *during* suspend/resume, which HAL seems to do by default (who knows, maybe there are T61s out there that do work with this default)!

This did not seem to be necessary for previous versions of Ubuntu. Also note that I have an NVIDIA card so I have no idea what to do for Intel versions.The change should also be resistant to HAL and pm-utils upgrades.}}

'''Still no suspend with nvs140m? Got Modell 6460?'''

Fix above didn't work for me on a 15.4 wide T61 Modell 6460 with nv140m. Bios is updated to 2.14 but didn't change anything, except the usb bug is fix. Suspend seems to work fine, but resume gives me a black screen (backlight off - no reaction to brightness up) and I can hear 2 beeps. Most of the time I can reboot with ctrl+alt+delete but the screen stays dark until bios.

follow the instructions above but create the new file called: '''/etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi''' with the following contents instead:
<pre>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<match key="system.hardware.vendor" string="LENOVO">
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_mode" type="bool">true</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_bios" type="bool">false</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.save_pci" type="bool">true</merge>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
</pre>

Also you want to set the following parameter in

{{path|/etc/default/acpi-support}}
<pre>
SAVE_VIDEO_PCI_STATE=true
</pre>

{{NOTE|This works for me with mode 6460, except for one problem: You may get a white screen in xorg after resume when using compiz. If you don't have a 6460 with nvidia this file may break things for you because it doesn't care about the modell and sets the parameter for any lenovo product}}
{{HELP|Anyone with more knowledge of hal and acpi-support is welcome to clean this up. I also don't know why this setting can be done via hal and in acpi-support}}

[[Category: T61]]

=== TrackPoint ===
The [[TrackPoint]] works out of the box, but does not scroll. To enable using the middle mouse button to scroll, replace the "Configured Mouse" section in
{{path|/etc/X11/xorg.conf}} with the following:
<pre>
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Trackpoint"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "EmulateWheel" "true"
Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2"
EndSection
</pre>

=== Audio ===

Works great out of the box, just the microphone has to be activated, it is considered a generic capture source and is muted by default.

To unmute the microphone:

*Right Click on the volume icon next to the clock and click on "Open Volume Control"

*Click Edit -> Preferences. A list of devices will be displayed, you should check the following (Do not uncheck any existing items):

Input Source
Capture

*Click Close and there should be two additional tabs "Recording" and "Options". -

*Click Recording and click on the microphone under the Capture slider so that it no longer has a red line through it, and put the slider up as it may be deactivated.

*Click Options and under capture source select internal mic.

To test your mic using Sound Recorder select Capture as the sound source.

This solution has been tested with Sound Recorder and Skype.

To get the volume controls working:

*add the following line to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base, then reboot

options snd-hda-intel index=0 model=thinkpad

=== Multimedia Keys ===

Most Multimedia Keys work out of the box, just the play, forward and stop buttons need to be adjusted, therefore, press alt + F2 and type in gnome-keybinding-properties. Then everything works as followed:

* 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 >>does not work on all machines<<
* Fn-F4 suspends (to ram)
* Fn-F9 ejects cds
* Fn-F12 hibernates (to disk)
* PrtSc opens the screenshot dialog

=== WiFi LED ===

To active WiFi LED, install backported IWL4965 driver

sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-hardy

{{NOTE|On some machines, (at least one running IWL3965) applying the above turns on the LED permanently. It should flicker as data is being transmitted. Also, with the above modification, after turning off wireless and then turning it back on (via the switch on the front of the machine) wireless is not reactivated. Implementing the patch discussed [[#Wireless_activity_LED|below]] may yield you better results.}}

== Items that don't work (a.k.a.: items that need more intense tweaking to get fixed)==

=== Wireless activity LED ===

The LED is not implemented at least in the IWL4965 driver.

patch posted in this [http://bughost.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1209 thread] works for me on R61 with IWL4965 card.

{{HELP|A howto is needed showing the process of implementing the patch in Hardy Heron. If anyone knows how to do this, please create a quick howto and either put it here or link to it from this page. Please and thank you.}}

As an alternative, you can install a backported drive that ''may'' fix the LED problem on your system. See [[#WiFi_LED|above]] for the package containing the fixed driver.

=== Hidden SSID ===
It has been reported that users wanting to access Hidden SSIDs have to enter the SSID and password manually in Network Manager to connect. Even after the SSID is saved in Network Manager, it will not reconnect automatically. The user has to connect manually by entering the information as previously described. Please post any fixes here.

=== Hard Disk Parking ===
Getting hard disk parking to work is a 3 step process:

1. Patch your system with tp_smapi.

2. Patch your kernel with the 'protect' patch.

3. Installing the hdapsd daemon which does the actual parking.

See the following link for instructions on implementing Hard Disk Parking:
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_protect_the_harddisk_through_APS

[[Category: Ubuntu 8.04]]

User talk:EarloftheWest

2008-05-05T06:18:22Z

EarloftheWest:

I did lot's of tweaking to the following page:
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_Ubuntu_8.04_%28Hardy_Heron%29_on_a_ThinkPad_T61

It seemed to make sense to start with what works, discuss minor tweaks, then discuss major tweaks.

I hope others like the edits. Let me know if you have a concern about them.
4 May 2008

User talk:EarloftheWest

2008-05-05T06:17:01Z

EarloftheWest: â†Created page with 'I did lot's of tweaking to the following page: http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_protect_the_harddisk_through_APS It seemed to make sense to start with what works, dis...'

I did lot's of tweaking to the following page:
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_protect_the_harddisk_through_APS

It seemed to make sense to start with what works, discuss minor tweaks, then discuss major tweaks.

I hope others like the edits. Let me know if you have a concern about them.
4 May 2008

Installing Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) on a ThinkPad T61

2008-05-05T06:14:10Z

EarloftheWest: /* Wireless activity LED */

== Items that work out of the box ==

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

'''Wireless:''' Intel cards tested.

'''Wireless WAN:''' Cingular/AT&T card tested.

'''Network Card''' Intel 10/100/1000 tested

'''Wireless switch''' tested

'''Webcam''' tested with cheese and skype.

'''Headphones''' out of the box

'''Microphone''' just needs to be activated, see section [[#Audio|below]]

'''Keyboard Shortcuts:''' most work out of the box, some need to be activated, see section [[#Multimedia_Keys|below]]

== Items that may need (some) tweaking to obtain full functionality ==

=== Open Source Intel Wifi Driver ===
The following information is important if you are upgrading from a previous version of Ubuntu to 8.04.

Intel has created a new Linux Wifi driver project for Intel Wireless cards, "[[Iwlwifi]]". This driver is Open Source and no longer requires the Intel daemon to run in addition. This project will support the [[:Category:T61 | T61]]'s Wifi [[Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Mini-PCI Express Adapter | Intel 3945ABG network adapter]] and [[Intel PRO/Wireless 4965AGN Mini-PCI Express Adapter| Intel 4965AGN network adapter]].

An automatic migration will occur when upgrading from [[Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) on a ThinkPad T61|Ubuntu 7.10]] to Ubuntu 8.04. However, there is a caveat to be aware of:
* The new driver wants to name the interface wlan0 (by default -- you can rename it to anything you want), and requires a different entry in {{path|/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules}}, which handles the naming of interfaces. Simply edit this file and delete your old entry for the ipw3945 driver, then unload/reload the new driver, or simply reboot. A new entry will automatically be created that is appropriate for the new driver. Here's an example of the lines to delete:
<pre>
# PCI device 0x8086:0x4227 (ipw3945)
SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTRS{address}=="00:1b:77:a4:0e:2f", NAME="eth1"
</pre>

If you need to perform a manual migration, the Ubuntu Help Community has written some [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/iwlwifi_Intel_3945_4965/gutsy documentation] that will make this very easy to do.

=== Compiz and XV Playback on Intel GM965/GL960 ===

With Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) you currently have to choose between using Compiz and working video playback using XV. On 8.04 (Hardy Heron) alpha 5 you can play videos using XV under compiz, it works right out of the box using the Live-CD.

=== Suspend with Nv140m ===
Suspend may not work even after editing acpi-support. Enable bluetooth (Fn+F5) may result in a successful suspend. NOTE: that although the wifi led does not change when Fn+F5 is used, the wifi is still toggled by this key.

'''Hal "S3 BIOS" parameter issue!'''

After doing the changes to the /etc/default/acpi-support file (described [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_Ubuntu_7.10_(Gutsy_Gibbon)_on_a_ThinkPad_T61#How_to_Suspend_with_nVidia_140m.2F570m here]), I for one, managed to have '''stable''' suspend support by creating a new file called: '''/etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi''' with the following contents:
<pre>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<match key="system.hardware.vendor" string="LENOVO">
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_bios" type="bool">false</merge>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
</pre>
{{NOTE|The problem (after reading the HAL and pm-utils documentations) is the fact that (as far as I can tell) the T61 Lenovo doesn't allow the S3 BIOS to be called *during* suspend/resume, which HAL seems to do by default (who knows, maybe there are T61s out there that do work with this default)!

This did not seem to be necessary for previous versions of Ubuntu. Also note that I have an NVIDIA card so I have no idea what to do for Intel versions.The change should also be resistant to HAL and pm-utils upgrades.}}

'''Still no suspend with nvs140m? Got Modell 6460?'''

Fix above didn't work for me on a 15.4 wide T61 Modell 6460 with nv140m. Bios is updated to 2.14 but didn't change anything, except the usb bug is fix. Suspend seems to work fine, but resume gives me a black screen (backlight off - no reaction to brightness up) and I can hear 2 beeps. Most of the time I can reboot with ctrl+alt+delete but the screen stays dark until bios.

follow the instructions above but create the new file called: '''/etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi''' with the following contents instead:
<pre>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<match key="system.hardware.vendor" string="LENOVO">
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_mode" type="bool">true</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_bios" type="bool">false</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.save_pci" type="bool">true</merge>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
</pre>

Also you want to set the following parameter in

{{path|/etc/default/acpi-support}}
<pre>
SAVE_VIDEO_PCI_STATE=true
</pre>

{{NOTE|This works for me with mode 6460, except for one problem: You may get a white screen in xorg after resume when using compiz. If you don't have a 6460 with nvidia this file may break things for you because it doesn't care about the modell and sets the parameter for any lenovo product}}
{{HELP|Anyone with more knowledge of hal and acpi-support is welcome to clean this up. I also don't know why this setting can be done via hal and in acpi-support}}

[[Category: T61]]

=== TrackPoint ===
The [[TrackPoint]] works out of the box, but does not scroll. To enable using the middle mouse button to scroll, replace the "Configured Mouse" section in
{{path|/etc/X11/xorg.conf}} with the following:
<pre>
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Trackpoint"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "EmulateWheel" "true"
Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2"
EndSection
</pre>

=== Audio ===

Works great out of the box, just the microphone has to be activated, it is considered a generic capture source and is muted by default.

To unmute the microphone:

*Right Click on the volume icon next to the clock and click on "Open Volume Control"

*Click Edit -> Preferences. A list of devices will be displayed, you should check the following (Do not uncheck any existing items):

Input Source
Capture

*Click Close and there should be two additional tabs "Recording" and "Options". -

*Click Recording and click on the microphone under the Capture slider so that it no longer has a red line through it, and put the slider up as it may be deactivated.

*Click Options and under capture source select internal mic.

To test your mic using Sound Recorder select Capture as the sound source.

This solution has been tested with Sound Recorder and Skype.

To get the volume controls working:

*add the following line to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base, then reboot

options snd-hda-intel index=0 model=thinkpad

=== Multimedia Keys ===

Most Multimedia Keys work out of the box, just the play, forward and stop buttons need to be adjusted, therefore, press alt + F2 and type in gnome-keybinding-properties. Then everything works as followed:

* 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 >>does not work on all machines<<
* Fn-F4 suspends (to ram)
* Fn-F9 ejects cds
* Fn-F12 hibernates (to disk)
* PrtSc opens the screenshot dialog

=== WiFi LED ===

To active WiFi LED, install backported IWL4965 driver

sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-hardy

{{NOTE|On some machines, (at least one running IWL3965) applying the above turns on the LED permanently. It should flicker as data is being transmitted. Also, with the above modification, after turning off wireless and then turning it back on (via the switch on the front of the machine) wireless is not reactivated. Implementing the patch discussed [[#Wireless_activity_LED|below]] may yield you better results.}}

== Items that don't work (a.k.a.: items that need more intense tweaking to get fixed)==

=== Wireless activity LED ===

The LED is not implemented at least in the IWL4965 driver.

patch posted in this [http://bughost.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1209 thread] works for me on R61 with IWL4965 card.

{{HELP|A howto is needed showing the process of implementing the patch in Hardy Heron. If anyone knows how to do this, please create a quick howto and either put it here or link to it from this page. Please and thank you.}}

As an alternative, you can install a backported drive that ''may'' fix the LED problem on your system. See [[#WiFi_LED|above]] for the package containing the fixed driver.

=== Hidden SSID ===
It has been reported that users wanting to access Hidden SSIDs have to enter the SSID and password manually in Network Manager to connect. Even after the SSID is saved in Network Manager, it will not reconnect automatically. The user has to connect manually by entering the information as previously described. Please post any fixes here.

=== Hard Disk Parking ===
Getting hard disk parking to work is a 3 step process:

1. Patch your system with tp_smapi.

2. Patch your kernel with the 'protect' patch.

3. Installing the hdapsd daemon which does the actual parking.

See the following link for instructions on implementing Hard Disk Parking:
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_protect_the_harddisk_through_APS

[[Category: Ubuntu 8.04]]

Installing Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) on a ThinkPad T61

2008-05-05T06:13:46Z

EarloftheWest: /* Wireless activity LED */

== Items that work out of the box ==

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

'''Wireless:''' Intel cards tested.

'''Wireless WAN:''' Cingular/AT&T card tested.

'''Network Card''' Intel 10/100/1000 tested

'''Wireless switch''' tested

'''Webcam''' tested with cheese and skype.

'''Headphones''' out of the box

'''Microphone''' just needs to be activated, see section [[#Audio|below]]

'''Keyboard Shortcuts:''' most work out of the box, some need to be activated, see section [[#Multimedia_Keys|below]]

== Items that may need (some) tweaking to obtain full functionality ==

=== Open Source Intel Wifi Driver ===
The following information is important if you are upgrading from a previous version of Ubuntu to 8.04.

Intel has created a new Linux Wifi driver project for Intel Wireless cards, "[[Iwlwifi]]". This driver is Open Source and no longer requires the Intel daemon to run in addition. This project will support the [[:Category:T61 | T61]]'s Wifi [[Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Mini-PCI Express Adapter | Intel 3945ABG network adapter]] and [[Intel PRO/Wireless 4965AGN Mini-PCI Express Adapter| Intel 4965AGN network adapter]].

An automatic migration will occur when upgrading from [[Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) on a ThinkPad T61|Ubuntu 7.10]] to Ubuntu 8.04. However, there is a caveat to be aware of:
* The new driver wants to name the interface wlan0 (by default -- you can rename it to anything you want), and requires a different entry in {{path|/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules}}, which handles the naming of interfaces. Simply edit this file and delete your old entry for the ipw3945 driver, then unload/reload the new driver, or simply reboot. A new entry will automatically be created that is appropriate for the new driver. Here's an example of the lines to delete:
<pre>
# PCI device 0x8086:0x4227 (ipw3945)
SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTRS{address}=="00:1b:77:a4:0e:2f", NAME="eth1"
</pre>

If you need to perform a manual migration, the Ubuntu Help Community has written some [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/iwlwifi_Intel_3945_4965/gutsy documentation] that will make this very easy to do.

=== Compiz and XV Playback on Intel GM965/GL960 ===

With Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) you currently have to choose between using Compiz and working video playback using XV. On 8.04 (Hardy Heron) alpha 5 you can play videos using XV under compiz, it works right out of the box using the Live-CD.

=== Suspend with Nv140m ===
Suspend may not work even after editing acpi-support. Enable bluetooth (Fn+F5) may result in a successful suspend. NOTE: that although the wifi led does not change when Fn+F5 is used, the wifi is still toggled by this key.

'''Hal "S3 BIOS" parameter issue!'''

After doing the changes to the /etc/default/acpi-support file (described [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_Ubuntu_7.10_(Gutsy_Gibbon)_on_a_ThinkPad_T61#How_to_Suspend_with_nVidia_140m.2F570m here]), I for one, managed to have '''stable''' suspend support by creating a new file called: '''/etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi''' with the following contents:
<pre>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<match key="system.hardware.vendor" string="LENOVO">
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_bios" type="bool">false</merge>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
</pre>
{{NOTE|The problem (after reading the HAL and pm-utils documentations) is the fact that (as far as I can tell) the T61 Lenovo doesn't allow the S3 BIOS to be called *during* suspend/resume, which HAL seems to do by default (who knows, maybe there are T61s out there that do work with this default)!

This did not seem to be necessary for previous versions of Ubuntu. Also note that I have an NVIDIA card so I have no idea what to do for Intel versions.The change should also be resistant to HAL and pm-utils upgrades.}}

'''Still no suspend with nvs140m? Got Modell 6460?'''

Fix above didn't work for me on a 15.4 wide T61 Modell 6460 with nv140m. Bios is updated to 2.14 but didn't change anything, except the usb bug is fix. Suspend seems to work fine, but resume gives me a black screen (backlight off - no reaction to brightness up) and I can hear 2 beeps. Most of the time I can reboot with ctrl+alt+delete but the screen stays dark until bios.

follow the instructions above but create the new file called: '''/etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi''' with the following contents instead:
<pre>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<match key="system.hardware.vendor" string="LENOVO">
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_mode" type="bool">true</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_bios" type="bool">false</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.save_pci" type="bool">true</merge>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
</pre>

Also you want to set the following parameter in

{{path|/etc/default/acpi-support}}
<pre>
SAVE_VIDEO_PCI_STATE=true
</pre>

{{NOTE|This works for me with mode 6460, except for one problem: You may get a white screen in xorg after resume when using compiz. If you don't have a 6460 with nvidia this file may break things for you because it doesn't care about the modell and sets the parameter for any lenovo product}}
{{HELP|Anyone with more knowledge of hal and acpi-support is welcome to clean this up. I also don't know why this setting can be done via hal and in acpi-support}}

[[Category: T61]]

=== TrackPoint ===
The [[TrackPoint]] works out of the box, but does not scroll. To enable using the middle mouse button to scroll, replace the "Configured Mouse" section in
{{path|/etc/X11/xorg.conf}} with the following:
<pre>
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Trackpoint"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "EmulateWheel" "true"
Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2"
EndSection
</pre>

=== Audio ===

Works great out of the box, just the microphone has to be activated, it is considered a generic capture source and is muted by default.

To unmute the microphone:

*Right Click on the volume icon next to the clock and click on "Open Volume Control"

*Click Edit -> Preferences. A list of devices will be displayed, you should check the following (Do not uncheck any existing items):

Input Source
Capture

*Click Close and there should be two additional tabs "Recording" and "Options". -

*Click Recording and click on the microphone under the Capture slider so that it no longer has a red line through it, and put the slider up as it may be deactivated.

*Click Options and under capture source select internal mic.

To test your mic using Sound Recorder select Capture as the sound source.

This solution has been tested with Sound Recorder and Skype.

To get the volume controls working:

*add the following line to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base, then reboot

options snd-hda-intel index=0 model=thinkpad

=== Multimedia Keys ===

Most Multimedia Keys work out of the box, just the play, forward and stop buttons need to be adjusted, therefore, press alt + F2 and type in gnome-keybinding-properties. Then everything works as followed:

* 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 >>does not work on all machines<<
* Fn-F4 suspends (to ram)
* Fn-F9 ejects cds
* Fn-F12 hibernates (to disk)
* PrtSc opens the screenshot dialog

=== WiFi LED ===

To active WiFi LED, install backported IWL4965 driver

sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-hardy

{{NOTE|On some machines, (at least one running IWL3965) applying the above turns on the LED permanently. It should flicker as data is being transmitted. Also, with the above modification, after turning off wireless and then turning it back on (via the switch on the front of the machine) wireless is not reactivated. Implementing the patch discussed [[#Wireless_activity_LED|below]] may yield you better results.}}

== Items that don't work (a.k.a.: items that need more intense tweaking to get fixed)==

=== Wireless activity LED ===

The LED is not implemented at least in the IWL4965 driver.

patch posted in this [http://bughost.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1209 thread] works for me on R61 with IWL4965 card.

{{HELP|A howto is needed showing the process of implementing the patch in Hardy Heron. If anyone knows how to do this, please create a quick howto and either put it here or link to it from this page. Please and thank you.}}

As an alternative, you can install a backported drive that '''may''' fix the LED problem on your system. See [[#WiFi_LED|above]] for the package containing the fixed driver.

=== Hidden SSID ===
It has been reported that users wanting to access Hidden SSIDs have to enter the SSID and password manually in Network Manager to connect. Even after the SSID is saved in Network Manager, it will not reconnect automatically. The user has to connect manually by entering the information as previously described. Please post any fixes here.

=== Hard Disk Parking ===
Getting hard disk parking to work is a 3 step process:

1. Patch your system with tp_smapi.

2. Patch your kernel with the 'protect' patch.

3. Installing the hdapsd daemon which does the actual parking.

See the following link for instructions on implementing Hard Disk Parking:
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_protect_the_harddisk_through_APS

[[Category: Ubuntu 8.04]]

Installing Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) on a ThinkPad T61

2008-05-05T06:13:09Z

EarloftheWest: /* Wireless activity LED */

== Items that work out of the box ==

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

'''Wireless:''' Intel cards tested.

'''Wireless WAN:''' Cingular/AT&T card tested.

'''Network Card''' Intel 10/100/1000 tested

'''Wireless switch''' tested

'''Webcam''' tested with cheese and skype.

'''Headphones''' out of the box

'''Microphone''' just needs to be activated, see section [[#Audio|below]]

'''Keyboard Shortcuts:''' most work out of the box, some need to be activated, see section [[#Multimedia_Keys|below]]

== Items that may need (some) tweaking to obtain full functionality ==

=== Open Source Intel Wifi Driver ===
The following information is important if you are upgrading from a previous version of Ubuntu to 8.04.

Intel has created a new Linux Wifi driver project for Intel Wireless cards, "[[Iwlwifi]]". This driver is Open Source and no longer requires the Intel daemon to run in addition. This project will support the [[:Category:T61 | T61]]'s Wifi [[Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Mini-PCI Express Adapter | Intel 3945ABG network adapter]] and [[Intel PRO/Wireless 4965AGN Mini-PCI Express Adapter| Intel 4965AGN network adapter]].

An automatic migration will occur when upgrading from [[Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) on a ThinkPad T61|Ubuntu 7.10]] to Ubuntu 8.04. However, there is a caveat to be aware of:
* The new driver wants to name the interface wlan0 (by default -- you can rename it to anything you want), and requires a different entry in {{path|/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules}}, which handles the naming of interfaces. Simply edit this file and delete your old entry for the ipw3945 driver, then unload/reload the new driver, or simply reboot. A new entry will automatically be created that is appropriate for the new driver. Here's an example of the lines to delete:
<pre>
# PCI device 0x8086:0x4227 (ipw3945)
SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTRS{address}=="00:1b:77:a4:0e:2f", NAME="eth1"
</pre>

If you need to perform a manual migration, the Ubuntu Help Community has written some [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/iwlwifi_Intel_3945_4965/gutsy documentation] that will make this very easy to do.

=== Compiz and XV Playback on Intel GM965/GL960 ===

With Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) you currently have to choose between using Compiz and working video playback using XV. On 8.04 (Hardy Heron) alpha 5 you can play videos using XV under compiz, it works right out of the box using the Live-CD.

=== Suspend with Nv140m ===
Suspend may not work even after editing acpi-support. Enable bluetooth (Fn+F5) may result in a successful suspend. NOTE: that although the wifi led does not change when Fn+F5 is used, the wifi is still toggled by this key.

'''Hal "S3 BIOS" parameter issue!'''

After doing the changes to the /etc/default/acpi-support file (described [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_Ubuntu_7.10_(Gutsy_Gibbon)_on_a_ThinkPad_T61#How_to_Suspend_with_nVidia_140m.2F570m here]), I for one, managed to have '''stable''' suspend support by creating a new file called: '''/etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi''' with the following contents:
<pre>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<match key="system.hardware.vendor" string="LENOVO">
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_bios" type="bool">false</merge>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
</pre>
{{NOTE|The problem (after reading the HAL and pm-utils documentations) is the fact that (as far as I can tell) the T61 Lenovo doesn't allow the S3 BIOS to be called *during* suspend/resume, which HAL seems to do by default (who knows, maybe there are T61s out there that do work with this default)!

This did not seem to be necessary for previous versions of Ubuntu. Also note that I have an NVIDIA card so I have no idea what to do for Intel versions.The change should also be resistant to HAL and pm-utils upgrades.}}

'''Still no suspend with nvs140m? Got Modell 6460?'''

