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Talk:Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) on a ThinkPad T61

2007-10-03T05:38:00Z

Rybu: /* x86 vs 64bit on core 2 duo */

==Renamed the page==

I renamed the page since we are now at "Beta" and not Tribe.

==New Nvidia Driver released==

http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_100.14.19.html

Time to test, supposedly it stabilizes compiz. When I get home tonight I will write up install instructions and what it fixes if someone doesn't beat me to it.

: The new NVIDIA driver doesn't fix the compiz+3d accel bug, causing X to crash, at least not on my system. I have the NVIDIA Quadro FX570M. I've removed compiz from my system since I value a buggy NVIDIA driver more than cheesy desktop effects. [[User:Rybu|Rybu]]

== Core 2 Duo running at 800 mHz? ==
The applications Sysinfo and PowerTOP both say that my CPU is running at 800 MHz. When I first open Sysinfo, it says a number around 2 GHz but it then drops to 800 MHz. Sysinfo says something about laptop CPU frequency changing (being "dynamic"), but it remains static at 800 MHz. [[User:SteveSims|SteveSims]] 00:51, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

This is normal. This is the "frequency scaling" feature of the laptop. Whenever the processors aren't being used they drop down to 800MHz to conserve power. All you have to do is run some CPU-intensive task and you'll see them jump up to 2GHz. There's a little applet that you can add to the top panel called "CPU Frequency Scaling Monitor" that will let you watch the processor speed up and down in real time: Right-click on the top panel bar and select "Add to Panel" to find it; it's under "System and Hardware" --[[User:Mike Richards|Mike Richards]] 06:31, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

==Desktop_Applet crash on login after update (2007-09-16) with x86 and AMD64 versions (Fixed in daily build 20070918, reappears in 20070919.1)==
I found out that my Thinkpad T61 is a 64-bit machine so I installed the 64-bit version of Ubuntu 7.10 Tribe 5. I tried updating the machine, which worked fine until it had to configure and install my updates. With about 12 minutes remaining it hangs up and the terminal within the Update Manager says that some components must be restarted (and the update hangs) so I restart my computer. When I log in, I get an error message that says something about a Deskbar_Applet not working, and it asks me if I want to delete it. Regardless of my selection, I can no longer update the machine nor run Applications --> Add/Remove. I thought it must be a difference between AMD64 and Intel's x86-64 near-clone, so I re-installed the 32-bit version. When I updated, the same thing happened after I updated it. I'm guessing this is a bug withing the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUI GUI] or the package manager.

However, I can load Firefox from my panel just fine. [[User:SteveSims|SteveSims]] 05:01, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

:I had a similar problem. I found if I just avoided updating the system until after a full reboot, things were fine. [[User:Rybu|Rybu]]

::The most recent update (9-18-2007) solves this problem.

:::The problem appears again in 20070919.1, at least the AMD64 version (I haven't tested the x86-32 version). [[User:SteveSims|SteveSims]] 21:49, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

::::And it still exists as of September 20th. [[User:SteveSims|SteveSims]] 04:53, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

==Touchpad issues==
After updating on September 18th from the original x86 Tribe 5, tapping the touchpad hard no longer clicks, and the right edge no longer scrolls. [[User:SteveSims|SteveSims]] 01:59, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
:Go to System -> Preferences -> Mouse. In the Touchpad tab you can activate tap to click and vertical scrolling. --[[User:Aerials|aerials]] 13:05, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

==Daily build 20070918 AMD64 won't install==
Double-clicking on the Install icon in the LiveCD does nothing. No window loads, I can't install it from the LiveCD. [[User:SteveSims|SteveSims]] 01:59, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

==Brightness buttons==

The brightness buttons used to work on my system. But now that I have 2 displays, they don't work anymore. When I first installed Ubuntu 7.10 the brightness buttons did not work but I found some tips on-line to enable them... unfortunately I don't remember what those tips were... silly me... I'll dig up the info and put it into the wiki, soon. [[User:Rybu|Rybu]]

==Compiling existing information==

This [[http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Lenovo_Thinkpad_T61]] link has some useful information that is worthwhile compiling into the wiki here. [[User:Rybu|Rybu]]

==Desktop effects don't consistenly work==
I installed new themes and updated today and suddenly the new desktop effects that were added to 7.10 don't work.

However, Deskbar_Applet doesn't crash with the update, even though it does with today's most current LiveCD. [[User:SteveSims|SteveSims]] 06:37, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

==NetworkManger Intermittently Fails To Start, No Networking When It Fails==
After the most recent Kernel patch under Gutsy, NetworkManager doesn't always manage to run when I boot, and when it fails I have no networking. If I try init.d/networking restart, it fails with 'unknown device' for all devices. Looking through the logs, my best guess is ath0 isn't ready when NetworkManager starts, so it starts cycling through other devices until it crashes. Does anyone have any ideas? It seems to only work about 1-2 boots out of 10.

==I installed libdvdcss2, but DVD playback still doesn't work==
I have all the GStreamer plugins. When I insert a DVD movie, Movie Player loads and I hear sound but there's no video. If I try to open a video from a location, I get this dialog box: 
[[Image:totem no plugins.png|300px]]

:I always like the idea of using GStreamer instead of Xine, but the fact is, I've never really gotten DVDs to work very well without installing totem-xine. Maybe you don't want to do that, but if you haven't tried it, consider installing totem-xine? --[[User:Plumpy|Plumpy]] 23:32, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

:::Here's what I get when I install totem-xine from Synaptic:

:::[[Image:Totem-xine_no_DVD_playback.png]] [[User:SteveSims|SteveSims]] 00:32, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

:::::I decided to install some more xine plugins but now Totem closes immediately after opening if I insert a DVD. Here's a log of my xine package installations:
<pre>Commit Log for Tue Sep 25 17:25:49 2007

Installed the following packages:
libxine1-console (1.1.7-1ubuntu1)
libxine1-gnome (1.1.7-1ubuntu1)
libxine1-plugins (1.1.7-1ubuntu1)

Commit Log for Tue Sep 25 17:23:33 2007

Installed the following packages:
libpostproc1d (3:0.cvs20070307-5ubuntu4)
libxine1-ffmpeg (1.1.7-1ubuntu1)

Commit Log for Tue Sep 25 17:14:25 2007

Removed the following packages:
totem-gstreamer

Installed the following packages:
libmodplug0c2 (1:0.7-5.2ubuntu1)
libpulse0 (0.9.6-1ubuntu2)
libxcb-shape0 (1.0-3)
libxcb-shm0 (1.0-3)
libxcb-xv0 (1.0-3)
libxcb1 (1.0-3)
libxine1 (1.1.7-1ubuntu1)
libxvmc1 (2:1.0.4-2ubuntu1)
totem-xine (2.20.0-0ubuntu1)
</pre>

== x86 vs 64bit on core 2 duo ==

What to choose? Why, why not?

