Introduction
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Welcome to the entry-point for Ubuntu on Lenovo ThinkPad laptops.
ThinkPad model support matrix
Edge
L Series
SL Series
T Series
W Series
X Series
TP-SMAPI
Thinkpads have an accelerometer that can sense if you drop your laptop and make the hard drive brace for impact. To enable this, install the tp-smapi-dkms and hdapsd packages. Then load the tp-smapi kernel module
sudo modprobe tp-smapi
Then restart hdapsd
sudo /etc/init.d/hdapsd restart
See Also
Other official Ubuntu documentation and support pages that are specific to ThinkPads.
Ubuntu Certified - Lenovo - List of Ubuntu-certified Lenovo models.
acpi_ibm package man page - ACPI drivers package specific for IBM laptops.
Thinkfan man page - A simple ThinkPad-specific fan control program.
Ask Ubuntu - Questions related to ThinkPad on Ask Ubuntu.
External Links
If you can't find what you're looking for in the Ubuntu wiki, try one of these external resources.
ThinkWiki - Distro agnostic wiki for Linux on ThinkPad laptops.
Lenovo Linux Support - Official list of Linux certified Lenovo laptops.