My notes for running linux on the ThinkPad x200. Mine is model NR35NGE, 3x USB 2.0, ExpressCard/54 Slot, weight 1.54kg.
notes for Lenovo x200 UltraBase 44C0554: it contains a DisplayPort. DisplayPort→HDMI adapters can be used, but the DisplayPort on the UltraBase is not capable of outputting audio over HDMI. As a workaround, there are adapters available which offer a USB port soundcard to the system, additionally take the DisplayPort output from the UltraBase, and output a HDMI signal with audio.
primary 256M partition for /boot
primary 256M partition for other linuxs /boot (still unused currently)
primary 10GB partition for OpenSolaris or FreeBSD, those still require partitions, right?
extended
2gb encrypted swap
12gb encrypted / for debian
As of 21.03.2009 X from debian unstable uses the VESA driver by default, thats slow and screen-blanking doesnt work.
# make sure X is not running X -configure mv /root/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf vi /etc/X11/xorg.conf # make sure Driver "intel" is set in graphic-card section
xinput list | \
egrep 'TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint|DualPoint Stick|Synaptics Inc. Composite TouchPad / TrackPoint|PS/2 Generic Mouse' | \
sed 's/.*id=\([0-9]\{1,\}\).*/\1/' | \
while read id ; do
xinput set-prop $id "Evdev Wheel Emulation" 1
xinput set-prop $id "Evdev Wheel Emulation Button" 2
xinput set-prop $id "Evdev Wheel Emulation Timeout" 200
xinput set-prop $id "Evdev Wheel Emulation Axes" 6 7 4 5 # horiz. and vert. scrolling
#xinput set-prop $id "Evdev Wheel Emulation Axes" 0 0 4 5 # just vert. scolling
done
ACTION!="add|change", GOTO="xorg_trackpoint_end"
KERNEL!="event*", GOTO="xorg_trackpoint_end"
ENV{ID_PATH}!="platform-i8042-serio-1", GOTO="xorg_trackpoint_end"
ENV{x11_options.EmulateWheel}="1"
ENV{x11_options.EmulateWheelButton}="2"
ENV{x11_options.XAxisMapping}="6 7"
ENV{x11_options.Emulate3Buttons}="0"
LABEL="xorg_trackpoint_end"
<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>
Use this if you dont want to use the 2 keys next ot the cursor keys, i.e. to jump to other virtual screens.
Note: This is no longer needed for xorg-installasions as of 2009. Those mostly offer the keys automatically, so you have just to configure your windowmanager appropriately.
xev # select the window that gets created and hit the keys after each other to get their keycodes. here 234 and 233
xmodmap -pk # shows current mappings
xmodmap -e 'keycode 233 = THORN'
xmodmap -e 'keycode 234 = Oslash'
# those commands now maps keysyms to our keys, use keysyms you do not usually
WPrefs # this is the utilits windowmaker uses to assign actions. Go to 'change keyboard shortcuts', select your action
# (for me its switch to next/previous workspace), then 'capture' and hit the key. save, and the keys have their
# new assignment.
# execute the 2 assignment-xmodmap-calls in ~/.xinitrc or ~/.xsession, or read on .xmodmaprc in 'man xmodmap'
I use a external 24“ monitor attached to the ultrabase dockingstation. X detects the DisplayPort-output as HDMI-2, from there i use a cable to the DVI-interface of the monitor. This script is run upon userlogin from xdm.
cat >>~/.xsession <<EOT
# disable internal monitor on rhel if external monitor available
if [[ -n $(xrandr | grep '^HDMI2 connected' ) ]]; then
echo "HDMI2 connected was detected.">/tmp/xsessionlog
xrandr --output LVDS1 --off
xrandr --output HDMI1 --auto
xrandr --output HDMI2 --mode 1920x1080
fi
EOT
# this places the TV output below the virtual screens running windowmanager xrandr --output HDMI1 --mode 1920x1080 --below LVDS1 # pavucontrol can switch the audiooutput into the TV instead of internal speaker sudo yum -y install pavucontrol
yum -y install xbacklight xbacklight -inc 10% xbacklight -dec 10%
# get udev.tar.gz from pharscape.org apt-get install libusb-dev ppp cd hso_udev CC=/usr/bin/gcc-4.4 make make install
apt-get install wvdial cat >/etc/wvdial.conf <<EOT [Dialer Defaults] Modem = /dev/ttyHS3 Phone = *99***1# Username = t-mobile Password = t-mobile Dial Command = ATDT New PPPD Init2 = AT+CPIN=1234 Init3 = AT+COPS=0 Init4 = AT+CGDCONT=1,"ip","internet.t-mobile.de" Init5 = AT$QCPDPP=1,1,"t-mobile","t-mobile" Init6 = AT_OWANCALL=1,1,0 Modem Type = Analog Modem EOT # replace 1234 with your pin, change providersettings. then start 'wvdial' to dial in
ifconfig wlan0 down ifconfig wlan0 1.0.0.1 netmask 0xffffff00 iwconfig wlan0 mode ad-hoc iwconfig wlan0 key 1234567890 iwconfig wlan0 channel 1 iwconfig wlan0 essid tester ifconfig wlan0 up
source=iwl4965,wlan0,iwlagnsource enablesources=iwlagnsource
By default the fan here tunes up when cpus get hot, but do not tune back later. One can control this manually (risking heat-damages) or employ scripts to tune the fan up/down. None of the BIOS/firmware updates fixed the issue for me, 3.22-1.07 was latest.
# activate manual fan-control echo 'options thinkpad_acpi hotkey=enable,0xffffbf experimental=1 fan_control=1' \ >>/etc/modprobe.d/thinkpad_acpi.modprobe.conf # then after reloading the module with those options, lets tune the fan up for example: echo 'level 5' >/proc/acpi/ibm/fan
Lenovo is providing an option for bios-update with windows-binaries, since i am not running windows this wont work here. They also provide a cdrom-iso which i cannot boot with a usb-cdrom since i dont own one.