: In my case, I've installed the 64bit kernel. I develop some of my own software which has a fair amount of optimizations with the 64-bit architecture. [[User:Rybu|Rybu]]

== Black screen at boot ==

When try to boot gutsy-desktop-amd64 the screen turns black, even when i use "Safe Graphics" mode. Having a nVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M card

TURNS OUT I JUST NEED PATIENCE... sorry

==Update 2007-10-1 works fine==
Announcement. [[User:SteveSims|SteveSims]] 05:15, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) on a ThinkPad T61

2007-09-23T03:12:24Z

Rybu: /* Bluetooth */ - added a comment on key mapping for Fn-F5

==Installation Notes ==

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

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

== Display/Video ==

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

===Installing Nvidia drivers manually===

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

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

Stop the X server:

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

Remove nvidia-glx-new

$ sudo apt-get remove nvidia-glx-new

Install the drivers:

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

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

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

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

===Multiple Monitors===

'''Nvidia N140m:'''

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

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

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

'''Intel X3100:'''

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

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

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

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

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

To set the built-in LCD to ouput 1680x1050

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

To extend the desktop

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

== Audio ==

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

== Intel Wireless ==

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

== Modem ==

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

==Bluetooth==

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

{{cmdroot|sudo modprobe thinkpad-acpi}}

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

{{cmdroot|su }}

To enable bluetooth:

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

To disable bluetooth:

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

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

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

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

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

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

enter the following

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

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

{{cmdroot|sudo visudo}}

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

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

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

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

== Fingerprint Reader ==

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

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

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

auth sufficient pam_thinkfinger.so
auth required pam_unix.so try_first_pass

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

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

== Trackpad scrolling ==

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

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

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

== Hibernate/Suspend ==

=== Blank Screen Fix ===

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

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

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

$ sudo update-grub

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

=== Intel 3495ABG Wireless ===

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

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

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

== Items that work out of the box ==

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

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

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

'''Network Card'''

'''Firewire'''

'''Wireless switch'''

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

'''Headphones'''

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

'''Docking Stations:'''

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

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

* Network Pass-through

* Modem Pass-through

* USB ports: Connected upon docking

* PS/2 Ports

== Items that don't work ==

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

== Power consumption ==

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

$ sudo apt-get install powertop
$ sudo powertop

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

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

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

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

Adding the Nvidia card increases the laptops power requirements.

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

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

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

Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) on a ThinkPad T61

2007-09-20T21:19:14Z

Rybu: /* Multiple Monitors */

==Installation Notes ==

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

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

== Display/Video ==

'''Intel''' video works out of the box, but '''Nvidia''' accelerated 3D support is not installed by default. To install Nvidia 3D support click System->Administration->Restricted Drivers Manager

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

If the above does not work you can install the drivers manually by going to the NVIDIA website [http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html] and download your 32 bit or 64 bit driver and install it manually, for 64 bit that is:
# [CTRL]+[ALT]+[F2]
# $ sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop (stopping the X server)
# $ sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-100.14.11-pkg2.run (depending on the version that will be online)
# follow instructions in the installer
# $ sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart (restarting the X server)

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

{{NOTE|Desktop Effects may be unstable with the proprietary driver, Nvidia is aware of the issue and claims that the next release will resolve the issue. If, for example, you notice the screensaver or glxgears is crashing X, go to System -> Preferences -> Appearance -> Desktop effects and turn desktop effects off. }}

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

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

Control + Alt + Delete to restart X. Should be working.

===Multiple Monitors===

Nvidia N140m:

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

Using the proprietary drivers you must use the Nvidia tool located at Applications->System Tools-> Nvidia X Server Settings. Comment: I've found that the NVIDIA drivers tend to crash with xinerama enabled. 2 displays with xinerama off has been stable. [[User:Rybu|Rybu]]

Intel X3100:

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

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

In my case, I have a 1680x1050 built-in LCD and a 1600x1200 external LCD, so I

# added a "Virtual 3280 1200" line in the Display SubSection of the Screen Section in my xorg.conf
# restarted X
# ran "xrandr --output LVDS --auto" to get my built-in LCD to ouput 1680x1050
# ran "xrandr --output VGA --right-of LVDS" to extend my desktop

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

== Audio ==

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

== Intel Wireless ==

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

== Modem ==

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

==Bluetooth==

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

{{cmdroot|sudo modprobe thinkpad-acpi}}

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

{{cmdroot|su }}

To enable bluetooth:

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

To disable bluetooth:

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

: Q - Any ideas on how to set up a keybinding Fn+F5 to turn bluetooth on and off? [[User:Rybu|Rybu]]

== Fingerprint Reader ==

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

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

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

auth sufficient pam_thinkfinger.so
auth required pam_unix.so try_first_pass

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

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

== Trackpad scrolling ==

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

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

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

== Hibernate/Suspend ==

=== Blank Screen Fix ===

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

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

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

$ sudo update-grub

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

=== Intel 3495ABG Wireless ===

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

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

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

== Items that work out of the box ==

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

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

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

'''Network Card'''

'''Firewire'''

'''Wireless switch'''

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

'''Headphones'''

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

'''Docking Stations:'''

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

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

* Network Pass-through

* Modem Pass-through

* USB ports: Connected upon docking

* PS/2 Ports

== Items that don't work ==

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

== Power consumption ==

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

$ sudo apt-get install powertop
$ sudo powertop

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

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

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

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

Adding the Nvidia card increases the laptops power requirements.

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

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

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

Talk:Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) on a ThinkPad T61

2007-09-20T21:00:44Z

Rybu:

==New Nvidia Driver released==

http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_100.14.19.html

Time to test, supposedly it stabilizes compiz. When I get home tonight I will write up install instructions and what it fixes if someone doesn't beat me to it.

: The new NVIDIA driver doesn't fix the compiz+3d accel bug, causing X to crash, at least not on my system. I have the NVIDIA Quadro FX570M. I've removed compiz from my system since I value a buggy NVIDIA driver more than cheesy desktop effects. [[User:Rybu|Rybu]]

== Core 2 Duo running at 800 mHz? ==
The applications Sysinfo and PowerTOP both say that my CPU is running at 800 MHz. When I first open Sysinfo, it says a number around 2 GHz but it then drops to 800 MHz. Sysinfo says something about laptop CPU frequency changing (being "dynamic"), but it remains static at 800 MHz. [[User:SteveSims|SteveSims]] 00:51, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

This is normal. This is the "frequency scaling" feature of the laptop. Whenever the processors aren't being used they drop down to 800MHz to conserve power. All you have to do is run some CPU-intensive task and you'll see them jump up to 2GHz. There's a little applet that you can add to the top panel called "CPU Frequency Scaling Monitor" that will let you watch the processor speed up and down in real time: Right-click on the top panel bar and select "Add to Panel" to find it; it's under "System and Hardware" --[[User:Mike Richards|Mike Richards]] 06:31, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

==Desktop_Applet crash on login after update (2007-09-16) with x86 and AMD64 versions (Fixed in daily build 20070918, reappears in 20070919.1)==
I found out that my Thinkpad T61 is a 64-bit machine so I installed the 64-bit version of Ubuntu 7.10 Tribe 5. I tried updating the machine, which worked fine until it had to configure and install my updates. With about 12 minutes remaining it hangs up and the terminal within the Update Manager says that some components must be restarted (and the update hangs) so I restart my computer. When I log in, I get an error message that says something about a Deskbar_Applet not working, and it asks me if I want to delete it. Regardless of my selection, I can no longer update the machine nor run Applications --> Add/Remove. I thought it must be a difference between AMD64 and Intel's x86-64 near-clone, so I re-installed the 32-bit version. When I updated, the same thing happened after I updated it. I'm guessing this is a bug withing the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUI GUI] or the package manager.

However, I can load Firefox from my panel just fine. [[User:SteveSims|SteveSims]] 05:01, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

:I had a similar problem. I found if I just avoided updating the system until after a full reboot, things were fine. [[User:Rybu|Rybu]]

::The most recent update (9-18-2007) solves this problem.

