Ubuntu Linux 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon fresh install on Lenovo (IBM) ThinkPad R61 8918-5QG

nVidia Quadro NVS 140M with 3D acceleration Full display resolution: 1680x...

2007-10-20T10:09:51.542Z

nVidia Quadro NVS 140M with 3D acceleration
Full display resolution: 1680x1050
3D Desktop with Compiz Fusion
LG L1953TR as additional display

When the Ubuntu booted first, the X didn't started. I had to change in the /etc/X11/xorg.conf the nv device driver to vesa (or use the dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg command)
Then the X is started but only with vesa driver in 1680x1050 resolution, and I didn't have any 3D acceleration. The Ubuntu notified me, that there is restricted driver available for my computer, which driver was the nVidia driver. After I installed it everything was fine, after login the Compiz started too and it works.
I attched my LG L1953TR monitor to the external vga output, and then started the nvidia-settings. In the X Server Display Configuration menu I clicked on the Detect Display button. Then the tool configured the external monitor properly, so it works.

Notebook Mouse

The notebook mouse works fine. I installed the imwheel stuff and configured the extra button to work as "Back" button - see xorg.conf and imwheelrc in desktop apps configs

Windows XP on KVM

First I had to enable the virtalization in BIOS, then install the kvm module (aptitude install kvm). For more details see the Microsoft Windows XP with KVM section.

Windows XP on VMware

Enable the virtualization in BIOS, then download the server tar.gz package from VMware home page then install.
The VMware got into the Ubuntu repository, so you can install it if you type aptitude install vmware-server.

Play sound in more than one application in the same time

The sound is works out of the box, but only one application can play at the same time. To enable multiple sound activities just install the esound, esound-clients, esound-common packages. Then I can play flash in Firefox, play movie in Totem and play songs in Rhythmbox/Exaile at the same time.

Screen brightness

You can change the screen brightness if you switch to a terminal (Ctrl+Alt+F1). In the 169.07 nvidia driver they fixed this problem, so after you installed it, you can change the brightness directly from the X.
First you have to download the latest driver from nvidia.com. Then you have to uninstall the Ubuntu driver: sudo aptitude remove nvidia-glx-new and after it you should install the new driver: sudo sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-169.07-pkg1.run.

Lenovo ThinkPad R61 8918-5QG Page of the notebook on ibm.com OS Ubuntu 7.10 ...

2007-10-20T09:48:35.461Z

Lenovo ThinkPad R61 8918-5QG
Page of the notebook on ibm.com

OS
Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon

Kernel Version
$ uname -a
Linux maiev 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Sun Oct 14 23:05:12 GMT 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

VGA
NVIDIA Driver Version: 169.12

BIOS
Version: 7KETA9WW (2.09-1.08)
hRelease Date: 2007-12-27

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$ cat /etc/network/interfaces # This file describes the network interfaces av...

2007-12-24T18:34:02.785Z

$ cat /etc/network/interfaces
# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# The primary network interface
auto eth0
# iface eth0 inet dhcp

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
wpa-driver wext
wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

Generate a WPA PSK from an ASCII passphrase for a SSID

$ wpa_passphrase YourESSID > /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
Your password

Edit the /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf fileoo

$ cat /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_sup...

2008-03-23T20:19:45.797Z

$ cat /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=0

eapol_version=1
ap_scan=1
fast_reauth=1

# WPA2
network={
ssid="YourESSID"
scan_ssid=1
proto=WPA2
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK

#psk="Your password"
psk=af48399b01947881d27bb7a7426a1b61dd0928efdda4c3f60ef54e4817bba31b
priority=5
}

## Single key 128bit WEP
# network={
#   ssid="My-Home"
#   key_mgmt=NONE
#   wep_key0=ABCDEF01234567890123456789
#   wep_tx_keyidx=0
#   priority=1
# }

network={
    ssid=""
    key_mgmt=NONE
    priority=2
}

Skype Input In skype device configuration everything is default, turn on the ...

