Lenovo ThinkPad T61
Contents
- 1 System Specifications
- 2 Pre-installation notes
- 3 Accessing the recovery partition with GRUB
- 4 Configuration
- 5 Other Tweaks
- 6 See also
System Specifications
Lenovo ThinkPad T61 - Intel Centrino Pro
- Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7300 (2.00GHz, 4MB, 800MHz)
- Mobile Intel 965GM Express Chipset
- 2GB PC2-5300/677MHz
- 80-GB 5400 rpm SATA Harddrive
- 14.1-inch color TFT WXGA+ (1440 x 900, 200 nit)
- Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator GM965 (128MB)
- 82801H ICH8 Family HD Audio Controller
- DVD-ROM, CD-RW/DVD Combo, Multi-Burner Plus
- Modem; Gigabit Ethernet
- Intel® Wireless Wi-Fi Link 4965AG
- 1 Type II PC Card slot
- 1 ExpressCard 34/54
- Dual pointing devices (both Pointstick and Touchpad)
Output of lshwd
00:00.0 Class 0600: Intel Corporation|Mobile Memory Controller Hub (unknown) 00:02.0 Class 0300: Intel Corporation|Mobile Integrated Graphics Controller (vesa) 00:02.1 Class 0380: Intel Corporation|Mobile Integrated Graphics Controller (vesa) 00:19.0 Class 0200: Intel Corporation|Mobile Integrated Graphics Controller (unknown) 00:1a.0 Class 0c03: Intel Corporation|USB UHCI Controller #4 (unknown) 00:1a.1 Class 0c03: Intel Corporation|USB UHCI Controller #5 (unknown) 00:1a.7 Class 0c03: Intel Corporation|USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (unknown) 00:1b.0 Class 0403: Intel Corp.|ICH8 HD Audio DID (snd-hda-intel) 00:1c.0 Class 0604: Intel Corporation|PCI Express Port 1 (unknown) 00:1c.1 Class 0604: Intel Corporation|PCI Express Port 2 (unknown) 00:1c.2 Class 0604: Intel Corporation|PCI Express Port 3 (unknown) 00:1c.3 Class 0604: Intel Corporation|PCI Express Port 4 (unknown) 00:1c.4 Class 0604: Intel Corporation|PCI Express Port 5 (unknown) 00:1d.0 Class 0c03: Intel Corporation|USB UHCI Controller #1 (unknown) 00:1d.1 Class 0c03: Intel Corporation|USB UHCI Controller #2 (unknown) 00:1d.2 Class 0c03: Intel Corporation|USB UHCI Controller #3 (unknown) 00:1d.7 Class 0c03: Intel Corporation|USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (unknown) 00:1e.0 Class 0604: Intel Corp.|82801 Hub Interface to PCI Bridge (hw_random) 00:1f.0 Class 0601: Intel Corporation|Mobile LPC Interface Controller (unknown) 00:1f.2 Class 0101: Intel Corporation|Mobile SATA Controller cc=IDE (ata_piix) 00:1f.3 Class 0c05: Intel Corporation|SMBus Controller (i2c-i801) 03:00.0 Class 0280: Intel Corporation|SMBus Controller (unknown) 15:00.0 Class 0607: Ricoh Co Ltd.|RL5c476 II (yenta_socket) 15:00.1 Class 0c00: Ricoh Co Ltd.|RL5c476 II (unknown) 15:00.2 Class 0805: Ricoh Co Ltd.|SD Card reader (unknown) 15:00.3 Class ffff: Ricoh Co Ltd.|SD Card reader (unknown) 15:00.4 Class 0880: Ricoh Co Ltd.|R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (unknown) 15:00.5 Class 0880: Ricoh Co Ltd.|xD-Picture Card Controller (unknown)
What works/What doesn't
Pretty much everything works on this laptop. The modem is untested.
Pre-installation notes
Remember to back up the restore partition if you plan to restore it, or leave it.
Follow the official Arch Linux install guide
Accessing the recovery partition with GRUB
Edit your /boot/grub/menu.lst file and add the following:
# booting "Rescue and Recovery" partition from Lenovo title Thinkpad Maintenance unhide (hd0,0) rootnoverify (hd0,0) chainloader +1
Configuration
Video Driver
Intel
The Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator GM965 uses the xf86-video-intel driver.
