Installing Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) on a ThinkPad T61

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General Information

Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) Alpha 3 - Released Feb 25th, 2010.

Tested: Worked "out of the box"

Video 2D/3D

  • NVidia (Quadro NVS 140M): works (needs proprietary driver for hardware acceleration)

WiFi

  • Intel PRO/Wireless 4965AGN: works
  • Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG: works
  • Front switch (airplane mode): works by default

Ethernet (Intel Gigabit): works

Special Keys (volume, Fn-, ThinkVantage):

  • ThinkVantage button: go to System -> Preferences -> Keyboard Shortcuts and assign a task to it.
  • Fn-F5 (Wireless/Bluetooth): works by default
  • Fn-F8 (Enable/Disable touchpad): works by default
  • Fn.F4 (Sleep button) works by default with Ubuntu and proprietary NVidia driver
Help needed
Fn-F4 The sleep button does still does not under Kubuntu Jaunty 9.10. The setup below does not seem to work.
  • Fn-F4 (Sleep button): To get sleep button working create /etc/acpi/events/lenovo-sleep and add the following to it:
event=ibm/hotkey HKEY 00000080 00001004
action=/etc/acpi/sleep.sh

Touchpad: works

Touchpoint: works

ACPI

  • Suspend: not tested
  • Hibernate: not tested

Bluetooth: works by default

DVD Drive

  • Ultrabay Slim Super Multi-Burner Drive : works

Audio (AD1984 HD): works

  • Headphones: works
  • Microphone: works

Card Reader: not tested

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