:::The problem appears again in 20070919.1, at least the AMD64 version (I haven't tested the x86-32 version). [[User:SteveSims|SteveSims]] 21:49, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

==Touchpad issues==
After updating on September 18th from the original x86 Tribe 5, tapping the touchpad hard no longer clicks, and the right edge no longer scrolls. [[User:SteveSims|SteveSims]] 01:59, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

==Daily build 20070918 AMD64 won't install==
Double-clicking on the Install icon in the LiveCD does nothing. No window loads, I can't install it from the LiveCD. [[User:SteveSims|SteveSims]] 01:59, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

==Brightness buttons==

The brightness buttons used to work on my system. But now that I have 2 displays, they don't work anymore. When I first installed Ubuntu 7.10 the brightness buttons did not work but I found some tips on-line to enable them... unfortunately I don't remember what those tips were... silly me... I'll dig up the info and put it into the wiki, soon. [[User:Rybu|Rybu]]

==Compiling existing information==

This [[http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Lenovo_Thinkpad_T61]] link has some useful information that is worthwhile compiling into the wiki here. [[User:Rybu|Rybu]]

Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) on a ThinkPad T61

2007-09-20T20:58:07Z

Rybu: /* Brightness */

==Installation Notes ==

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

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

== Display/Video ==

'''Intel''' video works out of the box, but '''Nvidia''' accelerated 3D support is not installed by default. To install Nvidia 3D support click System->Administration->Restricted Drivers Manager

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

If the above does not work you can install the drivers manually by going to the NVIDIA website [http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html] and download your 32 bit or 64 bit driver and install it manually, for 64 bit that is:
# [CTRL]+[ALT]+[F2]
# $ sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop (stopping the X server)
# $ sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-100.14.11-pkg2.run (depending on the version that will be online)
# follow instructions in the installer
# $ sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart (restarting the X server)

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

{{NOTE|Desktop Effects may be unstable with the proprietary driver, Nvidia is aware of the issue and claims that the next release will resolve the issue. If, for example, you notice the screensaver or glxgears is crashing X, go to System -> Preferences -> Appearance -> Desktop effects and turn desktop effects off. }}

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

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

Control + Alt + Delete to restart X. Should be working.

===Multiple Monitors===

Nvidia N140m:

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

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

Intel X3100:

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

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

In my case, I have a 1680x1050 built-in LCD and a 1600x1200 external LCD, so I

# added a "Virtual 3280 1200" line in the Display SubSection of the Screen Section in my xorg.conf
# restarted X
# ran "xrandr --output LVDS --auto" to get my built-in LCD to ouput 1680x1050
# ran "xrandr --output VGA --right-of LVDS" to extend my desktop

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

== Audio ==

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

== Intel Wireless ==

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

== Modem ==

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

==Bluetooth==

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

{{cmdroot|sudo modprobe thinkpad-acpi}}

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

{{cmdroot|su }}

To enable bluetooth:

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

To disable bluetooth:

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

: Q - Any ideas on how to set up a keybinding Fn+F5 to turn bluetooth on and off? [[User:Rybu|Rybu]]

== Fingerprint Reader ==

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

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

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

auth sufficient pam_thinkfinger.so
auth required pam_unix.so try_first_pass

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

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

== Trackpad scrolling ==

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

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

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

== Hibernate/Suspend ==

=== Blank Screen Fix ===

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

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

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

$ sudo update-grub

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

=== Intel 3495ABG Wireless ===

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

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

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

== Items that work out of the box ==

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

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

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

'''Network Card'''

'''Firewire'''

'''Wireless switch'''

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

'''Headphones'''

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

'''Docking Stations:'''

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

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

* Network Pass-through

* Modem Pass-through

* USB ports: Connected upon docking

* PS/2 Ports

== Items that don't work ==

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

== Power consumption ==

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

$ sudo apt-get install powertop
$ sudo powertop

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

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

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

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

Adding the Nvidia card increases the laptops power requirements.

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

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

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

Talk:Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) on a ThinkPad T61

2007-09-20T20:49:09Z

Rybu:

Talk:Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) on a ThinkPad T61

2007-09-20T20:47:11Z

Rybu: /* New Nvidia Driver released */

Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) on a ThinkPad T61

2007-09-20T20:40:46Z

Rybu: /* Bluetooth */

==Installation Notes ==

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

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

== Display/Video ==

'''Intel''' video works out of the box, but '''Nvidia''' accelerated 3D support is not installed by default. To install Nvidia 3D support click System->Administration->Restricted Drivers Manager

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

If the above does not work you can install the drivers manually by going to the NVIDIA website [http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html] and download your 32 bit or 64 bit driver and install it manually, for 64 bit that is:
# [CTRL]+[ALT]+[F2]
# $ sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop (stopping the X server)
# $ sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-100.14.11-pkg2.run (depending on the version that will be online)
# follow instructions in the installer
# $ sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart (restarting the X server)

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

{{NOTE|Desktop Effects may be unstable with the proprietary driver, Nvidia is aware of the issue and claims that the next release will resolve the issue. If, for example, you notice the screensaver or glxgears is crashing X, go to System -> Preferences -> Appearance -> Desktop effects and turn desktop effects off. }}

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

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

Control + Alt + Delete to restart X. Should be working.

===Multiple Monitors===

Nvidia N140m:

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

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

Intel X3100:

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

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

In my case, I have a 1680x1050 built-in LCD and a 1600x1200 external LCD, so I

# added a "Virtual 3280 1200" line in the Display SubSection of the Screen Section in my xorg.conf
# restarted X
# ran "xrandr --output LVDS --auto" to get my built-in LCD to ouput 1680x1050
# ran "xrandr --output VGA --right-of LVDS" to extend my desktop

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

== Audio ==

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

== Intel Wireless ==

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

== Modem ==

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

==Bluetooth==

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

{{cmdroot|sudo modprobe thinkpad-acpi}}

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

{{cmdroot|su }}

To enable bluetooth:

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

To disable bluetooth:

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

: Q - Any ideas on how to set up a keybinding Fn+F5 to turn bluetooth on and off? [[User:Rybu|Rybu]]

== Fingerprint Reader ==

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

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

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

auth sufficient pam_thinkfinger.so
auth required pam_unix.so try_first_pass

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

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

== Trackpad scrolling ==

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

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

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

== Hibernate/Suspend ==

=== Blank Screen Fix ===

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

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

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

$ sudo update-grub

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

=== Intel 3495ABG Wireless ===

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

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

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

== Items that work out of the box ==

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

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

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

'''Network Card'''

'''Firewire'''

'''Wireless switch'''

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

'''Headphones'''

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

'''Docking Stations:'''

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

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

* Network Pass-through

* Modem Pass-through

* USB ports: Connected upon docking

* PS/2 Ports

== Items that don't work ==

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

== Power consumption ==

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

$ sudo apt-get install powertop
$ sudo powertop

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

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

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

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

Adding the Nvidia card increases the laptops power requirements.

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

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

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

Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) on a ThinkPad T61

2007-09-20T20:40:30Z

Rybu: /* Bluetooth */ question posed

==Installation Notes ==

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

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

== Display/Video ==

'''Intel''' video works out of the box, but '''Nvidia''' accelerated 3D support is not installed by default. To install Nvidia 3D support click System->Administration->Restricted Drivers Manager

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

If the above does not work you can install the drivers manually by going to the NVIDIA website [http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html] and download your 32 bit or 64 bit driver and install it manually, for 64 bit that is:
# [CTRL]+[ALT]+[F2]
# $ sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop (stopping the X server)
# $ sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-100.14.11-pkg2.run (depending on the version that will be online)
# follow instructions in the installer
# $ sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart (restarting the X server)

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

{{NOTE|Desktop Effects may be unstable with the proprietary driver, Nvidia is aware of the issue and claims that the next release will resolve the issue. If, for example, you notice the screensaver or glxgears is crashing X, go to System -> Preferences -> Appearance -> Desktop effects and turn desktop effects off. }}

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

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

Control + Alt + Delete to restart X. Should be working.

