Category:W500

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ThinkPad W500

Force Feeding Ubuntu

I was unable to get a clean install with a default ThinkPad W500 configuration and a 32 bit Ubuntu 8.10 downloaded ISO burned to CD. I referenced this post from the ubuntu forums which allowed me to complete the Ubuntu installation.

Go into BIOS and change your display settings to:

  • Default Primary Video Device = PCI Express
  • Boot Display Device = ThinPad LCD
  • Graphics Device = Discrete Graphics
  • OS Detection for Switchable Graphics = Disabled

The W500 has switchable graphics and Ubuntu is unable to determine which graphics card to use without these BIOS settings to point the way.

After install

  • GUI: Yes
  • Wireless: Yes
    • My wireless did not work out of the box with a 64-bit 8.10 installation. I had to deactivate the default driver (by going to System->Administration->Hardware drivers and deactivating Support for Atheros 802.11 wireless cards). Then, it was only a matter of grabbing the madwifi sources, doing make, sudo make install and sudo modprobe ath_pci. Also, don't forget to place the ath_pci module on /etc/modules so it gets loaded everytime you boot up. -Compassnico
  • Trackpad: No (Yes when I used TrackPoint under Ubuntu 8.10 using HAL)

Failures and Annoyances

  • Skype: Isn't working. I believe its a microphone issue.
    • The regular Skype build did not work at all (neither sound input nor output) for me, but I installed the skype-static-oss package from the medibuntu repository and now everything works, although my mic's volume is a bit low. -Compassnico


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