ThinkPad X61 config

Fully functional ThinkPad X61 config

 

FreeBSD is a solid OS with good performance under high loading which makes it an excellent choice as a server OS. My love with it doesn't stop there. It has a great support community. Good documentation. A consistent init system. You may learn more about it in A FreeBSD 10 Desktop How-to.

As much as I love FreeBSD to be my main desktop OS, it has quite a few drawbacks. Due to its conservative out-of-the-box settings it's tedious to configure it. Lots of information on the Internet are somewhat outdated. Lack of software like Skype and Flash (despite its evilness). So I decided to write this guide for those, like me, who happen to own a ThinkPad X61 and want to slab a FreeBSD onto it. It also serves as a personal reminder for myself in case I need to start from scratch again.

It is an extensive setup guide that makes most of the things work, at least for 10.2-RELEASE-p7. See below for the complete list.

What works:

• Graphics - vt, X11
• Sound
• Wifi
• Ethernet
• USB
• Suspend/resume
• Generic keyboard shortcuts - batt info, sleep, bluetooth on/off, trackpoint on/off, brightness, ThinkLight

What doesn't work or not tested:

• TPM
• Modem (who still uses it nowadays?)

/boot/loader.conf
linprocfs_load="YES"
linsysfs_load="YES"
acpi_ibm_load="YES"

# Do not load tpm as it's known to break suspend.
#tpm_load="YES"

ichsmb_load="YES"
ichwd_load="YES"
hwpmc_load="YES"
acpi_video_load="YES"
smapi_load="YES"
hifn_load="YES"
smbios_load="YES"
nvram_load="YES"
coretemp_load="YES"
i915kms_load="YES"
#sdhci_load="YES"
#mmc_load="YES"
vboxdrv_load="YES"

kern.vty=vt
kern.vt.gb.default_mode="1024x768"
#hw.vga.textmode="1"
drm.i915.enable_rc6=7
hw.acpi.reset_video=1

# Enable Trackpoint support
hw.psm.trackpoint_support="1"




/etc/sysctl.conf
dev.pcm.0.play.vchans=4
dev.pcm.0.rec.vchans=4

# Debug suspend/resume problem
#debug.acpi.resume_beep=1

vfs.usermount=1

dev.acpi_ibm.0.events=1
dev.acpi_ibm.0.handlerevents=0x17
hw.acpi.lid_switch_state=S3

# Enable shared memory support for Chromium
kern.ipc.shm_allow_removed=1

hw.psm.trackpoint.sensitivity=255

# The CentOS ports infrastructure has replaced Fedora 10 as default
# See UPDATING entry 20141209 for details
compat.linux.osrelease=2.6.18



/boot/device.hints
# Disable CPU throttling
#hw.pci.do_power_nodriver="3"
hint.acpi_throttle.0.disabled="1"
hint.p4tcc.0.disabled="1"



/etc/rc.conf
hostname="muon"
keymap="us.ctrl.kbd"
wlans_wpi0="wlan0"
ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP"
sshd_enable="YES"
moused_enable="YES"
moused_flags="-z 4 5 6 7"
ntpd_enable="YES"
powerd_enable="YES"
#powerd_flags="-i 85 -r 60 -p 100"
performance_cx_lowest="Cmax"
economy_cx_lowest="Cmax"
uhidd_enable="YES"
# Set dumpdev to "AUTO" to enable crash dumps, "NO" to disable
dumpdev="AUTO"
tcsd_enable="YES"
hald_enable="YES"
dbus_enable="YES"
syslogd_enable="YES"
syslogd_flags="-a freebsdap03.thds.mooo.com:* -v -v"
#proftpd_enable="YES"
cuse4bsd_load="YES"
webcamd_enable="YES"
linux_enable="YES"
fuse_enable="YES"

devfs_system_ruleset="system"
devfs_system_ruleset="localrules"

vboxnet_enable="YES"

nfs_server_enable="YES"
rpcbind_enable="YES"
mountd_flags="-r"
mountd_enable="YES"

amd_flags="-a /.amd_mnt -l syslog /host /etc/amd.map /net /etc/amd.map"
automounter_enable="YES"




/usr/local/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-sysmouse.conf
Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "sysmouse0"
        MatchDevicePath "/dev/sysmouse"
        Option "EmulateWheel" "true"
        Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2"
        Option "YAxisMapping" "4 5"
        Option "XAxisMapping" "6 7"

EndSection



/usr/local/bin/acpi_osd
#!/bin/sh
#

DISPLAY_PIPE=/tmp/acpi_ibm_display
OSD="osd_cat"
FONT="-*-lucidatypewriter-*-*-*-*-*-240-*-*-*-*-*-*"
COLOR=Green
TIME=1
OPTS="--font=$FONT -c $COLOR -p top -o 50 -i 50 -d $TIME"

trap "rm -f $DISPLAY_PIPE" EXIT

[ -p $DISPLAY_PIPE ] || mkfifo $DISPLAY_PIPE

while true
do
        if read line <$DISPLAY_PIPE; then
                echo $line | $OSD $OPTS
        fi
done

exit 0



~/.xinitrc
if [ -x /usr/local/bin/acpi_osd ]; then
        /usr/local/bin/acpi_osd &
fi