===Multiple Monitors===

Nvidia N140m:

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

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

Intel X3100:

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

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

In my case, I have a 1680x1050 built-in LCD and a 1600x1200 external LCD, so I

# added a "Virtual 3280 1200" line in the Display SubSection of the Screen Section in my xorg.conf
# restarted X
# ran "xrandr --output LVDS --auto" to get my built-in LCD to ouput 1680x1050
# ran "xrandr --output VGA --right-of LVDS" to extend my desktop

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

== Audio ==

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

== Intel Wireless ==

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

== Modem ==

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

==Bluetooth==

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

{{cmdroot|sudo modprobe thinkpad-acpi}}

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

{{cmdroot|su }}

To enable bluetooth:

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

To disable bluetooth:

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

: Q - Any ideas on how to set up a keybinding Fn+F5 to turn bluetooth on and off?

== Fingerprint Reader ==

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

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

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

auth sufficient pam_thinkfinger.so
auth required pam_unix.so try_first_pass

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

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

== Trackpad scrolling ==

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

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

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

== Hibernate/Suspend ==

=== Blank Screen Fix ===

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

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

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

$ sudo update-grub

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

=== Intel 3495ABG Wireless ===

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

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

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

== Items that work out of the box ==

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

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

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

'''Network Card'''

'''Firewire'''

'''Wireless switch'''

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

'''Headphones'''

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

'''Docking Stations:'''

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

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

* Network Pass-through

* Modem Pass-through

* USB ports: Connected upon docking

* PS/2 Ports

== Items that don't work ==

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

== Power consumption ==

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

$ sudo apt-get install powertop
$ sudo powertop

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

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

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

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

Adding the Nvidia card increases the laptops power requirements.

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

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

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

Talk:Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) on a ThinkPad T61

2007-09-17T07:10:30Z

Rybu: moved to discussion

== Core 2 Duo running at 800 mHz? ==
The applications Sysinfo and PowerTOP both say that my CPU is running at 800 MHz. When I first open Sysinfo, it says a number around 2 GHz but it then drops to 800 MHz. Sysinfo says something about laptop CPU frequency changing (being "dynamic"), but it remains static at 800 MHz. [[User:SteveSims|SteveSims]] 00:51, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

This is normal. This is the "frequency scaling" feature of the laptop. Whenever the processors aren't being used they drop down to 800MHz to conserve power. All you have to do is run some CPU-intensive task and you'll see them jump up to 2GHz. There's a little applet that you can add to the top panel called "CPU Frequency Scaling Monitor" that will let you watch the processor speed up and down in real time: Right-click on the top panel bar and select "Add to Panel" to find it; it's under "System and Hardware" --[[User:Mike Richards|Mike Richards]] 06:31, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

== Wireless card options? ==

The T61 lists two options for wireless cards the Atheros card and the Intel 4965. Both have their issues right now, has anyone had any success in using a IPW3945 with this laptop? I tried moving the IPW3945 from my T60 to this laptop and it seems to be missing some of the radio connections and did not work. I eventually want to use my IWL4965 card since the drivers are open however the disconnects every 30-60 minutes are getting insane...

Update to this question: My concern with the Atheros card is the signal level reporting issue that some comments on the madwifi dev list indicate have been fixed. Can anyone with an Atheros card verify that they are seeing the correct signal level? Also I shutdown Network Manager and connected to my AP via wpa_supplicant and ifup and the connection has been stable for almost an hour so maybe the problem isn't the driver? --[[User:Darrena|Darrena]] 01:57, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

My T61 has the built-in Intel 3945 and I'm using the default ipw3945 driver. I've never had any problems with wireless. --[[User:Mike Richards|Mike Richards]] 05:02, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

== IWL4965 Issues ==

I think the problem is with Network Manager or the NetworkManager package in Gutsy see my post the NM mailing list regarding this here:
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network.networkmanager.devel/7548

==Desktop_Applet crash on login after update (2007-09-16) with x86 and AMD64 versions==
I found out that my Thinkpad T61 is a 64-bit machine so I installed the 64-bit version of Ubuntu 7.10 Tribe 5. I tried updating the machine, which worked fine until it had to configure and install my updates. With about 12 minutes remaining it hangs up and the terminal within the Update Manager says that some components must be restarted (and the update hangs) so I restart my computer. When I log in, I get an error message that says something about a Deskbar_Applet not working, and it asks me if I want to delete it. Regardless of my selection, I can no longer update the machine nor run Applications --> Add/Remove. I thought it must be a difference between AMD64 and Intel's x86-64 near-clone, so I re-installed the 32-bit version. When I updated, the same thing happened after I updated it. I'm guessing this is a bug withing the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUI GUI] or the package manager.

However, I can load Firefox from my panel just fine. [[User:SteveSims|SteveSims]] 05:01, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

:I had a similar problem. I found if I just avoided updating the system until after a full reboot, things were fine. [[User:Rybu|Rybu]]

Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) on a ThinkPad T61

2007-09-17T07:08:16Z

Rybu: this is more appropriate for the discussion page

==Installation Notes ==

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

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

== Display/Video ==

'''Intel''' video works out of the box, but '''Nvidia''' accelerated 3D support is not installed by default. To install Nvidia 3D support click System->Administration->Restricted Drivers Manager

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

If the above does not work you can install the drivers manually by going to the NVIDIA website [http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html] and download your 32 bit or 64 bit driver and install it manually, for 64 bit that is:
# [CTRL]+[ALT]+[F2]
# $ sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop (stopping the X server)
# $ sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-100.14.11-pkg2.run (depending on the version that will be online)
# follow instructions in the installer
# $ sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart (restarting the X server)

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

{{NOTE|Desktop Effects may be unstable with the proprietary driver, Nvidia is aware of the issue and claims that the next release will resolve the issue. If, for example, you notice the screensaver or glxgears is crashing X, go to System -> Preferences -> Appearance -> Desktop effects and turn desktop effects off. }}

===Multiple Monitors===

Nvidia N140m:

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

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

Intel X3100:

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

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

In my case, I have a 1680x1050 built-in LCD and a 1600x1200 external LCD, so I

# added a "Virtual 3280 1200" line in the Display SubSection of the Screen Section in my xorg.conf
# restarted X
# ran "xrandr --output LVDS --auto" to get my built-in LCD to ouput 1680x1050
# ran "xrandr --output VGA --right-of LVDS" to extend my desktop

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

== Audio ==

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

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

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

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

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

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

== Intel Wireless ==

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

== Modem ==

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

==Bluetooth==

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

{{cmdroot|sudo modprobe thinkpad-acpi}}

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

{{cmdroot|su }}

To enable bluetooth:

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

To disable bluetooth:

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

== Fingerprint Reader ==

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

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

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

auth sufficient pam_thinkfinger.so
auth required pam_unix.so try_first_pass

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

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

== Trackpad scrolling ==

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

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

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

== Hibernate/Suspend ==

=== Blank Screen Fix ===

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

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

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

$ sudo update-grub

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

=== Intel 3495ABG Wireless ===

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

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

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

== Items that work out of the box ==

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

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

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

'''Network Card'''

'''Firewire'''

'''Wireless switch'''

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

'''Headphones'''

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

'''Docking Stations:'''

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

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

* Network Pass-through

* Modem Pass-through

* USB ports: Connected upon docking

* PS/2 Ports

== Items that don't work ==

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

== Power consumption ==

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

$ sudo apt-get install powertop
$ sudo powertop

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

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

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

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

Adding the Nvidia card increases the laptops power requirements.

