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notebook ThinkPad X61
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model: ThinkPad X61(model id: 1287)
subtype (notebook, netbook, motherboard, tablet):
notebook
vendor:
Lenovo
architecture:
x86-64/amd64
does it have a free boot firmware (BIOS,UEFI,...) ?
no
can free operating systems be installed?
yes
does the device prevent installing wifi cards not-approved by the vendor?
yes (see the details inside the description entry)
year of commercialization:
2007
compatibility with free software:
C-silver
tested on:
Trisquel 6.0 Toutatis
tested with the following kernel libre:
3.2.0-38-generic-pae
video card model:
Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (primary) (rev 0c) (works with 3D acceleration)
wifi model:
Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN [Kedron] Network Connection (rev 61) (it does not work)
webcam model:
(there is no webcam)
Description:
Wifi card whitelist

All thinkpads have a Wifi card whitelist at the BIOS level that prevent installing certain WiFi cards. The restriction can be bypassed with a BIOS modification: Either installing Libreboot, Coreboot or editing the official Lenovo/IBM BIOS.

This is an old laptop. It seems to work quite nicely except the wifi which does not work. Fn-buttons and separate volume control buttons work.

lspci -vmmnn

Slot:	00:00.0
Class:	Host bridge [0600]
Vendor:	Intel Corporation [8086]
Device:	Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub [2a00]
SVendor:	Lenovo [17aa]
SDevice:	ThinkPad T61/R61 [20b3]
Rev:	0c

Slot:	00:02.0
Class:	VGA compatible controller [0300]
Vendor:	Intel Corporation [8086]
Device:	Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (primary) [2a02]
SVendor:	Lenovo [17aa]
SDevice:	ThinkPad T61/R61 [20b5]
Rev:	0c

Slot:	00:02.1
Class:	Display controller [0380]
Vendor:	Intel Corporation [8086]
Device:	Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (secondary) [2a03]
SVendor:	Lenovo [17aa]
SDevice:	ThinkPad T61/R61 [20b5]
Rev:	0c

Slot:	00:19.0
Class:	Ethernet controller [0200]
Vendor:	Intel Corporation [8086]
Device:	82566MM Gigabit Network Connection [1049]
SVendor:	Lenovo [17aa]
SDevice:	Device [20de]
Rev:	03

Slot:	00:1a.0
Class:	USB controller [0c03]
Vendor:	Intel Corporation [8086]
Device:	82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [2834]
SVendor:	Lenovo [17aa]
SDevice:	ThinkPad T61 [20aa]
Rev:	03

Slot:	00:1a.1
Class:	USB controller [0c03]
Vendor:	Intel Corporation [8086]
Device:	82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 [2835]
SVendor:	Lenovo [17aa]
SDevice:	ThinkPad T60 [20aa]
Rev:	03

Slot:	00:1a.7
Class:	USB controller [0c03]
Vendor:	Intel Corporation [8086]
Device:	82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 [283a]
SVendor:	Lenovo [17aa]
SDevice:	ThinkPad T61 [20ab]
Rev:	03
ProgIf:	20

Slot:	00:1b.0
Class:	Audio device [0403]
Vendor:	Intel Corporation [8086]
Device:	82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller [284b]
SVendor:	Lenovo [17aa]
SDevice:	ThinkPad T61 [20ac]
Rev:	03

Slot:	00:1c.0
Class:	PCI bridge [0604]
Vendor:	Intel Corporation [8086]
Device:	82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [283f]
Rev:	03

Slot:	00:1c.1
Class:	PCI bridge [0604]
Vendor:	Intel Corporation [8086]
Device:	82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 [2841]
Rev:	03

Slot:	00:1d.0
Class:	USB controller [0c03]
Vendor:	Intel Corporation [8086]
Device:	82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [2830]
SVendor:	Lenovo [17aa]
SDevice:	ThinkPad T61 [20aa]
Rev:	03

Slot:	00:1d.1
Class:	USB controller [0c03]
Vendor:	Intel Corporation [8086]
Device:	82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [2831]
SVendor:	Lenovo [17aa]
SDevice:	ThinkPad T61 [20aa]
Rev:	03

Slot:	00:1d.7
Class:	USB controller [0c03]
Vendor:	Intel Corporation [8086]
Device:	82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 [2836]
SVendor:	Lenovo [17aa]
SDevice:	ThinkPad T61 [20ab]
Rev:	03
ProgIf:	20

Slot:	00:1e.0
Class:	PCI bridge [0604]
Vendor:	Intel Corporation [8086]
Device:	82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [2448]
Rev:	f3
ProgIf:	01

Slot:	00:1f.0
Class:	ISA bridge [0601]
Vendor:	Intel Corporation [8086]
Device:	82801HEM (ICH8M-E) LPC Interface Controller [2811]
SVendor:	Lenovo [17aa]
SDevice:	T61 [20b6]
Rev:	03

