Installing Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) on a ThinkPad Z61m

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Tested Configuration

Hardware Support

Device / Function Works? Comment
Suspend & Hibernate yes out of the box
Intel GMA950 2D and 3D yes out of the box
Intel 3945ABG WiFi yes out of the box
Bluetooth yes out of the box
Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet yes out of the box
DVD±RW Burner yes out of the box
Ultrabay Hotswapping partial hotswapping optical drives (like DVD±RW) works out of the box, for HDD hotswapping look here
Intel HDA Sound yes out of the box, modem must be enabled in BIOS
PCMCIA yes out of the box
Express Card unknown not tested
Firewire unknown not tested
USB yes out of the box
IRDA unknown not tested
Docking unknown not tested
Fingerprint Reader unknown thinkfinger seems to be broken in Lucid. fprint and UPEK's proprietary driver haven't been tested yet
VGA out yes out of the box
S-Video out unknown not tested
Modem unknown not tested
Microphone yes both internal and external mics work out of the box, but are muted by default. See bellow
Headphones yes out of the box
Touchpad yes out of the box
Trackpoint yes out of the box, to enable middle button scrolling see bellow
Multimedia Card Reader yes? works out of the box with all kinds of SD cards. No other cards have been tested
FnFx, FnPageUp, FnHome, FnEnd yes out of the box, except of FnF9 and FnSpace
FnUp, FnDown, FnLeft, FnRight partial depends on the player, works out of the box with Rhytmbox but not Audacious. Thus, needs additional configuration
ThinkVantage yes does nothing by default, but can be easily mapped to something useful. See bellow
Volume up, Volume down, Volume mute partial the volume buttons work but don't affect the software (Pulse Audio) mixer. See bellow