I just installed Ubuntu 9.10 Beta on my LENOVO ThinkPad T61 64608NG.
Here is what I found so far, in two days of intensive usage:
Quadro NVS 140M – 2D and 3D acceleration: tested and works.
Wireless switch: tested and works.
Sound: tested and works.
Enabling touchpad on/off key (fn-f8): not working.
Enabling Active Protection System: works by installing tp_smapi.
Read the complete guide here.
Fingerprint Reader: install thinkfinger-tools and libpam-thinkfinger from the repository and everything works.
Network Card Intel 10/100/1000: tested and works.
Wireless Intel PRO/4965AG: tested and works.
Card reader: not tested.
UPDATE: Power level of the fingerprint reader is set to on by default, so it gets hot pretty fast. Use one of the scripts here to set it to auto at boot time.
Note that the path /sys/class/usb_*/*/device is no longer working. Instead, use /sys/class/usbmon/usbmon*/device/usb*/*.
Here is the complete script for that, taken from thinkwiki.org and modified to reflect the new path.
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#!/bin/bash # find the fingerprint reader and change its power level to autosuspend find_manuf=STMicroelectronics find_prod="Biometric Coprocessor" for devdir in /sys/class/usbmon/usbmon*/device/usb*/*; do [[ -r $devdir/manufacturer ]] || continue manuf=$(<$devdir/manufacturer) [[ $manuf = $find_manuf ]] || continue; prod=$(<$devdir/product) [[ $prod = $find_prod ]] || continue; # if we get here then we have the right device! plevel_file=$devdir/power/level old_level=$(<$plevel_file); # if it is already set properly then exit silently: [[ $old_level = auto ]] && exit 0 # if we successfully change it then exit silently: echo auto >$plevel_file && exit 0 echo "Failed to set the fingerprint reader's power level to 'auto'." exit 1 done # if we make it through the for loop without exiting, the search failed echo "Could not find the $find_manuf $find_prod (fingerprint reader)" exit 1 |