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‎Installing Ubuntu 16.04 on a Thinkpad X31

2017-01-06T18:29:02Z

‎Installing Ubuntu 16.04 on a Thinkpad X31

2017-01-06T17:42:02Z

Added section for Ubuntu 16.04

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2006-10-26T08:39:43Z

‎Using ACPI: added external sources section

2006-10-26T08:38:31Z

‎Preface: link corrected

2006-08-30T08:14:04Z

acpi dapper works - update,

2006-08-21T19:38:39Z

‎Installing without cdrom or floppy: fixed broken urls

2006-01-18T04:32:50Z

Installing Ubuntu on a Thinkpad X31 moved to Installing Ubuntu on a ThinkPad X31

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 To be able to install and boot Ubuntu 16.04, add [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PAE <tt>forcepae</tt> to the boot options].
-As with the Ubuntu 10.04, resuming from standby will fail. Add <tt>nomodeset</tt> to the boot options to solve this. To do so permanently, open <tt>/etc/default/grub</tt> and modify <tt>GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX</tt>:
+As with Ubuntu 10.04, resuming from standby will fail. Add <tt>nomodeset</tt> to the boot options to solve this. To do so permanently, open <tt>/etc/default/grub</tt> and modify <tt>GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX</tt>:
-<code>GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="forcepae nomodeset"</code>
+<pre>GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="forcepae nomodeset"</pre>
-With <tt>nomodeset</tt>, Ubuntu will now resume from standby properly. However, it will not turn off the display's backlight when it goes into standby. To solve this, install [[radeontool]] from the official PPA and [https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Power_management#Sleep_hooks hook two scripts into systemd]:
+With <tt>nomodeset</tt>, Ubuntu will now resume from standby properly. However, it will not turn off the display's backlight when it goes into standby. To solve this, install [[radeontool]] from the official PPA and [https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Power_management#Sleep_hooks hook two services into systemd]:
-TODO
+<tt>/etc/systemd/system/backlight-suspend.service</tt>
 =External Sources=

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 =Installing Ubuntu 16.04 on a Thinkpad X31=
-To be able to install and boot Ubuntu 16.04, add [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PAE|<tt>forcepae</tt> to the boot options].
+To be able to install and boot Ubuntu 16.04, add [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PAE <tt>forcepae</tt> to the boot options].
 As with the Ubuntu 10.04, resuming from standby will fail. Add <tt>nomodeset</tt> to the boot options to solve this. To do so permanently, open <tt>/etc/default/grub</tt> and modify <tt>GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX</tt>:
 =External Sources=

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	For the problem with hard lockups, follow the steps on the ubuntu site for building a custom kernel. Set processor type to 'PENTIUM-M' and disable SMP.		For the problem with hard lockups, follow the steps on the ubuntu site for building a custom kernel. Set processor type to 'PENTIUM-M' and disable SMP.

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		+	=Installing Ubuntu 16.04 on a Thinkpad X31=
		+	To be able to install and boot Ubuntu 16.04, add [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PAE\|<tt>forcepae</tt> to the boot options].
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		+	As with the Ubuntu 10.04, resuming from standby will fail. Add <tt>nomodeset</tt> to the boot options to solve this. To do so permanently, open <tt>/etc/default/grub</tt> and modify <tt>GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX</tt>:
		+	<code>GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="forcepae nomodeset"</code>).

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 =External Sources=

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 ==Preface==
-The content of this page was originally geared toward Hoary ({{Ubuntu}} 5.04),
+The content of this page was originally geared toward Hoary ({{Ubuntu 5.04}}),
 but nearly everything here applies just as well to the Warty (4.10) and Breezy (5.10) releases.

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		+	=External Sources=
		+	*This guide is listed at the [http://tuxmobil.org/ibm.html TuxMobil Linux laptop and notebook installation survey (IBM/Lenovo)].


	[[Category:X31]]		[[Category:X31]]

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 but nearly everything here applies just as well to the Warty (4.10) and Breezy (5.10) releases.
-See [http://dev.gentoo.org/~brix/papers/X31/X31.html Henrik Brix Andersens] page for a lot of useful background information.
+See [http://www.brixandersen.dk/papers/X31/X31.html Henrik Brix Andersens] page for a lot of useful background information.
 ==Installing without cdrom or floppy==

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 I tested both, APM and ACPI but settled with ACPI which now works like a charm.
-Ubuntu ships with ACPI enabled, but without ACPI suspend-to-disk being configured. Since ACPI suspend to ram
+Since Ubuntu Dapper (6.06LTS) ACPI works out of the box, either in Standby Mode or Suspend to Disk Mode.
-does not switch off the LCD backlight neither suspend mode is working out of the box. See below how to configure
+ACPI will make your system use about 10% less power than with apm, which reduces my battery runtime from ~4:00h to 3:40h.
-On the other hand: having ACPI disabled will make your system use about 10% more power which reduces my battery
+Please read "[[How to make use of Power Management features]]" for more in depth information.
-Please read "[[How to make use of Power Management features]]" for more in depth information.
+Unfortunately, if ACPI is used, hibernate and standby modes might not work with a CompactFlash card inserted. Read the [[Category_talk:X31|X31 Talk Page]] for further info.
 ===Disabling ACPI and using APM===

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 ==Installing without cdrom or floppy==
-Look [[Installation on ThinkPads without CD-ROM drive|here]] or follow the [http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/howto/helpcenterhowto.2004-11-26.2137127791/howto_view Netboot remarks] instructions at [http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support UbuntuSupport].
+Look [[Installation on ThinkPads without CD-ROM drive|here]] or follow the [http://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/Netboot Netboot remarks] instructions at [http://wiki.ubuntu.com Ubuntu Wiki].
 ==Enabling the Access IBM Button and on-screen display for volume buttons==

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