Fix above didn't work for me on a 15.4 wide T61 Modell 6460 with nv140m. Bios is updated to 2.14 but didn't change anything, except the usb bug is fix. Suspend seems to work fine, but resume gives me a black screen (backlight off - no reaction to brightness up) and I can hear 2 beeps. Most of the time I can reboot with ctrl+alt+delete but the screen stays dark until bios.

follow the instructions above but create the new file called: '''/etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi''' with the following contents instead:
<pre>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<match key="system.hardware.vendor" string="LENOVO">
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_mode" type="bool">true</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_bios" type="bool">false</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.save_pci" type="bool">true</merge>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
</pre>

Also you want to set the following parameter in

{{path|/etc/default/acpi-support}}
<pre>
SAVE_VIDEO_PCI_STATE=true
</pre>

{{NOTE|This works for me with mode 6460, except for one problem: You may get a white screen in xorg after resume when using compiz. If you don't have a 6460 with nvidia this file may break things for you because it doesn't care about the modell and sets the parameter for any lenovo product}}
{{HELP|Anyone with more knowledge of hal and acpi-support is welcome to clean this up. I also don't know why this setting can be done via hal and in acpi-support}}

[[Category: T61]]

=== TrackPoint ===
The [[TrackPoint]] works out of the box, but does not scroll. To enable using the middle mouse button to scroll, replace the "Configured Mouse" section in
{{path|/etc/X11/xorg.conf}} with the following:
<pre>
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Trackpoint"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "EmulateWheel" "true"
Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2"
EndSection
</pre>

=== Audio ===

Works great out of the box, just the microphone has to be activated, it is considered a generic capture source and is muted by default.

To unmute the microphone:

*Right Click on the volume icon next to the clock and click on "Open Volume Control"

*Click Edit -> Preferences. A list of devices will be displayed, you should check the following (Do not uncheck any existing items):

Input Source
Capture

*Click Close and there should be two additional tabs "Recording" and "Options". -

*Click Recording and click on the microphone under the Capture slider so that it no longer has a red line through it, and put the slider up as it may be deactivated.

*Click Options and under capture source select internal mic.

To test your mic using Sound Recorder select Capture as the sound source.

This solution has been tested with Sound Recorder and Skype.

To get the volume controls working:

*add the following line to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base, then reboot

options snd-hda-intel index=0 model=thinkpad

=== Multimedia Keys ===

Most Multimedia Keys work out of the box, just the play, forward and stop buttons need to be adjusted, therefore, press alt + F2 and type in gnome-keybinding-properties. Then everything works as followed:

* 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 >>does not work on all machines<<
* Fn-F4 suspends (to ram)
* Fn-F9 ejects cds
* Fn-F12 hibernates (to disk)
* PrtSc opens the screenshot dialog

=== WiFi LED ===

To active WiFi LED, install backported IWL4965 driver

sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-hardy

{{NOTE|On some machines, (at least one running IWL3965) applying the above turns on the LED permanently. It should flicker as data is being transmitted. Also, with the above modification, after turning off wireless and then turning it back on (via the switch on the front of the machine) wireless is not reactivated. Implementing the patch discussed [[#Wireless_activity_LED|below]] may yield you better results.}}

== Items that don't work (a.k.a.: items that need more intense tweaking to get fixed)==

=== Wireless activity LED ===

The LED is not implemented at least in the IWL4965 driver.

patch posted in this [http://bughost.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1209 thread] works for me on R61 with IWL4965 card.

{{HELP|A howto is needed showing the process of implementing the patch in Hardy Heron. If anyone knows how to do this, please create a quick howto and either put it here or link to it from this page. Please and thank you.}}

As an alternative, you can install a backport that may fix the LED problem. See [[#WiFi_LED|above]] for the package containing the fixed driver.

=== Hidden SSID ===
It has been reported that users wanting to access Hidden SSIDs have to enter the SSID and password manually in Network Manager to connect. Even after the SSID is saved in Network Manager, it will not reconnect automatically. The user has to connect manually by entering the information as previously described. Please post any fixes here.

=== Hard Disk Parking ===
Getting hard disk parking to work is a 3 step process:

1. Patch your system with tp_smapi.

2. Patch your kernel with the 'protect' patch.

3. Installing the hdapsd daemon which does the actual parking.

See the following link for instructions on implementing Hard Disk Parking:
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_protect_the_harddisk_through_APS

[[Category: Ubuntu 8.04]]

Installing Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) on a ThinkPad T61

2008-05-05T06:11:19Z

EarloftheWest: /* Hard Disk Parking */

== Items that work out of the box ==

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

'''Wireless:''' Intel cards tested.

'''Wireless WAN:''' Cingular/AT&T card tested.

'''Network Card''' Intel 10/100/1000 tested

'''Wireless switch''' tested

'''Webcam''' tested with cheese and skype.

'''Headphones''' out of the box

'''Microphone''' just needs to be activated, see section [[#Audio|below]]

'''Keyboard Shortcuts:''' most work out of the box, some need to be activated, see section [[#Multimedia_Keys|below]]

== Items that may need (some) tweaking to obtain full functionality ==

=== Open Source Intel Wifi Driver ===
The following information is important if you are upgrading from a previous version of Ubuntu to 8.04.

Intel has created a new Linux Wifi driver project for Intel Wireless cards, "[[Iwlwifi]]". This driver is Open Source and no longer requires the Intel daemon to run in addition. This project will support the [[:Category:T61 | T61]]'s Wifi [[Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Mini-PCI Express Adapter | Intel 3945ABG network adapter]] and [[Intel PRO/Wireless 4965AGN Mini-PCI Express Adapter| Intel 4965AGN network adapter]].

An automatic migration will occur when upgrading from [[Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) on a ThinkPad T61|Ubuntu 7.10]] to Ubuntu 8.04. However, there is a caveat to be aware of:
* The new driver wants to name the interface wlan0 (by default -- you can rename it to anything you want), and requires a different entry in {{path|/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules}}, which handles the naming of interfaces. Simply edit this file and delete your old entry for the ipw3945 driver, then unload/reload the new driver, or simply reboot. A new entry will automatically be created that is appropriate for the new driver. Here's an example of the lines to delete:
<pre>
# PCI device 0x8086:0x4227 (ipw3945)
SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTRS{address}=="00:1b:77:a4:0e:2f", NAME="eth1"
</pre>

If you need to perform a manual migration, the Ubuntu Help Community has written some [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/iwlwifi_Intel_3945_4965/gutsy documentation] that will make this very easy to do.

=== Compiz and XV Playback on Intel GM965/GL960 ===

With Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) you currently have to choose between using Compiz and working video playback using XV. On 8.04 (Hardy Heron) alpha 5 you can play videos using XV under compiz, it works right out of the box using the Live-CD.

=== Suspend with Nv140m ===
Suspend may not work even after editing acpi-support. Enable bluetooth (Fn+F5) may result in a successful suspend. NOTE: that although the wifi led does not change when Fn+F5 is used, the wifi is still toggled by this key.

'''Hal "S3 BIOS" parameter issue!'''

After doing the changes to the /etc/default/acpi-support file (described [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_Ubuntu_7.10_(Gutsy_Gibbon)_on_a_ThinkPad_T61#How_to_Suspend_with_nVidia_140m.2F570m here]), I for one, managed to have '''stable''' suspend support by creating a new file called: '''/etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi''' with the following contents:
<pre>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<match key="system.hardware.vendor" string="LENOVO">
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_bios" type="bool">false</merge>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
</pre>
{{NOTE|The problem (after reading the HAL and pm-utils documentations) is the fact that (as far as I can tell) the T61 Lenovo doesn't allow the S3 BIOS to be called *during* suspend/resume, which HAL seems to do by default (who knows, maybe there are T61s out there that do work with this default)!

This did not seem to be necessary for previous versions of Ubuntu. Also note that I have an NVIDIA card so I have no idea what to do for Intel versions.The change should also be resistant to HAL and pm-utils upgrades.}}

'''Still no suspend with nvs140m? Got Modell 6460?'''

Fix above didn't work for me on a 15.4 wide T61 Modell 6460 with nv140m. Bios is updated to 2.14 but didn't change anything, except the usb bug is fix. Suspend seems to work fine, but resume gives me a black screen (backlight off - no reaction to brightness up) and I can hear 2 beeps. Most of the time I can reboot with ctrl+alt+delete but the screen stays dark until bios.

follow the instructions above but create the new file called: '''/etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi''' with the following contents instead:
<pre>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<match key="system.hardware.vendor" string="LENOVO">
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_mode" type="bool">true</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_bios" type="bool">false</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.save_pci" type="bool">true</merge>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
</pre>

Also you want to set the following parameter in

{{path|/etc/default/acpi-support}}
<pre>
SAVE_VIDEO_PCI_STATE=true
</pre>

{{NOTE|This works for me with mode 6460, except for one problem: You may get a white screen in xorg after resume when using compiz. If you don't have a 6460 with nvidia this file may break things for you because it doesn't care about the modell and sets the parameter for any lenovo product}}
{{HELP|Anyone with more knowledge of hal and acpi-support is welcome to clean this up. I also don't know why this setting can be done via hal and in acpi-support}}

[[Category: T61]]

=== TrackPoint ===
The [[TrackPoint]] works out of the box, but does not scroll. To enable using the middle mouse button to scroll, replace the "Configured Mouse" section in
{{path|/etc/X11/xorg.conf}} with the following:
<pre>
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Trackpoint"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "EmulateWheel" "true"
Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2"
EndSection
</pre>

=== Audio ===

Works great out of the box, just the microphone has to be activated, it is considered a generic capture source and is muted by default.

To unmute the microphone:

*Right Click on the volume icon next to the clock and click on "Open Volume Control"

*Click Edit -> Preferences. A list of devices will be displayed, you should check the following (Do not uncheck any existing items):

Input Source
Capture

*Click Close and there should be two additional tabs "Recording" and "Options". -

*Click Recording and click on the microphone under the Capture slider so that it no longer has a red line through it, and put the slider up as it may be deactivated.

*Click Options and under capture source select internal mic.

To test your mic using Sound Recorder select Capture as the sound source.

This solution has been tested with Sound Recorder and Skype.

To get the volume controls working:

*add the following line to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base, then reboot

options snd-hda-intel index=0 model=thinkpad

=== Multimedia Keys ===

Most Multimedia Keys work out of the box, just the play, forward and stop buttons need to be adjusted, therefore, press alt + F2 and type in gnome-keybinding-properties. Then everything works as followed:

* 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 >>does not work on all machines<<
* Fn-F4 suspends (to ram)
* Fn-F9 ejects cds
* Fn-F12 hibernates (to disk)
* PrtSc opens the screenshot dialog

=== WiFi LED ===

To active WiFi LED, install backported IWL4965 driver

sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-hardy

{{NOTE|On some machines, (at least one running IWL3965) applying the above turns on the LED permanently. It should flicker as data is being transmitted. Also, with the above modification, after turning off wireless and then turning it back on (via the switch on the front of the machine) wireless is not reactivated. Implementing the patch discussed [[#Wireless_activity_LED|below]] may yield you better results.}}

== Items that don't work (a.k.a.: items that need more intense tweaking to get fixed)==

=== Wireless activity LED ===

The LED is not implemented at least in the IWL4965 driver.

patch posted in this [http://bughost.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1209 thread] works for me on R61 with IWL4965 card.

{{HELP|A howto is needed showing the process of implementing the patch in Hardy Heron. If anyone knows how to do this, please create a quick howto and either put it here or link to it from this page. Please and thank you.}}

See [[#WiFi_LED|above]] for the package containing the fixed driver.

=== Hidden SSID ===
It has been reported that users wanting to access Hidden SSIDs have to enter the SSID and password manually in Network Manager to connect. Even after the SSID is saved in Network Manager, it will not reconnect automatically. The user has to connect manually by entering the information as previously described. Please post any fixes here.

=== Hard Disk Parking ===
Getting hard disk parking to work is a 3 step process:

1. Patch your system with tp_smapi.

2. Patch your kernel with the 'protect' patch.

3. Installing the hdapsd daemon which does the actual parking.

See the following link for instructions on implementing Hard Disk Parking:
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_protect_the_harddisk_through_APS

[[Category: Ubuntu 8.04]]

Installing Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) on a ThinkPad T61

2008-05-05T06:10:40Z

EarloftheWest: /* Open Source Intel Wifi Driver */

== Items that work out of the box ==

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

'''Wireless:''' Intel cards tested.

'''Wireless WAN:''' Cingular/AT&T card tested.

'''Network Card''' Intel 10/100/1000 tested

'''Wireless switch''' tested

'''Webcam''' tested with cheese and skype.

'''Headphones''' out of the box

'''Microphone''' just needs to be activated, see section [[#Audio|below]]

'''Keyboard Shortcuts:''' most work out of the box, some need to be activated, see section [[#Multimedia_Keys|below]]

== Items that may need (some) tweaking to obtain full functionality ==

=== Open Source Intel Wifi Driver ===
The following information is important if you are upgrading from a previous version of Ubuntu to 8.04.

Intel has created a new Linux Wifi driver project for Intel Wireless cards, "[[Iwlwifi]]". This driver is Open Source and no longer requires the Intel daemon to run in addition. This project will support the [[:Category:T61 | T61]]'s Wifi [[Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Mini-PCI Express Adapter | Intel 3945ABG network adapter]] and [[Intel PRO/Wireless 4965AGN Mini-PCI Express Adapter| Intel 4965AGN network adapter]].

An automatic migration will occur when upgrading from [[Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) on a ThinkPad T61|Ubuntu 7.10]] to Ubuntu 8.04. However, there is a caveat to be aware of:
* The new driver wants to name the interface wlan0 (by default -- you can rename it to anything you want), and requires a different entry in {{path|/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules}}, which handles the naming of interfaces. Simply edit this file and delete your old entry for the ipw3945 driver, then unload/reload the new driver, or simply reboot. A new entry will automatically be created that is appropriate for the new driver. Here's an example of the lines to delete:
<pre>
# PCI device 0x8086:0x4227 (ipw3945)
SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTRS{address}=="00:1b:77:a4:0e:2f", NAME="eth1"
</pre>

If you need to perform a manual migration, the Ubuntu Help Community has written some [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/iwlwifi_Intel_3945_4965/gutsy documentation] that will make this very easy to do.

=== Compiz and XV Playback on Intel GM965/GL960 ===

With Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) you currently have to choose between using Compiz and working video playback using XV. On 8.04 (Hardy Heron) alpha 5 you can play videos using XV under compiz, it works right out of the box using the Live-CD.

=== Suspend with Nv140m ===
Suspend may not work even after editing acpi-support. Enable bluetooth (Fn+F5) may result in a successful suspend. NOTE: that although the wifi led does not change when Fn+F5 is used, the wifi is still toggled by this key.

'''Hal "S3 BIOS" parameter issue!'''

After doing the changes to the /etc/default/acpi-support file (described [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_Ubuntu_7.10_(Gutsy_Gibbon)_on_a_ThinkPad_T61#How_to_Suspend_with_nVidia_140m.2F570m here]), I for one, managed to have '''stable''' suspend support by creating a new file called: '''/etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi''' with the following contents:
<pre>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<match key="system.hardware.vendor" string="LENOVO">
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_bios" type="bool">false</merge>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
</pre>
{{NOTE|The problem (after reading the HAL and pm-utils documentations) is the fact that (as far as I can tell) the T61 Lenovo doesn't allow the S3 BIOS to be called *during* suspend/resume, which HAL seems to do by default (who knows, maybe there are T61s out there that do work with this default)!

This did not seem to be necessary for previous versions of Ubuntu. Also note that I have an NVIDIA card so I have no idea what to do for Intel versions.The change should also be resistant to HAL and pm-utils upgrades.}}

'''Still no suspend with nvs140m? Got Modell 6460?'''

Fix above didn't work for me on a 15.4 wide T61 Modell 6460 with nv140m. Bios is updated to 2.14 but didn't change anything, except the usb bug is fix. Suspend seems to work fine, but resume gives me a black screen (backlight off - no reaction to brightness up) and I can hear 2 beeps. Most of the time I can reboot with ctrl+alt+delete but the screen stays dark until bios.

follow the instructions above but create the new file called: '''/etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi''' with the following contents instead:
<pre>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<match key="system.hardware.vendor" string="LENOVO">
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_mode" type="bool">true</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_bios" type="bool">false</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.save_pci" type="bool">true</merge>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
</pre>

Also you want to set the following parameter in

{{path|/etc/default/acpi-support}}
<pre>
SAVE_VIDEO_PCI_STATE=true
</pre>

{{NOTE|This works for me with mode 6460, except for one problem: You may get a white screen in xorg after resume when using compiz. If you don't have a 6460 with nvidia this file may break things for you because it doesn't care about the modell and sets the parameter for any lenovo product}}
{{HELP|Anyone with more knowledge of hal and acpi-support is welcome to clean this up. I also don't know why this setting can be done via hal and in acpi-support}}

[[Category: T61]]

=== TrackPoint ===
The [[TrackPoint]] works out of the box, but does not scroll. To enable using the middle mouse button to scroll, replace the "Configured Mouse" section in
{{path|/etc/X11/xorg.conf}} with the following:
<pre>
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Trackpoint"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "EmulateWheel" "true"
Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2"
EndSection
</pre>

=== Audio ===

Works great out of the box, just the microphone has to be activated, it is considered a generic capture source and is muted by default.

To unmute the microphone:

*Right Click on the volume icon next to the clock and click on "Open Volume Control"

*Click Edit -> Preferences. A list of devices will be displayed, you should check the following (Do not uncheck any existing items):

Input Source
Capture

*Click Close and there should be two additional tabs "Recording" and "Options". -

*Click Recording and click on the microphone under the Capture slider so that it no longer has a red line through it, and put the slider up as it may be deactivated.

*Click Options and under capture source select internal mic.

To test your mic using Sound Recorder select Capture as the sound source.

This solution has been tested with Sound Recorder and Skype.

To get the volume controls working:

*add the following line to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base, then reboot

options snd-hda-intel index=0 model=thinkpad

=== Multimedia Keys ===

Most Multimedia Keys work out of the box, just the play, forward and stop buttons need to be adjusted, therefore, press alt + F2 and type in gnome-keybinding-properties. Then everything works as followed:

* 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 >>does not work on all machines<<
* Fn-F4 suspends (to ram)
* Fn-F9 ejects cds
* Fn-F12 hibernates (to disk)
* PrtSc opens the screenshot dialog

=== WiFi LED ===

To active WiFi LED, install backported IWL4965 driver

sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-hardy

{{NOTE|On some machines, (at least one running IWL3965) applying the above turns on the LED permanently. It should flicker as data is being transmitted. Also, with the above modification, after turning off wireless and then turning it back on (via the switch on the front of the machine) wireless is not reactivated. Implementing the patch discussed [[#Wireless_activity_LED|below]] may yield you better results.}}

== Items that don't work (a.k.a.: items that need more intense tweaking to get fixed)==

=== Wireless activity LED ===

The LED is not implemented at least in the IWL4965 driver.

patch posted in this [http://bughost.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1209 thread] works for me on R61 with IWL4965 card.

{{HELP|A howto is needed showing the process of implementing the patch in Hardy Heron. If anyone knows how to do this, please create a quick howto and either put it here or link to it from this page. Please and thank you.}}

See [[#WiFi_LED|above]] for the package containing the fixed driver.

=== Hidden SSID ===
It has been reported that users wanting to access Hidden SSIDs have to enter the SSID and password manually in Network Manager to connect. Even after the SSID is saved in Network Manager, it will not reconnect automatically. The user has to connect manually by entering the information as previously described. Please post any fixes here.

=== Hard Disk Parking ===
Getting hard disk parking to work is a 3 step process:
Patch your system with tp_smapi.
Patch your kernel with the 'protect' patch.
Installing the hdapsd daemon which does the actual parking.

See the following link for instructions on implementing Hard Disk Parking:
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_protect_the_harddisk_through_APS

[[Category: Ubuntu 8.04]]

Installing Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) on a ThinkPad T61

2008-05-05T06:06:32Z

EarloftheWest: /* Items that don't work (a.k.a.: items that need more intense tweaking to get fixed) */

== Items that work out of the box ==

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

'''Wireless:''' Intel cards tested.

'''Wireless WAN:''' Cingular/AT&T card tested.

'''Network Card''' Intel 10/100/1000 tested

'''Wireless switch''' tested

'''Webcam''' tested with cheese and skype.

'''Headphones''' out of the box

'''Microphone''' just needs to be activated, see section [[#Audio|below]]

'''Keyboard Shortcuts:''' most work out of the box, some need to be activated, see section [[#Multimedia_Keys|below]]

== Items that may need (some) tweaking to obtain full functionality ==

=== Open Source Intel Wifi Driver ===
Intel has created a new Linux Wifi driver project for Intel Wireless cards, "[[Iwlwifi]]". This driver is Open Source and no longer requires the Intel daemon to run in addition. This project will support the [[:Category:T61 | T61]]'s Wifi [[Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Mini-PCI Express Adapter | Intel 3945ABG network adapter]] and [[Intel PRO/Wireless 4965AGN Mini-PCI Express Adapter| Intel 4965AGN network adapter]].

An automatic migration will occur when upgrading from [[Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) on a ThinkPad T61|Ubuntu 7.10]] to Ubuntu 8.04. However, there is a caveat to be aware of:
* The new driver wants to name the interface wlan0 (by default -- you can rename it to anything you want), and requires a different entry in {{path|/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules}}, which handles the naming of interfaces. Simply edit this file and delete your old entry for the ipw3945 driver, then unload/reload the new driver, or simply reboot. A new entry will automatically be created that is appropriate for the new driver. Here's an example of the lines to delete:
<pre>
# PCI device 0x8086:0x4227 (ipw3945)
SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTRS{address}=="00:1b:77:a4:0e:2f", NAME="eth1"
</pre>

If you need to perform a manual migration, the Ubuntu Help Community has written some [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/iwlwifi_Intel_3945_4965/gutsy documentation] that will make this very easy to do.

=== Compiz and XV Playback on Intel GM965/GL960 ===

With Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) you currently have to choose between using Compiz and working video playback using XV. On 8.04 (Hardy Heron) alpha 5 you can play videos using XV under compiz, it works right out of the box using the Live-CD.

=== Suspend with Nv140m ===
Suspend may not work even after editing acpi-support. Enable bluetooth (Fn+F5) may result in a successful suspend. NOTE: that although the wifi led does not change when Fn+F5 is used, the wifi is still toggled by this key.

'''Hal "S3 BIOS" parameter issue!'''

After doing the changes to the /etc/default/acpi-support file (described [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_Ubuntu_7.10_(Gutsy_Gibbon)_on_a_ThinkPad_T61#How_to_Suspend_with_nVidia_140m.2F570m here]), I for one, managed to have '''stable''' suspend support by creating a new file called: '''/etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi''' with the following contents:
<pre>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<match key="system.hardware.vendor" string="LENOVO">
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_bios" type="bool">false</merge>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
</pre>
{{NOTE|The problem (after reading the HAL and pm-utils documentations) is the fact that (as far as I can tell) the T61 Lenovo doesn't allow the S3 BIOS to be called *during* suspend/resume, which HAL seems to do by default (who knows, maybe there are T61s out there that do work with this default)!

This did not seem to be necessary for previous versions of Ubuntu. Also note that I have an NVIDIA card so I have no idea what to do for Intel versions.The change should also be resistant to HAL and pm-utils upgrades.}}

'''Still no suspend with nvs140m? Got Modell 6460?'''

Fix above didn't work for me on a 15.4 wide T61 Modell 6460 with nv140m. Bios is updated to 2.14 but didn't change anything, except the usb bug is fix. Suspend seems to work fine, but resume gives me a black screen (backlight off - no reaction to brightness up) and I can hear 2 beeps. Most of the time I can reboot with ctrl+alt+delete but the screen stays dark until bios.

follow the instructions above but create the new file called: '''/etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi''' with the following contents instead:
<pre>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<match key="system.hardware.vendor" string="LENOVO">
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_mode" type="bool">true</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_bios" type="bool">false</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.save_pci" type="bool">true</merge>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
</pre>

Also you want to set the following parameter in

{{path|/etc/default/acpi-support}}
<pre>
SAVE_VIDEO_PCI_STATE=true
</pre>

{{NOTE|This works for me with mode 6460, except for one problem: You may get a white screen in xorg after resume when using compiz. If you don't have a 6460 with nvidia this file may break things for you because it doesn't care about the modell and sets the parameter for any lenovo product}}
{{HELP|Anyone with more knowledge of hal and acpi-support is welcome to clean this up. I also don't know why this setting can be done via hal and in acpi-support}}

[[Category: T61]]

=== TrackPoint ===
The [[TrackPoint]] works out of the box, but does not scroll. To enable using the middle mouse button to scroll, replace the "Configured Mouse" section in
{{path|/etc/X11/xorg.conf}} with the following:
<pre>
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Trackpoint"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "EmulateWheel" "true"
Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2"
EndSection
</pre>

=== Audio ===

Works great out of the box, just the microphone has to be activated, it is considered a generic capture source and is muted by default.

To unmute the microphone:

*Right Click on the volume icon next to the clock and click on "Open Volume Control"

*Click Edit -> Preferences. A list of devices will be displayed, you should check the following (Do not uncheck any existing items):

Input Source
Capture

*Click Close and there should be two additional tabs "Recording" and "Options". -

*Click Recording and click on the microphone under the Capture slider so that it no longer has a red line through it, and put the slider up as it may be deactivated.