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

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

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

Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) on a ThinkPad T61

2007-09-15T18:31:03Z

Rybu: /* Video */ - mentioned how to turn off desktop effects

==Installation Notes ==

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

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

== Video ==

'''Intel''' video works out of the box, but '''Nvidia''' accelerated 3D support is not installed by default. To install Nvidia 3D support click System->Administration->Restricted Drivers Manager

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

If the above does not work you can install the drivers manually by going to the NVIDIA website [http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html] and download your 32 bit or 64 bit driver and install it manually, for 64 bit that is:
# [CTRL]+[ALT]+[F2]
# $ sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop (stopping the X server)
# $ sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-100.14.11-pkg2.run (depending on the version that will be online)
# follow instructions in the installer
# $ sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart (restarting the X server)

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

{{NOTE|Desktop Effects may be unstable with the proprietary driver, Nvidia is aware of the issue and claims that the next release will resolve the issue. If, for example, you notice the screensaver or glxgears is crashing X, go to System -> Preferences -> Appearance -> Desktop effects and turn desktop effects off. }}

===Multiple Monitors===

Nvidia N140m:

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

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

Intel X3100:

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

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

In my case, I have a 1680x1050 built-in LCD and a 1600x1200 external LCD, so I

# added a "Virtual 3280 1200" line in the Display SubSection of the Screen Section in my xorg.conf
# restarted X
# ran "xrandr --output LVDS --auto" to get my built-in LCD to ouput 1680x1050
# ran "xrandr --output VGA --right-of LVDS" to extend my desktop

== Audio ==

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

Microphone may not are the only supported methods of installing the Nvidia drivers.work with applications (like sound recorder and skype) even though sound can be heard through the speakers or headphones.

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

By default, the sound may be disabled and the volume control buttons on the laptop (up by the ThinkVantage button) and the volume control applet (up by the clock) will not control the speaker volume (they actually control the microphone!). https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/136287

To fix this:

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

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

== Modem ==

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

==Bluetooth==

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

{{cmdroot|sudo modprobe thinkpad-acpi}}

Then su to root (sudo doesn't work for some reason) to enable the root account so you can use su see [[http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Feisty#How_to_set.2Fchange.2Fenable_root_user_password| This link]].

{{cmdroot|su }}

To enable bluetooth:

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

To disable bluetooth:

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

== Fingerprint Reader ==

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

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

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

auth sufficient pam_thinkfinger.so
auth required pam_unix.so try_first_pass

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

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

== Trackpad scrolling ==

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

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

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

== Hibernate/Suspend ==

=== Blank Screen Fix ===

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

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

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

$ sudo update-grub

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

=== Intel 3495ABG Wireless ===

Sometimes after a resum

=== Intel 4965AGN and Wireless ===

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

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

The iwl3945 driver generally only works for about 30 minutes to an hour, though, so it's not a suitable replacement.

This will be fixed soon, the problem was with wpa_supplicant crashing. A fix should hit the repo's this week I think. --[[User:Darrena|Darrena]] 15:53, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

== Fonts on High-Res Screens ==

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

== Items that work out of the box ==

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

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

'''Wireless:''' Atheros and Intel work

'''Network Card'''

'''Firewire'''

'''Wireless switch'''

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

'''Headphones'''

'''Keyboard Shortcuts:'''

* 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 p
To enable bluetoothlayer
* Fn-F2 properly locks the screen
* Fn-F3 shows remaining battery
* Fn-F4 suspends (to ram)
* Fn-F12 hibernates (to disk)
* PrtSc opens the screenshot dialog

'''Docking Stations:'''

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

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

* Network Pass-through: Works

* Modem Pass-through: Works

* USB ports: Connected upon docking

* PS/2 Ports: Work

== Items that don't work ==

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

== Power consumption ==

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

$ sudo apt-get install powertop
$ sudo powertop

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

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

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

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

Adding the Nvidia card increases the laptops power requirements.

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

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

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

Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) on a ThinkPad T61

2007-09-15T17:36:03Z

Rybu: /* Bluetooth */ removed duplicate audio info

==Installation Notes ==

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

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

== Video ==

'''Intel''' video works out of the box, but '''Nvidia''' accelerated 3D support is not installed by default. To install Nvidia 3D support click System->Administration->Restricted Drivers Manager

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

If the above does not work you can install the drivers manually by going to the NVIDIA website [http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html] and download your 32 bit or 64 bit driver and install it manually, for 64 bit that is:
# [CTRL]+[ALT]+[F2]
# $ sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop (stopping the X server)
# $ sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-100.14.11-pkg2.run (depending on the version that will be online)
# follow instructions in the installer
# $ sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart (restarting the X server)

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

{{NOTE|Desktop Effects may be unstable with the proprietary driver, Nvidia is aware of the issue and claims that the next release will resolve the issue}}

===Multiple Monitors===

Nvidia N140m:

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

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

Intel X3100:

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

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

In my case, I have a 1680x1050 built-in LCD and a 1600x1200 external LCD, so I

# added a "Virtual 3280 1200" line in the Display SubSection of the Screen Section in my xorg.conf
# restarted X
# ran "xrandr --output LVDS --auto" to get my built-in LCD to ouput 1680x1050
# ran "xrandr --output VGA --right-of LVDS" to extend my desktop

== Audio ==

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

Microphone may not are the only supported methods of installing the Nvidia drivers.work with applications (like sound recorder and skype) even though sound can be heard through the speakers or headphones.

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

By default, the sound may be disabled and the volume control buttons on the laptop (up by the ThinkVantage button) and the volume control applet (up by the clock) will not control the speaker volume (they actually control the microphone!). https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/136287

To fix this:

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

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

== Modem ==

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

==Bluetooth==

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

{{cmdroot|sudo modprobe thinkpad-acpi}}

Then su to root (sudo doesn't work for some reason) to enable the root account so you can use su see [[http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Feisty#How_to_set.2Fchange.2Fenable_root_user_password| This link]].

{{cmdroot|su }}

To enable bluetooth:

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

To disable bluetooth:

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

== Fingerprint Reader ==

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

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

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

auth sufficient pam_thinkfinger.so
auth required pam_unix.so try_first_pass

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

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

== Trackpad scrolling ==

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

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

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

== Hibernate/Suspend ==

=== Blank Screen Fix ===

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

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

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

$ sudo update-grub

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

=== Intel 3495ABG Wireless ===

Sometimes after a resum

=== Intel 4965AGN and Wireless ===

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

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

The iwl3945 driver generally only works for about 30 minutes to an hour, though, so it's not a suitable replacement.

This will be fixed soon, the problem was with wpa_supplicant crashing. A fix should hit the repo's this week I think. --[[User:Darrena|Darrena]] 15:53, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

== Fonts on High-Res Screens ==

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

== Items that work out of the box ==

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

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

'''Wireless:''' Atheros and Intel work

'''Network Card'''

'''Firewire'''

'''Wireless switch'''

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

'''Headphones'''

'''Keyboard Shortcuts:'''

* 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 p
To enable bluetoothlayer
* Fn-F2 properly locks the screen
* Fn-F3 shows remaining battery
* Fn-F4 suspends (to ram)
* Fn-F12 hibernates (to disk)
* PrtSc opens the screenshot dialog

'''Docking Stations:'''

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

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

* Network Pass-through: Works

* Modem Pass-through: Works

* USB ports: Connected upon docking

* PS/2 Ports: Work

== Items that don't work ==

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

== Power consumption ==

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

$ sudo apt-get install powertop
$ sudo powertop

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

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

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

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

Adding the Nvidia card increases the laptops power requirements.

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

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

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

Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) on a ThinkPad T61

2007-09-15T09:16:51Z

Rybu: /* Items that work out of the box */ bluetooth isn't working for me

==Installation Notes ==

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

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

== Video ==

'''Intel''' video works out of the box, but '''Nvidia''' accelerated 3D support is not installed by default. To install Nvidia 3D support click System->Administration->Restricted Drivers Manager or go to NVIDIA [http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html] and download your 32 bit or 64 bit driver and install it manually, for 64 bit that is:
# [CTRL]+[ALT]+[F2]
# $ sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop (stopping the X server)
# $ sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-100.14.11-pkg2.run (depending on the version that will be online)
# follow instructions in the installer
# $ sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart (restarting the X server)

With Nvidia, you may experience a bug where the X server crashes or fails to start. Numerous solutions are provided (with mixed results) in the [https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/98641 Launchpad bug report] as well as [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=533557&highlight=Thinkpad+T61 this thread] on the Ubuntu forums.

