Installing Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy) on a Thinkpad T60p

Staring out with a new laptop I've decided to go linux all the way this time. I've decided to use Ubuntu as my distro of choice. This is my first time with both the T60p and Ubuntu. To set the stage I was given a new T60p that has been imaged by the IT staff with an 11GB XP image. I have chosen to not use that install and instead started straight to Ubuntu 6.10 - Edge Eft.

These are the steps I took to setup my system. There are NO GUARANTEES or WARENTEES associated with these instructions. Use at your own risk.

System Specs

lspci Output

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS/940GML and 945GT Express PCI Express Root Port (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 02)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) Serial ATA Storage Controller AHCI (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 71c4
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82573L Gigabit Ethernet Controller
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212 802.11abg NIC (rev 01)
15:00.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1510 PC card Cardbus Controller

          

Downloaded the Ubuntu cd from here: Ubuntu.com . The live cd booted up perfectly for me so I started the install process and let it run. I chose all the defaults except for partitioning.

Disk Partitioning

Both the onboard Ethernet and Wifi Worked out of the box with no problems. I am still getting a handle on how Ubuntu handles the network controls. I have installed wifi-radar from the Ubuntu Universe repositories to help me with the wireless connections. Currently the DHCP settings for eth0 work perfectly.

Error on my part that I felt was worth noting, due to the way I was starting the Wireless driver, eth0 and ath0/wifi0 were both running at the same time. As a result even though eth0 didn't have a connection, it would wake up every so often to find a DHCP address, messing up the routing for the working wireless connection (achieving 33% packet loss across a few hours). Turning off the eth0 (ifconfig eth0 down) fixed the issue for me.

X Configuration Requirements

Disable Composite Extension

In Ubuntu Edgy the Composite extension is enabled by default, however, fglrx does not yet support Composite with DRI. In order to disable Composite you have to edit the xorg.conf file:

sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

and add these lines at the end of the file:

Section "Extensions"

        Option  "Composite" "Disable"
EndSection

Installing the driver

Make sure the restricted repository is enabled in /etc/apt/sources.list or this guide will not work!

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install linux-restricted-modules-$(uname -r) #Okay if it is already installed
sudo apt-get install xorg-driver-fglrx
sudo depmod -a
sudo aticonfig --initial
sudo aticonfig --overlay-type=Xv

Now Reboot your system:

sudo shutdown -r now

An alternative to the aticonfig --initial command is to edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf and replace the string "ati" with "fglrx" in the "Device" section. This way you won't lose your old "Screen" and "Monitor" settings. Afterwards you can use aticonfig for setting overlay etc.

Confirm that it works

fglrxinfo
display: :0.0  screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: RADEON 9600 Generic
OpenGL version string: 2.0.6011 (8.28.8)

• Hibernate seems to work fine out of the box.
• Support for the volume buttons, brightness and worklight all work out of the box with the appropriate On Screen Display .

These are the steps I took to setup my system. There are NO GUARANTEES or WARRENTIES associated with these instructions. Use at your own risk. With that said, if something doesn't work and you figure out a different/better way, please consider posting your own T60p instructions at Linux on Laptops and/or contributing to ThinkWiki.

I found the following sites useful when I was building my system:

• Installing Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper) on a Thinkpad T60p
• ATI Driver -- Ubuntu Edgy Installation Guide
• IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad T60 (Model 2007-63g)
• Running Linux on the Lenovo Thinkpad T60