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Talk:Installing Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) on a ThinkPad T61

2009-11-06T20:02:52Z

Jebuswankel: â†Created page with 'Re: Hibernation I wrote that hibernation doesn't work well in this release, but I found out why. I hadn't increased my swap space since installing more ram, so if you hibe...'

Re: Hibernation
I wrote that hibernation doesn't work well in this release, but I found out why. I hadn't increased my swap space since installing more ram, so if you hibernation works by default for you, please correct this.

Installing Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) on a ThinkPad T61

2009-11-02T05:38:16Z

Jebuswankel:

= General Information =
Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) was released on 29 October 2009.

= Hardware Support Details =

== Untested ==

'''Video 2D/3D '''
* '''Intel (GMA X3100):''' works

'''WiFi'''
* '''Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG:''' works
* '''ThinkPad 11a/b/g (Atheros):''' works with ath5k driver (in upgrade from 9.04, had to add ath5k module to /etc/modules for autoloading)
* '''ThinkPad 11a/b/g/n (Atheros):''' unknown
* '''Front switch (airplane mode):''' unknown

'''Ethernet (Intel Gigabit):''' works

'''Webcam:''' unknown

'''Audio (AD1984 HD)''': works
* '''Headphones:''' works
* '''Microphone:''' unknown

'''Special Keys (volume, Fn-, {{ibmkey|ThinkVantage|#495988}}):'''
* ThinkVantage button: go to ''System'' -> ''Preferences'' -> ''Keyboard Shortcuts'' and assign a task to it.
*Fn-F5 (Wireless/Bluetooth): works by default
*Fn-F8 (Enable/Disable touchpad): works by default

'''Fingerprint Reader:''' works if installing '''thinkfinger-tools''' and '''libpam-thinkfinger
<pre>sudo aptitude -y install thinkfinger-tools libpam-thinkfinger</pre>
'''
'''Active Protection System:''' unknown

'''Card Reader:''' unknown

'''Bluetooth:''' unknown

'''Modem:''' unknown

'''FireWire (IEEE1394):''' unknown

'''ACPI'''
* '''Suspend:''' works running the restricted 185 nvidia driver, and on intel
* '''Hibernate:''' works, though not as smoothly as in previous releases

'''DVD Drive'''
* '''Ultrabay Slim DVD-ROM Drive:''' unknown
* '''Ultrabay Slim CD-RW/DVD-ROM Combo II Drive:''' unknown
* '''Ultrabay Slim Super Multi-Burner Drive :''' works

== Tested: Worked "out of the box" ==
'''Video 2D/3D '''
* '''NVidia (Quadro NVS 140M):''' works (needs proprietary driver for hardware acceleration)

'''WiFi'''
* '''Intel PRO/Wireless 4965AGN:''' works

'''Touchpad:''' works

'''Touchpoint (including middle-click scrolling):''' works but scrolling does not

== Tested: Needed tweaking to obtain full functionality ==
* Trackpoint vertical/horizontal scrolling functional after creating /etc/hal/fdi/policy/mouse-wheel.fdi

<pre>
<match key="info.product" string="TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint">
<merge key="input.x11_options.EmulateWheel" type="string">true</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.EmulateWheelButton" type="string">2</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.XAxisMapping" type="string">6 7</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.YAxisMapping" type="string">4 5</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.ZAxisMapping" type="string">4 5</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.Emulate3Buttons" type="string">true</merge>
</match>
</pre>

== Fix for the fingerprint reader getting too hot ==
Use the last script from [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_enable_the_fingerprint_reader_with_ThinkFinger#Fix_for_the_fingerprint_reader_getting_too_hot here], but note that in Karmic, the correct path is:
<pre>
/sys/class/usbmon/usbmon*/device/usb*/*
</pre>

== Install HDAPS - IBM Active Protection System Linux Driver ==
<pre>
sudo cp /etc/modules /etc/modules_backup
sudo aptitude install tp-smapi-source
sudo module-assistant prepare tp-smapi
sudo module-assistant auto-install tp-smapi
sudo modprobe tp-smapi
sudo aptitude install hdapsd
echo 'tp-smapi' | sudo tee -a /etc/modules
</pre>

== Tested: Non-functioning ==
* None tested yet

[[Category:T61]][[Category:Ubuntu 9.10]]

Installing Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) on a ThinkPad T61

2009-11-02T05:35:05Z

Jebuswankel:

= General Information =
Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) was released on 29 October 2009.