Adding a second monitor may break your xorg.conf if you use the graphical interface. I haven't tried editing the xorg file manually to see if one can be added.

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

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

In my case, I have a 1680x1050 built-in LCD and a 1600x1200 external LCD, so I

# added a "Virtual 3280 1200" line in the Display SubSection of the Screen Section in my xorg.conf
# restarted X
# ran "xrandr --output LVDS --auto" to get my built-in LCD to ouput 1680x1050
# ran "xrandr --output VGA --right-of LVDS" to extend my desktop

----

I found this post to be particularly helpful in setting up video drivers. This worked well on my Thinkpad T61p with an NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M video card. [http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=3000269&postcount=28] [[User:Rybu|Rybu]]

The current NVIDIA drivers (NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-100.14.11-pkg2) have a bug in them
[https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-restricted-modules-2.6.22/+bug/130325] One notices the bug with desktop effects turned on with some of the apps that use hardware 3d accelleration, such as glxgears or the screensavers. The bug is avoidable. Go to System -> Preferences -> System -> Desktop effects and turn desktop effects off and you can avoid the problem. NVIDIA says the next revision of the drivers should fix this problem. [[User:Rybu|Rybu]]

== Audio ==

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

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

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

By default, the sound may be disabled and the volume control buttons on the laptop (up by the ThinkVantage button) and the volume control applet (up by the clock) will not control the speaker volume (they actually control the microphone!). https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/136287

To fix this:

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

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

== Modem ==

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

== Fingerprint Reader ==

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

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

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

auth sufficient pam_thinkfinger.so
auth required pam_unix.so try_first_pass

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

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

== Trackpad scrolling ==

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

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

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

== Hibernate/Suspend ==

=== Blank Screen Fix ===

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

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

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

$ sudo update-grub

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

=== Intel 3495ABG Wireless ===

Sometimes after a resume, the wireless card won't come back up. When the [[http://people.freedesktop.org/~hughsient/quirk/quirk-suspend-debug.html quirk checker script]] is run, it says:

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

The iwl3945 driver generally only works for about 30 minutes to an hour, though, so it's not a suitable replacement.

=== Intel 4965AGN Wireless ===

Works fine out of the box.

== Fonts on High-Res Screens ==

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

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

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

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

== Brightness ==

The brightness controls do work out of the box, but they should work once you apply all of the system updates.

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

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

== Items that work out of the box ==

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

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

'''Wireless:''' Atheros and Intel work

'''Network Card'''

'''Firewire'''

'''Wireless switch'''

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

'''Headphones'''

'''Bluetooth:''' The bluetooth module is detected but I have no bluetooth device to check with.

On the contrary, with my Thinkpad t61p 6457-5KU, I can't get bluetooth to work at all. I'm not even sure how to get the little "bluetooth lamp" below the monitor to light up. [[User:Rybu|Rybu]]

'''Keyboard Shortcuts:'''

* Fn-PgUp activates/deactivates the thinklight
* Fn-Up will trigger stop on a media player
* Fn-Down will toggle pause and play on a media player
* Fn-Left/Right go to prev/next tracks on a media player
* Fn-F2 properly locks the screen
* Fn-F3 shows remaining battery
* Fn-F4 suspends (to ram)
* Fn-F12 hibernates (to disk)
* PrtSc opens the screenshot dialog

'''Docking Stations:'''

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

* DVI or Analog video: You can switch to it using xrandr for Intel cards or using the Nvidia Control Panel with the Nvidia card.

{{HELP|Does the new displayconfig-gtk tool work for switching video with the Intel card?}}

* Network Pass-through: Works

* Modem Pass-through: Works

* USB ports: Connected upon docking

* PS/2 Ports: Untested, may require a reboot.

== Items that don't work ==

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

== Power consumption ==

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

$ sudo apt-get install powertop
$ sudo powertop

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

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

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

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

Adding the Nvidia card increases the laptops power requirements.

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

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

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

Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) on a ThinkPad T61

2007-09-14T16:59:09Z

Rybu: /* Video */ added bug report for nvidia drivers

==Installation Notes ==

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

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

== Video ==

'''Intel''' video works out of the box, but '''Nvidia''' accelerated 3D support is not installed by default. To install Nvidia 3D support click System->Administration->Restricted Drivers Manager or go to NVIDIA [http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html] and download your 32 bit or 64 bit driver and install it manually, for 64 bit that is:
# [CTRL]+[ALT]+[F2]
# $ sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop (stopping the X server)
# $ sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-100.14.11-pkg2.run (depending on the version that will be online)
# follow instructions in the installer
# $ sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart (restarting the X server)

With Nvidia, you may experience a bug where the X server crashes or fails to start. Numerous solutions are provided (with mixed results) in the [https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/98641 Launchpad bug report] as well as [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=533557&highlight=Thinkpad+T61 this thread] on the Ubuntu forums.

Adding a second monitor may break your xorg.conf if you use the graphical interface. I haven't tried editing the xorg file manually to see if one can be added.

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

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

In my case, I have a 1680x1050 built-in LCD and a 1600x1200 external LCD, so I

# added a "Virtual 3280 1200" line in the Display SubSection of the Screen Section in my xorg.conf
# restarted X
# ran "xrandr --output LVDS --auto" to get my built-in LCD to ouput 1680x1050
# ran "xrandr --output VGA --right-of LVDS" to extend my desktop

----

I found this post to be particularly helpful in setting up video drivers. This worked well on my Thinkpad T61p with an NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M video card. [http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=3000269&postcount=28] [[User:Rybu|Rybu]]

The current NVIDIA drivers (NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-100.14.11-pkg2) have a bug in them
[https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-restricted-modules-2.6.22/+bug/130325] One notices the bug with desktop effects turned on with some of the apps that use hardware 3d accelleration, such as glxgears or the screensavers. The bug is avoidable. Go to System -> Preferences -> System -> Desktop effects and turn desktop effects off and you can avoid the problem. NVIDIA says the next revision of the drivers should fix this problem. [[User:Rybu|Rybu]]

== Audio ==

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

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

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

By default, the sound may be disabled and the volume control buttons on the laptop (up by the ThinkVantage button) and the volume control applet (up by the clock) will not control the speaker volume (they actually control the microphone!). https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/136287

To fix this:

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

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

== Modem ==

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

== Fingerprint Reader ==

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

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

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

auth sufficient pam_thinkfinger.so
auth required pam_unix.so try_first_pass

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

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

== Trackpad scrolling ==

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

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

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

== Hibernate/Suspend ==

=== Blank Screen Fix ===

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

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

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

$ sudo update-grub

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

=== Intel 3495ABG Wireless ===

Sometimes after a resume, the wireless card won't come back up. When the [[http://people.freedesktop.org/~hughsient/quirk/quirk-suspend-debug.html quirk checker script]] is run, it says:

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

The iwl3945 driver generally only works for about 30 minutes to an hour, though, so it's not a suitable replacement.

=== Intel 4965AGN Wireless ===

Works fine out of the box.

== Fonts on High-Res Screens ==

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

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

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

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

== Brightness ==

The brightness controls do work out of the box, but they should work once you apply all of the system updates.

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

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

== Items that work out of the box ==

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

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

'''Wireless:''' Atheros and Intel work

'''Network Card'''

'''Firewire'''

'''Wireless switch'''

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

'''Headphones'''

'''Bluetooth:''' The bluetooth module is detected but I have no bluetooth device to check with.