*Click Options and under capture source select internal mic.

To test your mic using Sound Recorder select Capture as the sound source.

This solution has been tested with Sound Recorder and Skype.

To get the volume controls working:

*add the following line to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base, then reboot

options snd-hda-intel index=0 model=thinkpad

=== Multimedia Keys ===

Most Multimedia Keys work out of the box, just the play, forward and stop buttons need to be adjusted, therefore, press alt + F2 and type in gnome-keybinding-properties. Then everything works as followed:

* 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 >>does not work on all machines<<
* Fn-F4 suspends (to ram)
* Fn-F9 ejects cds
* Fn-F12 hibernates (to disk)
* PrtSc opens the screenshot dialog

=== WiFi LED ===

To active WiFi LED, install backported IWL4965 driver

sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-hardy

{{NOTE|On some machines, (at least one running IWL3965) applying the above turns on the LED permanently. It should flicker as data is being transmitted. Also, with the above modification, after turning off wireless and then turning it back on (via the switch on the front of the machine) wireless is not reactivated. Implementing the patch discussed [[#Wireless_activity_LED|below]] may yield you better results.}}

== Items that don't work (a.k.a.: items that need more intense tweaking to get fixed)==

=== Wireless activity LED ===

The LED is not implemented at least in the IWL4965 driver.

patch posted in this [http://bughost.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1209 thread] works for me on R61 with IWL4965 card.

{{HELP|A howto is needed showing the process of implementing the patch in Hardy Heron. If anyone knows how to do this, please create a quick howto and either put it here or link to it from this page. Please and thank you.}}

See [[#WiFi_LED|above]] for the package containing the fixed driver.

=== Hidden SSID ===
It has been reported that users wanting to access Hidden SSIDs have to enter the SSID and password manually in Network Manager to connect. Even after the SSID is saved in Network Manager, it will not reconnect automatically. The user has to connect manually by entering the information as previously described. Please post any fixes here.

=== Hard Disk Parking ===
Getting hard disk parking to work is a 3 step process:
Patch your system with tp_smapi.
Patch your kernel with the 'protect' patch.
Installing the hdapsd daemon which does the actual parking.

See the following link for instructions on implementing Hard Disk Parking:
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_protect_the_harddisk_through_APS

[[Category: Ubuntu 8.04]]

Installing Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) on a ThinkPad T61

2008-05-05T05:59:34Z

EarloftheWest: /* Items that don't work (a.k.a. Items that need more intense tweaking to get fixed) */

== Items that work out of the box ==

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

'''Wireless:''' Intel cards tested.

'''Wireless WAN:''' Cingular/AT&T card tested.

'''Network Card''' Intel 10/100/1000 tested

'''Wireless switch''' tested

'''Webcam''' tested with cheese and skype.

'''Headphones''' out of the box

'''Microphone''' just needs to be activated, see section [[#Audio|below]]

'''Keyboard Shortcuts:''' most work out of the box, some need to be activated, see section [[#Multimedia_Keys|below]]

== Items that may need (some) tweaking to obtain full functionality ==

=== Open Source Intel Wifi Driver ===
Intel has created a new Linux Wifi driver project for Intel Wireless cards, "[[Iwlwifi]]". This driver is Open Source and no longer requires the Intel daemon to run in addition. This project will support the [[:Category:T61 | T61]]'s Wifi [[Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Mini-PCI Express Adapter | Intel 3945ABG network adapter]] and [[Intel PRO/Wireless 4965AGN Mini-PCI Express Adapter| Intel 4965AGN network adapter]].

An automatic migration will occur when upgrading from [[Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) on a ThinkPad T61|Ubuntu 7.10]] to Ubuntu 8.04. However, there is a caveat to be aware of:
* The new driver wants to name the interface wlan0 (by default -- you can rename it to anything you want), and requires a different entry in {{path|/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules}}, which handles the naming of interfaces. Simply edit this file and delete your old entry for the ipw3945 driver, then unload/reload the new driver, or simply reboot. A new entry will automatically be created that is appropriate for the new driver. Here's an example of the lines to delete:
<pre>
# PCI device 0x8086:0x4227 (ipw3945)
SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTRS{address}=="00:1b:77:a4:0e:2f", NAME="eth1"
</pre>

If you need to perform a manual migration, the Ubuntu Help Community has written some [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/iwlwifi_Intel_3945_4965/gutsy documentation] that will make this very easy to do.

=== Compiz and XV Playback on Intel GM965/GL960 ===

With Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) you currently have to choose between using Compiz and working video playback using XV. On 8.04 (Hardy Heron) alpha 5 you can play videos using XV under compiz, it works right out of the box using the Live-CD.

=== Suspend with Nv140m ===
Suspend may not work even after editing acpi-support. Enable bluetooth (Fn+F5) may result in a successful suspend. NOTE: that although the wifi led does not change when Fn+F5 is used, the wifi is still toggled by this key.

'''Hal "S3 BIOS" parameter issue!'''

After doing the changes to the /etc/default/acpi-support file (described [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_Ubuntu_7.10_(Gutsy_Gibbon)_on_a_ThinkPad_T61#How_to_Suspend_with_nVidia_140m.2F570m here]), I for one, managed to have '''stable''' suspend support by creating a new file called: '''/etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi''' with the following contents:
<pre>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<match key="system.hardware.vendor" string="LENOVO">
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_bios" type="bool">false</merge>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
</pre>
{{NOTE|The problem (after reading the HAL and pm-utils documentations) is the fact that (as far as I can tell) the T61 Lenovo doesn't allow the S3 BIOS to be called *during* suspend/resume, which HAL seems to do by default (who knows, maybe there are T61s out there that do work with this default)!

This did not seem to be necessary for previous versions of Ubuntu. Also note that I have an NVIDIA card so I have no idea what to do for Intel versions.The change should also be resistant to HAL and pm-utils upgrades.}}

'''Still no suspend with nvs140m? Got Modell 6460?'''

Fix above didn't work for me on a 15.4 wide T61 Modell 6460 with nv140m. Bios is updated to 2.14 but didn't change anything, except the usb bug is fix. Suspend seems to work fine, but resume gives me a black screen (backlight off - no reaction to brightness up) and I can hear 2 beeps. Most of the time I can reboot with ctrl+alt+delete but the screen stays dark until bios.

follow the instructions above but create the new file called: '''/etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi''' with the following contents instead:
<pre>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<match key="system.hardware.vendor" string="LENOVO">
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_mode" type="bool">true</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_bios" type="bool">false</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.save_pci" type="bool">true</merge>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
</pre>

Also you want to set the following parameter in

{{path|/etc/default/acpi-support}}
<pre>
SAVE_VIDEO_PCI_STATE=true
</pre>

{{NOTE|This works for me with mode 6460, except for one problem: You may get a white screen in xorg after resume when using compiz. If you don't have a 6460 with nvidia this file may break things for you because it doesn't care about the modell and sets the parameter for any lenovo product}}
{{HELP|Anyone with more knowledge of hal and acpi-support is welcome to clean this up. I also don't know why this setting can be done via hal and in acpi-support}}

[[Category: T61]]

=== TrackPoint ===
The [[TrackPoint]] works out of the box, but does not scroll. To enable using the middle mouse button to scroll, replace the "Configured Mouse" section in
{{path|/etc/X11/xorg.conf}} with the following:
<pre>
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Trackpoint"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "EmulateWheel" "true"
Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2"
EndSection
</pre>

=== Audio ===

Works great out of the box, just the microphone has to be activated, it is considered a generic capture source and is muted by default.

To unmute the microphone:

*Right Click on the volume icon next to the clock and click on "Open Volume Control"

*Click Edit -> Preferences. A list of devices will be displayed, you should check the following (Do not uncheck any existing items):

Input Source
Capture

*Click Close and there should be two additional tabs "Recording" and "Options". -

*Click Recording and click on the microphone under the Capture slider so that it no longer has a red line through it, and put the slider up as it may be deactivated.

*Click Options and under capture source select internal mic.

To test your mic using Sound Recorder select Capture as the sound source.

This solution has been tested with Sound Recorder and Skype.

To get the volume controls working:

*add the following line to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base, then reboot

options snd-hda-intel index=0 model=thinkpad

=== Multimedia Keys ===

Most Multimedia Keys work out of the box, just the play, forward and stop buttons need to be adjusted, therefore, press alt + F2 and type in gnome-keybinding-properties. Then everything works as followed:

* 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 >>does not work on all machines<<
* Fn-F4 suspends (to ram)
* Fn-F9 ejects cds
* Fn-F12 hibernates (to disk)
* PrtSc opens the screenshot dialog

=== WiFi LED ===

To active WiFi LED, install backported IWL4965 driver

sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-hardy

{{NOTE|On some machines, (at least one running IWL3965) applying the above turns on the LED permanently. It should flicker as data is being transmitted. Also, with the above modification, after turning off wireless and then turning it back on (via the switch on the front of the machine) wireless is not reactivated. Implementing the patch discussed [[#Wireless_activity_LED|below]] may yield you better results.}}

== Items that don't work (a.k.a.: items that need more intense tweaking to get fixed)==

=== Wireless activity LED ===

The LED is not implemented at least in the IWL4965 driver.

patch posted in this [http://bughost.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1209 thread] works for me on R61 with IWL4965 card.

{{HELP|A howto is needed showing the process of implementing the patch in Hardy Heron. If anyone knows how to do this, please create a quick howto and either put it here or link to it from this page. Please and thank you.}}

See [[#WiFi_LED|above]] for the package containing the fixed driver.

=== Hidden SSID ===
It has been reported that users wanting to access Hidden SSIDs have to enter the SSID and password manually in Network Manager to connect. Even after the SSID is saved in Network Manager, it will not reconnect automatically. The user has to connect manually by entering the information as previously described. Please post any fixes here.

[[Category: Ubuntu 8.04]]

Installing Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) on a ThinkPad T61

2008-05-05T05:59:14Z

EarloftheWest: /* Items that don't work */

== Items that work out of the box ==

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

'''Wireless:''' Intel cards tested.

'''Wireless WAN:''' Cingular/AT&T card tested.

'''Network Card''' Intel 10/100/1000 tested

'''Wireless switch''' tested

'''Webcam''' tested with cheese and skype.

'''Headphones''' out of the box

'''Microphone''' just needs to be activated, see section [[#Audio|below]]

'''Keyboard Shortcuts:''' most work out of the box, some need to be activated, see section [[#Multimedia_Keys|below]]

== Items that may need (some) tweaking to obtain full functionality ==

=== Open Source Intel Wifi Driver ===
Intel has created a new Linux Wifi driver project for Intel Wireless cards, "[[Iwlwifi]]". This driver is Open Source and no longer requires the Intel daemon to run in addition. This project will support the [[:Category:T61 | T61]]'s Wifi [[Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Mini-PCI Express Adapter | Intel 3945ABG network adapter]] and [[Intel PRO/Wireless 4965AGN Mini-PCI Express Adapter| Intel 4965AGN network adapter]].

An automatic migration will occur when upgrading from [[Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) on a ThinkPad T61|Ubuntu 7.10]] to Ubuntu 8.04. However, there is a caveat to be aware of:
* The new driver wants to name the interface wlan0 (by default -- you can rename it to anything you want), and requires a different entry in {{path|/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules}}, which handles the naming of interfaces. Simply edit this file and delete your old entry for the ipw3945 driver, then unload/reload the new driver, or simply reboot. A new entry will automatically be created that is appropriate for the new driver. Here's an example of the lines to delete:
<pre>
# PCI device 0x8086:0x4227 (ipw3945)
SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTRS{address}=="00:1b:77:a4:0e:2f", NAME="eth1"
</pre>

If you need to perform a manual migration, the Ubuntu Help Community has written some [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/iwlwifi_Intel_3945_4965/gutsy documentation] that will make this very easy to do.

=== Compiz and XV Playback on Intel GM965/GL960 ===

With Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) you currently have to choose between using Compiz and working video playback using XV. On 8.04 (Hardy Heron) alpha 5 you can play videos using XV under compiz, it works right out of the box using the Live-CD.

=== Suspend with Nv140m ===
Suspend may not work even after editing acpi-support. Enable bluetooth (Fn+F5) may result in a successful suspend. NOTE: that although the wifi led does not change when Fn+F5 is used, the wifi is still toggled by this key.

'''Hal "S3 BIOS" parameter issue!'''

After doing the changes to the /etc/default/acpi-support file (described [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_Ubuntu_7.10_(Gutsy_Gibbon)_on_a_ThinkPad_T61#How_to_Suspend_with_nVidia_140m.2F570m here]), I for one, managed to have '''stable''' suspend support by creating a new file called: '''/etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi''' with the following contents:
<pre>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<match key="system.hardware.vendor" string="LENOVO">
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_bios" type="bool">false</merge>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
</pre>
{{NOTE|The problem (after reading the HAL and pm-utils documentations) is the fact that (as far as I can tell) the T61 Lenovo doesn't allow the S3 BIOS to be called *during* suspend/resume, which HAL seems to do by default (who knows, maybe there are T61s out there that do work with this default)!

This did not seem to be necessary for previous versions of Ubuntu. Also note that I have an NVIDIA card so I have no idea what to do for Intel versions.The change should also be resistant to HAL and pm-utils upgrades.}}

'''Still no suspend with nvs140m? Got Modell 6460?'''

Fix above didn't work for me on a 15.4 wide T61 Modell 6460 with nv140m. Bios is updated to 2.14 but didn't change anything, except the usb bug is fix. Suspend seems to work fine, but resume gives me a black screen (backlight off - no reaction to brightness up) and I can hear 2 beeps. Most of the time I can reboot with ctrl+alt+delete but the screen stays dark until bios.

follow the instructions above but create the new file called: '''/etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi''' with the following contents instead:
<pre>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<match key="system.hardware.vendor" string="LENOVO">
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_mode" type="bool">true</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_bios" type="bool">false</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.save_pci" type="bool">true</merge>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
</pre>

Also you want to set the following parameter in

{{path|/etc/default/acpi-support}}
<pre>
SAVE_VIDEO_PCI_STATE=true
</pre>

{{NOTE|This works for me with mode 6460, except for one problem: You may get a white screen in xorg after resume when using compiz. If you don't have a 6460 with nvidia this file may break things for you because it doesn't care about the modell and sets the parameter for any lenovo product}}
{{HELP|Anyone with more knowledge of hal and acpi-support is welcome to clean this up. I also don't know why this setting can be done via hal and in acpi-support}}

[[Category: T61]]

=== TrackPoint ===
The [[TrackPoint]] works out of the box, but does not scroll. To enable using the middle mouse button to scroll, replace the "Configured Mouse" section in
{{path|/etc/X11/xorg.conf}} with the following:
<pre>
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Trackpoint"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "EmulateWheel" "true"
Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2"
EndSection
</pre>

=== Audio ===

Works great out of the box, just the microphone has to be activated, it is considered a generic capture source and is muted by default.

To unmute the microphone:

*Right Click on the volume icon next to the clock and click on "Open Volume Control"

*Click Edit -> Preferences. A list of devices will be displayed, you should check the following (Do not uncheck any existing items):

Input Source
Capture

*Click Close and there should be two additional tabs "Recording" and "Options". -

*Click Recording and click on the microphone under the Capture slider so that it no longer has a red line through it, and put the slider up as it may be deactivated.

*Click Options and under capture source select internal mic.

To test your mic using Sound Recorder select Capture as the sound source.

This solution has been tested with Sound Recorder and Skype.

To get the volume controls working:

*add the following line to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base, then reboot

options snd-hda-intel index=0 model=thinkpad

=== Multimedia Keys ===

Most Multimedia Keys work out of the box, just the play, forward and stop buttons need to be adjusted, therefore, press alt + F2 and type in gnome-keybinding-properties. Then everything works as followed:

* 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 >>does not work on all machines<<
* Fn-F4 suspends (to ram)
* Fn-F9 ejects cds
* Fn-F12 hibernates (to disk)
* PrtSc opens the screenshot dialog

=== WiFi LED ===

To active WiFi LED, install backported IWL4965 driver

sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-hardy

{{NOTE|On some machines, (at least one running IWL3965) applying the above turns on the LED permanently. It should flicker as data is being transmitted. Also, with the above modification, after turning off wireless and then turning it back on (via the switch on the front of the machine) wireless is not reactivated. Implementing the patch discussed [[#Wireless_activity_LED|below]] may yield you better results.}}

== Items that don't work (a.k.a. Items that need more intense tweaking to get fixed)==

=== Wireless activity LED ===

The LED is not implemented at least in the IWL4965 driver.

patch posted in this [http://bughost.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1209 thread] works for me on R61 with IWL4965 card.

{{HELP|A howto is needed showing the process of implementing the patch in Hardy Heron. If anyone knows how to do this, please create a quick howto and either put it here or link to it from this page. Please and thank you.}}

See [[#WiFi_LED|above]] for the package containing the fixed driver.

=== Hidden SSID ===
It has been reported that users wanting to access Hidden SSIDs have to enter the SSID and password manually in Network Manager to connect. Even after the SSID is saved in Network Manager, it will not reconnect automatically. The user has to connect manually by entering the information as previously described. Please post any fixes here.

[[Category: Ubuntu 8.04]]

Installing Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) on a ThinkPad T61

2008-05-05T05:58:30Z

EarloftheWest: /* Items that may need tweaking to obtain full functionality */

== Items that work out of the box ==

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

'''Wireless:''' Intel cards tested.

'''Wireless WAN:''' Cingular/AT&T card tested.

'''Network Card''' Intel 10/100/1000 tested

'''Wireless switch''' tested

'''Webcam''' tested with cheese and skype.

'''Headphones''' out of the box

'''Microphone''' just needs to be activated, see section [[#Audio|below]]

'''Keyboard Shortcuts:''' most work out of the box, some need to be activated, see section [[#Multimedia_Keys|below]]

== Items that may need (some) tweaking to obtain full functionality ==

=== Open Source Intel Wifi Driver ===
Intel has created a new Linux Wifi driver project for Intel Wireless cards, "[[Iwlwifi]]". This driver is Open Source and no longer requires the Intel daemon to run in addition. This project will support the [[:Category:T61 | T61]]'s Wifi [[Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Mini-PCI Express Adapter | Intel 3945ABG network adapter]] and [[Intel PRO/Wireless 4965AGN Mini-PCI Express Adapter| Intel 4965AGN network adapter]].

An automatic migration will occur when upgrading from [[Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) on a ThinkPad T61|Ubuntu 7.10]] to Ubuntu 8.04. However, there is a caveat to be aware of:
* The new driver wants to name the interface wlan0 (by default -- you can rename it to anything you want), and requires a different entry in {{path|/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules}}, which handles the naming of interfaces. Simply edit this file and delete your old entry for the ipw3945 driver, then unload/reload the new driver, or simply reboot. A new entry will automatically be created that is appropriate for the new driver. Here's an example of the lines to delete:
<pre>
# PCI device 0x8086:0x4227 (ipw3945)
SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTRS{address}=="00:1b:77:a4:0e:2f", NAME="eth1"
</pre>

If you need to perform a manual migration, the Ubuntu Help Community has written some [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/iwlwifi_Intel_3945_4965/gutsy documentation] that will make this very easy to do.

=== Compiz and XV Playback on Intel GM965/GL960 ===

With Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) you currently have to choose between using Compiz and working video playback using XV. On 8.04 (Hardy Heron) alpha 5 you can play videos using XV under compiz, it works right out of the box using the Live-CD.

=== Suspend with Nv140m ===
Suspend may not work even after editing acpi-support. Enable bluetooth (Fn+F5) may result in a successful suspend. NOTE: that although the wifi led does not change when Fn+F5 is used, the wifi is still toggled by this key.

'''Hal "S3 BIOS" parameter issue!'''

After doing the changes to the /etc/default/acpi-support file (described [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_Ubuntu_7.10_(Gutsy_Gibbon)_on_a_ThinkPad_T61#How_to_Suspend_with_nVidia_140m.2F570m here]), I for one, managed to have '''stable''' suspend support by creating a new file called: '''/etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi''' with the following contents:
<pre>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<match key="system.hardware.vendor" string="LENOVO">
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_bios" type="bool">false</merge>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
</pre>
{{NOTE|The problem (after reading the HAL and pm-utils documentations) is the fact that (as far as I can tell) the T61 Lenovo doesn't allow the S3 BIOS to be called *during* suspend/resume, which HAL seems to do by default (who knows, maybe there are T61s out there that do work with this default)!

This did not seem to be necessary for previous versions of Ubuntu. Also note that I have an NVIDIA card so I have no idea what to do for Intel versions.The change should also be resistant to HAL and pm-utils upgrades.}}

'''Still no suspend with nvs140m? Got Modell 6460?'''

Fix above didn't work for me on a 15.4 wide T61 Modell 6460 with nv140m. Bios is updated to 2.14 but didn't change anything, except the usb bug is fix. Suspend seems to work fine, but resume gives me a black screen (backlight off - no reaction to brightness up) and I can hear 2 beeps. Most of the time I can reboot with ctrl+alt+delete but the screen stays dark until bios.

follow the instructions above but create the new file called: '''/etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi''' with the following contents instead:
<pre>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<match key="system.hardware.vendor" string="LENOVO">
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_mode" type="bool">true</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_bios" type="bool">false</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.save_pci" type="bool">true</merge>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
</pre>

Also you want to set the following parameter in

{{path|/etc/default/acpi-support}}
<pre>
SAVE_VIDEO_PCI_STATE=true
</pre>

{{NOTE|This works for me with mode 6460, except for one problem: You may get a white screen in xorg after resume when using compiz. If you don't have a 6460 with nvidia this file may break things for you because it doesn't care about the modell and sets the parameter for any lenovo product}}
{{HELP|Anyone with more knowledge of hal and acpi-support is welcome to clean this up. I also don't know why this setting can be done via hal and in acpi-support}}

[[Category: T61]]

=== TrackPoint ===
The [[TrackPoint]] works out of the box, but does not scroll. To enable using the middle mouse button to scroll, replace the "Configured Mouse" section in
{{path|/etc/X11/xorg.conf}} with the following:
<pre>
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Trackpoint"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "EmulateWheel" "true"
Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2"
EndSection
</pre>

=== Audio ===

Works great out of the box, just the microphone has to be activated, it is considered a generic capture source and is muted by default.

To unmute the microphone:

*Right Click on the volume icon next to the clock and click on "Open Volume Control"

*Click Edit -> Preferences. A list of devices will be displayed, you should check the following (Do not uncheck any existing items):

Input Source
Capture

*Click Close and there should be two additional tabs "Recording" and "Options". -

*Click Recording and click on the microphone under the Capture slider so that it no longer has a red line through it, and put the slider up as it may be deactivated.

*Click Options and under capture source select internal mic.

To test your mic using Sound Recorder select Capture as the sound source.

This solution has been tested with Sound Recorder and Skype.

To get the volume controls working:

*add the following line to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base, then reboot

options snd-hda-intel index=0 model=thinkpad

=== Multimedia Keys ===

Most Multimedia Keys work out of the box, just the play, forward and stop buttons need to be adjusted, therefore, press alt + F2 and type in gnome-keybinding-properties. Then everything works as followed:

* 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 >>does not work on all machines<<
* Fn-F4 suspends (to ram)
* Fn-F9 ejects cds
* Fn-F12 hibernates (to disk)
* PrtSc opens the screenshot dialog

=== WiFi LED ===

To active WiFi LED, install backported IWL4965 driver

sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-hardy

{{NOTE|On some machines, (at least one running IWL3965) applying the above turns on the LED permanently. It should flicker as data is being transmitted. Also, with the above modification, after turning off wireless and then turning it back on (via the switch on the front of the machine) wireless is not reactivated. Implementing the patch discussed [[#Wireless_activity_LED|below]] may yield you better results.}}

== Items that don't work ==

=== Wireless activity LED ===

The LED is not implemented at least in the IWL4965 driver.

patch posted in this [http://bughost.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1209 thread] works for me on R61 with IWL4965 card.

{{HELP|A howto is needed showing the process of implementing the patch in Hardy Heron. If anyone knows how to do this, please create a quick howto and either put it here or link to it from this page. Please and thank you.}}

See [[#WiFi_LED|above]] for the package containing the fixed driver.

=== Hidden SSID ===
It has been reported that users wanting to access Hidden SSIDs have to enter the SSID and password manually in Network Manager to connect. Even after the SSID is saved in Network Manager, it will not reconnect automatically. The user has to connect manually by entering the information as previously described. Please post any fixes here.

[[Category: Ubuntu 8.04]]

Installing Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) on a ThinkPad T61

2008-05-05T05:58:09Z

EarloftheWest:

== Items that work out of the box ==

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

'''Wireless:''' Intel cards tested.

'''Wireless WAN:''' Cingular/AT&T card tested.

'''Network Card''' Intel 10/100/1000 tested

'''Wireless switch''' tested

'''Webcam''' tested with cheese and skype.

