[ltp] Quid of Gnome configure-thinkpad (ubuntu solution)

[David Tansey]

Ubuntu has a package called thinkpad-source. You have to install that
along with thinkpad-base and tpctl (and tpb if you want it.)

You also need the right thinkpad-headers package. for me it is
linux-headers-2.6.10-5-686 -- you can apt-cache this.

Then go to /usr/src/ and tar -xzf thinkpad.tar.gz

cd go the modules/thinkpad/2.6/drivers
make
sudo make install

and it works.

the problem is that ubuntu uses acpi (which works largely for me) and
they say configure-thinkpad is based on APM so some features are
disabled. but it does let me switch to external monitor and back, which
might be just the thing for me for my external monitor setup.

good luck all.

-david

On Thu, 2005-07-14 at 14:43 +0200, olivier.paquien wrote:
> Hey, 
>  
> if /dev/thinkpad isn't found try something like "modprobe thinkpad" it 
> may help. If thinkpad module is not found by modprobe you might need to 
> re-compile your kernel. 
> I can't use it on my gentoo, when I try to suspend or hibernate I got 
> this message : "system is invalid". I dunno why but it seems 
> configure-thinkpad has been tested with old Thinkpad ( mine is a T42 and 
> I still cannot suspend or hibernate :( ). 
>  
> bye 
>  
> olivier 
> > Also can't use it in ubuntu it seems. /dev/thinkpad isn't found. I 
> > know there are solutions posted online, but I try not to mess with 
> > things like udev by hand. I hope breezy has a fix. 
> >  
> > On 7/13/05, Nicolas Dufresne <Nicolas.Dufresne@usherbrooke.ca> wrote: 
> > >  Hi, 
> > >   
> > >  I tested thinkpad-configure (gui for tpctl) on my laptop, but it 
> seems to 
> > > need APM to work properly.  Any changes I do won't give any results.  
> If any 
> > > one have more information ...  thinkpad module is also needed. 
> > >   
> > >  Using T42, 
> > >   
> > >  Le mercredi 13 juillet 2005 à 14:24 +0200, grillot sebastien a 
> écrit :  
> > >  Hi ! 
> > > Is there anybody who test these software ? 
> > > http://tpctl.sourceforge.net/configure-thinkpad.html 
> > > --  
> > > Regist. Linux User #344952 
> > >  
> > > /* Fuck me gently with a chainsaw... */ 
> > >   -- 2.0.38 /usr/src/linux/arch/sparc/kernel/ptrace.c 
> > >  
> > >   
> > >  ________________________________ 
> > >   
> > >  Nicolas Dufresne <Nicolas.Dufresne@USherbrooke.ca> 
> > >  Étudiant en informatique, Université de Sherbrooke 
> > --  
> > The linux-thinkpad mailing list home page is at: 
> > http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-thinkpad 
> >  
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