'''Keyboard Shortcuts:'''

* Fn-PgUp activates/deactivates the thinklight
* Fn-Up will trigger stop on a media player
* Fn-Down will toggle pause and play on a media player
* Fn-Left/Right go to prev/next tracks on a media player
* Fn-F2 properly locks the screen
* Fn-F3 shows remaining battery
* Fn-F4 suspends (to ram)
* Fn-F12 hibernates (to disk)
* PrtSc opens the screenshot dialog

'''Docking Stations:'''

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

* DVI or Analog video: You can switch to it using xrandr for Intel cards or using the Nvidia Control Panel with the Nvidia card.

{{HELP|Does the new displayconfig-gtk tool work for switching video with the Intel card?}}

* Network Pass-through: Works

* Modem Pass-through: Works

* USB ports: Connected upon docking

* PS/2 Ports: Untested, may require a reboot.

== Items that don't work ==

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

== Power consumption ==

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

$ sudo apt-get install powertop
$ sudo powertop

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

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

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

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

Adding the Nvidia card increases the laptops power requirements.
r requirements.

These are the figures measured on a T61 14" 1440x900 screen 2.2ghz Core2D
These are the figures measured on a T61 14" 1440x900 screen 2.2ghz Core2Duo 2GB RAM, Nvidia 140m video, IWL4965 wifi and Bluetooth (Disabled):

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

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

Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) on a ThinkPad T61

2007-09-08T07:00:07Z

Rybu: /* Video */

Installing openSUSE 10.3 Beta 2 on an Thinkpad T61

2007-09-03T22:38:14Z

Rybu:

I've made one half-hearted attempt to get openSUSE 10.3 Beta 2 up and running on my Thinkpad T61p without much luck. During the install process, if you allow it to autoupdate from on-line repositories it gets stuck in a seemingly endless list of conflicts. Otherwise if you deny it access to the internet, it runs but extremely slowly. It's not clear what is dragging it down.

My hardware info:

Processor (CPU): Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7700 @ 2.40GHz

Total memory (RAM): 3.80 GB (added 2GB to stock)

P/N: ThinkPad T61p 6457-5KU

Original description: T7700(2.4GHz), 2GB RAM, 100GB 7200rpm HD, 15.4in 1920x1200 LCD, 256MB nVIDIA Quadro FX 570M, CDRW/DVDRW, Intel 802.11agn(n-disabled), Bluetooth, Modem, 1Gb Ethernet, UltraNav, Secure chip, Fingerprint reader, 9c Li-Ion

[[User:Rybu|Rybu]]

Installing openSUSE 10.3 Beta 2 on an Thinkpad T61

2007-09-03T21:56:53Z

Rybu: created a page for opensuse 10.3 beta 2, with my limited experience

I've made one half-hearted attempt to get openSUSE 10.3 Beta 2 up and running on my Thinkpad T61p without much luck. During the install process, if you allow it to autoupdate from on-line repositories it gets stuck in a seemingly endless list of conflicts. Otherwise if you deny it access to the internet, it runs but extremely slowly. It's not clear what is dragging it down.

My hardware info:

Processor (CPU): Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7700 @ 2.40GHz
Total memory (RAM): 3.80 GB (added 2GB to stock)
P/N: ThinkPad T61p 6457-5KU
Original description: T7700(2.4GHz), 2GB RAM, 100GB 7200rpm HD, 15.4in 1920x1200 LCD, 256MB nVIDIA Quadro FX 570M, CDRW/DVDRW, Intel 802.11agn(n-disabled), Bluetooth, Modem, 1Gb Ethernet, UltraNav, Secure chip, Fingerprint reader, 9c Li-Ion

[[User:Rybu|Rybu]]

Installation instructions for the ThinkPad T61

2007-09-03T21:50:26Z

Rybu: /* openSUSE / SUSE LINUX */ adding opensuse 10.3 beta 2 section.

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

==Distribution-specific instructions==

=== Debian ===

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

=== Ubuntu ===

* {{Install|Ubuntu| 7.04 (Feisty Fawn)| T61}}
* {{Install|Ubuntu| 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) Tribe 5| 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

=== 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

=== Gentoo ===
* Useful forum post on [http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-567773-highlight-.html installation of Gentoo].

Installing openSUSE 10.2 on an IBM ThinkPad T61

2007-09-03T09:15:57Z

Rybu: positives...

1.should install madwifi 802.11 driver
2.should install NVS 140M driver if using NVS 140M

-----------------

I've been attempting to install openSUSE 10.2 on my new Thinkpad T61p. So far I've had mixed results.

The new NVIDIA drivers seem to work fine at 1920x1200 24bits/pixel. I had to go to the NVIDIA site to find them. NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-100.14.11-pkg2.run was the file. Follow the instructions there and you should be fine.

My current dilemmas are:

1) Getting sound/audio drivers to work.

: UPDATE snd-hda-intel driver is claimed to work at [http://www.linlap.com/wiki/IBM-Lenovo+Thinkpad+T61] but I've tried near all combinations with no luck... [[User:Rybu|Rybu]]
: UPDATE the Debian people claim it's the fault of the ALSA driver [http://www.klabs.be/~fpiat/linux/debian/Lenny_on_Thinkpad_T61/] [[User:Rybu|Rybu]]

2) Getting some basic apps to work, like Google Earth and Amarok. Google earth complains:
error while loading shared libraries: libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

: UPDATE, I got google earth to work although I'm not sure exactly what I did to get it working. Over the past couple of days I tried installing openSUSE 10.3 beta2, and various other linux distributions without much luck. I reinstalled openSUSE 10.2 because that's what I've had the most luck with, and somehow google earth works now. Still no sound.. [[User:Rybu|Rybu]]

Amarok just doesn't make any noise. It's usine the xine engine, and that doesn't seem to be working...

3) Wifi. I have no idea how to get wifi up and running. The above cryptic comments about the MadWifi 802.11 driver don't help much. I went, downloaded and installed the driver and I'm getting nothing. Specifically, the make / make install sequence runs fine, but then it just doesn't work.

: UPDATE, although I have not implemented it I've heard that there are functional drivers from intel. IWLWIFI is apparently the appropriate program, which at present requires compilation. [http://intellinuxwireless.org/?p=iwlwifi] [[User:Rybu|Rybu]]

4) Bluetooth doesn't seem to be working, either. It might be too early to tell.

I haven't tried any of the more advanced features yet, like the fingerprint reader or webcam. I'd be happy fixing 1 and 3...

Anyone having similar problems, or found a way to fix them?

I should mention some positives. I have two DVD burners with this system, the Lenovo DVD multiburner CD/DVD-RW and the external lightscribe burner CD/DVD+RW. Both have worked flawlessly. The USB ports are functioning fine, and it's quite easy to use external USB hard drives with the system. [[User:Rybu|Rybu]]

Installing openSUSE 10.2 on an IBM ThinkPad T61

2007-09-03T09:11:42Z

Rybu: update

Installing openSUSE 10.2 on an IBM ThinkPad T61

2007-09-03T08:41:53Z

Rybu: updates

Installing openSUSE 10.2 on an IBM ThinkPad T61

2007-09-03T07:49:47Z

Rybu: google earth works now

1.should install madwifi 802.11 driver
2.should install NVS 140M driver if using NVS 140M

-----------------

I've been attempting to install openSUSE 10.2 on my new Thinkpad T61p. So far I've had mixed results.

The new NVIDIA drivers seem to work fine at 1920x1200 24bits/pixel. I had to go to the NVIDIA site to find them. NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-100.14.11-pkg2.run was the file. Follow the instructions there and you should be fine.

