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| − | ===Opening Notes:===
| + | #REDIRECT [[Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) on a ThinkPad T61]] |
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| − | 1) This is written for Tribe 3, as development moves forward many of the items listed here will (hopefully) no longer be necessary or no longer apply.
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| − | 2) Use the Alternative Installer, the Desktop installer installs but fails to boot
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| − | 3) While Gutsy has been relatively stable lately if you are looking for stability stay with Feisty.
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| − | ===Hard Disk Controller===
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| − | When the system boots hit F1 to enter the Bios, select Config->Serial ATA (SATA) and set the SATA Controller mode option to "Compatibility".
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| − | ===Video:===
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| − | ====Intel:====
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| − | Must install using the alternate CD or the regular CD and hit F4 to change VGA settings to 1024x768x32 and use regular install.
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| − | Starting with Tribe 3 on the T61, Ubuntu defaults to using the Intel driver.
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| − | ====Nvidia:====
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| − | As of July 10th the latest nv 2D driver was released that supports the 140m in the T61 and this driver is in Tribe3.
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| − | If you would like 3D acceleration then you must download and install the proprietary drivers from Nvidia here:
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| − | http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html
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| − | To install these drivers:
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| − | 1) install build-essentials from Synaptic
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| − | 2) Download the drivers from the link above to your home directory
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| − | 3) When the download completes hit Ctrl-ALT-F1 to drop to a console.
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| − | 4) Login and type:
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| − | {{cmdroot|sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop}}
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| − | {{cmdroot|sudo sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-100.14.11-pkg1.run}}
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| − | If the file you download is newer that 100.14.11 make sure you modify the command appropriately
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| − | When asked permit the installer to modify your xorg.conf
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| − | Reboot:
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| − | {{cmdroot|sudo shutdown -r now}}
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| − | {{NOTE|With each new Kernel release this process must be repeated except you should tell the installer to not update xorg.conf}}
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| − | ===Wireless:===
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| − | The Atheros card should be supported by the drivers built into Gutsy.
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| − | As of July 26th the IWL4965 driver and firmware is included in linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22 which should be installed by default.
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| − | https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/gutsy-changes/2007-July/005258.html
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| − | ===Audio:===
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| − | Audio does not work out of the box, download and install the latest version of Alsa from CVS using the instructions here:
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| − | http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/Quick_Install
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| − | ==References==
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| − | * This guide is listed at the [http://tuxmobil.org/ibm.html TuxMobil Linux laptop and notebook installation guides survey (IBM/Lenovo)].
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