#pacman -S xf86-video-intel
The relevent kernel drivers include:
- DRM_I915
For framebuffer graphics one of the kernel drivers:
- intelfb
- fb_uvesa
- fb_vesa
Should work. It is up to you which one you wish to use. Intelfb is known to have a few problems with hardware acceleration and requires grub2 patched with 915resolution to properly set the correct resolution.
The package grub2-915resolution in the AUR has the necessary patch to make intelfb work with laptops that use the 965GM card.
Here is a sample file:
/etc/X11/xorg.conf
Section "Module" Load "dbe" # Double buffer extension SubSection "extmod" Option "omit xfree86-dga" EndSubSection Load "freetype" Load "GLcore" Load "glx" Load "bitmap" Load "dri" # Load "int10" # Load "ddc" # Load "vbe" # Load "xtrap" EndSection Section "Files" ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/local/" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc/:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc/" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/local/" EndSection Section "ServerFlags" Option "blank time" "3" Option "standby time" "5" Option "suspend time" "10" Option "off time" "15" Option "RandR" Option "AutoAddDevices" "False" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" Option "CoreKeyboard" Option "XkbRules" "xorg" Option "XkbModel" "thinkpad60" Option "XkbLayout" "us" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "UltraNav Trackpoint" Driver "mouse" Option "CorePointer" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "off" Option "EmulateWheel" "on" Option "EmulateWheelTimeOut" "250" Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2" Option "YAxisMapping" "4 5" Option "XAxisMapping" "6 7" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection # Section "InputDevice" # Identifier "Synaptics" # Driver "synaptics" # Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" # Option "Protocol" "auto-dev" # Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes" # Option "SHMConfig" "on" # EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Thinkpad Monitor" Option "DPMS" # HorizSync 31.5-50.0 # VertRefresh 59.9-60.1 EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Intel GMA X3100" Driver "intel" BusID "PCI:0:2:0" Option "AccelMethod" "exa" Option "MigrationHeuristic" "greedy" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Thinkpad Screen" Device "Intel GMA X3100" Monitor "Thinkpad Monitor" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1280x800" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480" "720x400" "640x400" "640x350" Virtual 2048 2048 EndSubSection EndSection Section "DRI" Mode 0666 EndSection Section "Extensions" Option "Composite" "Enable" Option "RENDER" "Enable" EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout" Screen "Thinkpad Screen" InputDevice "UltraNav Trackpoint" "CorePointer" # InputDevice "Synaptics" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" EndSection
Please note that this has the touchpad and xorg input hotplugging disabled.
Nvidia
Follow the instructions in NVIDIA.
Audio
Sound works out of the box. The relevant module for sound is:
- SND_HDA_INTEL
Refer to following guides to set it up:
Use whichever you wish.
Network
Wired
The wired connection works out of the box and uses the following module:
- e1000e
Wireless
Uses either module, varies with different setups:
- iwl3945
- iwl4965
Requires firmware be installed to work.
Refer to Wireless network configuration#Intel
Modem
Untested.
USB
Works out of the box.
Following modules are used:
- uhci_hcd
- ehci_hcd
- usbhid
Bluetooth
Works out of the box.
Following modules are used:
- bluetooth
- btusb
- l2cap
- rfcomm
- hci_usb
- ehci-hcd
- uhci-hcd
TrackPoint scrolling (wheel emulation)
To enable scrolling with the TrackPoint while holding down the middle mouse button, create a new file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-thinkpad.conf with the following content:
Section "InputClass" Identifier "Trackpoint Wheel Emulation" MatchProduct "TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint|DualPoint Stick|Synaptics Inc. Composite TouchPad / TrackPoint|ThinkPad USB Keyboard with TrackPoint|USB Trackpoint pointing device" MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*" Option "EmulateWheel" "true" Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "false" Option "XAxisMapping" "6 7" Option "YAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection
Touchpad
There is a synaptic touchpad on this laptop. If you follow Touchpad Synaptics, you should have no problems getting this to work.
The relevant kernel driver is:
- mouse_ps2_synaptics
ThinkFinger
Works, read ThinkFinger for reference and examples.
ACPI
To get all the special keys working requires the module:
- THINKPAD_ACPI
It is necessary to edit the default /etc/acpi/handler.sh included with the acpid package to get these keys working.
