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| | ==Display== | | ==Display== |
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| − | Works fine OOB | + | Works fine :-) |
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| | ==Suspend and Hibernate== | | ==Suspend and Hibernate== |
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| − | Closing the lid puts the machine to sleep, i often managed to resume from ram but i also got frozen (mouse moveable but switching to console doesn't work, screen remains black except for the pointer (i have a black screensaver)) - caution here (solution below) -
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| − | The [[Installing_Debian_(stable)_on_an_X300#Suspend_.26_Hibernate]] article suggests removing the e1000e module which i haven't tried but may help.
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| − | The 2.6.28-rc3-git1 kernel features a suspend fix for the iwl-agn (wireless) driver, so if that was an issue, it might be gone with the next kernel (not shipped with ubuntu 8.10)
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| − | [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=959712&page=2 This script] offers a solution to the black-freeze-on-resume problem. my suspend now works flawlessly
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| | ==Sound== | | ==Sound== |
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| | ==Camera== | | ==Camera== |
| | + | not tested yet. |
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| − | works fine in ekiga (green LED lights up as well)
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| − | if it doesn't work you might want to try
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| − | sudo adduser youruser video
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| − | ==Graphics Chipset and Driver Information==
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| − | '''GM45'''
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| − | The chipset is called: [http://support.intel.com/Products/Notebook/Chipsets/GM45/GM45-overview.htm Mobile Intel® GM45 Express Chipset]
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| − | It was initially referred to as IGD_GM "Intel Integrated Graphics Device" in the Intel driver
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| − | Next, support for G4X "Intel 4 series chipsets" was added
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| − | IGD_GM was then renamed to it's official name GM45
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| − | Finally, the defines IS_GM45 were merged into IS_G4X because they are identical as at 2008-11-06.
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| − | '''Direct Rendering Infrastructure'''
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| − | DRI is supported with the package libgl1-mesa-dri
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| − | The DRI driver is i965 [http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/Intel http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/Intel]
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| − | $ grep AIGLX:\ Loaded /var/log/Xorg.0.log
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| − | (II) AIGLX: Loaded and initialized /usr/lib/dri/i965_dri.so
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| − | The DRM driver is i915
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| − | drm 110304 3 i915
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| | ==External Displays== | | ==External Displays== |
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| − | vga port works as expected. you can activate it through xrandr or the screen resolution preferences.
| + | not tested yet. |
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| − | with xrandr HDMI-1 shows up as well, but i couldn't test it yet (no adaptor/displayport device)
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| − | * displayport
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| − | Display port may not yet be supported by the intel driver: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2008-July/037375.html.
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| − | There have however been commits since then mentioning displayport.
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| − | The follow xorg.conf works with an external 24" dell display connected via VGA:
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| − | Identifier "Intel GM45 Express"
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| − | Driver "intel"
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| − | Option "monitor-VGA" "DELL2407WFPHC"
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| − | Option "monitor-LVDS" "Laptop"
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| − | EndSection
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| − | Section "Monitor"
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| − | Identifier "DELL2407WFPHC"
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| − | Option "PreferredMode" "1920x1200"
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| − | # Option "Left Of" "Laptop" # causes crash on intel 2.5
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| − | EndSection
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| − | Section "Monitor"
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| − | Identifier "Laptop"
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| − | EndSection
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| − | Section "Monitor"
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| − | Identifier "HDMI-1"
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| − | Option "Ignore" "true"
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| − | Section "Screen"
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| − | Identifier "Default Screen"
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| − | Device "Intel GM45 Express"
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| − | Monitor "Laptop"
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| − | DefaultDepth 24
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| − | SubSection "Display"
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| − | Depth 24
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| − | Virtual 3360 2100
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| − | EndSubSection
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| − | Section "ServerLayout"
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| − | Identifier "Default Layout"
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| − | Screen "Default Screen"
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| − | EndSection
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| | ==Compiz / 3D Acceleration== | | ==Compiz / 3D Acceleration== |
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| − | Works OOB, requires p
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| − | The Intel i965 driver supports 8192x8192 resolution in the Intrepid packages, however the mesa dri driver libgl1-mesa-dri currently only supports 2048x2048. This means is your combined resolution is greater than that (i.e you have an external display attached), mesa eyecandy will be disabled.
