Brand of laptop computers originally designed, manufactured and sold by IBM and now owned by Lenovo.
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Can I set dual external monitors on Thinkpad X220?
I'm running Ubuntu 11.10 on Thinkpad X220.
Browsing through ThinkWiki pages I stumbled upon this information:
Multiple monitors
Configuring an extended desktop over two monitors led to ...
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Ubuntu 10.04 Cant Adjust brightness on my lenovo Thinkpad?
I cant seem to be able to adjust the brightness on my think-pad laptop running Ubuntu 10.04. In the power management applet it shows that the power is set to 100%, but even if i try to lower it the ...
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Does all hardware of a Thinkpad Edge E525 work
I would like to buy a new computer in the next days. The Thinkpad Edge E525 (AMD A6-3400M with AMD Radeon HD 6520G, product number 12002JG) is in the pole position, but I did not find a review how the ...
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Thinkpad fingerprint scan only at login
I know how to set up the fingerprint reader for my Thinkpad X220 in Ubuntu 11.10.
My question is: Is it possible to only use the fingerprint reader at the LightDM-Login and not when typing "sudo ..." ...
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ThinkPad T420s docking station: no sound on external speakers
When I plug external speakers into the docking station for Thinkpad T420s i get no sound (internal speakers mute).
P.S. I know the solution but it seems to be ok post problem specific solution in ...
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Unable to install 11.10 to new OCZ Agility 3 SSD
I know the discussion here where they are not getting the same error as I.
I use Lenovo Thinkpad X60.
The default partition table: sd1 ext4 53.91GB, sd2 extended 1.99GB and sd5 swap 1.99GB.
I get ...
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Is there a fix for my Thinkpad laptop mouse cursor from locking/freezing? [closed]
On my Thinkpad L420 laptop intel 2nd gen graphics i5 processor the mouse cursor freezes and locks up every so often. Sometimes it's as often as once every few minutes. The mouse cursor will freeze on ...
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“docked”-state on ThinkPad T410 always 0 in 11.10 x86_64 [closed]
cat /sys/devices/platform/dock.0/docked
and
cat /sys/devices/platform/dock.1/docked
ist always 0, whether Thinkpad T410 is connected to "Lenovo Mini Dock Series 3" or not.
I need some way to ...
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Where do I have to paste an “xinput” command so that it executes it when GNOME is started?
On my Thinkpad I need to execute something like this in the terminal:
xinput set-int-prop "TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint" "Evdev Middle Button Emulation" 8 1
so that my the 2 buttons on my touchpad emulate ...
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For Thinkpad W510 Brightness does not work
After Upgrading up Ubuntu, and installed the additional drivers, and i tried bot the options that I got, and the brightness key do not work. What I mean by not working is that it shows me the bar as ...
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How well supported is a ThinkPad X121e?
I am planning to invest in a LENOVO ThinkPad X121e (NWS5YGE 30515YG) which does not have a preinstalled os. (shop's site, sry it is in german)
What I want to know is if the TP x121e is fully ...
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I just got the Lenovo thinkpad Tablet and it won't connect to the internet
My internet is password protected, and so whenever I enter the password it says "Obtaining IP address" so after doing this for a while it says "Disabled, Secured with WEP" or something like that. Then ...
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how to execute privileged commands at system startup
I'm using ubuntu 11.10 on Thinkpad. Every time the system starts, I have to run the following scripts with 'sudo' to configure the device manually.
#setting trackpoint
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How to enable Wobbly Windows with Optimus Graphics?
I installed Ubuntu 11.10 on a brand new Lenovo Thinkpad W520, but no matter what I tried to do to enable wobbly windows, the setting wouldn't take effect.
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Best versions of ubuntu for thinkpad T21
Anybody have any experiences about installing Ubuntu onto a Thinkpad T21? Thanks!
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Altering the backlight dim timeout on a Thinkpad laptop
It seems something else than gnome-power-manager manages the backlight dim timeout on Thinkpads, maybe thinkpad-acpi.
How do you alter the timeout from 5 seconds? (which is very annoying)
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Cannot set tp_smapi thresholds on a Thinkpad
I have a thinkpad edge 13, with the package tp-smapi-dkms installed. As described in these instructions, I have also run sudo modprobe tp_smapi, and added tp_smapi to /etc/modules
Before upgrade to ...
