Difference between revisions of "Installing Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) on a ThinkPad T43p"
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===Vertical Scrolling by TrackPoint's Middle-button=== | ===Vertical Scrolling by TrackPoint's Middle-button=== | ||
− | In Ubuntu clicking the TrackPoint's middle-button pastes instead of scrolling vertically. To fix this, vertical scrolling must be enabled and paste by middle-button must be disabled the for the TrackPoint. Create | + | In Ubuntu clicking the TrackPoint's middle-button pastes instead of scrolling vertically. To fix this, vertical scrolling must be enabled and paste by middle-button must be disabled the for the TrackPoint. Create ''mouse-wheel.fdi'' in "/etc/hal/fdi/policy/" using something like... |
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sudo gedit "/etc/hal/fdi/policy/mouse-wheel.fdi" | sudo gedit "/etc/hal/fdi/policy/mouse-wheel.fdi" | ||
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+ | ===Configuring Bluetooth=== | ||
+ | Bluetooth is turned on at startup regardless of previous settings because of [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/acpi-support/+bug/280811 this bug]. This uses energy and reduces battery-life. It is a good idea to fix this if you rarely use Bluetooth. To do this open "/etc/init.d/rc.local" by... | ||
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+ | sudo gedit "/etc/init.d/rc.local" | ||
+ | </pre> | ||
+ | ...and append... | ||
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+ | echo disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth | ||
+ | </pre> | ||
+ | ...to the file. Settings will take effect after restarting the machine. | ||
===Hard Drive Active Protection System=== | ===Hard Drive Active Protection System=== | ||
The hard drive active protection system was enabled using [[Installing_Ubuntu_9.04_(Jaunty_Jackalope)_on_a_ThinkPad_T61#Enabling_Active_Protection_System|these instructions]]. | The hard drive active protection system was enabled using [[Installing_Ubuntu_9.04_(Jaunty_Jackalope)_on_a_ThinkPad_T61#Enabling_Active_Protection_System|these instructions]]. |
Revision as of 01:05, 20 September 2009
Contents
Items that work out of the box
- Hibernation
- Wireless
- Sound from speakers and headphoenes. Note that no notification is displayed when adjusting volume because of this bug
- TrackPoint
- TouchPad
- Volume Buttons
- Fn button
- Screen Brightnesss
- Display Switch
- ThinkLight
- Toggeling Status of wireless radio and bluetooth
- etc
Items that may require tweaking
Configuring the TrackPoint
configure-trackpoint can be used to adjust the TrackPoint's sensitivity, speed and other settings. Since configure-trackpoint depends on sysfsutils, run...
sudo apt-get install sysfsutils
...before installing it's deb file from here. Run it using...
sudo configure-trackpoint
Vertical Scrolling by TrackPoint's Middle-button
In Ubuntu clicking the TrackPoint's middle-button pastes instead of scrolling vertically. To fix this, vertical scrolling must be enabled and paste by middle-button must be disabled the for the TrackPoint. Create mouse-wheel.fdi in "/etc/hal/fdi/policy/" using something like...
sudo gedit "/etc/hal/fdi/policy/mouse-wheel.fdi"
...and enter the following into it...
<match key="info.product" string="TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint"> <merge key="input.x11_options.EmulateWheel" type="string">true</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.EmulateWheelButton" type="string">2</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.YAxisMapping" type="string">4 5</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.XAxisMapping" type="string">6 7</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.Emulate3Buttons" type="string">true</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.EmulateWheelTimeout" type="string">200</merge> </match>
Configuring Bluetooth
Bluetooth is turned on at startup regardless of previous settings because of this bug. This uses energy and reduces battery-life. It is a good idea to fix this if you rarely use Bluetooth. To do this open "/etc/init.d/rc.local" by...
sudo gedit "/etc/init.d/rc.local"
...and append...
echo disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth
...to the file. Settings will take effect after restarting the machine.
Hard Drive Active Protection System
The hard drive active protection system was enabled using these instructions.