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| − | Bug link: [https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/146298 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/146298]
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| − | $ glxinfo -l | grep 2048
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| − | There is crude patch which has had mostly positive feedback, but no-one seems to be sure: [http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2008-April/034707.html http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2008-April/034707.html]. I've not tested it yet. It's also not clear when it will be fixed upstream.
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| | ==Boot time== | | ==Boot time== |
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| − | * 12sec from power to GRUB
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| − | * 22sec to GDM, 18sec with tweaked readahead
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| − | * 29sec from GDM into fully loaded session, 28sec with readahead (seems awfully slow to me.. fluxbox takes like 2sec..)
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| − | ===Improvements===
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| − | ====Native Upstart boot====
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| − | Since i'm using this one i even ditched boot-readahead (still using desktop-readahead though)
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| − | [http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=6158642&postcount=38 Described here]
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| − | ====Concurent loading====
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| − | edit ''/etc/init.d/rc'' set ''CONCURRENCY'' from ''none'' to ''shell''
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| − | CONCURRENCY=shell
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| − | note that after some testing i've switched back to the ''none'' value, as some startups weren't clean
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| − | ====Readahead====
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| − | install readahead
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| − | profile your GNOME login (instructions: [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=565651], then filter out all files under 100kb (guessed number, feel free to experiment).
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| − | The linked page states about loading in ''Xsession.d'', forget about that and put your profiled files in ''/etc/readahead/boot'' and ''/etc/readahead/desktop''. This will cause the boot process to profit and the desktop-files to load earlier (before X starts)
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| − | to create a ''boot'' file, append "profile" to the GRUB prompt
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| − | cat boot | xargs -i ls -lk {} | sort -rn -k +5 | awk "{print(\$8)}" > boot.sorted
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| − | now delete any line below the wanted threshold from the sorted file (i took "dash" as masker with 104kb)
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| − | cat boot | while read line; do grep "$line" boot.sorted >> boot.new; done;
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| − | remove lines from sorted file...
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| − | cat desktop | while read line; do grep "$line" desktop.sorted >> desktop.new; done;
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| | ==Fingerprint Reader== | | ==Fingerprint Reader== |
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| − | Doesn't currently work as it's an AthenTec and not a Thompson chip. | + | Doesn't currently work as it's an AthenTec and not a Thompson chip. Linux driver is missing. Any news here? |
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| − | ==Minimalistic installation instructions==
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| − | The system you are installing when following these instructions will be a good starting point if you want a clean ubuntu system without all the bloat (which you may of course add yourself). For a simple installation just download and install the desktop version of ubuntu 8.10 (beta)
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Please improve on this preliminary effort.
Overview
Installation was done with a fresh Ubuntu 9.04 (x86, 32 bit).
Keyboard
pretty much all of the fn+... keys work (not all tested yet)
tested: lock screen, brightness, sleep, hibernation, battery status, thinklight
Ethernet
Works out of the box.
Wireless
Works out of the box.
Fan
It is spinning lightly (2000-5000 rpm) almost all the time, rather the same situation as on Windows XP.
To get the X301 silent and cool, ThinkPad Fan Control may be a solution. However, a X301 fan profile is still missing. (Perhaps someone might provide a profile?)
Power Mgmt
Seems to work fine - not fully tested yet.
Display
Works fine :-)
Suspend and Hibernate
not tested yet.
Sound
Works out of the box .
Untested remain:
- usage with a sound server (esd)
- microphone
- headphone
Camera
not tested yet.
External Displays
not tested yet.
Compiz / 3D Acceleration
not tested yet.
Boot time
not measured yet.
Fingerprint Reader
Doesn't currently work as it's an AthenTec and not a Thompson chip. Linux driver is missing. Any news here?
Credits
Article skeleton from the Ubuntu 8.10 on X301 article of Blk - Thanks a lot for your work!
Last Revision 24. April 2009 by User tp42.