'''Headphones''' out of the box

'''Microphone''' just needs to be activated, see section [[#Audio|below]]

'''Keyboard Shortcuts:''' most work out of the box, some need to be activated, see section [[#Multimedia_Keys|below]]

== Items that may need tweaking to obtain full functionality ==

=== Open Source Intel Wifi Driver ===
Intel has created a new Linux Wifi driver project for Intel Wireless cards, "[[Iwlwifi]]". This driver is Open Source and no longer requires the Intel daemon to run in addition. This project will support the [[:Category:T61 | T61]]'s Wifi [[Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Mini-PCI Express Adapter | Intel 3945ABG network adapter]] and [[Intel PRO/Wireless 4965AGN Mini-PCI Express Adapter| Intel 4965AGN network adapter]].

An automatic migration will occur when upgrading from [[Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) on a ThinkPad T61|Ubuntu 7.10]] to Ubuntu 8.04. However, there is a caveat to be aware of:
* The new driver wants to name the interface wlan0 (by default -- you can rename it to anything you want), and requires a different entry in {{path|/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules}}, which handles the naming of interfaces. Simply edit this file and delete your old entry for the ipw3945 driver, then unload/reload the new driver, or simply reboot. A new entry will automatically be created that is appropriate for the new driver. Here's an example of the lines to delete:
<pre>
# PCI device 0x8086:0x4227 (ipw3945)
SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTRS{address}=="00:1b:77:a4:0e:2f", NAME="eth1"
</pre>

If you need to perform a manual migration, the Ubuntu Help Community has written some [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/iwlwifi_Intel_3945_4965/gutsy documentation] that will make this very easy to do.

=== Compiz and XV Playback on Intel GM965/GL960 ===

With Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) you currently have to choose between using Compiz and working video playback using XV. On 8.04 (Hardy Heron) alpha 5 you can play videos using XV under compiz, it works right out of the box using the Live-CD.

=== Suspend with Nv140m ===
Suspend may not work even after editing acpi-support. Enable bluetooth (Fn+F5) may result in a successful suspend. NOTE: that although the wifi led does not change when Fn+F5 is used, the wifi is still toggled by this key.

'''Hal "S3 BIOS" parameter issue!'''

After doing the changes to the /etc/default/acpi-support file (described [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_Ubuntu_7.10_(Gutsy_Gibbon)_on_a_ThinkPad_T61#How_to_Suspend_with_nVidia_140m.2F570m here]), I for one, managed to have '''stable''' suspend support by creating a new file called: '''/etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi''' with the following contents:
<pre>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<match key="system.hardware.vendor" string="LENOVO">
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_bios" type="bool">false</merge>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
</pre>
{{NOTE|The problem (after reading the HAL and pm-utils documentations) is the fact that (as far as I can tell) the T61 Lenovo doesn't allow the S3 BIOS to be called *during* suspend/resume, which HAL seems to do by default (who knows, maybe there are T61s out there that do work with this default)!

This did not seem to be necessary for previous versions of Ubuntu. Also note that I have an NVIDIA card so I have no idea what to do for Intel versions.The change should also be resistant to HAL and pm-utils upgrades.}}

'''Still no suspend with nvs140m? Got Modell 6460?'''

Fix above didn't work for me on a 15.4 wide T61 Modell 6460 with nv140m. Bios is updated to 2.14 but didn't change anything, except the usb bug is fix. Suspend seems to work fine, but resume gives me a black screen (backlight off - no reaction to brightness up) and I can hear 2 beeps. Most of the time I can reboot with ctrl+alt+delete but the screen stays dark until bios.

follow the instructions above but create the new file called: '''/etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi''' with the following contents instead:
<pre>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<match key="system.hardware.vendor" string="LENOVO">
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_mode" type="bool">true</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_bios" type="bool">false</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.save_pci" type="bool">true</merge>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
</pre>

Also you want to set the following parameter in

{{path|/etc/default/acpi-support}}
<pre>
SAVE_VIDEO_PCI_STATE=true
</pre>

{{NOTE|This works for me with mode 6460, except for one problem: You may get a white screen in xorg after resume when using compiz. If you don't have a 6460 with nvidia this file may break things for you because it doesn't care about the modell and sets the parameter for any lenovo product}}
{{HELP|Anyone with more knowledge of hal and acpi-support is welcome to clean this up. I also don't know why this setting can be done via hal and in acpi-support}}

[[Category: T61]]

=== TrackPoint ===
The [[TrackPoint]] works out of the box, but does not scroll. To enable using the middle mouse button to scroll, replace the "Configured Mouse" section in
{{path|/etc/X11/xorg.conf}} with the following:
<pre>
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Trackpoint"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "EmulateWheel" "true"
Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2"
EndSection
</pre>

=== Audio ===

Works great out of the box, just the microphone has to be activated, it is considered a generic capture source and is muted by default.

To unmute the microphone:

*Right Click on the volume icon next to the clock and click on "Open Volume Control"

*Click Edit -> Preferences. A list of devices will be displayed, you should check the following (Do not uncheck any existing items):

Input Source
Capture

*Click Close and there should be two additional tabs "Recording" and "Options". -

*Click Recording and click on the microphone under the Capture slider so that it no longer has a red line through it, and put the slider up as it may be deactivated.

*Click Options and under capture source select internal mic.

To test your mic using Sound Recorder select Capture as the sound source.

This solution has been tested with Sound Recorder and Skype.

To get the volume controls working:

*add the following line to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base, then reboot

options snd-hda-intel index=0 model=thinkpad

=== Multimedia Keys ===

Most Multimedia Keys work out of the box, just the play, forward and stop buttons need to be adjusted, therefore, press alt + F2 and type in gnome-keybinding-properties. Then everything works as followed:

* 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 >>does not work on all machines<<
* Fn-F4 suspends (to ram)
* Fn-F9 ejects cds
* Fn-F12 hibernates (to disk)
* PrtSc opens the screenshot dialog

=== WiFi LED ===

To active WiFi LED, install backported IWL4965 driver

sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-hardy

{{NOTE|On some machines, (at least one running IWL3965) applying the above turns on the LED permanently. It should flicker as data is being transmitted. Also, with the above modification, after turning off wireless and then turning it back on (via the switch on the front of the machine) wireless is not reactivated. Implementing the patch discussed [[#Wireless_activity_LED|below]] may yield you better results.}}

== Items that don't work ==

=== Wireless activity LED ===

The LED is not implemented at least in the IWL4965 driver.

patch posted in this [http://bughost.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1209 thread] works for me on R61 with IWL4965 card.

{{HELP|A howto is needed showing the process of implementing the patch in Hardy Heron. If anyone knows how to do this, please create a quick howto and either put it here or link to it from this page. Please and thank you.}}

See [[#WiFi_LED|above]] for the package containing the fixed driver.

=== Hidden SSID ===
It has been reported that users wanting to access Hidden SSIDs have to enter the SSID and password manually in Network Manager to connect. Even after the SSID is saved in Network Manager, it will not reconnect automatically. The user has to connect manually by entering the information as previously described. Please post any fixes here.

[[Category: Ubuntu 8.04]]

Installing Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) on a ThinkPad T61

2008-05-05T05:49:26Z

EarloftheWest: /* WiFi LED */

== Features ==
=== Open Source Intel Wifi Driver ===
Intel has created a new Linux Wifi driver project for Intel Wireless cards, "[[Iwlwifi]]". This driver is Open Source and no longer requires the Intel daemon to run in addition. This project will support the [[:Category:T61 | T61]]'s Wifi [[Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Mini-PCI Express Adapter | Intel 3945ABG network adapter]] and [[Intel PRO/Wireless 4965AGN Mini-PCI Express Adapter| Intel 4965AGN network adapter]].

An automatic migration will occur when upgrading from [[Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) on a ThinkPad T61|Ubuntu 7.10]] to Ubuntu 8.04. However, there is a caveat to be aware of:
* The new driver wants to name the interface wlan0 (by default -- you can rename it to anything you want), and requires a different entry in {{path|/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules}}, which handles the naming of interfaces. Simply edit this file and delete your old entry for the ipw3945 driver, then unload/reload the new driver, or simply reboot. A new entry will automatically be created that is appropriate for the new driver. Here's an example of the lines to delete:
<pre>
# PCI device 0x8086:0x4227 (ipw3945)
SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTRS{address}=="00:1b:77:a4:0e:2f", NAME="eth1"
</pre>

If you need to perform a manual migration, the Ubuntu Help Community has written some [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/iwlwifi_Intel_3945_4965/gutsy documentation] that will make this very easy to do.

=== Compiz and XV Playback on Intel GM965/GL960 ===

With Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) you currently have to choose between using Compiz and working video playback using XV. On 8.04 (Hardy Heron) alpha 5 you can play videos using XV under compiz, it works right out of the box using the Live-CD.

=== Suspend with Nv140m ===
Suspend may not work even after editing acpi-support. Enable bluetooth (Fn+F5) may result in a successful suspend. NOTE: that although the wifi led does not change when Fn+F5 is used, the wifi is still toggled by this key.

'''Hal "S3 BIOS" parameter issue!'''

After doing the changes to the /etc/default/acpi-support file (described [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_Ubuntu_7.10_(Gutsy_Gibbon)_on_a_ThinkPad_T61#How_to_Suspend_with_nVidia_140m.2F570m here]), I for one, managed to have '''stable''' suspend support by creating a new file called: '''/etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi''' with the following contents:
<pre>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<match key="system.hardware.vendor" string="LENOVO">
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_bios" type="bool">false</merge>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
</pre>
{{NOTE|The problem (after reading the HAL and pm-utils documentations) is the fact that (as far as I can tell) the T61 Lenovo doesn't allow the S3 BIOS to be called *during* suspend/resume, which HAL seems to do by default (who knows, maybe there are T61s out there that do work with this default)!

This did not seem to be necessary for previous versions of Ubuntu. Also note that I have an NVIDIA card so I have no idea what to do for Intel versions.The change should also be resistant to HAL and pm-utils upgrades.}}

'''Still no suspend with nvs140m? Got Modell 6460?'''

Fix above didn't work for me on a 15.4 wide T61 Modell 6460 with nv140m. Bios is updated to 2.14 but didn't change anything, except the usb bug is fix. Suspend seems to work fine, but resume gives me a black screen (backlight off - no reaction to brightness up) and I can hear 2 beeps. Most of the time I can reboot with ctrl+alt+delete but the screen stays dark until bios.

follow the instructions above but create the new file called: '''/etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi''' with the following contents instead:
<pre>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<match key="system.hardware.vendor" string="LENOVO">
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_mode" type="bool">true</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_bios" type="bool">false</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.save_pci" type="bool">true</merge>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
</pre>

Also you want to set the following parameter in

{{path|/etc/default/acpi-support}}
<pre>
SAVE_VIDEO_PCI_STATE=true
</pre>

{{NOTE|This works for me with mode 6460, except for one problem: You may get a white screen in xorg after resume when using compiz. If you don't have a 6460 with nvidia this file may break things for you because it doesn't care about the modell and sets the parameter for any lenovo product}}
{{HELP|Anyone with more knowledge of hal and acpi-support is welcome to clean this up. I also don't know why this setting can be done via hal and in acpi-support}}

[[Category: T61]]

=== TrackPoint ===
The [[TrackPoint]] works out of the box, but does not scroll. To enable using the middle mouse button to scroll, replace the "Configured Mouse" section in
{{path|/etc/X11/xorg.conf}} with the following:
<pre>
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Trackpoint"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "EmulateWheel" "true"
Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2"
EndSection
</pre>

=== Audio ===

Works great out of the box, just the microphone has to be activated, it is considered a generic capture source and is muted by default.

To unmute the microphone:

*Right Click on the volume icon next to the clock and click on "Open Volume Control"

*Click Edit -> Preferences. A list of devices will be displayed, you should check the following (Do not uncheck any existing items):

Input Source
Capture

*Click Close and there should be two additional tabs "Recording" and "Options". -

*Click Recording and click on the microphone under the Capture slider so that it no longer has a red line through it, and put the slider up as it may be deactivated.

*Click Options and under capture source select internal mic.

To test your mic using Sound Recorder select Capture as the sound source.

This solution has been tested with Sound Recorder and Skype.

To get the volume controls working:

*add the following line to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base, then reboot

options snd-hda-intel index=0 model=thinkpad

=== Multimedia Keys ===

Most Multimedia Keys work out of the box, just the play, forward and stop buttons need to be adjusted, therefore, press alt + F2 and type in gnome-keybinding-properties. Then everything works as followed:

* 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 >>does not work on all machines<<
* Fn-F4 suspends (to ram)
* Fn-F9 ejects cds
* Fn-F12 hibernates (to disk)
* PrtSc opens the screenshot dialog

=== WiFi LED ===

To active WiFi LED, install backported IWL4965 driver

sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-hardy

{{NOTE|On some machines, (at least one running IWL3965) applying the above turns on the LED permanently. It should flicker as data is being transmitted. Also, with the above modification, after turning off wireless and then turning it back on (via the switch on the front of the machine) wireless is not reactivated. Implementing the patch discussed [[#Wireless_activity_LED|below]] may yield you better results.}}

== Items that work out of the box ==

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

'''Wireless:''' Intel cards tested.

'''Wireless WAN:''' Cingular/AT&T card tested.

'''Network Card''' Intel 10/100/1000 tested

'''Wireless switch''' tested

'''Webcam''' tested with cheese and skype.

'''Headphones''' out of the box

'''Microphone''' just needs to be activated, see section above

'''Keyboard Shortcuts:''' most work out of the box, some need to be activated, see section above

== Items that don't work ==

=== Wireless activity LED ===

The LED is not implemented at least in the IWL4965 driver.

patch posted in this [http://bughost.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1209 thread] works for me on R61 with IWL4965 card.

{{HELP|A howto is needed showing the process of implementing the patch in Hardy Heron. If anyone knows how to do this, please create a quick howto and either put it here or link to it from this page. Please and thank you.}}

See [[#WiFi_LED|above]] for the package containing the fixed driver.

=== Hidden SSID ===
It has been reported that users wanting to access Hidden SSIDs have to enter the SSID and password manually in Network Manager to connect. Even after the SSID is saved in Network Manager, it will not reconnect automatically. The user has to connect manually by entering the information as previously described. Please post any fixes here.

[[Category: Ubuntu 8.04]]

Installing Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) on a ThinkPad T61

2008-05-05T05:48:40Z

EarloftheWest: /* WiFi LED */

== Features ==
=== Open Source Intel Wifi Driver ===
Intel has created a new Linux Wifi driver project for Intel Wireless cards, "[[Iwlwifi]]". This driver is Open Source and no longer requires the Intel daemon to run in addition. This project will support the [[:Category:T61 | T61]]'s Wifi [[Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Mini-PCI Express Adapter | Intel 3945ABG network adapter]] and [[Intel PRO/Wireless 4965AGN Mini-PCI Express Adapter| Intel 4965AGN network adapter]].

An automatic migration will occur when upgrading from [[Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) on a ThinkPad T61|Ubuntu 7.10]] to Ubuntu 8.04. However, there is a caveat to be aware of:
* The new driver wants to name the interface wlan0 (by default -- you can rename it to anything you want), and requires a different entry in {{path|/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules}}, which handles the naming of interfaces. Simply edit this file and delete your old entry for the ipw3945 driver, then unload/reload the new driver, or simply reboot. A new entry will automatically be created that is appropriate for the new driver. Here's an example of the lines to delete:
<pre>
# PCI device 0x8086:0x4227 (ipw3945)
SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTRS{address}=="00:1b:77:a4:0e:2f", NAME="eth1"
</pre>

If you need to perform a manual migration, the Ubuntu Help Community has written some [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/iwlwifi_Intel_3945_4965/gutsy documentation] that will make this very easy to do.

=== Compiz and XV Playback on Intel GM965/GL960 ===

With Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) you currently have to choose between using Compiz and working video playback using XV. On 8.04 (Hardy Heron) alpha 5 you can play videos using XV under compiz, it works right out of the box using the Live-CD.

=== Suspend with Nv140m ===
Suspend may not work even after editing acpi-support. Enable bluetooth (Fn+F5) may result in a successful suspend. NOTE: that although the wifi led does not change when Fn+F5 is used, the wifi is still toggled by this key.

'''Hal "S3 BIOS" parameter issue!'''

After doing the changes to the /etc/default/acpi-support file (described [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_Ubuntu_7.10_(Gutsy_Gibbon)_on_a_ThinkPad_T61#How_to_Suspend_with_nVidia_140m.2F570m here]), I for one, managed to have '''stable''' suspend support by creating a new file called: '''/etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi''' with the following contents:
<pre>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<match key="system.hardware.vendor" string="LENOVO">
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_bios" type="bool">false</merge>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
</pre>
{{NOTE|The problem (after reading the HAL and pm-utils documentations) is the fact that (as far as I can tell) the T61 Lenovo doesn't allow the S3 BIOS to be called *during* suspend/resume, which HAL seems to do by default (who knows, maybe there are T61s out there that do work with this default)!

This did not seem to be necessary for previous versions of Ubuntu. Also note that I have an NVIDIA card so I have no idea what to do for Intel versions.The change should also be resistant to HAL and pm-utils upgrades.}}

'''Still no suspend with nvs140m? Got Modell 6460?'''

Fix above didn't work for me on a 15.4 wide T61 Modell 6460 with nv140m. Bios is updated to 2.14 but didn't change anything, except the usb bug is fix. Suspend seems to work fine, but resume gives me a black screen (backlight off - no reaction to brightness up) and I can hear 2 beeps. Most of the time I can reboot with ctrl+alt+delete but the screen stays dark until bios.

follow the instructions above but create the new file called: '''/etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi''' with the following contents instead:
<pre>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<match key="system.hardware.vendor" string="LENOVO">
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_mode" type="bool">true</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_bios" type="bool">false</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.save_pci" type="bool">true</merge>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
</pre>

Also you want to set the following parameter in

{{path|/etc/default/acpi-support}}
<pre>
SAVE_VIDEO_PCI_STATE=true
</pre>

{{NOTE|This works for me with mode 6460, except for one problem: You may get a white screen in xorg after resume when using compiz. If you don't have a 6460 with nvidia this file may break things for you because it doesn't care about the modell and sets the parameter for any lenovo product}}
{{HELP|Anyone with more knowledge of hal and acpi-support is welcome to clean this up. I also don't know why this setting can be done via hal and in acpi-support}}

[[Category: T61]]

=== TrackPoint ===
The [[TrackPoint]] works out of the box, but does not scroll. To enable using the middle mouse button to scroll, replace the "Configured Mouse" section in
{{path|/etc/X11/xorg.conf}} with the following:
<pre>
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Trackpoint"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "EmulateWheel" "true"
Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2"
EndSection
</pre>

=== Audio ===

Works great out of the box, just the microphone has to be activated, it is considered a generic capture source and is muted by default.

To unmute the microphone:

*Right Click on the volume icon next to the clock and click on "Open Volume Control"

*Click Edit -> Preferences. A list of devices will be displayed, you should check the following (Do not uncheck any existing items):

Input Source
Capture

*Click Close and there should be two additional tabs "Recording" and "Options". -

*Click Recording and click on the microphone under the Capture slider so that it no longer has a red line through it, and put the slider up as it may be deactivated.

*Click Options and under capture source select internal mic.

To test your mic using Sound Recorder select Capture as the sound source.

This solution has been tested with Sound Recorder and Skype.

To get the volume controls working:

*add the following line to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base, then reboot

options snd-hda-intel index=0 model=thinkpad

=== Multimedia Keys ===

Most Multimedia Keys work out of the box, just the play, forward and stop buttons need to be adjusted, therefore, press alt + F2 and type in gnome-keybinding-properties. Then everything works as followed:

* 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 >>does not work on all machines<<
* Fn-F4 suspends (to ram)
* Fn-F9 ejects cds
* Fn-F12 hibernates (to disk)
* PrtSc opens the screenshot dialog

=== WiFi LED ===

To active WiFi LED, install backported IWL4965 driver

sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-hardy

{{NOTE|On some machines, (at least one running IWL3965) applying the above turns on the LED permanently. It should flicker as data is being transmitted. Also, with the above modification, after turning off wireless and then turning it back on (via the switch on the front of the machine) wireless is not reactivated. Implementing the patch discussed [[# Wireless_activity_LED|below]] may yield you better results.}}

== Items that work out of the box ==

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

'''Wireless:''' Intel cards tested.

'''Wireless WAN:''' Cingular/AT&T card tested.

'''Network Card''' Intel 10/100/1000 tested

'''Wireless switch''' tested

'''Webcam''' tested with cheese and skype.

'''Headphones''' out of the box

'''Microphone''' just needs to be activated, see section above

'''Keyboard Shortcuts:''' most work out of the box, some need to be activated, see section above

== Items that don't work ==

=== Wireless activity LED ===

The LED is not implemented at least in the IWL4965 driver.

patch posted in this [http://bughost.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1209 thread] works for me on R61 with IWL4965 card.

{{HELP|A howto is needed showing the process of implementing the patch in Hardy Heron. If anyone knows how to do this, please create a quick howto and either put it here or link to it from this page. Please and thank you.}}

See [[#WiFi_LED|above]] for the package containing the fixed driver.

=== Hidden SSID ===
It has been reported that users wanting to access Hidden SSIDs have to enter the SSID and password manually in Network Manager to connect. Even after the SSID is saved in Network Manager, it will not reconnect automatically. The user has to connect manually by entering the information as previously described. Please post any fixes here.

[[Category: Ubuntu 8.04]]

Installing Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) on a ThinkPad T61

2008-05-05T05:48:07Z

EarloftheWest: /* WiFi LED */

== Features ==
=== Open Source Intel Wifi Driver ===
Intel has created a new Linux Wifi driver project for Intel Wireless cards, "[[Iwlwifi]]". This driver is Open Source and no longer requires the Intel daemon to run in addition. This project will support the [[:Category:T61 | T61]]'s Wifi [[Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Mini-PCI Express Adapter | Intel 3945ABG network adapter]] and [[Intel PRO/Wireless 4965AGN Mini-PCI Express Adapter| Intel 4965AGN network adapter]].

An automatic migration will occur when upgrading from [[Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) on a ThinkPad T61|Ubuntu 7.10]] to Ubuntu 8.04. However, there is a caveat to be aware of:
* The new driver wants to name the interface wlan0 (by default -- you can rename it to anything you want), and requires a different entry in {{path|/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules}}, which handles the naming of interfaces. Simply edit this file and delete your old entry for the ipw3945 driver, then unload/reload the new driver, or simply reboot. A new entry will automatically be created that is appropriate for the new driver. Here's an example of the lines to delete:
<pre>
# PCI device 0x8086:0x4227 (ipw3945)
SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTRS{address}=="00:1b:77:a4:0e:2f", NAME="eth1"
</pre>

If you need to perform a manual migration, the Ubuntu Help Community has written some [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/iwlwifi_Intel_3945_4965/gutsy documentation] that will make this very easy to do.

=== Compiz and XV Playback on Intel GM965/GL960 ===

With Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) you currently have to choose between using Compiz and working video playback using XV. On 8.04 (Hardy Heron) alpha 5 you can play videos using XV under compiz, it works right out of the box using the Live-CD.

=== Suspend with Nv140m ===
Suspend may not work even after editing acpi-support. Enable bluetooth (Fn+F5) may result in a successful suspend. NOTE: that although the wifi led does not change when Fn+F5 is used, the wifi is still toggled by this key.

'''Hal "S3 BIOS" parameter issue!'''

After doing the changes to the /etc/default/acpi-support file (described [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_Ubuntu_7.10_(Gutsy_Gibbon)_on_a_ThinkPad_T61#How_to_Suspend_with_nVidia_140m.2F570m here]), I for one, managed to have '''stable''' suspend support by creating a new file called: '''/etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi''' with the following contents:
<pre>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<match key="system.hardware.vendor" string="LENOVO">
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_bios" type="bool">false</merge>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
</pre>
{{NOTE|The problem (after reading the HAL and pm-utils documentations) is the fact that (as far as I can tell) the T61 Lenovo doesn't allow the S3 BIOS to be called *during* suspend/resume, which HAL seems to do by default (who knows, maybe there are T61s out there that do work with this default)!

This did not seem to be necessary for previous versions of Ubuntu. Also note that I have an NVIDIA card so I have no idea what to do for Intel versions.The change should also be resistant to HAL and pm-utils upgrades.}}

'''Still no suspend with nvs140m? Got Modell 6460?'''

Fix above didn't work for me on a 15.4 wide T61 Modell 6460 with nv140m. Bios is updated to 2.14 but didn't change anything, except the usb bug is fix. Suspend seems to work fine, but resume gives me a black screen (backlight off - no reaction to brightness up) and I can hear 2 beeps. Most of the time I can reboot with ctrl+alt+delete but the screen stays dark until bios.

follow the instructions above but create the new file called: '''/etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi''' with the following contents instead:
<pre>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<match key="system.hardware.vendor" string="LENOVO">
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_mode" type="bool">true</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_bios" type="bool">false</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.save_pci" type="bool">true</merge>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
</pre>

Also you want to set the following parameter in

{{path|/etc/default/acpi-support}}
<pre>
SAVE_VIDEO_PCI_STATE=true
</pre>

{{NOTE|This works for me with mode 6460, except for one problem: You may get a white screen in xorg after resume when using compiz. If you don't have a 6460 with nvidia this file may break things for you because it doesn't care about the modell and sets the parameter for any lenovo product}}
{{HELP|Anyone with more knowledge of hal and acpi-support is welcome to clean this up. I also don't know why this setting can be done via hal and in acpi-support}}

[[Category: T61]]

=== TrackPoint ===
The [[TrackPoint]] works out of the box, but does not scroll. To enable using the middle mouse button to scroll, replace the "Configured Mouse" section in
{{path|/etc/X11/xorg.conf}} with the following:
<pre>
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Trackpoint"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "EmulateWheel" "true"
Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2"
EndSection
</pre>

=== Audio ===

Works great out of the box, just the microphone has to be activated, it is considered a generic capture source and is muted by default.