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Loading screen wrong resolution
I've got a problem when booting:
I see the GRUB screen where I can choose what exactly to boot into - after hitting Enter my screen simply shows me that purplish background and after some seconds it ...
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INtel 3956ABG WPA wireless not working on Thinkpad T60
I recently upgraded my Thinkpad T60 from Ubuntu 11.04 to 11.10. My wireless worked on 11.04 without a problem. Using 11.10, it detects all the wireless networks available, but will not connect to it. ...
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Live CD won't boot on Lenovo ThinkPad E525
I had Ubuntu 11.04 installed for a while and that worked fine. But when I try to boot from the Ubuntu 11.10 Live CD, the screen gets black after the purple background of what used to be the selection ...
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How do I get the stylus working on a Lenovo X220 Tablet?
I have just got a Lenovo X220 Tablet and I would like to have a dual boot with Ubuntu. I installed it successfully but after installing Inkscape and Xournal I realized that the stylus doesn't work (it ...
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How do I perform easy switching to external monitor
I am currently changing between my laptop and my external monitor with the NVidia X Server Settings program and I'm sure I'm doing it in a really dumb way:
I currently select the external monitor, ...
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Enable zoom in and out on touchpad [closed]
I can use the touchpad scrolling with two fingers.
The os is Natty and my laptop is a Thinkpad x220.
But the touchpad doesn't support zoom in and out.
Any suggestion?
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How not to enable bluetooth with hw-wireless switch?
My laptop has hardware switch for enabling and disabling wireless adapters. This includes both bluetooth and wlan. I rarely use bluetooth and would like to keep it disabled (soft blocked) unless I ...
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Why does my Thinkpad X220 screen get garbled after a while?
I am running 11.04 Desktop 64bit on my Thinkpad X220 which is brand new. I ran Windows on it for a few days and that seemed to run fine. It's still on there on a separate partition.
Ubuntu installed ...
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How do I set up the touchpad of a Lenovo x121e
I am using a Laptop Lenovo x121e (AMD-Version). The laptop has a Synaptics touchpad/trackpoint combination. The touchpad is very "jumpy" when trying to tap the pad for a mouse click.
Normal mouse ...
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Cannot enable desktop effects on a Thinkpad X220
My environment is as follows:
Laptop: Thinkpad X220, Intel HD graphics family(i915).
Dual-OS: Windows 7 professional, Ubuntu 10.10.
My problem is I cannot enable the desktop effects.
I have installed ...
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High resolution in Thinkpad T60 with ATI X1400
I salvaged good old T60 machine, with ATI X1400 and hi resolution screen (1600x1200). My problem is that Ubuntu does not detect higher resolutions than 1024x768. I can that radeon driver is sed ...
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xrandr not listing modes in xorg.conf
On my Lenovo w520, xorg/xrandr (with intel driver) detects the native resolution of my LCD panel, but doesn't seem to detect any 16:9 intermediate resolutions:
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current ...
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Lenovo Thinkpad W520 cpufreq frequency scaling not working
For some reason my processor always seems to run on full speed even if I don't do anything. Looking through the web, I've found quite some suggestions.
According to ...
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External monitor not detected with a Thinkpad 50e [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
External monitor not detected with a Thinkpad 50e
Tempted by Ubuntu 11.04 I installed it on my Thinkpad 50e and the installation went very well. (I was replacing XP ...
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T61 ThinkPad, Ubuntu 10.04.2, fixed address, no connection
I have Ubuntu 10.04 installed on my desktop computer which has a device with a fixed address connected to a gigabit port which has a fixed address assigned to it. They happily communicate. Now I am ...
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Wireless on ThinkPad Edge E420s
I have installed Kubuntu 11.04 (Natty) on my ThinkPad Edge E420 laptop.
Unfortunately, the wireless is not working. I have got Windows 7 installed besides Kubuntu, and wireless is working with no ...
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Unable to install/boot 11.04 on a ThinkPad L520
I have just got a ThinkPad L520 and my first step, naturally, is to install Ubuntu.
I've got the 11.04 amd64 Alternate CD, but every time I run anything from the first menu I just get a blank screen.
