InstallingDebianOn/Ratings

Models covered
Thinkpad T42

Sub-models (2373) options :
- Video card (ATI radeon)
- Wireless card
- Disk and Ram size, optical device

Overall Status

Core Components

InstallingDebianOn/Thinkpad/T60/etch/T60-models_nov06.jpg

Boot Standard Kernel:

{OK}

LAN network card:

{OK}

Detect CD/DVD:

{OK}

Detect hard drives:

{OK}

Extra Features

CPU Frequency Scaling

{OK}

Hibernation

{OK}

Sleep / Suspend

{OK}

Xorg (ati radeon models)

[?]

- OpenGL

[?]

- Resize-and-Rotate(randr)

{OK}

Switch to External Screen

[?]

Mouse

- Built-in (Trackpoint)

{OK}

- Built-in (Touchpad)

{OK}

Modem

[?]

Wireless/Wifi (2200 models)

{OK} X-(

Keyboard's Hotkeys

{OK}

Legend :
{OK} = OK ; {X} Unsupported(No Driver) ; /!\ = Error (Couldn't get it working); [?] Unknown, Not Test ; [-] Not-applicable
{i} = Configuration Required; X-( = Only works with a proprietary driver

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Important Note

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Configuration

This computer can be purchased in one of the following video adapter :

Display

Xorg

The graphic adapter is an "ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M7 LW [Radeon Mobility 7500]"
(device_identifier/PCI 1002:4c57)

Xwindow was properly configured automatically (using Driver "radeon").

OpenGL

(not covered)

Switching to External Screen

Use a RandR tool, like gnome's scren resolution or xrandr.

Audio / Intel hda 82801G

Device is a "Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller"

(device_identifier/PCI 8086:24c5)

Which uses "Intel HDA driver" module : snd_intel8x0

it was configured properly out of the box.

Keyboard

The Thinkpad hotkeys aren't all handled the same way : Some are captured as ACPI, some aren't.

package: hotkey-setup

key

Action

Status

Comments

Fn+F3

Lock screen

Working

Fn+F4

Suspend

Working

Fn+F5

Wireless

Working

Fn+F7

Switch screen

Not tested

Fn+F12

Hibrernation

Working

Power-Management keys

Lock screen

Mouse

The Thinkpad T60 has a two built-in mouse : a Touchpad and a Trackpoint (both working out of the box). Each mouse's data is available through a separate /dev/input/mouse{0,1} and the combination of both events are available in /dev/input/mice.

Built-in Touchpad

(device identifier "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad", as reported by cat /proc/bus/input/devices) The first mouse is Synaptics Touchpad. If you want to tweak default configuration/behaviour, use touchpad configuration tool: package: (optional:tpconfig)

Works out of the box.

Built-in Trackpoint

(device identifier "TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint", as reported by cat /proc/bus/input/devices)

The other built-in mouse is a Trackpoint. The mouse was working, but middle button doesn't scroll by default, some tweaking was required :

/etc/X11/xorg.conf
        Section "InputDevice"
                Identifier      "Configured Mouse"
                Driver          "mouse"
                Option          "CorePointer"
                Option          "Device"               "/dev/input/mice"
                Option          "Protocol"             "ImPS/2"
                #Comment this line out.
                #Option          "Emulate3Buttons"      "true"
                #add those three lines
                Option          "EmulateWheel"          "true"
                Option          "EmulateWheelTimeOut" "200"
                Option          "EmulateWheelButton"    "2"
                #more information http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_configure_the_TrackPoint
        EndSection

Power Management

Configuring Suspend

(Needs Testing) Works out of the box.

Configuring Hibernation

Works out of the box.

CPU Frequency scaling

Enabled by default (see cpufreq-info)

Wifi / Intel 2200

Bluetooth

Some Thinkpad have a built-in "Actiontec Electronics, Inc. [hex] BMDC-2 IBM Bluetooth III w.56k" bluetooth adapter.
(?device identifier/USB 1668:2441)

Modem


System Summary

lspci

00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82855PM Processor to I/O Controller [8086:3340] (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82855PM Processor to AGP Controller [8086:3341] (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:24c2] (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:24c4] (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:24c7] (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:24cd] (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev 81)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:24cc] (rev 01)
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) IDE Controller [8086:24ca] (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller [8086:24c3] (rev 01)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller [8086:24c5] (rev 01)
00:1f.6 Modem [0703]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem Controller [8086:24c6] (rev 01)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M7 LW [Radeon Mobility 7500] [1002:4c57]
02:00.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Texas Instruments PCI4520 PC card Cardbus Controller [104c:ac46] (rev 01)
02:00.1 CardBus bridge [0607]: Texas Instruments PCI4520 PC card Cardbus Controller [104c:ac46] (rev 01)
02:01.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82540EP Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Mobile) [8086:101e] (rev 03)
02:02.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2] Network Connection [8086:4220] (rev 05)

lsusb

lsusb -v | grep -E '\<(Bus|iProduct|bDeviceClass|bDeviceProtocol)' 2>/dev/null

Bus 003 Device 007: ID 1668:2441 Actiontec Electronics, Inc. [hex] BMDC-2 IBM Bluetooth III w.56k
  bDeviceClass          224 Wireless
  bDeviceProtocol         1 Bluetooth
  iProduct                0 
      (Bus Powered)
  (Bus Powered)
Bus 003 Device 004: ID 0483:2016 SGS Thomson Microelectronics Fingerprint Reader
  bDeviceClass            0 (Defined at Interface level)
  bDeviceProtocol         0 
  iProduct                2 Biometric Coprocessor
      (Bus Powered)
  (Bus Powered)

without OHCI, UHCI, EHCI Host controllers entries

Attachments

Some configuration files and sample outputs.

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