To unmute the microphone:

*Right Click on the volume icon next to the clock and click on "Open Volume Control"

*Click Edit -> Preferences. A list of devices will be displayed, you should check the following (Do not uncheck any existing items):

Input Source
Capture

*Click Close and there should be two additional tabs "Recording" and "Options". -

*Click Recording and click on the microphone under the Capture slider so that it no longer has a red line through it, and put the slider up as it may be deactivated.

*Click Options and under capture source select internal mic.

To test your mic using Sound Recorder select Capture as the sound source.

This solution has been tested with Sound Recorder and Skype.

To get the volume controls working:

*add the following line to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base, then reboot

options snd-hda-intel index=0 model=thinkpad

=== Multimedia Keys ===

Most Multimedia Keys work out of the box, just the play, forward and stop buttons need to be adjusted, therefore, press alt + F2 and type in gnome-keybinding-properties. Then everything works as followed:

* 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 >>does not work on all machines<<
* Fn-F4 suspends (to ram)
* Fn-F9 ejects cds
* Fn-F12 hibernates (to disk)
* PrtSc opens the screenshot dialog

=== WiFi LED ===

To active WiFi LED, install backported IWL4965 driver

sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-hardy

{{NOTE|On some machines, (at least one running IWL3965) applying the above turns on the LED permanently. It should flicker as data is being transmitted. Also, with the above modification, after turning off wireless and then turning it back on (via the switch on the front of the machine) wireless is not reactivated. Implementing the patch discussed [[# Wireless activity LED|below]] may yield you better results.}}

== Items that work out of the box ==

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

'''Wireless:''' Intel cards tested.

'''Wireless WAN:''' Cingular/AT&T card tested.

'''Network Card''' Intel 10/100/1000 tested

'''Wireless switch''' tested

'''Webcam''' tested with cheese and skype.

'''Headphones''' out of the box

'''Microphone''' just needs to be activated, see section above

'''Keyboard Shortcuts:''' most work out of the box, some need to be activated, see section above

== Items that don't work ==

=== Wireless activity LED ===

The LED is not implemented at least in the IWL4965 driver.

patch posted in this [http://bughost.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1209 thread] works for me on R61 with IWL4965 card.

{{HELP|A howto is needed showing the process of implementing the patch in Hardy Heron. If anyone knows how to do this, please create a quick howto and either put it here or link to it from this page. Please and thank you.}}

See [[#WiFi_LED|above]] for the package containing the fixed driver.

=== Hidden SSID ===
It has been reported that users wanting to access Hidden SSIDs have to enter the SSID and password manually in Network Manager to connect. Even after the SSID is saved in Network Manager, it will not reconnect automatically. The user has to connect manually by entering the information as previously described. Please post any fixes here.

[[Category: Ubuntu 8.04]]

Installing Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) on a ThinkPad T61

2008-05-05T05:47:37Z

EarloftheWest: /* WiFi LED */

== Features ==
=== Open Source Intel Wifi Driver ===
Intel has created a new Linux Wifi driver project for Intel Wireless cards, "[[Iwlwifi]]". This driver is Open Source and no longer requires the Intel daemon to run in addition. This project will support the [[:Category:T61 | T61]]'s Wifi [[Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Mini-PCI Express Adapter | Intel 3945ABG network adapter]] and [[Intel PRO/Wireless 4965AGN Mini-PCI Express Adapter| Intel 4965AGN network adapter]].

An automatic migration will occur when upgrading from [[Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) on a ThinkPad T61|Ubuntu 7.10]] to Ubuntu 8.04. However, there is a caveat to be aware of:
* The new driver wants to name the interface wlan0 (by default -- you can rename it to anything you want), and requires a different entry in {{path|/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules}}, which handles the naming of interfaces. Simply edit this file and delete your old entry for the ipw3945 driver, then unload/reload the new driver, or simply reboot. A new entry will automatically be created that is appropriate for the new driver. Here's an example of the lines to delete:
<pre>
# PCI device 0x8086:0x4227 (ipw3945)
SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTRS{address}=="00:1b:77:a4:0e:2f", NAME="eth1"
</pre>

If you need to perform a manual migration, the Ubuntu Help Community has written some [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/iwlwifi_Intel_3945_4965/gutsy documentation] that will make this very easy to do.

=== Compiz and XV Playback on Intel GM965/GL960 ===

With Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) you currently have to choose between using Compiz and working video playback using XV. On 8.04 (Hardy Heron) alpha 5 you can play videos using XV under compiz, it works right out of the box using the Live-CD.

=== Suspend with Nv140m ===
Suspend may not work even after editing acpi-support. Enable bluetooth (Fn+F5) may result in a successful suspend. NOTE: that although the wifi led does not change when Fn+F5 is used, the wifi is still toggled by this key.

'''Hal "S3 BIOS" parameter issue!'''

After doing the changes to the /etc/default/acpi-support file (described [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_Ubuntu_7.10_(Gutsy_Gibbon)_on_a_ThinkPad_T61#How_to_Suspend_with_nVidia_140m.2F570m here]), I for one, managed to have '''stable''' suspend support by creating a new file called: '''/etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi''' with the following contents:
<pre>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<match key="system.hardware.vendor" string="LENOVO">
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_bios" type="bool">false</merge>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
</pre>
{{NOTE|The problem (after reading the HAL and pm-utils documentations) is the fact that (as far as I can tell) the T61 Lenovo doesn't allow the S3 BIOS to be called *during* suspend/resume, which HAL seems to do by default (who knows, maybe there are T61s out there that do work with this default)!

This did not seem to be necessary for previous versions of Ubuntu. Also note that I have an NVIDIA card so I have no idea what to do for Intel versions.The change should also be resistant to HAL and pm-utils upgrades.}}

'''Still no suspend with nvs140m? Got Modell 6460?'''

Fix above didn't work for me on a 15.4 wide T61 Modell 6460 with nv140m. Bios is updated to 2.14 but didn't change anything, except the usb bug is fix. Suspend seems to work fine, but resume gives me a black screen (backlight off - no reaction to brightness up) and I can hear 2 beeps. Most of the time I can reboot with ctrl+alt+delete but the screen stays dark until bios.

follow the instructions above but create the new file called: '''/etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi''' with the following contents instead:
<pre>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<match key="system.hardware.vendor" string="LENOVO">
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_mode" type="bool">true</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_bios" type="bool">false</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.save_pci" type="bool">true</merge>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
</pre>

Also you want to set the following parameter in

{{path|/etc/default/acpi-support}}
<pre>
SAVE_VIDEO_PCI_STATE=true
</pre>

{{NOTE|This works for me with mode 6460, except for one problem: You may get a white screen in xorg after resume when using compiz. If you don't have a 6460 with nvidia this file may break things for you because it doesn't care about the modell and sets the parameter for any lenovo product}}
{{HELP|Anyone with more knowledge of hal and acpi-support is welcome to clean this up. I also don't know why this setting can be done via hal and in acpi-support}}

[[Category: T61]]

=== TrackPoint ===
The [[TrackPoint]] works out of the box, but does not scroll. To enable using the middle mouse button to scroll, replace the "Configured Mouse" section in
{{path|/etc/X11/xorg.conf}} with the following:
<pre>
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Trackpoint"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "EmulateWheel" "true"
Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2"
EndSection
</pre>

=== Audio ===

Works great out of the box, just the microphone has to be activated, it is considered a generic capture source and is muted by default.

To unmute the microphone:

*Right Click on the volume icon next to the clock and click on "Open Volume Control"

*Click Edit -> Preferences. A list of devices will be displayed, you should check the following (Do not uncheck any existing items):

Input Source
Capture

*Click Close and there should be two additional tabs "Recording" and "Options". -

*Click Recording and click on the microphone under the Capture slider so that it no longer has a red line through it, and put the slider up as it may be deactivated.

*Click Options and under capture source select internal mic.

To test your mic using Sound Recorder select Capture as the sound source.

This solution has been tested with Sound Recorder and Skype.

To get the volume controls working:

*add the following line to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base, then reboot

options snd-hda-intel index=0 model=thinkpad

=== Multimedia Keys ===

Most Multimedia Keys work out of the box, just the play, forward and stop buttons need to be adjusted, therefore, press alt + F2 and type in gnome-keybinding-properties. Then everything works as followed:

* 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 >>does not work on all machines<<
* Fn-F4 suspends (to ram)
* Fn-F9 ejects cds
* Fn-F12 hibernates (to disk)
* PrtSc opens the screenshot dialog

=== WiFi LED ===

To active WiFi LED, install backported IWL4965 driver

sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-hardy

{{NOTE|On some machines, (at least one running IWL3965) applying the above turns on the LED permanently. It should flicker as data is being transmitted. Also, with the above modification, after turning off wireless and then turning it back on (via the switch on the front of the machine) wireless is not reactivated. Implementing the patch discussed [[#WirelessFi_LED|below]] may yield you better results.}}

== Items that work out of the box ==

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

'''Wireless:''' Intel cards tested.

'''Wireless WAN:''' Cingular/AT&T card tested.

'''Network Card''' Intel 10/100/1000 tested

'''Wireless switch''' tested

'''Webcam''' tested with cheese and skype.

'''Headphones''' out of the box

'''Microphone''' just needs to be activated, see section above

'''Keyboard Shortcuts:''' most work out of the box, some need to be activated, see section above

== Items that don't work ==

=== Wireless activity LED ===

The LED is not implemented at least in the IWL4965 driver.

patch posted in this [http://bughost.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1209 thread] works for me on R61 with IWL4965 card.

{{HELP|A howto is needed showing the process of implementing the patch in Hardy Heron. If anyone knows how to do this, please create a quick howto and either put it here or link to it from this page. Please and thank you.}}

See [[#WiFi_LED|above]] for the package containing the fixed driver.

=== Hidden SSID ===
It has been reported that users wanting to access Hidden SSIDs have to enter the SSID and password manually in Network Manager to connect. Even after the SSID is saved in Network Manager, it will not reconnect automatically. The user has to connect manually by entering the information as previously described. Please post any fixes here.

[[Category: Ubuntu 8.04]]

Installing Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) on a ThinkPad T61

2008-05-05T05:44:40Z

EarloftheWest: /* Items that don't work */

== Features ==
=== Open Source Intel Wifi Driver ===
Intel has created a new Linux Wifi driver project for Intel Wireless cards, "[[Iwlwifi]]". This driver is Open Source and no longer requires the Intel daemon to run in addition. This project will support the [[:Category:T61 | T61]]'s Wifi [[Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Mini-PCI Express Adapter | Intel 3945ABG network adapter]] and [[Intel PRO/Wireless 4965AGN Mini-PCI Express Adapter| Intel 4965AGN network adapter]].

An automatic migration will occur when upgrading from [[Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) on a ThinkPad T61|Ubuntu 7.10]] to Ubuntu 8.04. However, there is a caveat to be aware of:
* The new driver wants to name the interface wlan0 (by default -- you can rename it to anything you want), and requires a different entry in {{path|/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules}}, which handles the naming of interfaces. Simply edit this file and delete your old entry for the ipw3945 driver, then unload/reload the new driver, or simply reboot. A new entry will automatically be created that is appropriate for the new driver. Here's an example of the lines to delete:
<pre>
# PCI device 0x8086:0x4227 (ipw3945)
SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTRS{address}=="00:1b:77:a4:0e:2f", NAME="eth1"
</pre>

If you need to perform a manual migration, the Ubuntu Help Community has written some [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/iwlwifi_Intel_3945_4965/gutsy documentation] that will make this very easy to do.

=== Compiz and XV Playback on Intel GM965/GL960 ===

With Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) you currently have to choose between using Compiz and working video playback using XV. On 8.04 (Hardy Heron) alpha 5 you can play videos using XV under compiz, it works right out of the box using the Live-CD.

=== Suspend with Nv140m ===
Suspend may not work even after editing acpi-support. Enable bluetooth (Fn+F5) may result in a successful suspend. NOTE: that although the wifi led does not change when Fn+F5 is used, the wifi is still toggled by this key.

'''Hal "S3 BIOS" parameter issue!'''

After doing the changes to the /etc/default/acpi-support file (described [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_Ubuntu_7.10_(Gutsy_Gibbon)_on_a_ThinkPad_T61#How_to_Suspend_with_nVidia_140m.2F570m here]), I for one, managed to have '''stable''' suspend support by creating a new file called: '''/etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi''' with the following contents:
<pre>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<match key="system.hardware.vendor" string="LENOVO">
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_bios" type="bool">false</merge>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
</pre>
{{NOTE|The problem (after reading the HAL and pm-utils documentations) is the fact that (as far as I can tell) the T61 Lenovo doesn't allow the S3 BIOS to be called *during* suspend/resume, which HAL seems to do by default (who knows, maybe there are T61s out there that do work with this default)!

This did not seem to be necessary for previous versions of Ubuntu. Also note that I have an NVIDIA card so I have no idea what to do for Intel versions.The change should also be resistant to HAL and pm-utils upgrades.}}

'''Still no suspend with nvs140m? Got Modell 6460?'''

Fix above didn't work for me on a 15.4 wide T61 Modell 6460 with nv140m. Bios is updated to 2.14 but didn't change anything, except the usb bug is fix. Suspend seems to work fine, but resume gives me a black screen (backlight off - no reaction to brightness up) and I can hear 2 beeps. Most of the time I can reboot with ctrl+alt+delete but the screen stays dark until bios.

follow the instructions above but create the new file called: '''/etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi''' with the following contents instead:
<pre>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<match key="system.hardware.vendor" string="LENOVO">
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_mode" type="bool">true</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_bios" type="bool">false</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.save_pci" type="bool">true</merge>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
</pre>

Also you want to set the following parameter in

{{path|/etc/default/acpi-support}}
<pre>
SAVE_VIDEO_PCI_STATE=true
</pre>

{{NOTE|This works for me with mode 6460, except for one problem: You may get a white screen in xorg after resume when using compiz. If you don't have a 6460 with nvidia this file may break things for you because it doesn't care about the modell and sets the parameter for any lenovo product}}
{{HELP|Anyone with more knowledge of hal and acpi-support is welcome to clean this up. I also don't know why this setting can be done via hal and in acpi-support}}

[[Category: T61]]

=== TrackPoint ===
The [[TrackPoint]] works out of the box, but does not scroll. To enable using the middle mouse button to scroll, replace the "Configured Mouse" section in
{{path|/etc/X11/xorg.conf}} with the following:
<pre>
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Trackpoint"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "EmulateWheel" "true"
Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2"
EndSection
</pre>

=== Audio ===

Works great out of the box, just the microphone has to be activated, it is considered a generic capture source and is muted by default.

To unmute the microphone:

*Right Click on the volume icon next to the clock and click on "Open Volume Control"

*Click Edit -> Preferences. A list of devices will be displayed, you should check the following (Do not uncheck any existing items):

Input Source
Capture

*Click Close and there should be two additional tabs "Recording" and "Options". -

*Click Recording and click on the microphone under the Capture slider so that it no longer has a red line through it, and put the slider up as it may be deactivated.

*Click Options and under capture source select internal mic.

To test your mic using Sound Recorder select Capture as the sound source.

This solution has been tested with Sound Recorder and Skype.

To get the volume controls working:

*add the following line to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base, then reboot

options snd-hda-intel index=0 model=thinkpad

=== Multimedia Keys ===

Most Multimedia Keys work out of the box, just the play, forward and stop buttons need to be adjusted, therefore, press alt + F2 and type in gnome-keybinding-properties. Then everything works as followed:

* 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 >>does not work on all machines<<
* Fn-F4 suspends (to ram)
* Fn-F9 ejects cds
* Fn-F12 hibernates (to disk)
* PrtSc opens the screenshot dialog

=== WiFi LED ===

To active WiFi LED, install backported IWL4965 driver

sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-hardy

{{NOTE|On some machines, (at least one running IWL3965) applying the above turns on the LED permanently. It should flicker as data is being transmitted. Also, with the above modification, after turning off wireless and then turning it back on (via the switch on the front of the machine) wireless is not reactivated. Implementing the patch listed below may yield you better results.}}

== Items that work out of the box ==

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

'''Wireless:''' Intel cards tested.

'''Wireless WAN:''' Cingular/AT&T card tested.

'''Network Card''' Intel 10/100/1000 tested

'''Wireless switch''' tested

'''Webcam''' tested with cheese and skype.

'''Headphones''' out of the box

'''Microphone''' just needs to be activated, see section above

'''Keyboard Shortcuts:''' most work out of the box, some need to be activated, see section above

== Items that don't work ==

=== Wireless activity LED ===

The LED is not implemented at least in the IWL4965 driver.

patch posted in this [http://bughost.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1209 thread] works for me on R61 with IWL4965 card.

{{HELP|A howto is needed showing the process of implementing the patch in Hardy Heron. If anyone knows how to do this, please create a quick howto and either put it here or link to it from this page. Please and thank you.}}

See [[#WiFi_LED|above]] for the package containing the fixed driver.

=== Hidden SSID ===
It has been reported that users wanting to access Hidden SSIDs have to enter the SSID and password manually in Network Manager to connect. Even after the SSID is saved in Network Manager, it will not reconnect automatically. The user has to connect manually by entering the information as previously described. Please post any fixes here.

[[Category: Ubuntu 8.04]]

Installing Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) on a ThinkPad T61

2008-05-05T05:40:37Z

EarloftheWest: /* WiFi LED */

== Features ==
=== Open Source Intel Wifi Driver ===
Intel has created a new Linux Wifi driver project for Intel Wireless cards, "[[Iwlwifi]]". This driver is Open Source and no longer requires the Intel daemon to run in addition. This project will support the [[:Category:T61 | T61]]'s Wifi [[Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Mini-PCI Express Adapter | Intel 3945ABG network adapter]] and [[Intel PRO/Wireless 4965AGN Mini-PCI Express Adapter| Intel 4965AGN network adapter]].

An automatic migration will occur when upgrading from [[Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) on a ThinkPad T61|Ubuntu 7.10]] to Ubuntu 8.04. However, there is a caveat to be aware of:
* The new driver wants to name the interface wlan0 (by default -- you can rename it to anything you want), and requires a different entry in {{path|/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules}}, which handles the naming of interfaces. Simply edit this file and delete your old entry for the ipw3945 driver, then unload/reload the new driver, or simply reboot. A new entry will automatically be created that is appropriate for the new driver. Here's an example of the lines to delete:
<pre>
# PCI device 0x8086:0x4227 (ipw3945)
SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTRS{address}=="00:1b:77:a4:0e:2f", NAME="eth1"
</pre>

If you need to perform a manual migration, the Ubuntu Help Community has written some [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/iwlwifi_Intel_3945_4965/gutsy documentation] that will make this very easy to do.

=== Compiz and XV Playback on Intel GM965/GL960 ===

With Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) you currently have to choose between using Compiz and working video playback using XV. On 8.04 (Hardy Heron) alpha 5 you can play videos using XV under compiz, it works right out of the box using the Live-CD.

=== Suspend with Nv140m ===
Suspend may not work even after editing acpi-support. Enable bluetooth (Fn+F5) may result in a successful suspend. NOTE: that although the wifi led does not change when Fn+F5 is used, the wifi is still toggled by this key.

'''Hal "S3 BIOS" parameter issue!'''

After doing the changes to the /etc/default/acpi-support file (described [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_Ubuntu_7.10_(Gutsy_Gibbon)_on_a_ThinkPad_T61#How_to_Suspend_with_nVidia_140m.2F570m here]), I for one, managed to have '''stable''' suspend support by creating a new file called: '''/etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi''' with the following contents:
<pre>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<match key="system.hardware.vendor" string="LENOVO">
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_bios" type="bool">false</merge>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
</pre>
{{NOTE|The problem (after reading the HAL and pm-utils documentations) is the fact that (as far as I can tell) the T61 Lenovo doesn't allow the S3 BIOS to be called *during* suspend/resume, which HAL seems to do by default (who knows, maybe there are T61s out there that do work with this default)!

This did not seem to be necessary for previous versions of Ubuntu. Also note that I have an NVIDIA card so I have no idea what to do for Intel versions.The change should also be resistant to HAL and pm-utils upgrades.}}

'''Still no suspend with nvs140m? Got Modell 6460?'''

Fix above didn't work for me on a 15.4 wide T61 Modell 6460 with nv140m. Bios is updated to 2.14 but didn't change anything, except the usb bug is fix. Suspend seems to work fine, but resume gives me a black screen (backlight off - no reaction to brightness up) and I can hear 2 beeps. Most of the time I can reboot with ctrl+alt+delete but the screen stays dark until bios.

follow the instructions above but create the new file called: '''/etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi''' with the following contents instead:
<pre>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<match key="system.hardware.vendor" string="LENOVO">
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_mode" type="bool">true</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_bios" type="bool">false</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.save_pci" type="bool">true</merge>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
</pre>

Also you want to set the following parameter in

{{path|/etc/default/acpi-support}}
<pre>
SAVE_VIDEO_PCI_STATE=true
</pre>

{{NOTE|This works for me with mode 6460, except for one problem: You may get a white screen in xorg after resume when using compiz. If you don't have a 6460 with nvidia this file may break things for you because it doesn't care about the modell and sets the parameter for any lenovo product}}
{{HELP|Anyone with more knowledge of hal and acpi-support is welcome to clean this up. I also don't know why this setting can be done via hal and in acpi-support}}

[[Category: T61]]

=== TrackPoint ===
The [[TrackPoint]] works out of the box, but does not scroll. To enable using the middle mouse button to scroll, replace the "Configured Mouse" section in
{{path|/etc/X11/xorg.conf}} with the following:
<pre>
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Trackpoint"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "EmulateWheel" "true"
Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2"
EndSection
</pre>

=== Audio ===

Works great out of the box, just the microphone has to be activated, it is considered a generic capture source and is muted by default.

To unmute the microphone:

*Right Click on the volume icon next to the clock and click on "Open Volume Control"

*Click Edit -> Preferences. A list of devices will be displayed, you should check the following (Do not uncheck any existing items):

Input Source
Capture

*Click Close and there should be two additional tabs "Recording" and "Options". -

*Click Recording and click on the microphone under the Capture slider so that it no longer has a red line through it, and put the slider up as it may be deactivated.

*Click Options and under capture source select internal mic.

To test your mic using Sound Recorder select Capture as the sound source.

This solution has been tested with Sound Recorder and Skype.

To get the volume controls working:

*add the following line to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base, then reboot

options snd-hda-intel index=0 model=thinkpad

=== Multimedia Keys ===

Most Multimedia Keys work out of the box, just the play, forward and stop buttons need to be adjusted, therefore, press alt + F2 and type in gnome-keybinding-properties. Then everything works as followed:

* 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 >>does not work on all machines<<
* Fn-F4 suspends (to ram)
* Fn-F9 ejects cds
* Fn-F12 hibernates (to disk)
* PrtSc opens the screenshot dialog

=== WiFi LED ===

To active WiFi LED, install backported IWL4965 driver

sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-hardy

{{NOTE|On some machines, (at least one running IWL3965) applying the above turns on the LED permanently. It should flicker as data is being transmitted. Also, with the above modification, after turning off wireless and then turning it back on (via the switch on the front of the machine) wireless is not reactivated. Implementing the patch listed below may yield you better results.}}

== Items that work out of the box ==

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

'''Wireless:''' Intel cards tested.

'''Wireless WAN:''' Cingular/AT&T card tested.

'''Network Card''' Intel 10/100/1000 tested

'''Wireless switch''' tested

'''Webcam''' tested with cheese and skype.

'''Headphones''' out of the box

'''Microphone''' just needs to be activated, see section above

'''Keyboard Shortcuts:''' most work out of the box, some need to be activated, see section above

== Items that don't work ==

=== Wireless activity LED ===

The LED is not implemented at least in the IWL4965 driver.

patch posted in this [http://bughost.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1209 thread] works for me on R61 with IWL4965 card.

{{HELP|A howto is needed showing the process of implementing the patch in Hardy Heron. If anyone knows how to do this, please create a quick howto and either put it here or link to it from this page. Please and thank you.}}

See [[#WiFi_LED|above]] for the package containing the fixed driver.

[[Category: Ubuntu 8.04]]

Installing Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) on a ThinkPad T61

2008-05-05T05:39:31Z

EarloftheWest: /* Wireless activity LED */

== Features ==
=== Open Source Intel Wifi Driver ===
Intel has created a new Linux Wifi driver project for Intel Wireless cards, "[[Iwlwifi]]". This driver is Open Source and no longer requires the Intel daemon to run in addition. This project will support the [[:Category:T61 | T61]]'s Wifi [[Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Mini-PCI Express Adapter | Intel 3945ABG network adapter]] and [[Intel PRO/Wireless 4965AGN Mini-PCI Express Adapter| Intel 4965AGN network adapter]].