= Hardware Support Details =

== Untested ==

'''Video 2D/3D '''
* '''Intel (GMA X3100):''' works

'''WiFi'''
* '''Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG:''' works
* '''ThinkPad 11a/b/g (Atheros):''' works with ath5k driver (in upgrade from 9.04, had to add ath5k module to /etc/modules for autoloading)
* '''ThinkPad 11a/b/g/n (Atheros):''' unknown
* '''Front switch (airplane mode):''' unknown

'''Ethernet (Intel Gigabit):''' works

'''Webcam:''' unknown

'''Audio (AD1984 HD)''': works
* '''Headphones:''' works
* '''Microphone:''' unknown

'''Special Keys (volume, Fn-, {{ibmkey|ThinkVantage|#495988}}):'''
* ThinkVantage button: go to ''System'' -> ''Preferences'' -> ''Keyboard Shortcuts'' and assign a task to it.
*Fn-F5 (Wireless/Bluetooth): works by default
*Fn-F8 (Enable/Disable touchpad): works by default

'''Fingerprint Reader:''' works if installing '''thinkfinger-tools''' and '''libpam-thinkfinger
<pre>sudo aptitude -y install thinkfinger-tools libpam-thinkfinger</pre>
'''
'''Active Protection System:''' unknown

'''Card Reader:''' unknown

'''Bluetooth:''' unknown

'''Modem:''' unknown

'''FireWire (IEEE1394):''' unknown

'''ACPI'''
* '''Suspend:''' works running the restricted 185 nvidia driver, and on intel
* '''Hibernate:''' works, though not as well smoothly as in previous releases

'''DVD Drive'''
* '''Ultrabay Slim DVD-ROM Drive:''' unknown
* '''Ultrabay Slim CD-RW/DVD-ROM Combo II Drive:''' unknown
* '''Ultrabay Slim Super Multi-Burner Drive :''' works

== Tested: Worked "out of the box" ==
'''Video 2D/3D '''
* '''NVidia (Quadro NVS 140M):''' works (needs proprietary driver for hardware acceleration)

'''WiFi'''
* '''Intel PRO/Wireless 4965AGN:''' works

'''Touchpad:''' works

'''Touchpoint (including middle-click scrolling):''' works but scrolling does not

== Tested: Needed tweaking to obtain full functionality ==
* Trackpoint vertical/horizontal scrolling functional after creating /etc/hal/fdi/policy/mouse-wheel.fdi

<pre>
<match key="info.product" string="TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint">
<merge key="input.x11_options.EmulateWheel" type="string">true</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.EmulateWheelButton" type="string">2</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.XAxisMapping" type="string">6 7</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.YAxisMapping" type="string">4 5</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.ZAxisMapping" type="string">4 5</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.Emulate3Buttons" type="string">true</merge>
</match>
</pre>

== Fix for the fingerprint reader getting too hot ==
Use the last script from [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_enable_the_fingerprint_reader_with_ThinkFinger#Fix_for_the_fingerprint_reader_getting_too_hot here], but note that in Karmic, the correct path is:
<pre>
/sys/class/usbmon/usbmon*/device/usb*/*
</pre>

== Install HDAPS - IBM Active Protection System Linux Driver ==
<pre>
sudo cp /etc/modules /etc/modules_backup
sudo aptitude install tp-smapi-source
sudo module-assistant prepare tp-smapi
sudo module-assistant auto-install tp-smapi
sudo modprobe tp-smapi
sudo aptitude install hdapsd
echo 'tp-smapi' | sudo tee -a /etc/modules
</pre>

== Tested: Non-functioning ==
* None tested yet

[[Category:T61]][[Category:Ubuntu 9.10]]