Thinkpad600E
Contact: [http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=1512 wolfchri]
- Make: IBM
- Brand: Thinkpad
- Model: 600E
Website: [http://www.lenovo.com/Search/?q=600E&v=15&lang=en&cc=us&en=utf&Search.x=29&Search.y=11&Search=Search http://www.lenovo.com]
Current Issues
Hardware details
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in Breezy? |
in Dapper (current development)? |
Installation works? |
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Yes (with limitations) |
Hardware Information |
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Screen & Monitors |
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Device |
Works? |
Bug # |
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in Breezy? |
in Dapper (current development)? |
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Screen |
Untested |
GUI working fine; raw console screen (Ctrl-Alt-F2 etc.) does not use lower third of the screen |
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Correct resolution? |
Untested |
Yes |
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Correct refresh rate? |
Untested |
Yes |
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3D Acceleration |
Untested |
N/A |
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External monitor works? |
Untested |
Untested |
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External monitor - mirrors |
Untested |
Untested |
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External monitor - extend desktop |
Untested |
Untested |
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Power Management |
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Battery detected? |
Untested |
Yes |
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Hibernates? |
Untested |
No (well, sometimes...) |
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Sleep |
Untested |
No |
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Dim monitor on battery |
Untested |
No |
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Blank monitor on inactivity |
Untested |
Yes |
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Lid Close |
Untested |
No |
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Cpu frequency scaling |
Untested |
n/a |
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Sound |
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Sound works? |
Untested |
Needs workaround; only for experienced ussers |
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Correct volume? |
Untested |
Yes, but volume too low |
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Hardware volume switch |
Untested |
Yes |
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Headphone jack |
Untested |
Untested |
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Mic jack |
Untested |
Untested |
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Networking |
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Wired NIC |
Untested |
N/A |
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Wireless NIC |
Untested |
N/A |
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PCMCIA NIC |
Untested |
LAN: Netgear FA511 working with Ndiswrapper driver; WLAN: Netgear WG511 working with NDiswrapper or Prism54 driver |
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Firewire |
Untested |
N/A |
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Bluetooth |
Untested |
N/A |
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Modem |
Untested |
Untested |
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Infrared |
Untested |
Untested |
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Touchpad & Mice |
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Mousestick |
Untested |
Yes |
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Touchpad - Doubletap = double click |
Untested |
Untested |
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Touchpad - Scroll down side |
Untested |
N/A |
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External mouse - USB |
Untested |
Yes |
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External mouse - Serial |
Untested |
Yes |
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Docking Station/Port Replicator |
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AC through replicator |
Untested |
Untested |
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USB |
Untested |
Yes |
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Serial |
Untested |
Untested |
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Parallel |
Untested |
Untested |
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External Monitor - VGA |
Untested |
Untested |
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External Monitor - DVI |
Untested |
N/A |
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Modem |
Untested |
Untested |
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NIC |
Untested |
Internal N/A, external see Notes |
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PS/2 |
Untested |
Yes |
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Additional Hardware |
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Fingerprint reader |
Untested |
N/A |
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CD/DVD drive |
Untested |
Yes |
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PCMCIA cards |
Untested |
Yes, but needs changes, see Notes |
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Parallel Ports |
Untested |
Untested |
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Card reader(s) |
Untested |
N/A |
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Function and other keys |
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Fn key |
Operation |
Keycode |
Works? |
Bug # |
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in Breezy? |
in Dapper (current development)? |
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+ Space |
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Untested |
Untested |
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+ Esc |
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Untested |
Untested |
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+ F1 |
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Untested |
Untested |
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+ F2 |
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Untested |
Untested |
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+ F3 |
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Untested |
Untested |
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+ F4 |
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Untested |
Untested |
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+ F5 |
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Untested |
Untested |
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+ F6 |
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Untested |
Untested |
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+ F7 |
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Untested |
Untested |
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+ F8 |
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Untested |
Untested |
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+ F9 |
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Untested |
Untested |
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+ F10 |
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Untested |
Untested |
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+ F11 |
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Untested |
Untested |
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+ F12 |
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Untested |
Untested |
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+ 1 |
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Untested |
Untested |
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+ 2 |
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Untested |
Untested |
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Other special keys |
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Key |
Operation |
Keycode |
Works? |
Bug # |
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in Breezy? |
in Dapper (current development)? |
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Key |
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Untested |
Untested |
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Notes
Work in progress - give me some days to finish this mess below
I. Sound
Since hardware detection routines on Linux misinterpret the built-in soundchip, sound does not work out of the box, although the sound chip is perfectly supported in Linux.
So you need to tell the system manually to use the right sound driver.
* First, you need to make sure that the wrong sound driver is not being loaded from the hardware detection routine. Edit the driver blacklist in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist and add these lines:
# To fix the sound issue on the Thinkpad 600e
blacklist snd_cs46xx
* Second, tell the system which drivers to load instead by adding the following lines to /etc/rc.local:
modprobe ad1848
modprobe uart401
modprobe snd-cs4236
* Third, you need to tell the system that you want to use a specific driver for your sound card and some hardware details about the sound device. Add to your file /etc/modprobe.d/sound the following lines:
alias snd-card-0 snd-cs4236
options snd-cs4236 port=0x530 cport=0x538 isapnp=0 dma1=0 dma2=1 irq=5
Attention: You might have to find out the right hardware addresses, IRQ and DMA channel of your sound device. You can use the PS2.exe program in order to do so. --> PS2.exe, Link to guides here
II. PCMCIA
In order to get PCMCIA working, you need to add at least the following kernel parameter (in /boot/grub/menu.lst): pci=noacpi
Some people (depending on your BIOS settings) also need in addition: pnpbios=off acpi=off
Add that to the end of the line in which your kernel is being loaded, i.e.:
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-20-amd64-generic root=/dev/sda7 ro quiet splash pci=noacpi This line can typically be found close to the
You can use for example the Netgear WG511 WLAN card without any further work if you do not require WPA encryption. The Linux prism54 driver for the card currently only supports WEP. If you need WPA encryption, or if you want to use the Netgear FA511 LAN card, one needs to install the ndiswrapper driver along with the respective Windows driver for the cards. (However, even with ndiswrapper, WPA does not reliably work (key re-negotiation fails sometimes) - but that seems to be an issue of my special version of the WG511, not a problem of the Thinkpad600E in general. First, install ndiswrapper. The SetupNdiswrapperHowto will be helpful how to do that. In addition, get 1. Netgear FA511 (LAN / Ethernet) For the FA511, get the FA511 Windows drivers from the Netgear webpage or from your driver CD. Unzip them to a local directory. Use 2. Netgear WG511 (WLAN) If you use ndiswrapper, you have to prevent that the prism54 driver is being loaded at startup. Add III. PCMCIA network cards