An automatic migration will occur when upgrading from [[Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) on a ThinkPad T61|Ubuntu 7.10]] to Ubuntu 8.04. However, there is a caveat to be aware of:
* The new driver wants to name the interface wlan0 (by default -- you can rename it to anything you want), and requires a different entry in {{path|/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules}}, which handles the naming of interfaces. Simply edit this file and delete your old entry for the ipw3945 driver, then unload/reload the new driver, or simply reboot. A new entry will automatically be created that is appropriate for the new driver. Here's an example of the lines to delete:
<pre>
# PCI device 0x8086:0x4227 (ipw3945)
SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTRS{address}=="00:1b:77:a4:0e:2f", NAME="eth1"
</pre>

If you need to perform a manual migration, the Ubuntu Help Community has written some [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/iwlwifi_Intel_3945_4965/gutsy documentation] that will make this very easy to do.

=== Compiz and XV Playback on Intel GM965/GL960 ===

With Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) you currently have to choose between using Compiz and working video playback using XV. On 8.04 (Hardy Heron) alpha 5 you can play videos using XV under compiz, it works right out of the box using the Live-CD.

=== Suspend with Nv140m ===
Suspend may not work even after editing acpi-support. Enable bluetooth (Fn+F5) may result in a successful suspend. NOTE: that although the wifi led does not change when Fn+F5 is used, the wifi is still toggled by this key.

'''Hal "S3 BIOS" parameter issue!'''

After doing the changes to the /etc/default/acpi-support file (described [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_Ubuntu_7.10_(Gutsy_Gibbon)_on_a_ThinkPad_T61#How_to_Suspend_with_nVidia_140m.2F570m here]), I for one, managed to have '''stable''' suspend support by creating a new file called: '''/etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi''' with the following contents:
<pre>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<match key="system.hardware.vendor" string="LENOVO">
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_bios" type="bool">false</merge>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
</pre>
{{NOTE|The problem (after reading the HAL and pm-utils documentations) is the fact that (as far as I can tell) the T61 Lenovo doesn't allow the S3 BIOS to be called *during* suspend/resume, which HAL seems to do by default (who knows, maybe there are T61s out there that do work with this default)!

This did not seem to be necessary for previous versions of Ubuntu. Also note that I have an NVIDIA card so I have no idea what to do for Intel versions.The change should also be resistant to HAL and pm-utils upgrades.}}

'''Still no suspend with nvs140m? Got Modell 6460?'''

Fix above didn't work for me on a 15.4 wide T61 Modell 6460 with nv140m. Bios is updated to 2.14 but didn't change anything, except the usb bug is fix. Suspend seems to work fine, but resume gives me a black screen (backlight off - no reaction to brightness up) and I can hear 2 beeps. Most of the time I can reboot with ctrl+alt+delete but the screen stays dark until bios.

follow the instructions above but create the new file called: '''/etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi''' with the following contents instead:
<pre>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<match key="system.hardware.vendor" string="LENOVO">
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_mode" type="bool">true</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_bios" type="bool">false</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.save_pci" type="bool">true</merge>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
</pre>

Also you want to set the following parameter in

{{path|/etc/default/acpi-support}}
<pre>
SAVE_VIDEO_PCI_STATE=true
</pre>

{{NOTE|This works for me with mode 6460, except for one problem: You may get a white screen in xorg after resume when using compiz. If you don't have a 6460 with nvidia this file may break things for you because it doesn't care about the modell and sets the parameter for any lenovo product}}
{{HELP|Anyone with more knowledge of hal and acpi-support is welcome to clean this up. I also don't know why this setting can be done via hal and in acpi-support}}

[[Category: T61]]

=== TrackPoint ===
The [[TrackPoint]] works out of the box, but does not scroll. To enable using the middle mouse button to scroll, replace the "Configured Mouse" section in
{{path|/etc/X11/xorg.conf}} with the following:
<pre>
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Trackpoint"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "EmulateWheel" "true"
Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2"
EndSection
</pre>

=== Audio ===

Works great out of the box, just the microphone has to be activated, it is considered a generic capture source and is muted by default.

To unmute the microphone:

*Right Click on the volume icon next to the clock and click on "Open Volume Control"

*Click Edit -> Preferences. A list of devices will be displayed, you should check the following (Do not uncheck any existing items):

Input Source
Capture

*Click Close and there should be two additional tabs "Recording" and "Options". -

*Click Recording and click on the microphone under the Capture slider so that it no longer has a red line through it, and put the slider up as it may be deactivated.

*Click Options and under capture source select internal mic.

To test your mic using Sound Recorder select Capture as the sound source.

This solution has been tested with Sound Recorder and Skype.

To get the volume controls working:

*add the following line to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base, then reboot

options snd-hda-intel index=0 model=thinkpad

=== Multimedia Keys ===

Most Multimedia Keys work out of the box, just the play, forward and stop buttons need to be adjusted, therefore, press alt + F2 and type in gnome-keybinding-properties. Then everything works as followed:

* 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 >>does not work on all machines<<
* Fn-F4 suspends (to ram)
* Fn-F9 ejects cds
* Fn-F12 hibernates (to disk)
* PrtSc opens the screenshot dialog

=== WiFi LED ===

To active WiFi LED, install backported IWL4965 driver

sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-hardy

{{NOTE|On some machines, (at least one running IWL3965) applying the above turns on the LED permanently. It should flicker as data is being transmitted. Also, with the above modification, after turning off wireless and then turning it back on (via the switch on the front of the machine) wireless is not reactivated.}}

== Items that work out of the box ==

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

'''Wireless:''' Intel cards tested.

'''Wireless WAN:''' Cingular/AT&T card tested.

'''Network Card''' Intel 10/100/1000 tested

'''Wireless switch''' tested

'''Webcam''' tested with cheese and skype.

'''Headphones''' out of the box

'''Microphone''' just needs to be activated, see section above

'''Keyboard Shortcuts:''' most work out of the box, some need to be activated, see section above

== Items that don't work ==

=== Wireless activity LED ===

The LED is not implemented at least in the IWL4965 driver.

patch posted in this [http://bughost.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1209 thread] works for me on R61 with IWL4965 card.

{{HELP|A howto is needed showing the process of implementing the patch in Hardy Heron. If anyone knows how to do this, please create a quick howto and either put it here or link to it from this page. Please and thank you.}}

See [[#WiFi_LED|above]] for the package containing the fixed driver.

[[Category: Ubuntu 8.04]]

Installing Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) on a ThinkPad T61

2008-05-05T05:32:30Z

EarloftheWest: /* WiFi LED */

== Features ==
=== Open Source Intel Wifi Driver ===
Intel has created a new Linux Wifi driver project for Intel Wireless cards, "[[Iwlwifi]]". This driver is Open Source and no longer requires the Intel daemon to run in addition. This project will support the [[:Category:T61 | T61]]'s Wifi [[Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Mini-PCI Express Adapter | Intel 3945ABG network adapter]] and [[Intel PRO/Wireless 4965AGN Mini-PCI Express Adapter| Intel 4965AGN network adapter]].

An automatic migration will occur when upgrading from [[Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) on a ThinkPad T61|Ubuntu 7.10]] to Ubuntu 8.04. However, there is a caveat to be aware of:
* The new driver wants to name the interface wlan0 (by default -- you can rename it to anything you want), and requires a different entry in {{path|/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules}}, which handles the naming of interfaces. Simply edit this file and delete your old entry for the ipw3945 driver, then unload/reload the new driver, or simply reboot. A new entry will automatically be created that is appropriate for the new driver. Here's an example of the lines to delete:
<pre>
# PCI device 0x8086:0x4227 (ipw3945)
SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTRS{address}=="00:1b:77:a4:0e:2f", NAME="eth1"
</pre>

If you need to perform a manual migration, the Ubuntu Help Community has written some [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/iwlwifi_Intel_3945_4965/gutsy documentation] that will make this very easy to do.

=== Compiz and XV Playback on Intel GM965/GL960 ===

With Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) you currently have to choose between using Compiz and working video playback using XV. On 8.04 (Hardy Heron) alpha 5 you can play videos using XV under compiz, it works right out of the box using the Live-CD.

=== Suspend with Nv140m ===
Suspend may not work even after editing acpi-support. Enable bluetooth (Fn+F5) may result in a successful suspend. NOTE: that although the wifi led does not change when Fn+F5 is used, the wifi is still toggled by this key.

'''Hal "S3 BIOS" parameter issue!'''

After doing the changes to the /etc/default/acpi-support file (described [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_Ubuntu_7.10_(Gutsy_Gibbon)_on_a_ThinkPad_T61#How_to_Suspend_with_nVidia_140m.2F570m here]), I for one, managed to have '''stable''' suspend support by creating a new file called: '''/etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi''' with the following contents:
<pre>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<match key="system.hardware.vendor" string="LENOVO">
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_bios" type="bool">false</merge>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
</pre>
{{NOTE|The problem (after reading the HAL and pm-utils documentations) is the fact that (as far as I can tell) the T61 Lenovo doesn't allow the S3 BIOS to be called *during* suspend/resume, which HAL seems to do by default (who knows, maybe there are T61s out there that do work with this default)!

This did not seem to be necessary for previous versions of Ubuntu. Also note that I have an NVIDIA card so I have no idea what to do for Intel versions.The change should also be resistant to HAL and pm-utils upgrades.}}

'''Still no suspend with nvs140m? Got Modell 6460?'''

Fix above didn't work for me on a 15.4 wide T61 Modell 6460 with nv140m. Bios is updated to 2.14 but didn't change anything, except the usb bug is fix. Suspend seems to work fine, but resume gives me a black screen (backlight off - no reaction to brightness up) and I can hear 2 beeps. Most of the time I can reboot with ctrl+alt+delete but the screen stays dark until bios.

follow the instructions above but create the new file called: '''/etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi''' with the following contents instead:
<pre>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<match key="system.hardware.vendor" string="LENOVO">
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_mode" type="bool">true</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_bios" type="bool">false</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.save_pci" type="bool">true</merge>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
</pre>

Also you want to set the following parameter in

{{path|/etc/default/acpi-support}}
<pre>
SAVE_VIDEO_PCI_STATE=true
</pre>

{{NOTE|This works for me with mode 6460, except for one problem: You may get a white screen in xorg after resume when using compiz. If you don't have a 6460 with nvidia this file may break things for you because it doesn't care about the modell and sets the parameter for any lenovo product}}
{{HELP|Anyone with more knowledge of hal and acpi-support is welcome to clean this up. I also don't know why this setting can be done via hal and in acpi-support}}

[[Category: T61]]

=== TrackPoint ===
The [[TrackPoint]] works out of the box, but does not scroll. To enable using the middle mouse button to scroll, replace the "Configured Mouse" section in
{{path|/etc/X11/xorg.conf}} with the following:
<pre>
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Trackpoint"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "EmulateWheel" "true"
Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2"
EndSection
</pre>

=== Audio ===

Works great out of the box, just the microphone has to be activated, it is considered a generic capture source and is muted by default.

To unmute the microphone:

*Right Click on the volume icon next to the clock and click on "Open Volume Control"

*Click Edit -> Preferences. A list of devices will be displayed, you should check the following (Do not uncheck any existing items):

Input Source
Capture

*Click Close and there should be two additional tabs "Recording" and "Options". -

*Click Recording and click on the microphone under the Capture slider so that it no longer has a red line through it, and put the slider up as it may be deactivated.

*Click Options and under capture source select internal mic.

To test your mic using Sound Recorder select Capture as the sound source.

This solution has been tested with Sound Recorder and Skype.

To get the volume controls working:

*add the following line to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base, then reboot

options snd-hda-intel index=0 model=thinkpad

=== Multimedia Keys ===

Most Multimedia Keys work out of the box, just the play, forward and stop buttons need to be adjusted, therefore, press alt + F2 and type in gnome-keybinding-properties. Then everything works as followed:

* 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 >>does not work on all machines<<
* Fn-F4 suspends (to ram)
* Fn-F9 ejects cds
* Fn-F12 hibernates (to disk)
* PrtSc opens the screenshot dialog

=== WiFi LED ===

To active WiFi LED, install backported IWL4965 driver

sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-hardy

{{NOTE|On some machines, (at least one running IWL3965) applying the above turns on the LED permanently. It should flicker as data is being transmitted. Also, with the above modification, after turning off wireless and then turning it back on (via the switch on the front of the machine) wireless is not reactivated.}}

== Items that work out of the box ==

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

'''Wireless:''' Intel cards tested.

'''Wireless WAN:''' Cingular/AT&T card tested.

'''Network Card''' Intel 10/100/1000 tested

'''Wireless switch''' tested

'''Webcam''' tested with cheese and skype.

'''Headphones''' out of the box

'''Microphone''' just needs to be activated, see section above

'''Keyboard Shortcuts:''' most work out of the box, some need to be activated, see section above

== Items that don't work ==

=== Wireless activity LED ===

The LED is not implemented at least in the IWL4965 driver.

patch posted in this [http://bughost.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1209 thread] works for me on R61 with IWL4965 card.

See [[#WiFi_LED|above]] for the package containing the fixed driver.

[[Category: Ubuntu 8.04]]

Installing Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) on a ThinkPad T61

2008-05-05T05:31:49Z

EarloftheWest: /* WiFi LED */

== Features ==
=== Open Source Intel Wifi Driver ===
Intel has created a new Linux Wifi driver project for Intel Wireless cards, "[[Iwlwifi]]". This driver is Open Source and no longer requires the Intel daemon to run in addition. This project will support the [[:Category:T61 | T61]]'s Wifi [[Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Mini-PCI Express Adapter | Intel 3945ABG network adapter]] and [[Intel PRO/Wireless 4965AGN Mini-PCI Express Adapter| Intel 4965AGN network adapter]].

An automatic migration will occur when upgrading from [[Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) on a ThinkPad T61|Ubuntu 7.10]] to Ubuntu 8.04. However, there is a caveat to be aware of:
* The new driver wants to name the interface wlan0 (by default -- you can rename it to anything you want), and requires a different entry in {{path|/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules}}, which handles the naming of interfaces. Simply edit this file and delete your old entry for the ipw3945 driver, then unload/reload the new driver, or simply reboot. A new entry will automatically be created that is appropriate for the new driver. Here's an example of the lines to delete:
<pre>
# PCI device 0x8086:0x4227 (ipw3945)
SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTRS{address}=="00:1b:77:a4:0e:2f", NAME="eth1"
</pre>

If you need to perform a manual migration, the Ubuntu Help Community has written some [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/iwlwifi_Intel_3945_4965/gutsy documentation] that will make this very easy to do.

=== Compiz and XV Playback on Intel GM965/GL960 ===

With Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) you currently have to choose between using Compiz and working video playback using XV. On 8.04 (Hardy Heron) alpha 5 you can play videos using XV under compiz, it works right out of the box using the Live-CD.

=== Suspend with Nv140m ===
Suspend may not work even after editing acpi-support. Enable bluetooth (Fn+F5) may result in a successful suspend. NOTE: that although the wifi led does not change when Fn+F5 is used, the wifi is still toggled by this key.

'''Hal "S3 BIOS" parameter issue!'''

After doing the changes to the /etc/default/acpi-support file (described [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_Ubuntu_7.10_(Gutsy_Gibbon)_on_a_ThinkPad_T61#How_to_Suspend_with_nVidia_140m.2F570m here]), I for one, managed to have '''stable''' suspend support by creating a new file called: '''/etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi''' with the following contents:
<pre>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<match key="system.hardware.vendor" string="LENOVO">
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_bios" type="bool">false</merge>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
</pre>
{{NOTE|The problem (after reading the HAL and pm-utils documentations) is the fact that (as far as I can tell) the T61 Lenovo doesn't allow the S3 BIOS to be called *during* suspend/resume, which HAL seems to do by default (who knows, maybe there are T61s out there that do work with this default)!

This did not seem to be necessary for previous versions of Ubuntu. Also note that I have an NVIDIA card so I have no idea what to do for Intel versions.The change should also be resistant to HAL and pm-utils upgrades.}}

'''Still no suspend with nvs140m? Got Modell 6460?'''

Fix above didn't work for me on a 15.4 wide T61 Modell 6460 with nv140m. Bios is updated to 2.14 but didn't change anything, except the usb bug is fix. Suspend seems to work fine, but resume gives me a black screen (backlight off - no reaction to brightness up) and I can hear 2 beeps. Most of the time I can reboot with ctrl+alt+delete but the screen stays dark until bios.

follow the instructions above but create the new file called: '''/etc/hal/fdi/information/lenovo.fdi''' with the following contents instead:
<pre>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<match key="system.hardware.vendor" string="LENOVO">
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_mode" type="bool">true</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.s3_bios" type="bool">false</merge>
<merge key="power_management.quirk.save_pci" type="bool">true</merge>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
</pre>

Also you want to set the following parameter in

{{path|/etc/default/acpi-support}}
<pre>
SAVE_VIDEO_PCI_STATE=true
</pre>

{{NOTE|This works for me with mode 6460, except for one problem: You may get a white screen in xorg after resume when using compiz. If you don't have a 6460 with nvidia this file may break things for you because it doesn't care about the modell and sets the parameter for any lenovo product}}
{{HELP|Anyone with more knowledge of hal and acpi-support is welcome to clean this up. I also don't know why this setting can be done via hal and in acpi-support}}

[[Category: T61]]

=== TrackPoint ===
The [[TrackPoint]] works out of the box, but does not scroll. To enable using the middle mouse button to scroll, replace the "Configured Mouse" section in
{{path|/etc/X11/xorg.conf}} with the following:
<pre>
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Trackpoint"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "EmulateWheel" "true"
Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2"
EndSection
</pre>

=== Audio ===

Works great out of the box, just the microphone has to be activated, it is considered a generic capture source and is muted by default.

To unmute the microphone:

*Right Click on the volume icon next to the clock and click on "Open Volume Control"

*Click Edit -> Preferences. A list of devices will be displayed, you should check the following (Do not uncheck any existing items):

Input Source
Capture

*Click Close and there should be two additional tabs "Recording" and "Options". -

*Click Recording and click on the microphone under the Capture slider so that it no longer has a red line through it, and put the slider up as it may be deactivated.

*Click Options and under capture source select internal mic.

To test your mic using Sound Recorder select Capture as the sound source.

This solution has been tested with Sound Recorder and Skype.

To get the volume controls working:

*add the following line to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base, then reboot

options snd-hda-intel index=0 model=thinkpad

=== Multimedia Keys ===

Most Multimedia Keys work out of the box, just the play, forward and stop buttons need to be adjusted, therefore, press alt + F2 and type in gnome-keybinding-properties. Then everything works as followed:

* 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 >>does not work on all machines<<
* Fn-F4 suspends (to ram)
* Fn-F9 ejects cds
* Fn-F12 hibernates (to disk)
* PrtSc opens the screenshot dialog

=== WiFi LED ===

To active WiFi LED, install backported IWL4965 driver

sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-hardy

{{NOTE|On some machines, applying the above turns on the LED permanently. It should flicker as data is being transmitted. Also, with the above modification, after turning off wireless and then turning it back on (via the switch on the front of the machine) wireless is not reactivated.}}

== Items that work out of the box ==

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

'''Wireless:''' Intel cards tested.

'''Wireless WAN:''' Cingular/AT&T card tested.

'''Network Card''' Intel 10/100/1000 tested

'''Wireless switch''' tested

'''Webcam''' tested with cheese and skype.

'''Headphones''' out of the box

'''Microphone''' just needs to be activated, see section above

'''Keyboard Shortcuts:''' most work out of the box, some need to be activated, see section above

== Items that don't work ==

=== Wireless activity LED ===

The LED is not implemented at least in the IWL4965 driver.

patch posted in this [http://bughost.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1209 thread] works for me on R61 with IWL4965 card.

See [[#WiFi_LED|above]] for the package containing the fixed driver.

[[Category: Ubuntu 8.04]]

How to protect the harddisk through APS

2008-05-04T02:31:17Z

EarloftheWest: /* Ubuntu */

{| width="100%"
|style="vertical-align:top;padding-right:20px;width:10px;white-space:nowrap;" | __TOC__
|style="vertical-align:top" |
This page tells you how to make the [[Active Protection System]] work under Linux to protect your harddrive from damage in case of a notebook drop or other kind of impact while it is running.

Specific instructions for {{Fedora}} can be found [[Installing_Fedora_Core_5_on_a_ThinkPad_X41_Tablet#Harddrive_Active_Protection_System_.28HDAPS.29|here]].

For {{Debian}} (Etch) have a look at [[Installing_Debian_Etch_on_a_ThinkPad_Z60m#Active_Protection_System|this]].

== How APS works in Linux ==
APS in Linux consists of four components on the software side:
* The [[HDAPS]] driver (included in recent kernels). It exports a sysfs interface providing the acceleration values.
* The [http://www.dresco.co.uk/hdaps/ <tt>hdaps_protect</tt>] disk protection kernel patch, which exports a sysfs interface that enables an ide or sata disk to be protected by a userspace process.
* The [http://www.dresco.co.uk/hdaps/ <tt>hdapsd</tt>] disk protection userspace daemon. It monitors the acceleration values through the HDAPS interface and automatically initiates disk protection through the hdaps_protect interface - given that the movement exceeds a user specified threshold.
* Optional: the [http://roy.marples.name/node/269 <tt>khdapsmonitor KDE System Tray applet</tt>] or the [http://www.dresco.co.uk/hdaps/ <tt>gnome-hdaps-applet</tt>]. These applets provide a visual indication of the disk protection status and also a graphical interface for adjusting configuration options for <tt>hdapsd</tt>.
|}

==Installation==
As mentioned above, the hdaps kernel driver found in recent kernels is only responsible for reading the accelerometer data and exporting it through the sysfs interface.

In order to use this information to protect the disk, some additional steps are required.

* Download and build the latest hdaps_protect disk protection kernel patches.
* Enable the drivers in the kernel (requires kernel rebuild).
* Download, build and configure the hdapsd userspace daemon.
* Download and build one of the applets to get a real-time representation of the disk protection status.

===Getting the files===
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"
! Latest Sources
|
See [[HDAPS#Disk_head_parking|HDAPS - Disk head parking]]
|-
! {{Debian}}
|
*<tt>hdapsd</tt> package: http://packages.debian.org/unstable/misc/hdapsd
|-
! {{Fedora}}
| see instructions [[Installing_Fedora_Core_5_on_a_ThinkPad_X41_Tablet#Harddrive_Active_Protection_System_.28HDAPS.29|here]]
*kernel RPM packages including <tt>hdaps_protect</tt>: http://www.dresco.co.uk/hdaps/
*kernel RPM packages including <tt>hdaps_protect</tt> and [[Software Suspend 2]]: http://mhensler.de/swsusp/download/yum/development/fc5/ (build 2084_2 and up)
|-
! {{Gentoo}}
|
*<tt>hdapsd</tt>: [http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo-x86/app-laptop/hdapsd available]
*<tt>khdapsmonitor</tt>: [http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo-x86/app-laptop/khdapsmonitor available]
|}

=== Adding kernel support ===
A kernel patch is required for disk head parking and queue freezing.

==== Manually patching and compiling a kernel ====
As root, do:
:{{cmdroot|cd /usr/src/linux}}
:{{cmdroot|patch -p1 < ~/hdaps_protect.20060409.patch}}
:{{cmdroot|make clean}}
:{{cmdroot|make}}
:{{cmdroot|make modules_install}}

=== Installing hdapsd ===
==== Manual compilation from source ====
{{NOTE|1=There has been a new release of hdapsd which doesn't use sysfs anymore and therefore reduces timer interrupts. You need tp_smapi 0.32 for this. See also: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.drivers.hdaps.devel/1040 .}}
* Download the <tt>hdapsd</tt> sources (see above)
* Compile using {{cmdroot|gcc -o hdapsd hdapsd-*.c}}
* Run {{cmdroot|./hdapsd -d sda -s 12 -a}} (replace <tt>sda</tt> with your hard disk device; run {{cmdroot|./hdapsd}} without arguments for help)

==== Gentoo ====
{{NOTE|1=hdapsd was added to the official portage tree on the 26th June 2006.}}
{{Gentoo}} users can try the ebuild attached to [http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=119845 gentoo bug 119845].
*Add hdapsd support in your kernel: device drivers -> hardware monitoring -> ... (you need it as a module if you want to use tp_smapi and hdaps, see [[Tp_smapi]])
*Download the ebuild, use same ebuild date as the kernel-patch.
*Make known the portage an extern ebuild path and add the following line to {{path|/etc/make.conf}}:
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage/" (or any other location)
*Create directory {{path|/usr/local/portage}} and {{path|/usr/local/portage/app-laptop/}}
*Copy the downloaded ebuild to {{path|/usr/local/portage/app-laptop}} ({{path|/usr/local/portage/app-laptop/hdapsd}} should now exists)
*Make portage known the new ebuild and creat digist with:
:{{cmdroot|ebuild /usr/local/portage/app-laptop/hdapsd/hdapsd-20060326.ebuild digest}}
*Optional: Copy source file to portage distfiles (if no internet connection is available):
:{{cmdroot|cp hdapsd-20060326.c /usr/portage/distfiles}}
*Accept the x86 keyword for this package: {{cmdroot|echo "app-laptop/hdapsd ~x86" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords}}
*Install hdapsd with: {{cmdroot|emerge hdapsd}}.
*Edit {{path|/etc/conf.d/hdapsd}} (change your harddrive if neccessary: mine is sda, and change the value from 5, 5 is to sensitive, 12 is a good value in my opinion).
*start deamon with: {{cmdroot|/etc/init.d/hdapsd start}}
*Optional: add to default runlevel: {{cmdroot|rc-update add hdapsd default, rc-update add hdapsd battery}}
Write an eMail to abartel[Ã¤d]htwm.de, if you want to get my hdapsd-20060326.ebuild and please upload it.

