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Upgrade completes successfully and boots fine.  It seems a little slower, but I don't know for sure.  So far, all I've needed to do is tweak Gnome a little bit (Move the buttons as at [http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/13535/move-window-buttons-back-to-the-right-in-ubuntu-10.04/], and reset my terminal background).
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Upgrade completes successfully and boots fine.  It seems a little slower, but I don't know for sure.   
  
Screen rotation seems to work fine (the pen rotates as well) using the monitor preferences GUI.  Touch is miscalibrated, however, and wacom-tools (and the necessary wacomcpl) does not exist.
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==Just works==
Calibration can be performed by using xinput_calibrator [http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/xinput_calibrator] (make sure device is correct, get the id with --list and use --device id) to get the values, and then calling
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*Trackpoint scrolling
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*Camera
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*Screen
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==Minor edits==
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*Move the buttons back [http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/13535/move-window-buttons-back-to-the-right-in-ubuntu-10.04/]
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*reset terminal profile
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*bring back volume control [http://www.virtualhelp.me/linux/107-volume-controlicon-is-gone-ubuntu-1004]
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*change background to 'span'
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*edit startup programs to not do silly things
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==Major changes==
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Screen rotation using xrandr and the monitor preferences GUI works fine, rotating the pen and touch inputs as wellHowever, touch calibration needs fixing.  Due to the lack of HAL, the device renaming wacom.fdi doesn't work either, and we cannot use wacamcpl/wacom-tools.
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To calibrate, use xinput_calibrator [http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/xinput_calibrator].  Make sure you select the right device (get the id with --list and use --device id) to get the values.  Calling:
  
 
xsetwacom set "Serial Wacom Tablet touch" bottomx "value"
 
xsetwacom set "Serial Wacom Tablet touch" bottomx "value"
  
for bottomx bottomy topx and topy.  Make the calibration permanent by editing /etc/hal/fdi/policy/touchscreen.fdi (reboot not tested yet).
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for bottomx bottomy topx and topy will set your calibration.
  
Trackpoint scrolling works.
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I've put the necessary commands in .xinitrc, but have not tested to see if they're rebootable.

Latest revision as of 10:42, 23 March 2011

Initial Conditions

Lenovo ThinkPad X200T (purchased late 2009) with Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) installed as per: Installing Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) on a ThinkPad X200. Modifications as described on that page: Trackpoint, GPS, screenrotation and touchscreen recalibration. Additional modifications are numerous, and mostly forgotten.

Process

Updating to 10.04 via update-manager.

Issues

Installer tells me that 3rd party package distributions are now disabled, but I should be able to re-enable them later if I need. More worrisome, many software are no longer supported by Cannonical, so I fear that I will lose functionality. In particular, I note that bluetooth, wacom-tools, and wine will be uninstalled, but those may be 3rd party.

Results

Upgrade completes successfully and boots fine. It seems a little slower, but I don't know for sure.

Just works

  • Trackpoint scrolling
  • Camera
  • Screen

Minor edits

  • Move the buttons back [1]
  • reset terminal profile
  • bring back volume control [2]
  • change background to 'span'
  • edit startup programs to not do silly things

Major changes

Screen rotation using xrandr and the monitor preferences GUI works fine, rotating the pen and touch inputs as well. However, touch calibration needs fixing. Due to the lack of HAL, the device renaming wacom.fdi doesn't work either, and we cannot use wacamcpl/wacom-tools.

To calibrate, use xinput_calibrator [3]. Make sure you select the right device (get the id with --list and use --device id) to get the values. Calling:

xsetwacom set "Serial Wacom Tablet touch" bottomx "value"

for bottomx bottomy topx and topy will set your calibration.

I've put the necessary commands in .xinitrc, but have not tested to see if they're rebootable.