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<div>Specific installation notes for the ThinkPad {{T500}}.<br />
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==General Notes==<br />
T61 is running out of life and had a very good linux support. {{T500}} is one of the follow-ups with a new and more performant hardware. Can it stay up with the linux Compability of the T61 series?<br />
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== Good News == <br />
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Ubuntu 9.10 works great on my T500, with suspend, hibernate, sound, wifi, out of the box. I'm amazed.<br />
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More info [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Install_Ubuntu_9.10_on_a_ThinkPad_T500 here]:<br />
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==Distro specific instructions==<br />
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*[[Install Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) on a ThinkPad T500]]<br />
*[[Install sidux 2008-03 (Ουρέα) on a ThinkPad T500]]<br />
*[[Installing Debian Sid on a ThinkPad T500]]<br />
*[[Installing openSUSE 11.1 on a ThinkPad T500]]<br />
*[[Install Ubuntu 9.10 on a ThinkPad T500]]<br />
*[[Install Arch Linux on a ThinkPad T500]]<br />
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==External Sources==<br />
*[http://sudan.ubuntuforums.com/showthread.php?t=941792 "Using HDMI interface with ati card and fgrlx on linux"]<br />
*[http://eric.persson.tm/?id=public:t500 ThinkPad T500 - Installing Debian Lenny on a ThinkPad T500 turned out to be less than trivial.]</div>Hypergraphhttps://www.thinkwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Installation_instructions_for_the_ThinkPad_T500&diff=50866Installation instructions for the ThinkPad T5002011-03-07T00:55:05Z<p>Hypergraph: </p>
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<div>Specific installation notes for the ThinkPad {{T500}}.<br />
<br />
==General Notes==<br />
T61 is running out of life and had a very good linux support. {{T500}} is one of the follow-ups with a new and more performant hardware. Can it stay up with the linux Compability of the T61 series?<br />
<br />
== Good News == <br />
<br />
Ubuntu 9.10 works great on my T500, with suspend, hibernate, sound, wifi, out of the box. I'm amazed.<br />
<br />
More info [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Install_Ubuntu_9.10_on_a_ThinkPad_T500 here]:<br />
<br />
==Distro specific instructions==<br />
<br />
*[[Install Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) on a ThinkPad T500]]<br />
*[[Install sidux 2008-03 (Ουρέα) on a ThinkPad T500]]<br />
*[[Installing Debian Sid on a ThinkPad T500]]<br />
*[[Installing openSUSE 11.1 on a ThinkPad T500]]<br />
*[[Install Ubuntu 9.10 on a ThinkPad T500]]<br />
*[[Install Arch Linux on a Thinkpad T500]]<br />
<br />
==External Sources==<br />
*[http://sudan.ubuntuforums.com/showthread.php?t=941792 "Using HDMI interface with ati card and fgrlx on linux"]<br />
*[http://eric.persson.tm/?id=public:t500 ThinkPad T500 - Installing Debian Lenny on a ThinkPad T500 turned out to be less than trivial.]</div>Hypergraphhttps://www.thinkwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Install_Arch_Linux_on_a_ThinkPad_T500&diff=50865Install Arch Linux on a ThinkPad T5002011-03-07T00:54:08Z<p>Hypergraph: â†Created page with 'Everything I use works fine without any tinkering. ==Works out of the box== * Wireless (Intel Corporation Ultimate N WiFi Link 5300). Tested with WEP and WPA. * Integrate...'</p>
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<div>Everything I use works fine without any tinkering.<br />
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==Works out of the box==<br />
* Wireless (Intel Corporation Ultimate N WiFi Link 5300). Tested with WEP and WPA.<br />
* Integrated graphics card (Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07))<br />
* Touchpad (and the little red joystick thing on the keyboard)<br />
* Optical drive<br />
* Audio output<br />
* Volume control buttons (including mute—I had issues with that in the past on Ubuntu)<br />
* Screen brightness controls and keyboard light<br />
* Suspend to RAM<br />
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==Not tested==<br />
* Bluetooth (ID 0a5c:2145 Broadcom Corp. Bluetooth with Enhanced Data Rate II)<br />
* Multiple monitors<br />
* Discrete graphics card<br />
* Audio input<br />
* Video input (ID 17ef:4807 Lenovo UVC Camera)<br />
* Card reader (SD, MMC, etc.)<br />
* Suspend to disk (hibernate)<br />
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==Note about switchable graphics==<br />
Before installing, I disabled switchable graphics in the BIOS (I selected integrated graphics). This may not be necessary, but that's just the way I had it because older versions of Ubuntu didn't work with switchable graphics enabled.<br />
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==lsusb==<br />
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Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub<br />
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub<br />
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub<br />
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub<br />
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub<br />
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub<br />
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub<br />
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub<br />
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 17ef:4807 Lenovo UVC Camera<br />
Bus 006 Device 002: ID 056a:0017 Wacom Co., Ltd Bamboo Fun 4x5<br />
Bus 004 Device 019: ID 0a5c:2145 Broadcom Corp. Bluetooth with Enhanced Data Rate II<br />
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==lspci==<br />
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00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev 07)<br />
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)<br />
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)<br />
00:03.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset MEI Controller (rev 07)<br />
00:03.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset PT IDER Controller (rev 07)<br />
00:03.3 Serial controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset AMT SOL Redirection (rev 07)<br />
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82567LM Gigabit Network Connection (rev 03)<br />
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)<br />
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)<br />
00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 03)<br />
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)<br />
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)<br />
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)<br />
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)<br />
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 03)<br />
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 03)<br />
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)<br />
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)<br />
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)<br />
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)<br />
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93)<br />
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M-E LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)<br />
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03)<br />
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)<br />
03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Ultimate N WiFi Link 5300<br />
15:00.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev ba)<br />
15:00.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 04)<br />
15:00.2 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 21)<br />
15:00.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 11)<br />
15:00.5 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev 11)<br />
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