Installing Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) on a ThinkPad Edge 14" (Intel)
This guide is for a Thinkpad Edge 14" with Intel processors.
Worked
- WiFi . Must be turned on using Network Manager Applet on the gnome panel. The toggle wireless key on the keyboard doesn't work.
- Ethernet
- Pointing devices. Can be configured graphically using these instructions
- TrackPoint
- TouchPad
- Fn+F[1-12]
- Special Keys
- Mute
- Volume -
- Volume +
- Brightness down
- Brigtness up
- Previous track in Movie Player
- Play/Pause in Movie Player
- Next track in Movie Player
- Hibernation
- Suspend
Didn't work
- Camera
- Special Keys
- Toggle Wireless. Use the Network Manager Applet on the gnome panel.
- Hard Drive Active Protection System (No luck yet)
- Thinkpad-acpi. "Not yet supported ThinkPad detected!" is displayed at startup. Since acpi isn't working, battery life in Ubuntu is less than in Windows.
Untested
- Bluetooth - Turns on at startup but nothing else was tested.
Tweeks
Disabling Bluetooth
By default Bluetooth Radio is enabled at startup which drains battery life. If you never use Bluetooth and want it disabled append...
service bluetooth stop
...to /etc/init.d/rc.local