Installing Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) on a ThinkPad X61 Tablet
This page is not complete, but it documents some differences from the Hardy page.
Installing Intrepid should work the same as on most other computers. If you don't have Ultrabase with a CD-drive or another external CD-drive, you can install from a USB-key.
Input Devices
Stylus
Enable it as described in Wacom_Serial_Tablet_PC_Stylus: Add to /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
Section "InputDevice" Driver "wacom" Identifier "stylus" Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom" Option "Type" "stylus" Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY EndSection Section "InputDevice" Driver "wacom" Identifier "eraser" Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom" Option "Type" "eraser" Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY EndSection Section "InputDevice" Driver "wacom" Identifier "cursor" Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom" Option "Type" "cursor" Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY EndSection
The main difference from Hardy, is that the option "Device" no longer takes the value "/dev/ttyS0", but "/dev/input/wacom" (due to a newer version of the driver). If your tablet supports MultiTouch, you can also add the section (untested - please remove this paranthesis if you have tested this successfully)
Section "InputDevice" Driver "wacom" Identifier "touch" Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom" Option "Type" "touch" Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" EndSection
In addition you will need a ServerLayout section. If you already have one, add the lines
InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents" InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents" InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
to it. If there is no such section (which is the default), it has to be added. It can then look like this:
Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout" Screen "Default Screen" InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents" InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents" InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents" # InputDevice "touch" "SendCoreEvents" # Only a few TabletPCs support this type EndSection
Uncomment the last line if you have a MultiTouch capable tablet. The Identifier can be whatever you want, and the Screen is whatever the Identifier of your screen section is. "Default Screen" is the default. Make sure that you have a newline after the last EndSection in your file.
Tilt Detection
Unlike Hardy, Intrepid does not have the hdaps_ec module.
(add information on how to make tilt detection work anyway here)