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[[User:Jdthood|I]] installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Natty Narwhal) on a ThinkPad {{X220}}, model 42902GW. | [[User:Jdthood|I]] installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Natty Narwhal) on a ThinkPad {{X220}}, model 42902GW. | ||
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+ | Update: In October 2012 I upgraded to 12.10. Update: In May 2013 I upgraded to 13.04. This resulted in hangs on reboot. These were eliminated when I installed the latest kernel from the raring-proposed repo. See also Updates below. | ||
This is the same machine on which I [[Installing Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) on a ThinkPad X220|previously]] installed Ubuntu 11.04. | This is the same machine on which I [[Installing Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) on a ThinkPad X220|previously]] installed Ubuntu 11.04. | ||
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* Install compizconfig-settings-manager and run ccsm: | * Install compizconfig-settings-manager and run ccsm: | ||
− | ** Assign the Resize Windows function to Alt-Button3 which is easier than the default | + | ** Assign the Resize Windows function to Alt-Button3 which is easier than the default, Alt-Button2. Update: The upgrade to Ubuntu 12.10 reverted this setting to the default, so I had to set it again. |
* Enable terminal bell: | * Enable terminal bell: | ||
− | ** Run <tt>gconf-editor</tt> and use it to change desktop | gnome | peripherals | keyboard | bell_mode from "<tt>off</tt>" to "<tt>on</tt>" | + | ** Run <tt>gconf-editor</tt> and use it to change desktop | gnome | peripherals | keyboard | bell_mode from "<tt>off</tt>" to "<tt>on</tt>". Update: This is not necessary or possible in Ubuntu 13.10. |
− | ** Add "pactl upload-sample /usr/share/sounds/gnome/default/alerts/glass.ogg bell.ogg" to .xprofile | + | ** Add "<tt>pactl upload-sample /usr/share/sounds/gnome/default/alerts/glass.ogg bell.ogg</tt>" to <tt>~/.xprofile</tt> |
− | ** | + | ** To maximize bell volume, add "<tt>[ "$DISPLAY" ] && xset b 100</tt>" to <tt>~/.bashrc</tt> |
* Install tp-smapi module | * Install tp-smapi module | ||
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</pre> | </pre> | ||
− | * In /etc/sudoers add "<tt>Defaults timestamp_timeout=0</tt>" | + | * In /etc/sudoers.d/local add "<tt>Defaults timestamp_timeout=0</tt>" |
(Without this, every program I run after executing any command with <tt>sudo</tt> also effectively has full root privileges. This is ungood. If I want to run a sequence of commands as root without having to authenticate every time I'll just do "<tt>sudo su</tt>" to start a root shell!) | (Without this, every program I run after executing any command with <tt>sudo</tt> also effectively has full root privileges. This is ungood. If I want to run a sequence of commands as root without having to authenticate every time I'll just do "<tt>sudo su</tt>" to start a root shell!) | ||
− | * Enable fingerprint reader as I described [[How to enable integrated fingerprint reader with fprint|here]] | + | * Enable fingerprint reader as I described [[How to enable integrated fingerprint reader with fprint|here]]. |
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+ | For Ubuntus prior to 12.10 add the "fingerprint" PPA as follows. | ||
<pre> | <pre> | ||
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:fingerprint/fprint | sudo add-apt-repository ppa:fingerprint/fprint | ||
+ | </pre> | ||
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+ | For all Ubuntus... | ||
+ | <pre> | ||
sudo apt-get install libpam-fprintd fprintd | sudo apt-get install libpam-fprintd fprintd | ||
fprintd-enroll | fprintd-enroll | ||
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</pre> | </pre> | ||
− | * Set up hotkeys (zoom and micmute) as | + | * Set up hotkeys (zoom and micmute) as I describe below |
* Disable Unity automaximization | * Disable Unity automaximization | ||
** Install and run <tt>gconf-editor</tt> and set <tt>apps|compiz-1|plugins|grid|screen0|options|top_edge_action</tt> to 0 (originally 10). | ** Install and run <tt>gconf-editor</tt> and set <tt>apps|compiz-1|plugins|grid|screen0|options|top_edge_action</tt> to 0 (originally 10). | ||
+ | ** Install and run <tt>ccsm</tt> (compizconfig settings manager) and select the Grid plugin. On the Edges tab, disable each action by changing the value to "None". | ||
* Move documents, pictures and other personal files from old to new home directory | * Move documents, pictures and other personal files from old to new home directory | ||
* Set desktop background image | * Set desktop background image | ||
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+ | * Change format of the date and time displayed on the menu bar to include full date and time with seconds: "<b>2014 Mar 07 Fri 13:45:03</b>" [[File:Jdthood-custom-datetime-indicator-format.png]] | ||
+ | <pre> | ||
+ | gsettings set com.canonical.indicator.datetime custom-time-format "'%Y %b %d %a %H:%M:%S'" | ||
+ | gsettings set com.canonical.indicator.datetime time-format "'custom'" | ||
+ | </pre> | ||
* Set up Empathy accounts, etc. | * Set up Empathy accounts, etc. | ||
− | [[Category: Ubuntu 12.04]] | + | === Fix for [https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11227 hotkey shortcomings] === |
+ | Earlier workaround: [[Installing Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) on a ThinkPad X220#Fix for hotkey shortcomings]] | ||
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+ | By default the "zoom" (Fn-Space) and "microphone-mute" (button next to the ThinkVantage button) hotkeys do nothing. | ||
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+ | '''Zoom''': The <tt>thinkpad-acpi</tt> module, kernel and <tt>udev</tt> map the zoom key's ACPI event (<tt>ibm/hotkey HKEY 00000080 00001014</tt>) to input event <tt>KEY_ZOOM</tt> whose numerical value, 372, is greater than 255, the highest key-event code that X can handle. | ||
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+ | '''Micmute''': The <tt>thinkpad-acpi</tt> module and kernel generate an ACPI event (<tt>ibm/hotkey HKEY 00000080 0000101b</tt>) for the microphone mute button but in releases earlier than precise this is not mapped to anything; in precise it is mapped to 256 which is also greater than 255, the highest that X can handle. Bug reported [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/udev/+bug/408903 here]. | ||
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+ | The fault lies with X which can't handle key codes above 255. But as discussed, e.g., [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/313514 here], it may be a long time before this gets fixed in X. | ||
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+ | In Precise updates as of October 2013 a workaround has been implemented for micmute: this key is now treated as if it were F20. | ||
+ | This will [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/udev/+bug/408903 supposedly] be fixed for Ubuntu 13.10 (Saucy) too. | ||
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+ | When I get this working I will update this page. | ||
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+ | [[Category: Ubuntu 12.04]] [[Category: Ubuntu 12.10]] [[Category: Ubuntu 13.04]] |
Latest revision as of 20:05, 16 April 2014
I installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Natty Narwhal) on a ThinkPad X220, model 42902GW.
