[TriLUG] Customizing Ubuntu for UNC, got a T60p?

[Michael Hrivnak]

I believe that one you are booted into an Ubuntu CD, you can install packages 
from any of the usual Ubuntu repositories just like you're on a normal 
installtion.  I suspect that you can install whatever extra drivers you need 
at that time, just as you would after doing a hard-drive install.

Best of luck,
Michael

On Wednesday 27 June 2007 9:24:38 pm Cristóbal Palmer wrote:
> Apologies if you're getting this email multiple times because of
> cross-posting.
>
> == Executive Summary ==
>
> (1) If you have a CCI laptop from this year (a ThinkPad T60p with an
> ATI Mobility FireGL v5250 graphics card and atheros 802.11abg
> wireless) and are willing to loan it to me for 72 hours or otherwise
> help me test Ubuntu on it, please email or call me about meeting up.
> (2) If you know how to make an Ubuntu derivative LiveCD that will work
> with the above by default, please email or call me.
>
> == Full story ==
>
> The BAD news:
>
> The CCI Lenovo ThinkPad T60p (the model that will be most popular with
> this year's incoming students) has a currently-unsupported video card
> under Ubuntu. Translation: no working graphical interface with a
> default Ubuntu install. There's a free-to-download driver that will
> work, but it's not Open Source and will therefore not likely be on the
> default CD in the near future. This sucks. :(
>
> The GOOD news:
>
> It's possible to re-master the Ubuntu CD and swap in things like a
> video driver, different artwork, etc. This is not something that can
> happen overnight, however. I'm going to have to figure out if I can
> borrow this laptop I've got on loan for longer or borrow it for a
> similar period of time in the future.
>
> If anybody wants to help me play around with this process, here's the
> wikipage to start reading:
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCDCustomization. Also, here's
> the bug I tacked my notes onto for the graphics problem:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/118225
>
> Email me if you want to meet up and hack on it. I may or may not have
> to hand back the one I've got tomorrow (Thursday) night at eight. If
> YOU have a T60p that you just got at CTOPS (or elsewhere--I don't care
> as long as it has the same graphics card and the atheros 802.11abg
> wireless card) and are in or around Chapel Hill, PLEASE WRITE ME about
> meeting up and testing out derivative LiveCDs that I cook up. I have
> plenty of space to back up your data and we'll be gentle with your
> brand new lappie, I promise. :)
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Cristóbal M. Palmer
> administrator!!! please hope me!