==== Ubuntu ====
hdapsd is available via synaptic for Hardy Heron.

=== Building an applet ===
====hdaps-gl====
*Make sure you have installed hdaps [and loaded] and ?opengl?
*Download [https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=138242 hdaps-gl-0.0.5] from the web.
*Extract files to {{path|/opt/hdaps-gl}}.
*{{cmdroot|make}}
*Start the applet: {{cmdroot|./hdaps-gl}}

==Troubleshooting==
See the [[Problem with APS harddisk parking]] page for troubleshooting APS issues.
{{NOTE|1=If you use [[tp_smapi]], remember to include the option <tt>HDAPS=1</tt> when [[Tp_smapi#Installation|installing tp_smapi]]. Also, you might need to build the hdaps driver as module.}}

==Further Information==
*Additonal information and support is available through the [[Mailinglists#HDAPS Developers Mailinglist|hdaps-devel]] mailinglist and its archive.

[[Category:R50]] [[Category:R50p]] [[Category:R51]] [[Category:R52]] [[Category:T41]] [[Category:T41p]] [[Category:T42]] [[Category:T42p]] [[Category:T43]] [[Category:T43p]] [[Category:T60]] [[Category:T60p]] [[Category:T61]] [[Category:X40]] [[Category:X41]] [[Category:X41 Tablet]] [[Category:X60]] [[Category:X60s]] [[Category:Z60m]] [[Category:Z60t]] [[Category:Z61m]] [[Category:Z61e]] [[Category:Z61m]]

How to protect the harddisk through APS

2008-05-04T02:30:12Z

EarloftheWest: /* Installing hdapsd */

{| width="100%"
|style="vertical-align:top;padding-right:20px;width:10px;white-space:nowrap;" | __TOC__
|style="vertical-align:top" |
This page tells you how to make the [[Active Protection System]] work under Linux to protect your harddrive from damage in case of a notebook drop or other kind of impact while it is running.

Specific instructions for {{Fedora}} can be found [[Installing_Fedora_Core_5_on_a_ThinkPad_X41_Tablet#Harddrive_Active_Protection_System_.28HDAPS.29|here]].

For {{Debian}} (Etch) have a look at [[Installing_Debian_Etch_on_a_ThinkPad_Z60m#Active_Protection_System|this]].

== How APS works in Linux ==
APS in Linux consists of four components on the software side:
* The [[HDAPS]] driver (included in recent kernels). It exports a sysfs interface providing the acceleration values.
* The [http://www.dresco.co.uk/hdaps/ <tt>hdaps_protect</tt>] disk protection kernel patch, which exports a sysfs interface that enables an ide or sata disk to be protected by a userspace process.
* The [http://www.dresco.co.uk/hdaps/ <tt>hdapsd</tt>] disk protection userspace daemon. It monitors the acceleration values through the HDAPS interface and automatically initiates disk protection through the hdaps_protect interface - given that the movement exceeds a user specified threshold.
* Optional: the [http://roy.marples.name/node/269 <tt>khdapsmonitor KDE System Tray applet</tt>] or the [http://www.dresco.co.uk/hdaps/ <tt>gnome-hdaps-applet</tt>]. These applets provide a visual indication of the disk protection status and also a graphical interface for adjusting configuration options for <tt>hdapsd</tt>.
|}

==Installation==
As mentioned above, the hdaps kernel driver found in recent kernels is only responsible for reading the accelerometer data and exporting it through the sysfs interface.

In order to use this information to protect the disk, some additional steps are required.

* Download and build the latest hdaps_protect disk protection kernel patches.
* Enable the drivers in the kernel (requires kernel rebuild).
* Download, build and configure the hdapsd userspace daemon.
* Download and build one of the applets to get a real-time representation of the disk protection status.

===Getting the files===
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"
! Latest Sources
|
See [[HDAPS#Disk_head_parking|HDAPS - Disk head parking]]
|-
! {{Debian}}
|
*<tt>hdapsd</tt> package: http://packages.debian.org/unstable/misc/hdapsd
|-
! {{Fedora}}
| see instructions [[Installing_Fedora_Core_5_on_a_ThinkPad_X41_Tablet#Harddrive_Active_Protection_System_.28HDAPS.29|here]]
*kernel RPM packages including <tt>hdaps_protect</tt>: http://www.dresco.co.uk/hdaps/
*kernel RPM packages including <tt>hdaps_protect</tt> and [[Software Suspend 2]]: http://mhensler.de/swsusp/download/yum/development/fc5/ (build 2084_2 and up)
|-
! {{Gentoo}}
|
*<tt>hdapsd</tt>: [http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo-x86/app-laptop/hdapsd available]
*<tt>khdapsmonitor</tt>: [http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo-x86/app-laptop/khdapsmonitor available]
|}

=== Adding kernel support ===
A kernel patch is required for disk head parking and queue freezing.

==== Manually patching and compiling a kernel ====
As root, do:
:{{cmdroot|cd /usr/src/linux}}
:{{cmdroot|patch -p1 < ~/hdaps_protect.20060409.patch}}
:{{cmdroot|make clean}}
:{{cmdroot|make}}
:{{cmdroot|make modules_install}}

=== Installing hdapsd ===
==== Manual compilation from source ====
{{NOTE|1=There has been a new release of hdapsd which doesn't use sysfs anymore and therefore reduces timer interrupts. You need tp_smapi 0.32 for this. See also: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.drivers.hdaps.devel/1040 .}}
* Download the <tt>hdapsd</tt> sources (see above)
* Compile using {{cmdroot|gcc -o hdapsd hdapsd-*.c}}
* Run {{cmdroot|./hdapsd -d sda -s 12 -a}} (replace <tt>sda</tt> with your hard disk device; run {{cmdroot|./hdapsd}} without arguments for help)

==== Gentoo ====
{{NOTE|1=hdapsd was added to the official portage tree on the 26th June 2006.}}
{{Gentoo}} users can try the ebuild attached to [http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=119845 gentoo bug 119845].
*Add hdapsd support in your kernel: device drivers -> hardware monitoring -> ... (you need it as a module if you want to use tp_smapi and hdaps, see [[Tp_smapi]])
*Download the ebuild, use same ebuild date as the kernel-patch.
*Make known the portage an extern ebuild path and add the following line to {{path|/etc/make.conf}}:
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage/" (or any other location)
*Create directory {{path|/usr/local/portage}} and {{path|/usr/local/portage/app-laptop/}}
*Copy the downloaded ebuild to {{path|/usr/local/portage/app-laptop}} ({{path|/usr/local/portage/app-laptop/hdapsd}} should now exists)
*Make portage known the new ebuild and creat digist with:
:{{cmdroot|ebuild /usr/local/portage/app-laptop/hdapsd/hdapsd-20060326.ebuild digest}}
*Optional: Copy source file to portage distfiles (if no internet connection is available):
:{{cmdroot|cp hdapsd-20060326.c /usr/portage/distfiles}}
*Accept the x86 keyword for this package: {{cmdroot|echo "app-laptop/hdapsd ~x86" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords}}
*Install hdapsd with: {{cmdroot|emerge hdapsd}}.
*Edit {{path|/etc/conf.d/hdapsd}} (change your harddrive if neccessary: mine is sda, and change the value from 5, 5 is to sensitive, 12 is a good value in my opinion).
*start deamon with: {{cmdroot|/etc/init.d/hdapsd start}}
*Optional: add to default runlevel: {{cmdroot|rc-update add hdapsd default, rc-update add hdapsd battery}}
Write an eMail to abartel[Ã¤d]htwm.de, if you want to get my hdapsd-20060326.ebuild and please upload it.

==== Ubuntu ====
hdapsd is available via synaptic for Hardy Heron

=== Building an applet ===
====hdaps-gl====
*Make sure you have installed hdaps [and loaded] and ?opengl?
*Download [https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=138242 hdaps-gl-0.0.5] from the web.
*Extract files to {{path|/opt/hdaps-gl}}.
*{{cmdroot|make}}
*Start the applet: {{cmdroot|./hdaps-gl}}

==Troubleshooting==
See the [[Problem with APS harddisk parking]] page for troubleshooting APS issues.
{{NOTE|1=If you use [[tp_smapi]], remember to include the option <tt>HDAPS=1</tt> when [[Tp_smapi#Installation|installing tp_smapi]]. Also, you might need to build the hdaps driver as module.}}

==Further Information==
*Additonal information and support is available through the [[Mailinglists#HDAPS Developers Mailinglist|hdaps-devel]] mailinglist and its archive.

[[Category:R50]] [[Category:R50p]] [[Category:R51]] [[Category:R52]] [[Category:T41]] [[Category:T41p]] [[Category:T42]] [[Category:T42p]] [[Category:T43]] [[Category:T43p]] [[Category:T60]] [[Category:T60p]] [[Category:T61]] [[Category:X40]] [[Category:X41]] [[Category:X41 Tablet]] [[Category:X60]] [[Category:X60s]] [[Category:Z60m]] [[Category:Z60t]] [[Category:Z61m]] [[Category:Z61e]] [[Category:Z61m]]

Tp smapi

2008-05-03T23:22:58Z

EarloftheWest: /* Installation on Ubuntu/Debian */

{| width="100%"
|style="vertical-align:top;padding-right:20px;width:10px;white-space:nowrap;" | __TOC__
|style="vertical-align:top" |
The <tt>tp_smapi</tt> kernel module exposes some features of the ThinkPad hardware/firmware via a <tt>sysfs</tt> interface. Currently, the main implemented functionality is control of battery charging and extended battery status. It also includes an improved version of the [[HDAPS]] driver. The underlying hardware interfaces are [[SMAPI support for Linux|SMAPI]] and direct access to the embedded controller.

For older ThinkPad models, see also [[tpctl]].

{{WARN|This driver uses undocumented features and direct hardware access. It thus cannot be guaranteed to work and could conceivably damage your computer (though so far no incidents have been reported).}}
|}

===Features===
*Battery charge/discharge control
*Battery status information

===Project Homepage / Availability===
* Project page: http://tpctl.sourceforge.net/
* You need to [http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=1212&package_id=171579 download] only the <tt>tp_smapi</tt> package.

===Installation===
====Installation from source====
You will need the kernel headers and makefiles corresponding to your current kernel version. On {{Fedora}}, this means {{cmdroot|yum install kernel-devel-$(uname -r)}} .

:{{cmdroot|tar xzvf tp_smapi-0.34.tgz}}
:{{cmdroot|cd tp_smapi-0.34}}

Then, either compile and load the driver within the current working directory (for testing):
:{{cmdroot|make load}}
OR compile and install into the kernel's module path:
:{{cmdroot|make install}}

If you use the [[HDAPS]] driver, add <tt>HDAPS=1</tt> to also patch the <tt>hdaps</tt> for compatibility with <tt>tp_smapi</tt> (this requires a kernel source tree matching the current kernel).
Again, either load the driver within the current working directory:
:{{cmdroot|1=make load HDAPS=1}}
OR install into the kernel's module path:
:{{cmdroot|1=make install HDAPS=1}}

To prepare a stand-alone patch against the current kernel tree (including
a patch against <tt>hdaps</tt> and new <tt>Kconfig</tt> entries):
:{{cmdroot|make patch}}

To delete all autogenerated files:
:{{cmdroot|make clean}}

The original kernel tree is never modified by any these commands.
The {{path|/lib/modules}} directory is modified only by {{cmdroot|make install}}.

====Installation in Gentoo====
The {{Gentoo}} portage system carries a [http://packages.gentoo.org/packages/?category=app-laptop;name=tp_smapi tp_smapi package], which follows the latest version pretty closely. On a Gentoo system, you can install and load as follows.

If you use the [[HDAPS]] driver, do this first:

* Disable the <tt>hdaps</tt> module in your kernel configuration (Device Drivers → Hardware Monitoring Support → IBM Hard Drive Active Protection System)
* Rebuild and install the kernel
* Add the <tt>hdaps</tt> use flag in {{path|/etc/make.conf}}
* {{cmdroot|rmmod hdaps}}

Then:
* {{cmdroot|emerge tp_smapi}} (or install tp_smapi with hdaps support manually, as above)
* {{cmdroot|echo "tp_smapi" >> /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6}}
* {{cmdroot|echo "hdaps" >> /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6}}

Then reboot, or run:
* {{cmdroot|modprobe tp_smapi}}
* {{cmdroot|modprobe hdaps}}

====Installation on Debian unstable (sid) or testing (lenny)====
Debian now contains the [http://packages.debian.org/tp-smapi packaged module source] for use with module-assistant.

* {{cmdroot|apt-get install tp-smapi}}
* {{cmdroot|m-a -t a-i tp-smapi}}

====Installation on Ubuntu/Debian====
Installation on Ubuntu or Debian is quite easy, but there are a few things to look after:

To get your system ready for compiling code, install the build-essentials (as root, of course, as all of the following comands; Ubuntu users have to prepend 'sudo' to every line and enter their own password when prompted):
<pre><nowiki>apt-get install build-essential</nowiki></pre>

To get tp_smapi to work, obtain the latest source as mentioned above and unpack it. If you want to use HDAPS, you need to install the kernel source matching te kernel you are running. To do so, issue this:
<pre><nowiki>uname -r</nowiki></pre>
This will give you the version of your current kernel.
Debian users execute the following:
<pre><nowiki>apt-get install linux-source-`uname -r`</nowiki></pre>
Ubuntu users execute the following using the kernel-version only (exclude -XX-generic; e.g. 'linux-source-2.6.20'):
<pre><nowiki>apt-get install linux-source-`uname -r`</nowiki></pre>

Be sure to unpack the source file. The easiest way is to open Nautilus as root:
<pre><nowiki>sudo nautilus</nowiki></pre>
Then browse to /usr/src/ and extract the source file to that directory.

Now change to the tp_smapi dir:
<pre><nowiki>cd tp_smapi-X.YY</nowiki></pre> (X.YY being the version-number of [[tp_smapi]])
and make and install tp_smapi as instructed above.

If you get an error that the kernel version isn't matching (or that you need to set KSRC/KBUILD), please check that there is a symlink from the modules dir to the kernel source:
<pre><nowiki>root@localhost:~#ls -l /lib/modules/2.6.20-16-generic
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 2007-02-02 08:39 source -> /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.20</nowiki></pre>
Create the link if the line above is not existent:
<pre><nowiki>root@localhost:~#ln -s /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.20 /lib/modules/2.6.20-16-generic/source</nowiki></pre>

Now the following will build and install the correct modules to their locations:
<pre><nowiki>make install HDAPS=1</nowiki></pre>
To make sure your system loads the modules at boot time, do this:
<pre><nowiki>echo "tp_smapi" >> /etc/modules
echo "hdaps" >> /etc/modules</nowiki></pre>
and update your initramfs:
<pre><nowiki>update-initramfs -u</nowiki></pre>

To get tp_smapi running now, just load the modules:
<pre><nowiki>modprobe -a tp_smapi hdaps</nowiki></pre>

This description was tested on Kubuntu 'Feisty Fawn' and should work on all Debian-based distros with minor tweaks.

'''EDIT:''' Works on Kubuntu 7.10 ("Gutsy Gibbon"), too

===Battery charge control features===
To set the thresholds for starting and stopping battery charging (in percent of current full charge capacity):
:{{cmdroot|echo 40 > /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/start_charge_thresh}}
:{{cmdroot|echo 70 > /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/stop_charge_thresh}}
:{{cmdroot|cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/*_charge_thresh}}
{{HINT|Battery charging thresholds can be used to keep Li-Ion ad Li-Polymer batteries partially charged, in order to [[Maintenance#Battery_treatment|increase their lifetime]].}}
To prevent charging for 17 minutes (regardless of thresholds):
:{{cmdroot|echo 17 > /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/inhibit_charge_minutes}}
{{HINT|Charge inhibiting can be used to reduce the power draw of the laptop, in order to use an under-spec power supply that can't handle the combined power draw of running and charging. It can also be used to control which battery is charged when [[How to use UltraBay batteries|using an Ultrabay battery]].}}

To cancel charging preventation:
:{{cmdroot|echo 0 > /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/inhibit_charge_minutes}}

To force battery discharging (even if connected to AC):
:{{cmdroot|echo 1 > /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/force_discharge}}
{{HINT|This can be used to choose which battery is discharged when [[How to use UltraBay batteries|using an UltraBay battery]].}}

To cancel forced discharge:
:{{cmdroot|echo 0 > /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/force_discharge}}

===Battery status features===
To view extended battery status such as charging state, voltage, current, capacity, cycle count and model information:

<pre>
# cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/installed
# cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/state # idle/charging/discharging
# cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/cycle_count
# cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/current_now # instantaneous current
# cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/current_avg # last minute average
# cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/power_now # instantaneous power
# cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/power_avg # last minute average
# cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/last_full_capacity
# cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/remaining_percent
# cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/remaining_running_time
# cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/remaining_charging_time
# cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/remaining_capacity
# cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/design_capacity
# cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/voltage
# cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/design_voltage
# cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/manufacturer
# cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/model
# cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/barcoding
# cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/chemistry
# cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/serial
# cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/manufacture_date
# cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/first_use_date
# cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/temperature # in milli-Celsius
# cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/ac_connected
</pre>

The raw status data is also available, including some fields not listed above (in case you can figure them out):

:{{cmdroot|cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/dump}}

In all of the above, replace <tt>BAT0</tt> with <tt>BAT1</tt> to address the 2nd battery.

Note that the battery status readout conflicts with the stock [[HDAPS|hdaps]] driver, so if you use <tt>hdaps</tt> you will need to load <tt>tp_smapi</tt> using {{cmdroot|1=make load HDAPS=1}} (see [[#Bundled hdaps driver|Bundled hdaps driver]] below).

On [[ACPI]]-enabled systems, most of above information is also available through the files under {{path|/proc/acpi/battery}}. However, the ACPI interface does not include the instantaneous power and cycle count readouts, and does not work well when [[How to use UltraBay batteries|hotswapping UltraBay batteries]].

====Scripts====
Some scripts can make it easier to grep the information you need from tp_smapi
* [[battery.rb]]

===Other features===

There is also [[sysfs]] attribute for making direct SMAPI requests to the SM BIOS firmware. Don't touch it unless you really know what you're doing. Example:
# echo '211a 100 0 0' > /sys/devices/platform/smapi/smapi_request; cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/smapi_request
211a 34b b2 0 0 0 'OK'
The "4b" in the 2nd value, converted to decimal, is 75: the current charging stop threshold (stop_charge_thresh).

===Bundled <tt>hdaps</tt> driver===

The tp_smapi package includes a modified version of the <tt>hdaps</tt> Linux kernel driver used by the [[HDAPS]] system. To use <tt>tp_smapi</tt> and <tt>hdaps</tt> concurrently, you '''must''' use the modified version.

To build the modified version, simply append the <tt>HDAPS=1</tt> parameter to the <tt>make</tt> command (see [[#Installation|Installation]] above):
:{{cmdroot|1=make load HDAPS=1}}
or
:{{cmdroot|1=make install HDAPS=1}}

If you don't do that, you will not be able to load <tt>tp_smapi</tt> (and its support module <tt>thinkpad_ec</tt>) when <tt>hdaps</tt> is loaded, and vice versa. You can use <tt>rmmod</tt> to switch between these modules.

Note that some of the battery status is also visible through ACPI ({{path|/proc/acpi/battery/*}}), independently of <tt>tp_smapi</tt>.

The modified <tt>hdaps</tt> has several changes:
* The <tt>hdaps</tt> driver in mainline kernels conflicts with the extended battery status (they use the same IO ports). The modified <tt>hdaps</tt> coordinates this access through the bundled <tt>thinkpad_ec</tt> driver.
* The modified <tt>hdaps</tt> driver fixes reliability and improves support for recent ThinkPad models (*60 and newer), since unlike the mainline driver, it correctly follows the Embedded Controller communication protocol.
* Several other improvements, such as the ability to control the polling rate.

===Troubleshooting===

If you get "<tt>thinkpad_ec: no ThinkPad embedded controller!</tt>" when trying to load the module on a supported model listed below, you should [[BIOS_Upgrade|upgrade your BIOS]]. Some early BIOS (like 1.x on the X31) don't handle the embedded controller.

===Model-specific status===

<div style="font-size: 92%">
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"
|+<tt>tp_smapi</tt> feature support matrix
|-
! colspan=12 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef;" |
=====A series=====
|-
{{tp_smapi/model_status_table_header}}
|-
! {{A22p}} 2629-USG
| {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || || || ||
|-
! {{A30}}
| {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || || || ||
|-
! colspan=12 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef;" |
=====G series=====
|-
{{tp_smapi/model_status_table_header}}
|-
! {{G41}}
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || || || ||
|-
! colspan=12 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef;" |
=====R series=====
|-
{{tp_smapi/model_status_table_header}}
|-
! {{R31}}
| {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || || || || No SMAPI BIOS
|-
! {{R40}}
| {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || || || ||
|-
! {{R50}}
| {{Cunk}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || || || ||
|-
! {{R50e}} 1834-JAG
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || || || ||
|-
! {{R50p}}
| {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || || || ||
|-
! {{R51}} 18*
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes|text=}} 0 || 0.32 || 3.22 || || Machine types 1829, 1830, 1831 and 1836
|-
! {{R51}} 28*
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || || 1.29 || || Machine types 2883, 2887, 2888, 2889, 2894 and 2495
|-
! {{R52}}
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes|text=}} 0 || 0.33 || 1.29 || 1.06 ||
|-
! {{R60}}
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} ||{{Cyes}} || {{Cno|text=}} 1 || 0.33 || || ||
|-
! {{R61}}
| {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cyes}} ||{{Cyes}} || {{Cyes|text=}} 1 || 0.35-test1 || 7KETA7WW 2.07 || 7KHT24WW 1.08 || Machine type 8918 ||
|-

! colspan=12 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef;" |

=====T series=====
|-
{{tp_smapi/model_status_table_header}}
|-
! {{T20}}
| {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || || || || Has SMAPI BIOS but no function is supported. EC LPC3 protocol fails.
|-
! {{T22}}
| {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || || || || Has SMAPI BIOS but no function is supported. EC LPC3 protocol fails.
|-
! {{T23}}
| {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || || || ||
|-
! {{T30}}
| {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || || || ||
|-
! {{T40}}
| {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || || || ||
|-
! {{T40p}}
| {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || || || ||
|-
! {{T41}}
| {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || || || ||
|-
! {{T41p}} 2373-AM9
| {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes|text=}} 1 || 0.32 || 3.20 || v3.04 ||
|-
! {{T42}}
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || || || ||
|-
! {{T42p}} 2373-KXU
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes|text=}} 1 || 0.32 || 3.21 || || Stop charge threshold works in Windows, but dmesg says "__get_real_thresh: cannot get stop_thresh of bat=0: Function is not supported by SMAPI BIOS".
|-
! {{T42p}} 2373-KUU
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || || || ||
|-
! {{T43}} 2686
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes|text=}} 0 || 0.33 || 1.27 || ||
|-
! {{T43p}}
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cyes|text=}} 0 || || || ||
|-
! {{T60}}
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cno|text=}} 7 || 0.32 || || ||
|-
! {{T60}}
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cno|text=}} 1 || 0.34 || || ||
|-
! {{T60}} 1951-24G
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || 0.36 || 1.09a || ||
|-
! {{T60p}} 8743-CTO
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes|text=}} 1 || 0.32 || || ||
|-
! {{T61}}
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cno|text=}} 1 || 0.32 || || || [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=3146719 ref]
|-
! {{T61p}} 6457-7XG
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cno|text=}} 1 || 0.32 || || || [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=3146719 ref]
|-
! colspan=12 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef;" |

=====X series=====
|-
{{tp_smapi/model_status_table_header}}
|-
! {{X20}} 2662-31G
| {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || || || ||
|-
! {{X24}}
| {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || || || ||
|-
! {{X30}}
| {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || 0.34 || 1.09 || ||
|-
! {{X31}}
| {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || || || ||
|-
! {{X32}}
| {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || || || ||
|-
! {{X40}}
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cno|text=}} 3 || 0.32 || 2.08 || 1.62 ||
|-
! {{X41}}
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cno|text=}} 3 || 0.32 || || ||
|-
! {{X41_Tablet}}
| {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cno|text=}} (see ref) || 0.32 || || [http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=4757BD30.8080808%40ugcs.caltech.edu ref] || ||
|-
! {{X60}}
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cno|text=}} 6 || || 2.07 || 1.10 || 2.6.20 issue (see discussion)
|-
! {{X60s}} 1704-5UG
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cno|text=}} 3 || 0.34 || 7BETD2WW 2.13 || 7BHT40WW 1.13 ||
|-
! {{X61s}}
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cno|text=}} 6 / 3 || 0.32 || || || [http://www.slackwiki.org/ThinkPad_X61s ref] says 3 but conflicting report received
|-
! {{X60_Tablet}}
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cno|text=}} 3 || 0.34 || 7JET25WW (1.10 ) || 7JHT13WW 1.04 || [http://luke.no-ip.org/x60tablet/ ref] [http://rad.bioinfo.ulaval.ca/hardware/x60tablet ref]
|-
! {{X61_Tablet}}
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cno|text=}} 6 || 0.32 || || ||
|-
! {{X61}} 7675-4KU
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cno|text=}} 6 || 0.34 || 7NET30WW (1.11 ) || 7MHT24WW-1.02 ||
|-
! {{X61}} 7675-CTO
| {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cno|text=}} 6 || 0.35-test1 || || ||
|-
! {{X300}}
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || 0.37 || 7TET25WW (1.02 ) || 7THT15WW-1.00c ||
|-
! colspan=12 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef;" |

=====Z series=====
|-
{{tp_smapi/model_status_table_header}}
|-
! {{Z60m}}
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || || || ||
|-
! {{Z60t}}
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || || || ||
|-
! {{Z61m}}
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes|text=}} 0 || 0.32 || || ||
|-
! {{Z61t}}
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || || || || [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.20/+bug/45014 ref]
|-
! {{Z61p}}
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || || || ||
|}
</div>

SMAPI capabilities may depend on the BIOS version as well, so upgrading to the latest version of the BIOS might provide more SMAPI functions (especially true for long-lived BIOS with lots of releases, like the TP-1R).