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What does Ubuntu do when I signal undocking to a laptop?
It seems that Ubuntu runs some script or command when I signal that I want to undock my laptop by pressing the undock button on the dock. Most visible thing that happens is that resolution on external ...
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Using a large monitor over VGA has strange bugs [closed]
I just hooked up a large (30" Dell) monitor over VGA to my ubuntu system (Thinkpad T420 with Intel grpahics running Narwal), and it sort of works, however there's a few things that are very off. On ...
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Try out ubuntu on thinkpad x40 (via usb)?
I am trying to try out ubuntu (i,e, install it within windows) on my thinkpad x40. I followed the instructions on how to create a bootable usb (http://www.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/download). No ...
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Thinkpad T410 abnormal power consumption and brightness keys behaviour
I've recently installed 11.04 on a fresh Lenovo ThinkPad T410 with a 9-cell battery, but it totally drains up from full battery after about 2:30 - 3:00 hours of normal use (mainly web surfing).
The ...
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How to change screen resolution of Thinkpad x300?
I think that the maximum resolution I can get is 8192x8192.
Could you tell me how can I SAFELY increase the screen resolution?
Actually I wanted to try with xrandr command, but I am afraid that it ...
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ThinkPad TrackPoint Buttons Not Working Well
The TrackPoint itself works fine. But the three buttons below the spacebar don't. For example if I were to copy these lines, 1-10, using trackpoint buttons it'd start highlighting at 7. If I use the ...
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Inserting Lenovo ThinkPad X200s into (UltraBase) docking station mirror screen is always activated leading to non-optimal resolution [closed]
Builtin LCD should be 1440x900
External LCD should be 1920x1080
If Lenovo ThinkPad X200s is inserted into docking station the option mirror screen is always activated leading to a resolution of ...
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Constant freezes on new Sandy Bridge Thinkpad
I've had my Thinkpad T420 (integrated graphics, 8GB RAM, i5) for less than a month. I couldn't successfully install Natty (installer finished, but wouldn't boot), so I went with Maverick instead. On a ...
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How to disable “N” Wireless Mode RTL8192on a Thinkpad Edge 15 Core i5
I've seen many owners of Thinkpad Edges which are supposed to be Linux-friendly having problems with wireless adapter.
I've found several links inside askubuntu and in ubuntuforums which have a lot ...
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What is the best way to configure a Thinkpad's TrackPoint?
The previously useful ThinkWiki pages appear quite outdated. I am trying to permanently change my TrackPoint sensitivity and speed settings and enable middle mouse button scrolling. I have tried ...
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Taking advantage of an “Intel Turbo Memory” card for swap or fast bootup
I have an X61 thinkpad (currently running 10.10) that I purchased 3 years ago. I splurged a little and got a Turbo Memory expansion to improve my windows boots.
When I installed 10.04 (and ...
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Unity and games don't work on new Thinkpad T420
Here's my setup:
Lenovo ThinkPad T420, brand new
NVIDIA Graphics Card
4GB of Ram
128GB Solid State Drive
Intel Core i5 Processor
Given these specs, there's no reason games and Unity shouldn't be ...
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Can I slow the speed of the cursor on a laptop touchpad?
The cursor is too jerky and moves too fast when I use the Touchpad on my laptop in ubuntu 11.04 beta 2.
When I use Windows the cursor moves slowly and smoothly with precision. But on Ubuntu 11.04 ...
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Configure Trackpoint sensitivity using a GUI
I have a Lenovo Thinkpad T61, which uses a Trackpoint. Every time I reinstall Ubuntu, the default sensitivity settings are much too low (it feels like I really have to push to move the cursor).
I've ...
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ThinkPad workaround for no “super” key
My ThinkPad x43 has no Super key. Most of the keyboard shortcuts in 11.04 use this button:
What are Unity's keyboard and mouse shortcuts?
What to do with Unity now? Is there a way to map the Fn ...
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Install Ubuntu on ThinkPad, recovery section must remain intact
I want to install Ubuntu on a Lenovo ThinkPad T500 that I've got. However, due to some licensing and warranty issues, the recovery section on the disk (the one that enables the "ThinkVantage" button) ...