Update: In October 2012 I upgraded to 12.10. Update: In May 2013 I upgraded to 13.04. This resulted in hangs on reboot. These were eliminated when I installed the latest kernel from the raring-proposed repo. See also Updates below.
This is the same machine on which I previously installed Ubuntu 11.04. For this LTS release I decided to do a clean install rather than an upgrade from 11.10.
With every release of Ubuntu, more and more aspects of the system work correctly without any manual intervention. Here is a summary of what I nevertheless had to do to get the machine back to the way I like it.
- Associate my bluetooth HIDs
- Adjust display layout
- Problem: With some layouts the machine hangs! Will look into this.
- Adjust touchpad
- Switch to two-finger scrolling
- Disable mouse clicks
- Install compizconfig-settings-manager and run ccsm:
- Assign the Resize Windows function to Alt-Button3 which is easier than the default, Alt-Button2. Update: The upgrade to Ubuntu 12.10 reverted this setting to the default, so I had to set it again.
- Enable terminal bell:
- Run gconf-editor and use it to change desktop | gnome | peripherals | keyboard | bell_mode from "off" to "on". Update: This is not necessary or possible in Ubuntu 13.10.
- Add "pactl upload-sample /usr/share/sounds/gnome/default/alerts/glass.ogg bell.ogg" to ~/.xprofile
- To maximize bell volume, add "[ "$DISPLAY" ] && xset b 100" to ~/.bashrc
- Install tp-smapi module
- Install the tp-smapi-dkms package
- Add "tp-smapi" to /etc/modules
- Install HDAPS stuff:
- Add "hdaps" to /etc/modules
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:linrunner/thinkpad-extras sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install hdaps-utils sudo modprobe hdaps hdaps-gl
- In /etc/sudoers.d/local add "Defaults timestamp_timeout=0"
(Without this, every program I run after executing any command with sudo also effectively has full root privileges. This is ungood. If I want to run a sequence of commands as root without having to authenticate every time I'll just do "sudo su" to start a root shell!)
- Enable fingerprint reader as I described here.
For Ubuntus prior to 12.10 add the "fingerprint" PPA as follows.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:fingerprint/fprint
For all Ubuntus...
sudo apt-get install libpam-fprintd fprintd fprintd-enroll sudo vi /etc/pam.d/lightdm
- Set up hotkeys (zoom and micmute) as I describe below
- Disable Unity automaximization
- Install and run gconf-editor and set apps|compiz-1|plugins|grid|screen0|options|top_edge_action to 0 (originally 10).
- Install and run ccsm (compizconfig settings manager) and select the Grid plugin. On the Edges tab, disable each action by changing the value to "None".
- Move documents, pictures and other personal files from old to new home directory
- Set desktop background image
- Change format of the date and time displayed on the menu bar to include full date and time with seconds: "2014 Mar 07 Fri 13:45:03"
gsettings set com.canonical.indicator.datetime custom-time-format "'%Y %b %d %a %H:%M:%S'" gsettings set com.canonical.indicator.datetime time-format "'custom'"
- Set up Empathy accounts, etc.
Fix for hotkey shortcomings
Earlier workaround: Installing Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) on a ThinkPad X220#Fix for hotkey shortcomings
By default the "zoom" (Fn-Space) and "microphone-mute" (button next to the ThinkVantage button) hotkeys do nothing.
Zoom: The thinkpad-acpi module, kernel and udev map the zoom key's ACPI event (ibm/hotkey HKEY 00000080 00001014) to input event KEY_ZOOM whose numerical value, 372, is greater than 255, the highest key-event code that X can handle.
Micmute: The thinkpad-acpi module and kernel generate an ACPI event (ibm/hotkey HKEY 00000080 0000101b) for the microphone mute button but in releases earlier than precise this is not mapped to anything; in precise it is mapped to 256 which is also greater than 255, the highest that X can handle. Bug reported here.
The fault lies with X which can't handle key codes above 255. But as discussed, e.g., here, it may be a long time before this gets fixed in X.
In Precise updates as of October 2013 a workaround has been implemented for micmute: this key is now treated as if it were F20. This will supposedly be fixed for Ubuntu 13.10 (Saucy) too.
When I get this working I will update this page.