Slot:	00:1f.1
Class:	IDE interface [0101]
Vendor:	Intel Corporation [8086]
Device:	82801HM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller [2850]
SVendor:	Lenovo [17aa]
SDevice:	ThinkPad T61 [20a6]
Rev:	03
ProgIf:	8a

Slot:	00:1f.2
Class:	SATA controller [0106]
Vendor:	Intel Corporation [8086]
Device:	82801HM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA Controller [AHCI mode] [2829]
SVendor:	Lenovo [17aa]
SDevice:	ThinkPad T61 [20a7]
Rev:	03
ProgIf:	01

Slot:	00:1f.3
Class:	SMBus [0c05]
Vendor:	Intel Corporation [8086]
Device:	82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller [283e]
SVendor:	Lenovo [17aa]
SDevice:	ThinkPad T61 [20a9]
Rev:	03

Slot:	03:00.0
Class:	Network controller [0280]
Vendor:	Intel Corporation [8086]
Device:	PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN [Kedron] Network Connection [4230]
SVendor:	Intel Corporation [8086]
SDevice:	Device [1011]
PhySlot:	3
Rev:	61

Slot:	05:00.0
Class:	CardBus bridge [0607]
Vendor:	Ricoh Co Ltd [1180]
Device:	RL5c476 II [0476]
SVendor:	Lenovo [17aa]
SDevice:	Device [20c6]
Rev:	ba

Slot:	05:00.1
Class:	FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]
Vendor:	Ricoh Co Ltd [1180]
Device:	R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller [0832]
SVendor:	Lenovo [17aa]
SDevice:	Device [20c7]
Rev:	04
ProgIf:	10

Slot:	05:00.2
Class:	SD Host controller [0805]
Vendor:	Ricoh Co Ltd [1180]
Device:	R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter [0822]
SVendor:	Lenovo [17aa]
SDevice:	ThinkPad W500 [20c8]
Rev:	21

lspci -nnk

00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub [8086:2a00] (rev 0c)
	Subsystem: Lenovo ThinkPad T61/R61 [17aa:20b3]
	Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (primary) [8086:2a02] (rev 0c)
	Subsystem: Lenovo ThinkPad T61/R61 [17aa:20b5]
	Kernel driver in use: i915
	Kernel modules: intelfb, i915
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (secondary) [8086:2a03] (rev 0c)
	Subsystem: Lenovo ThinkPad T61/R61 [17aa:20b5]
00:19.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82566MM Gigabit Network Connection [8086:1049] (rev 03)
	Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:20de]
	Kernel driver in use: e1000e
	Kernel modules: e1000e
00:1a.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:2834] (rev 03)
	Subsystem: Lenovo ThinkPad T61 [17aa:20aa]
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1a.1 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 [8086:2835] (rev 03)
	Subsystem: Lenovo ThinkPad T60 [17aa:20aa]
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1a.7 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 [8086:283a] (rev 03)
	Subsystem: Lenovo ThinkPad T61 [17aa:20ab]
	Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller [8086:284b] (rev 03)
	Subsystem: Lenovo ThinkPad T61 [17aa:20ac]
	Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
	Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:283f] (rev 03)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
	Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 [8086:2841] (rev 03)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
	Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1d.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:2830] (rev 03)
	Subsystem: Lenovo ThinkPad T61 [17aa:20aa]
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.1 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:2831] (rev 03)
	Subsystem: Lenovo ThinkPad T61 [17aa:20aa]
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.7 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 [8086:2836] (rev 03)
	Subsystem: Lenovo ThinkPad T61 [17aa:20ab]
	Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev f3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M-E) LPC Interface Controller [8086:2811] (rev 03)
	Subsystem: Lenovo T61 [17aa:20b6]
	Kernel modules: iTCO_wdt
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801HM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller [8086:2850] (rev 03)
	Subsystem: Lenovo ThinkPad T61 [17aa:20a6]
	Kernel driver in use: ata_piix
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 82801HM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA Controller [AHCI mode] [8086:2829] (rev 03)
	Subsystem: Lenovo ThinkPad T61 [17aa:20a7]
	Kernel driver in use: ahci
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:283e] (rev 03)
	Subsystem: Lenovo ThinkPad T61 [17aa:20a9]
	Kernel modules: i2c-i801
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN [Kedron] Network Connection [8086:4230] (rev 61)
	Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:1011]
	Kernel modules: iwl4965
05:00.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II [1180:0476] (rev ba)
	Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:20c6]
	Kernel driver in use: yenta_cardbus
	Kernel modules: yenta_socket
05:00.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller [1180:0832] (rev 04)
	Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:20c7]
	Kernel driver in use: firewire_ohci
	Kernel modules: firewire-ohci
05:00.2 SD Host controller [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter [1180:0822] (rev 21)
	Subsystem: Lenovo ThinkPad W500 [17aa:20c8]
	Kernel driver in use: sdhci-pci
	Kernel modules: sdhci-pci

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