#!/bin/sh # Default acpi script that takes an entry for all actions, modified to include thinkpad special keys. # NOTE: This is a 2.6-centric script. If you use 2.4.x, you'll have to # modify it to not use /sys minspeed=`cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/cpuinfo_min_freq` maxspeed=`cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/cpuinfo_max_freq` setspeed="/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_setspeed" set $* case "$1" in ibm/hotkey) case "$2" in HKEY) case "$4" in 00001002) # Lock screen #Enter your xlock or xscreensaver command here ;; 00001003) # switching display off xset dpms force off ;; 00001004) # Suspend to RAM /usr/sbin/pm-suspend ;; 00001005) # Switch Bluetooth ;; 00001007) # Toggle external display if [ "$(xrandr -q | grep "VGA connected")" ]; then if [ "$(xrandr -q | grep "VGA connected [0-9]")" ]; then xrandr --output VGA --off else xrandr --output VGA --auto fi else xrandr --output VGA --off fi ;; #00001008) # Toggle Trackpoint/Touchpad # ;; #00001009) # Eject from dock # ;; 0000100c) # Hibernate /usr/sbin/pm-hibernate ;; 00001011) #Brightness down CUR="xbacklight -get" CUR="echo $CUR | awk '{print $1-5}'" xbacklight -set $CUR ;; 00001012) #Brightness up CUR=`xbacklight -get` CUR="echo $CUR | awk '{print $1+5}'" xbacklight -set $CUR ;; #00001014) # Toggle zoom # ;; 00001018) # ThinkVantage button ;; esac ;; esac ;; button/power) #echo "PowerButton pressed!">/dev/tty5 case "$2" in PWRF) logger "PowerButton pressed: $2" /sbin/init 0 ;; *) logger "ACPI action undefined: $2" ;; esac ;; button/sleep) case "$2" in SLPB) /usr/sbin/pm-suspend ;; *) logger "ACPI action undefined: $2" ;; esac ;; ac_adapter) case "$2" in AC) case "$4" in 00000000) #/etc/laptop-mode/laptop-mode start ;; 00000001) #/etc/laptop-mode/laptop-mode stop ;; esac ;; *) logger "ACPI action undefined: $2" ;; esac ;; battery) case "$2" in BAT0) case "$4" in 00000000) #echo "offline" >/dev/tty5 #Enter whatever power scripts you have here. ;; 00000001) #echo "online" >/dev/tty5 #Enter whatever power scripts you may have here. ;; esac ;; CPU0) ;; *) logger "ACPI action undefined: $2" ;; esac ;; button/lid) #echo "LID switched!">/dev/tty5 /usr/sbin/pm-suspend ;; *) logger "ACPI group/action undefined: $1 / $2" ;; esac
Hotswap UltraBay devices
If you want to be able to eject devices from the Thinkpad's UltraBay using Fn+F9 create a script named for example "tp_ultrabay_eject.sh" with the content from [1].
As stated at the top of the script, the variable "DEVPATH" (near the top of the script) has to be changed to match your system. Insert the UltraBay optical drive and run:
udevadm info --query=path --name=/dev/sr0 | perl -pe 's!/block/...$!!'
Replace the value of "DEVPATH" with the output of that command.
Now change ownership and permissions of the script:
chown root:root tp_ultrabay_eject.sh chmod 555 tp_ultrabay_eject.sh
Move it somewhere save and add it to your /etc/acpi/handler.sh (under section "ibm/hotkey)"):
00001009) # Eject from dock DISPLAY=:0.0 /path/to/tp_ultrabay_eject.sh ;;
"DISPLAY=:0.0" is necessary to tell X where to send notifications to.
Now, pressing Fn+F9 unmounts the relevant filesystems, powers off the UltraBay and notifies you (using notify-send) about what's happening. If a filesystem can't be unmounted you get a warning message.
It is also possible to achieve the above by just releasing the UltraBay eject lever (without pressing Fn+F9 before). Consult http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_hotswap_Ultrabay_devices for detailed instructions on how to get it working.
Multimedia Keys
See Extra keyboard keys.
HDAPS
See HDAPS.
Card Readers
PCMCIA
Works as expected. Uses the module:
- yenta
Compact Flash
The same goes for the Compact Flash. It's supposed to work as it uses the same interfaces as the PCMCIA does, but I can't confirm anything since I do not have a CF-card.
Secure Digital
The SD-card reader works out of the box with SD cards.
Other Tweaks
HDD clicks
Install hdparm and run the following command on system startup:
# hdparm -B 244 /dev/sda
Details: http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Problem_with_hard_drive_clicking
See also
- http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/ThinkWiki
- This report is listed at the TuxMobil: Linux Laptop and Notebook Installation Guides Survey: Fujitsu-Siemens - FSC.