Please update the above and report your experience on the [[Talk:tp_smapi|discussion]] page. If the module loads but gives a "<tt>not supported</tt>" or "<tt>not implementeded</tt>" error when you try to use some specific file in {{path|/sys/devices/platform/smapi/}}, please report the <tt>dmesg</tt> output and whether the corresponding functionality is available under Windows - maybe your ThinkPad just can't do that.

While at it, you may also want to add your laptop to the [[list of DMI IDs]].

=====HDAPS axis orientation=====
<sup>1</sup> The HDAPS axis orientation is set using the <tt>invert</tt> module parameter (at load time) or sysfs attribute (at runtime). The tp_smapi's hdaps driver supports all 8 possible sensor orientations (inversion and swapping). You can use [[HDAPS#Visualisation_of_ThinkPad_orientation|hdaps visualisation]] to check if the settings is correct.

<tt>invert</tt> is an integer between 0 and 7, whose meaning is as follows. Let <tt>X</tt> and <tt>Y</tt> denote the hardware readouts. Let <tt>R</tt> denote the laptop's roll (tilt left/right), and let <tt>P</tt> denote the laptop's pitch (tilt forward/backward). The possible values are as follows:
invert=0: R= X P= Y (same as mainline)
invert=1: R=-X P=-Y (same as mainline)
invert=2: R=-X P= Y (new)
invert=3: R= X P=-Y (new)
invert=4: R= Y P= X (new)
invert=5: R=-Y P=-X (new)
invert=6: R=-Y P= X (new)
invert=7: R= Y P=-X (new)

[[Category:Drivers]] [[Category:Patches]]

===Tools using this driver===

The driver's interface can be accessed directly through the files under {{path|/sys/devices/platform/smapi}}, or via the following tools:
* [[KThinkBat]] - display battery status on the KDE <tt>kicker</tt> panel.
* [[gkrellm-ThinkBat]] - battery status plugin for Gkrellm2
* {{CodeRef|thinkpad-smapi.sh}} - script to display various SMAPI information using tp_smapi module.

Tp smapi

2008-05-03T23:03:11Z

EarloftheWest: /* Installation on Ubuntu/Debian */

{| width="100%"
|style="vertical-align:top;padding-right:20px;width:10px;white-space:nowrap;" | __TOC__
|style="vertical-align:top" |
The <tt>tp_smapi</tt> kernel module exposes some features of the ThinkPad hardware/firmware via a <tt>sysfs</tt> interface. Currently, the main implemented functionality is control of battery charging and extended battery status. It also includes an improved version of the [[HDAPS]] driver. The underlying hardware interfaces are [[SMAPI support for Linux|SMAPI]] and direct access to the embedded controller.

For older ThinkPad models, see also [[tpctl]].

{{WARN|This driver uses undocumented features and direct hardware access. It thus cannot be guaranteed to work and could conceivably damage your computer (though so far no incidents have been reported).}}
|}

===Features===
*Battery charge/discharge control
*Battery status information

===Project Homepage / Availability===
* Project page: http://tpctl.sourceforge.net/
* You need to [http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=1212&package_id=171579 download] only the <tt>tp_smapi</tt> package.

===Installation===
====Installation from source====
You will need the kernel headers and makefiles corresponding to your current kernel version. On {{Fedora}}, this means {{cmdroot|yum install kernel-devel-$(uname -r)}} .

:{{cmdroot|tar xzvf tp_smapi-0.34.tgz}}
:{{cmdroot|cd tp_smapi-0.34}}

Then, either compile and load the driver within the current working directory (for testing):
:{{cmdroot|make load}}
OR compile and install into the kernel's module path:
:{{cmdroot|make install}}

If you use the [[HDAPS]] driver, add <tt>HDAPS=1</tt> to also patch the <tt>hdaps</tt> for compatibility with <tt>tp_smapi</tt> (this requires a kernel source tree matching the current kernel).
Again, either load the driver within the current working directory:
:{{cmdroot|1=make load HDAPS=1}}
OR install into the kernel's module path:
:{{cmdroot|1=make install HDAPS=1}}

To prepare a stand-alone patch against the current kernel tree (including
a patch against <tt>hdaps</tt> and new <tt>Kconfig</tt> entries):
:{{cmdroot|make patch}}

To delete all autogenerated files:
:{{cmdroot|make clean}}

The original kernel tree is never modified by any these commands.
The {{path|/lib/modules}} directory is modified only by {{cmdroot|make install}}.

====Installation in Gentoo====
The {{Gentoo}} portage system carries a [http://packages.gentoo.org/packages/?category=app-laptop;name=tp_smapi tp_smapi package], which follows the latest version pretty closely. On a Gentoo system, you can install and load as follows.

If you use the [[HDAPS]] driver, do this first:

* Disable the <tt>hdaps</tt> module in your kernel configuration (Device Drivers → Hardware Monitoring Support → IBM Hard Drive Active Protection System)
* Rebuild and install the kernel
* Add the <tt>hdaps</tt> use flag in {{path|/etc/make.conf}}
* {{cmdroot|rmmod hdaps}}

Then:
* {{cmdroot|emerge tp_smapi}} (or install tp_smapi with hdaps support manually, as above)
* {{cmdroot|echo "tp_smapi" >> /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6}}
* {{cmdroot|echo "hdaps" >> /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6}}

Then reboot, or run:
* {{cmdroot|modprobe tp_smapi}}
* {{cmdroot|modprobe hdaps}}

====Installation on Debian unstable (sid) or testing (lenny)====
Debian now contains the [http://packages.debian.org/tp-smapi packaged module source] for use with module-assistant.

* {{cmdroot|apt-get install tp-smapi}}
* {{cmdroot|m-a -t a-i tp-smapi}}

====Installation on Ubuntu/Debian====
Installation on Ubuntu or Debian is quite easy, but there are a few things to look after:

To get your system ready for compiling code, install the build-essentials (as root, of course, as all of the following comands; Ubuntu users have to prepend 'sudo' to every line and enter their own password when prompted):
<pre><nowiki>apt-get install build-essential</nowiki></pre>

To get tp_smapi to work, obtain the latest source as mentioned above and unpack it. If you want to use HDAPS, you need to install the kernel source matching te kernel you are running. To do so, issue this:
<pre><nowiki>uname -r</nowiki></pre>
This will give you the version of your current kernel. As Ubuntu adds '-generic' to the kernel-version, the following command works for Debian users only:
<pre><nowiki>apt-get install linux-source-`uname -r`</nowiki></pre>
Ubuntu users use the kernel-version they got by the command before, e.g. 'linux-source-2.6.20'

Be sure to unpack the source file. The easiest way is to open Nautilus as root:
<pre><nowiki>sudo nautilus</nowiki></pre>
Then browse to /usr/src/ and extract the source file to that directory.

Now change to the tp_smapi dir:
<pre><nowiki>cd tp_smapi-X.YY</nowiki></pre> (X.YY being the version-number of [[tp_smapi]])
and make and install tp_smapi as instructed above.

If you get an error that the kernel version isn't matching (or that you need to set KSRC/KBUILD), please check that there is a symlink from the modules dir to the kernel source:
<pre><nowiki>root@localhost:~#ls -l /lib/modules/2.6.20-16-generic
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 2007-02-02 08:39 source -> /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.20</nowiki></pre>
Create the link if the line above is not existent:
<pre><nowiki>root@localhost:~#ln -s /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.20 /lib/modules/2.6.20-16-generic/source</nowiki></pre>

Now the following will build and install the correct modules to their locations:
<pre><nowiki>make install HDAPS=1</nowiki></pre>
To make sure your system loads the modules at boot time, do this:
<pre><nowiki>echo "tp_smapi" >> /etc/modules
echo "hdaps" >> /etc/modules</nowiki></pre>
and update your initramfs:
<pre><nowiki>update-initramfs -u</nowiki></pre>

To get tp_smapi running now, just load the modules:
<pre><nowiki>modprobe -a tp_smapi hdaps</nowiki></pre>

This description was tested on Kubuntu 'Feisty Fawn' and should work on all Debian-based distros with minor tweaks.

'''EDIT:''' Works on Kubuntu 7.10 ("Gutsy Gibbon"), too

===Battery charge control features===
To set the thresholds for starting and stopping battery charging (in percent of current full charge capacity):
:{{cmdroot|echo 40 > /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/start_charge_thresh}}
:{{cmdroot|echo 70 > /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/stop_charge_thresh}}
:{{cmdroot|cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/*_charge_thresh}}
{{HINT|Battery charging thresholds can be used to keep Li-Ion ad Li-Polymer batteries partially charged, in order to [[Maintenance#Battery_treatment|increase their lifetime]].}}
To prevent charging for 17 minutes (regardless of thresholds):
:{{cmdroot|echo 17 > /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/inhibit_charge_minutes}}
{{HINT|Charge inhibiting can be used to reduce the power draw of the laptop, in order to use an under-spec power supply that can't handle the combined power draw of running and charging. It can also be used to control which battery is charged when [[How to use UltraBay batteries|using an Ultrabay battery]].}}

To cancel charging preventation:
:{{cmdroot|echo 0 > /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/inhibit_charge_minutes}}

To force battery discharging (even if connected to AC):
:{{cmdroot|echo 1 > /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/force_discharge}}
{{HINT|This can be used to choose which battery is discharged when [[How to use UltraBay batteries|using an UltraBay battery]].}}

To cancel forced discharge:
:{{cmdroot|echo 0 > /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/force_discharge}}

===Battery status features===
To view extended battery status such as charging state, voltage, current, capacity, cycle count and model information:

<pre>
# cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/installed
# cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/state # idle/charging/discharging
# cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/cycle_count
# cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/current_now # instantaneous current
# cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/current_avg # last minute average
# cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/power_now # instantaneous power
# cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/power_avg # last minute average
# cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/last_full_capacity
# cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/remaining_percent
# cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/remaining_running_time
# cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/remaining_charging_time
# cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/remaining_capacity
# cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/design_capacity
# cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/voltage
# cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/design_voltage
# cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/manufacturer
# cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/model
# cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/barcoding
# cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/chemistry
# cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/serial
# cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/manufacture_date
# cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/first_use_date
# cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/temperature # in milli-Celsius
# cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/ac_connected
</pre>

The raw status data is also available, including some fields not listed above (in case you can figure them out):

:{{cmdroot|cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/dump}}

In all of the above, replace <tt>BAT0</tt> with <tt>BAT1</tt> to address the 2nd battery.

Note that the battery status readout conflicts with the stock [[HDAPS|hdaps]] driver, so if you use <tt>hdaps</tt> you will need to load <tt>tp_smapi</tt> using {{cmdroot|1=make load HDAPS=1}} (see [[#Bundled hdaps driver|Bundled hdaps driver]] below).

On [[ACPI]]-enabled systems, most of above information is also available through the files under {{path|/proc/acpi/battery}}. However, the ACPI interface does not include the instantaneous power and cycle count readouts, and does not work well when [[How to use UltraBay batteries|hotswapping UltraBay batteries]].

====Scripts====
Some scripts can make it easier to grep the information you need from tp_smapi
* [[battery.rb]]

===Other features===

There is also [[sysfs]] attribute for making direct SMAPI requests to the SM BIOS firmware. Don't touch it unless you really know what you're doing. Example:
# echo '211a 100 0 0' > /sys/devices/platform/smapi/smapi_request; cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/smapi_request
211a 34b b2 0 0 0 'OK'
The "4b" in the 2nd value, converted to decimal, is 75: the current charging stop threshold (stop_charge_thresh).

===Bundled <tt>hdaps</tt> driver===

The tp_smapi package includes a modified version of the <tt>hdaps</tt> Linux kernel driver used by the [[HDAPS]] system. To use <tt>tp_smapi</tt> and <tt>hdaps</tt> concurrently, you '''must''' use the modified version.

To build the modified version, simply append the <tt>HDAPS=1</tt> parameter to the <tt>make</tt> command (see [[#Installation|Installation]] above):
:{{cmdroot|1=make load HDAPS=1}}
or
:{{cmdroot|1=make install HDAPS=1}}

If you don't do that, you will not be able to load <tt>tp_smapi</tt> (and its support module <tt>thinkpad_ec</tt>) when <tt>hdaps</tt> is loaded, and vice versa. You can use <tt>rmmod</tt> to switch between these modules.

Note that some of the battery status is also visible through ACPI ({{path|/proc/acpi/battery/*}}), independently of <tt>tp_smapi</tt>.

The modified <tt>hdaps</tt> has several changes:
* The <tt>hdaps</tt> driver in mainline kernels conflicts with the extended battery status (they use the same IO ports). The modified <tt>hdaps</tt> coordinates this access through the bundled <tt>thinkpad_ec</tt> driver.
* The modified <tt>hdaps</tt> driver fixes reliability and improves support for recent ThinkPad models (*60 and newer), since unlike the mainline driver, it correctly follows the Embedded Controller communication protocol.
* Several other improvements, such as the ability to control the polling rate.

===Troubleshooting===

If you get "<tt>thinkpad_ec: no ThinkPad embedded controller!</tt>" when trying to load the module on a supported model listed below, you should [[BIOS_Upgrade|upgrade your BIOS]]. Some early BIOS (like 1.x on the X31) don't handle the embedded controller.

===Model-specific status===

<div style="font-size: 92%">
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"
|+<tt>tp_smapi</tt> feature support matrix
|-
! colspan=12 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef;" |
=====A series=====
|-
{{tp_smapi/model_status_table_header}}
|-
! {{A22p}} 2629-USG
| {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || || || ||
|-
! {{A30}}
| {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || || || ||
|-
! colspan=12 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef;" |
=====G series=====
|-
{{tp_smapi/model_status_table_header}}
|-
! {{G41}}
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || || || ||
|-
! colspan=12 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef;" |
=====R series=====
|-
{{tp_smapi/model_status_table_header}}
|-
! {{R31}}
| {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || || || || No SMAPI BIOS
|-
! {{R40}}
| {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || || || ||
|-
! {{R50}}
| {{Cunk}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || || || ||
|-
! {{R50e}} 1834-JAG
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || || || ||
|-
! {{R50p}}
| {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || || || ||
|-
! {{R51}} 18*
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes|text=}} 0 || 0.32 || 3.22 || || Machine types 1829, 1830, 1831 and 1836
|-
! {{R51}} 28*
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || || 1.29 || || Machine types 2883, 2887, 2888, 2889, 2894 and 2495
|-
! {{R52}}
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes|text=}} 0 || 0.33 || 1.29 || 1.06 ||
|-
! {{R60}}
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} ||{{Cyes}} || {{Cno|text=}} 1 || 0.33 || || ||
|-
! {{R61}}
| {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cyes}} ||{{Cyes}} || {{Cyes|text=}} 1 || 0.35-test1 || 7KETA7WW 2.07 || 7KHT24WW 1.08 || Machine type 8918 ||
|-

! colspan=12 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef;" |

=====T series=====
|-
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|-
! {{T20}}
| {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || || || || Has SMAPI BIOS but no function is supported. EC LPC3 protocol fails.
|-
! {{T22}}
| {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || || || || Has SMAPI BIOS but no function is supported. EC LPC3 protocol fails.
|-
! {{T23}}
| {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || || || ||
|-
! {{T30}}
| {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || || || ||
|-
! {{T40}}
| {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || || || ||
|-
! {{T40p}}
| {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || || || ||
|-
! {{T41}}
| {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || || || ||
|-
! {{T41p}} 2373-AM9
| {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes|text=}} 1 || 0.32 || 3.20 || v3.04 ||
|-
! {{T42}}
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || || || ||
|-
! {{T42p}} 2373-KXU
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes|text=}} 1 || 0.32 || 3.21 || || Stop charge threshold works in Windows, but dmesg says "__get_real_thresh: cannot get stop_thresh of bat=0: Function is not supported by SMAPI BIOS".
|-
! {{T42p}} 2373-KUU
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || || || ||
|-
! {{T43}} 2686
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes|text=}} 0 || 0.33 || 1.27 || ||
|-
! {{T43p}}
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cyes|text=}} 0 || || || ||
|-
! {{T60}}
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cno|text=}} 7 || 0.32 || || ||
|-
! {{T60}}
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cno|text=}} 1 || 0.34 || || ||
|-
! {{T60}} 1951-24G
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || 0.36 || 1.09a || ||
|-
! {{T60p}} 8743-CTO
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes|text=}} 1 || 0.32 || || ||
|-
! {{T61}}
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cno|text=}} 1 || 0.32 || || || [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=3146719 ref]
|-
! {{T61p}} 6457-7XG
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cno|text=}} 1 || 0.32 || || || [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=3146719 ref]
|-
! colspan=12 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef;" |

=====X series=====
|-
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|-
! {{X20}} 2662-31G
| {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || || || ||
|-
! {{X24}}
| {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || || || ||
|-
! {{X30}}
| {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || 0.34 || 1.09 || ||
|-
! {{X31}}
| {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || || || ||
|-
! {{X32}}
| {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || || || ||
|-
! {{X40}}
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cno|text=}} 3 || 0.32 || 2.08 || 1.62 ||
|-
! {{X41}}
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cno|text=}} 3 || 0.32 || || ||
|-
! {{X41_Tablet}}
| {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cno|text=}} (see ref) || 0.32 || || [http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=4757BD30.8080808%40ugcs.caltech.edu ref] || ||
|-
! {{X60}}
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cno|text=}} 6 || || 2.07 || 1.10 || 2.6.20 issue (see discussion)
|-
! {{X60s}} 1704-5UG
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cno|text=}} 3 || 0.34 || 7BETD2WW 2.13 || 7BHT40WW 1.13 ||
|-
! {{X61s}}
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cno|text=}} 6 / 3 || 0.32 || || || [http://www.slackwiki.org/ThinkPad_X61s ref] says 3 but conflicting report received
|-
! {{X60_Tablet}}
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cno|text=}} 3 || 0.34 || 7JET25WW (1.10 ) || 7JHT13WW 1.04 || [http://luke.no-ip.org/x60tablet/ ref] [http://rad.bioinfo.ulaval.ca/hardware/x60tablet ref]
|-
! {{X61_Tablet}}
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cno|text=}} 6 || 0.32 || || ||
|-
! {{X61}} 7675-4KU
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cno|text=}} 6 || 0.34 || 7NET30WW (1.11 ) || 7MHT24WW-1.02 ||
|-
! {{X61}} 7675-CTO
| {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cno|text=}} 6 || 0.35-test1 || || ||
|-
! {{X300}}
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || 0.37 || 7TET25WW (1.02 ) || 7THT15WW-1.00c ||
|-
! colspan=12 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef;" |

=====Z series=====
|-
{{tp_smapi/model_status_table_header}}
|-
! {{Z60m}}
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || || || ||
|-
! {{Z60t}}
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || || || ||
|-
! {{Z61m}}
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes|text=}} 0 || 0.32 || || ||
|-
! {{Z61t}}
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || || || || [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.20/+bug/45014 ref]
|-
! {{Z61p}}
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || || || ||
|}
</div>

SMAPI capabilities may depend on the BIOS version as well, so upgrading to the latest version of the BIOS might provide more SMAPI functions (especially true for long-lived BIOS with lots of releases, like the TP-1R).

Please update the above and report your experience on the [[Talk:tp_smapi|discussion]] page. If the module loads but gives a "<tt>not supported</tt>" or "<tt>not implementeded</tt>" error when you try to use some specific file in {{path|/sys/devices/platform/smapi/}}, please report the <tt>dmesg</tt> output and whether the corresponding functionality is available under Windows - maybe your ThinkPad just can't do that.

While at it, you may also want to add your laptop to the [[list of DMI IDs]].

=====HDAPS axis orientation=====
<sup>1</sup> The HDAPS axis orientation is set using the <tt>invert</tt> module parameter (at load time) or sysfs attribute (at runtime). The tp_smapi's hdaps driver supports all 8 possible sensor orientations (inversion and swapping). You can use [[HDAPS#Visualisation_of_ThinkPad_orientation|hdaps visualisation]] to check if the settings is correct.

<tt>invert</tt> is an integer between 0 and 7, whose meaning is as follows. Let <tt>X</tt> and <tt>Y</tt> denote the hardware readouts. Let <tt>R</tt> denote the laptop's roll (tilt left/right), and let <tt>P</tt> denote the laptop's pitch (tilt forward/backward). The possible values are as follows:
invert=0: R= X P= Y (same as mainline)
invert=1: R=-X P=-Y (same as mainline)
invert=2: R=-X P= Y (new)
invert=3: R= X P=-Y (new)
invert=4: R= Y P= X (new)
invert=5: R=-Y P=-X (new)
invert=6: R=-Y P= X (new)
invert=7: R= Y P=-X (new)

[[Category:Drivers]] [[Category:Patches]]

===Tools using this driver===

The driver's interface can be accessed directly through the files under {{path|/sys/devices/platform/smapi}}, or via the following tools:
* [[KThinkBat]] - display battery status on the KDE <tt>kicker</tt> panel.
* [[gkrellm-ThinkBat]] - battery status plugin for Gkrellm2
* {{CodeRef|thinkpad-smapi.sh}} - script to display various SMAPI information using tp_smapi module.

Talk:Installing Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) on a ThinkPad T61

2008-04-17T22:23:46Z

EarloftheWest: New section: Article purpose

Hi, I'm new here.
I just got a T61, and discovered that the instructions for enabling the trackpoint [[Installing_Ubuntu_7.10_%28Gutsy_Gibbon%29_on_a_ThinkPad_T61#Trackpad_scrolling | which worked for 7.10]] no longer work in 8.04. This seems to be due to the change to X.org 7.3. Does someone want to add that to the page, or know of a fix? [[User:Zedlander|Zedlander]] 07:56, 6 April 2008 (CEST)

== Trackpoint ==

The trackpoint seems to be working in the latest beta on my T61 without issue.

== Article purpose ==

Should this article be divided into an upgrade section and a fresh install section? Should there be an upgrade article and a fresh install article?

Talk:Installing Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) on a ThinkPad T61

2008-04-17T22:23:24Z

EarloftheWest: /* Trackpoint */

Talk:Installing Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) on a ThinkPad T61

2008-04-17T22:23:09Z

EarloftheWest: /* Trackpoint */

Hi, I'm new here.
I just got a T61, and discovered that the instructions for enabling the trackpoint [[Installing_Ubuntu_7.10_%28Gutsy_Gibbon%29_on_a_ThinkPad_T61#Trackpad_scrolling | which worked for 7.10]] no longer work in 8.04. This seems to be due to the change to X.org 7.3. Does someone want to add that to the page, or know of a fix? [[User:Zedlander|Zedlander]] 07:56, 6 April 2008 (CEST)

== Trackpoint ==

The trackpoint seems to be working in the latest beta on my T61 without issue.

Should this article be divided into an upgrade section and a fresh install section? Should there be an upgrade article and a fresh install article?

Talk:Installing Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) on a ThinkPad T61

2008-04-17T22:19:20Z

EarloftheWest: New section: Trackpoint

Hi, I'm new here.
I just got a T61, and discovered that the instructions for enabling the trackpoint [[Installing_Ubuntu_7.10_%28Gutsy_Gibbon%29_on_a_ThinkPad_T61#Trackpad_scrolling | which worked for 7.10]] no longer work in 8.04. This seems to be due to the change to X.org 7.3. Does someone want to add that to the page, or know of a fix? [[User:Zedlander|Zedlander]] 07:56, 6 April 2008 (CEST)

== Trackpoint ==

It seems to be working in the latest beta on my T61 without issue.