2007-11-01T14:42:29.570Z

Skype Input
In skype device configuration everything is default, turn on the internal mic boost in your mixer (alsamixer). It's noisy, but works. When I don't use the mic, I switch it off. I don't use external microphone!
Internal Input
It can work on the same way than with Skype
Disabling USB
The bug was caused by unexpected interrupts from the USB controller. The bug is fixed in the BIOS version 2.07-1.08. If you don't have 32 bit Vista or XP on your machine, download the bootable CD image which allows you to update your machines BIOS. Don't worry, it's not a hard job to upgrade, but be careful, when you do the procedure, and read every instructions.
Suspend to RAM
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_Ubuntu_7.10...
After I made those changes and I uninstalled the uswsusp, the suspend is works fine. Below you can check my /etc/default/acpi-support configuration file.

XD Card reader - plugged an XD card, but nothing happened Fingerprint reader ...

2007-10-20T10:27:06.773Z

XD Card reader - plugged an XD card, but nothing happened
Fingerprint reader

Skype Input and Internal Input are fixed - see Fixed problems section

# Comment the next line to disable ACPI suspend to RAM ACPI_SLEEP=true # Com...

2008-02-28T08:05:37.545Z

# Comment the next line to disable ACPI suspend to RAM
ACPI_SLEEP=true

# Comment the next line to disable suspend to disk
# ACPI_HIBERNATE=true

# Change the following to "standby" to use ACPI S1 sleep, rather than S3.
# This will save less power, but may work on more machines
ACPI_SLEEP_MODE=mem

# Add modules to this list to have them removed before suspend and reloaded
# on resume. An example would be MODULES="em8300 yenta_socket"
#
# Note that network cards and USB controllers will automatically be unloaded
# unless they're listed in MODULES_WHITELIST
MODULES="iwl4965 iwlwifi_mac80211 cfg80211"

# Add modules to this list to leave them in the kernel over suspend/resume
MODULES_WHITELIST=""

# Should we save and restore state using the VESA BIOS Extensions?
SAVE_VBE_STATE=false

# The file that we use to save the vbestate
VBESTATE=/var/lib/acpi-support/vbestate

# Should we attempt to warm-boot the video hardware on resume?
POST_VIDEO=false

# Save and restore video state?
# SAVE_VIDEO_PCI_STATE=true

# Should we switch the screen off with DPMS on suspend?
USE_DPMS=true

# Use Radeontool to switch the screen off? Seems to be needed on some machines
# RADEON_LIGHT=true

# Uncomment the next line to switch away from X and back again after resume.
# This is needed for some hardware, but should be unnecessary on most.
# DOUBLE_CONSOLE_SWITCH=true

# Set the following to "platform" if you want to use ACPI to shut down
# your machine on hibernation
HIBERNATE_MODE=platform

# Comment this out to disable screen locking on resume
LOCK_SCREEN=true

# Uncomment this line to have DMA disabled before suspend and reenabled
# afterwards
# DISABLE_DMA=true

# Uncomment this line to attempt to reset the drive on resume. This seems
# to be needed for some Sonys
# RESET_DRIVE=true

# Add services to this list to stop them before suspend and restart them in
# the resume process.
STOP_SERVICES=""

# Restart Infra Red services on resume - off by default as it crashes some
# machines
RESTART_IRDA=false

# Switch to laptop-mode on battery power - off by default as it causes odd
# hangs on some machines
ENABLE_LAPTOP_MODE=false

# Spindown time on battery
SPINDOWN_TIME=12

# xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file) # # This file wa...

2007-10-31T09:11:25.763Z

# xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Notebook Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "hu"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Microsoft Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse 4000"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "Buttons" "6"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "5 6"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "nVidia Corporation G80 [Quadro NVS 140M]"
Driver "nvidia"
Busid "PCI:1:0:0"
Option "AddARGBVisuals" "True"
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
Option "RenderAccel" "True"
Option "NoLogo" "True"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Notebook Monitor"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Notebook Screen"
Device "nVidia Corporation G80 [Quadro NVS 140M]"
Monitor "Notebook Monitor"
Defaultdepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Modes "1680x1050"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Notebook Screen"
Inputdevice "Notebook Keyboard"
Inputdevice "Microsoft Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse 4000"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "glx"
EndSection
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

My Homepage: http://ajnasz.hu/ Contact: http://ajnasz.hu/contact Article ...

2007-11-01T16:09:32.839Z

My Homepage: http://ajnasz.hu/
Contact: http://ajnasz.hu/contact
Article on my homepage about the Ubuntu and the ThinkPad (hungarian): http://ajnasz.hu/blog/20071018/a-thinkpad-es-a-tiszta-gutsy-gibbon
This article is listed on tuxmobil.org