My current dilemmas are:

1) Getting sound/audio drivers to work.

2) Getting some basic apps to work, like Google Earth and Amarok. Google earth complains:
error while loading shared libraries: libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

: UPDATE, I got google earth to work although I'm not sure exactly what I did to get it working. Over the past couple of days I tried installing openSUSE 10.3 beta2, and various other linux distributions without much luck. I reinstalled openSUSE 10.2 because that's what I've had the most luck with, and somehow google earth works now. Still no sound.. [[User:Rybu|Rybu]]

Amarok just doesn't make any noise. It's usine the xine engine, and that doesn't seem to be working...

3) Wifi. I have no idea how to get wifi up and running. The above cryptic comments about the MadWifi 802.11 driver don't help much. I went, downloaded and installed the driver and I'm getting nothing. Specifically, the make / make install sequence runs fine. Here is the output of a modinfo ath_pci call, after modprobe ath_pci:


modinfo ath_pci

filename: /lib/modules/2.6.18.8-0.5-default/net/ath_pci.ko

author: Errno Consulting, Sam Leffler

description: Support for Atheros 802.11 wireless LAN cards.

version: 0.9.3.2

license: Dual BSD/GPL

vermagic: 2.6.18.8-0.5-default SMP mod_unload gcc-4.1

depends: ath_hal,wlan

alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000007sv*sd*bc*sc*i*

alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000012sv*sd*bc*sc*i*

alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000013sv*sd*bc*sc*i*

alias: pci:v0000A727d00000013sv*sd*bc*sc*i*

alias: pci:v000010B7d00000013sv*sd*bc*sc*i*

alias: pci:v0000168Cd00001014sv*sd*bc*sc*i*

alias: pci:v0000168Cd0000101Asv*sd*bc*sc*i*

alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000015sv*sd*bc*sc*i*

alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000016sv*sd*bc*sc*i*

alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000017sv*sd*bc*sc*i*

alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000018sv*sd*bc*sc*i*

alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000019sv*sd*bc*sc*i*

alias: pci:v0000168Cd0000001Asv*sd*bc*sc*i*

alias: pci:v0000168Cd0000001Bsv*sd*bc*sc*i*

alias: pci:v0000168Cd0000001Csv*sd*bc*sc*i*

alias: pci:v0000168Cd0000001Dsv*sd*bc*sc*i*

alias: pci:v0000168Cd00009013sv*sd*bc*sc*i*

srcversion: F1ED01FDEFF40A3C458CC49

parm: ath_debug:Load-time debug output enable (int)

parm: ratectl:Rate control algorithm [amrr|onoe|sample], defaults to 'sample' (charp)

parm: autocreate:Create ath device in [sta|ap|wds|adhoc|ahdemo|monitor] mode. defaults to sta, use 'none' to disable (charp)

parm: rfkill:Enable/disable RFKILL capability (int)

parm: xchanmode:Enable/disable extended channel mode (int)

parm: outdoor:Enable/disable outdoor use (int)

parm: countrycode:Override default country code (int)


4) Bluetooth doesn't seem to be working, either.

I haven't tried any of the more advanced features yet, like the fingerprint reader or webcam. I'd be happy fixing 1 and 3...

Anyone having similar problems, or found a way to fix them?

User:Truesteven

2007-09-03T04:06:09Z

Rybu:

Could you take a look at the openSUSE 10.2 and thinkpad t61 page? I'd like to understand your comments. You'll see I've added quite a bit to the page. [[User:Rybu|Rybu]]

User:Truesteven

2007-09-03T04:05:46Z

Rybu: â†Created page with 'Could you take a look at the openSUSE 10.2 and thinkpad t61 page? I'd like to understand your comments. You'll see I've added quite a bit to the page.'

Could you take a look at the openSUSE 10.2 and thinkpad t61 page? I'd like to understand your comments. You'll see I've added quite a bit to the page.

Installing openSUSE 10.2 on an IBM ThinkPad T61

2007-09-01T20:57:25Z

Rybu: modinfo dump added...

1.should install madwifi 802.11 driver
2.should install NVS 140M driver if using NVS 140M

-----------------

I've been attempting to install openSUSE 10.2 on my new Thinkpad T61p. So far I've had mixed results.

The new NVIDIA drivers seem to work fine at 1920x1200 24bits/pixel. I had to go to the NVIDIA site to find them. NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-100.14.11-pkg2.run was the file. Follow the instructions there and you should be fine.

My current dilemmas are:

1) Getting sound/audio drivers to work.

2) Getting some basic apps to work, like Google Earth and Amarok. Google earth complains:
error while loading shared libraries: libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Amarok just doesn't make any noise. It's usine the xine engine, and that doesn't seem to be working...

3) Wifi. I have no idea how to get wifi up and running. The above cryptic comments about the MadWifi 802.11 driver don't help much. I went, downloaded and installed the driver and I'm getting nothing. Specifically, the make / make install sequence runs fine. Here is the output of a modinfo ath_pci call, after modprobe ath_pci:


modinfo ath_pci

filename: /lib/modules/2.6.18.8-0.5-default/net/ath_pci.ko

author: Errno Consulting, Sam Leffler

description: Support for Atheros 802.11 wireless LAN cards.

version: 0.9.3.2

license: Dual BSD/GPL

vermagic: 2.6.18.8-0.5-default SMP mod_unload gcc-4.1

depends: ath_hal,wlan

alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000007sv*sd*bc*sc*i*

alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000012sv*sd*bc*sc*i*

alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000013sv*sd*bc*sc*i*

alias: pci:v0000A727d00000013sv*sd*bc*sc*i*

alias: pci:v000010B7d00000013sv*sd*bc*sc*i*

alias: pci:v0000168Cd00001014sv*sd*bc*sc*i*

alias: pci:v0000168Cd0000101Asv*sd*bc*sc*i*

alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000015sv*sd*bc*sc*i*

alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000016sv*sd*bc*sc*i*

alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000017sv*sd*bc*sc*i*

alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000018sv*sd*bc*sc*i*

alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000019sv*sd*bc*sc*i*

alias: pci:v0000168Cd0000001Asv*sd*bc*sc*i*

alias: pci:v0000168Cd0000001Bsv*sd*bc*sc*i*

alias: pci:v0000168Cd0000001Csv*sd*bc*sc*i*

alias: pci:v0000168Cd0000001Dsv*sd*bc*sc*i*

alias: pci:v0000168Cd00009013sv*sd*bc*sc*i*

srcversion: F1ED01FDEFF40A3C458CC49

parm: ath_debug:Load-time debug output enable (int)

parm: ratectl:Rate control algorithm [amrr|onoe|sample], defaults to 'sample' (charp)

parm: autocreate:Create ath device in [sta|ap|wds|adhoc|ahdemo|monitor] mode. defaults to sta, use 'none' to disable (charp)

parm: rfkill:Enable/disable RFKILL capability (int)

parm: xchanmode:Enable/disable extended channel mode (int)

parm: outdoor:Enable/disable outdoor use (int)

parm: countrycode:Override default country code (int)


4) Bluetooth doesn't seem to be working, either.

I haven't tried any of the more advanced features yet, like the fingerprint reader or webcam. I'd be happy fixing 1 and 3...

Anyone having similar problems, or found a way to fix them?

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Rybu:

Installing openSUSE 10.2 on an IBM ThinkPad T61

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Rybu:

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2007-09-01T20:39:32Z

Rybu:

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2007-09-01T20:39:16Z

Rybu: more ideas, problems

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2007-09-01T20:01:17Z

Rybu: mention wifi problem

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2007-09-01T19:44:29Z

Rybu: the above comments don't mean anything to me. Does the author care to elaborate? I entered my current attempt.