Installing Ubuntu 11.04 on a ThinkPad X201 - Revision history

Hippocanjump: /* Function keys */

2011-05-27T15:59:17Z

‎Function keys

2011-05-27T12:06:16Z

‎Hibernation, Sleep, etc ...

2011-05-27T12:04:40Z

‎Hibernation fix

2011-05-27T12:04:13Z

‎Function keys

2011-05-27T12:02:12Z

‎What do we want to do here?

2011-05-27T12:00:13Z

‎Hibernation, Sleep, etc ...

2011-05-27T11:51:22Z

‎Function keys

2011-05-27T11:50:30Z

‎Function keys

2011-05-27T11:38:56Z

‎Function keys

2011-05-27T11:29:18Z

‎Function keys

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 * A single click shows a Search bar with shortcuts, a hold shows the side launcher bar with each luncher having a designated number - while holding the the Windows key, press a numer on the keyboard and the corresponding application will launch.
-* The external monitor has to be connected before starting the laptop, otherwise there are problems. This was not a problem in 10.10. Also Fn + F7 seems to work but there could be a blank screen issues sometimes.
+* 1) The external monitor has to be connected before starting the laptop, otherwise there are problems. This was not a problem in 10.10. Also Fn + F7 seems to work but there could be a blank screen issues sometimes. 2) If you decide to connect a external monitor, make sure that it is disabled (off) from the settings in Monitors. After connecting it, then you can turn it on from Monitors.
 == Hibernation, Sleep, etc ... ==

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 | style="border:0.0139in solid #000000;padding:0.0694in;"| Hibernate from PowerOff menu
 | style="background-color:#00ff00;border:0.0139in solid #000000;padding:0.0694in;"| Yes

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 === Hibernation fix ===
-An improvement form 10.10 to 11.04 is that hibernation form PowerOff menu works. Read below in case you still have problems.
+An improvement form 10.10 to 11.04 is that hibernation works. Read below in case you still have problems.
 Many solutions are being suggested, none of them appealing enough to post it here.

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 | style="border:0.0139in solid #000000;padding:0.0694in;"| Fn + F12
-| style="border-top:0.0139in solid #000000;border-bottom:0.0139in solid #000000;border-left:0.0139in solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0.0694in;"| No
+| style="background-color:#00ff00;border-top:0.0139in solid #000000;border-bottom:0.0139in solid #000000;border-left:0.0139in solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0.0694in;"| Yes
 | style="border:0.0139in solid #000000;padding:0.0694in;"| hibernation

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−	ThinkPad X201 comes with a preinstalled Windows7 system and a hidden Lenovo Recovery partition. My goal is to delete all the partitions and install a clean Ubuntu 11.04 64bit distro. The drive is a 160 GB SSD and I prefer to not reserve and waste any space for the Windows system. Hence my desire to get rid of it completely without the option of dual boot. Still, I would like to have the initial system installation backed up in case I want to sell it later. If you dont want to backup the Lenovo partitions, or you want dual boot, then go directly to Installation. Bottom line: everything works, ~~except~~ the hibernation, which~~, as always, is kernel dependant~~.	+	ThinkPad X201 comes with a preinstalled Windows7 system and a hidden Lenovo Recovery partition. My goal is to delete all the partitions and install a clean Ubuntu 11.04 64bit distro. The drive is a 160 GB SSD and I prefer to not reserve and waste any space for the Windows system. Hence my desire to get rid of it completely without the option of dual boot. Still, I would like to have the initial system installation backed up in case I want to sell it later. If you dont want to backup the Lenovo partitions, or you want dual boot, then go directly to Installation. Bottom line: everything works, even the hibernation, which was problem in 10.10 (note the difference between sleep and hibernation).

	= Hardware specifications =		= Hardware specifications =

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 | style="border:0.0139in solid #000000;padding:0.0694in;"| Fn + F7
-| style="border-top:0.0139in solid #000000;border-bottom:0.0139in solid #000000;border-left:0.0139in solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0.0694in;"|
+| style="background-color:#00ff00;border-top:0.0139in solid #000000;border-bottom:0.0139in solid #000000;border-left:0.0139in solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0.0694in;"| Yes
-| style="border:0.0139in solid #000000;padding:0.0694in;"| switch between monitors
+| style="border:0.0139in solid #000000;padding:0.0694in;"| switch between monitors**
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-* a single click shows a Search bar with shortcuts, a hold shows the side launcher bar with each luncher having a designated number - while holding the the Windows key, press a numer on the keyboard and the corresponding application will launch.
+* A single click shows a Search bar with shortcuts, a hold shows the side launcher bar with each luncher having a designated number - while holding the the Windows key, press a numer on the keyboard and the corresponding application will launch.
 == Hibernation, Sleep, etc ... ==

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 | style="border:0.0139in solid #000000;padding:0.0694in;"| Dedicated Windows key
-| style="border-top:0.0139in solid #000000;border-bottom:0.0139in solid #000000;border-left:0.0139in solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0.0694in;"|
+| style="background-color:#00ff00;border-top:0.0139in solid #000000;border-bottom:0.0139in solid #000000;border-left:0.0139in solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0.0694in;"| Yes
-| style="border:0.0139in solid #000000;padding:0.0694in;"| Yes *see below
+| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.0139in solid #000000;border-left:0.0139in solid #000000;border-right:0.0139in solid #000000;padding:0.0694in;"| *see below
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