Running Lubuntu 24.04 LTS on my X61 tablet and it's rock solid. But instead of using a swapfile I'm using a classic swap partition which you can just control through your fstab file. No problem! For better performance I installed Middleton-BIOS, faster wifi and an SSD. Also sound drivers, the wacom-tablet and fingerprint scanner are working fine (after some tweaking). Beautiful, little machine, very cool!
Nice Lubuntu used to be my Linux distro of choice and it was solid. But the lack of an easy settings program for when I'm lazy made me switch to debian. How did you get the fingerprint scanner to work? I can set the fingerprint supposedly but it never actually lets me scan when it prompts me for sudo or login
You would love debian. It is tinker friendly and beginner friendly. Arch is one of the corners, and ubuntu is the other. but debian is for everyone. It has always been a backup distro for me.
5:35 first off remove the bottom plastic panel second upgrade the Wi-Fi card and speakers and buy a usb powered mouse and that might fix the problem if it does your welcome
You know, it's funny. I've abused Arch installs like a ginger stepchild but it's NEVER broken. On the other hand, I've used Debian and Ubuntu as intended and 70% of the time the install just BREAKS within a few days. Just werks doesn't just werk for me.
I've never had any Linux installs break on me, unless I tinker around where I don't know the stuff. But come on man, there's no way a debian/Ubuntu set up properly the first time around breaks that often.
I just started using arch recently so I do not know much yet However I faced a similar issue and I found out that it was because of my fstab file It was using block device names instead of their UUID’s as such the system bricked after a couple of restarts because the drivers changed their names
my best guess would be that the new kernel is not loaded even tho the associated packages got updated. you could try running pacman locally (chatgpt can help) to reinstall packages from cache. you could also boot into an arch install medium with its drivers and kernel mount /boot into your-root/boot and (arch-)chroot into your-root. for the future: i recommend to always, always always use timeshift in conjunction with arch. it's 1000% worth it.
i dont use my thinkpad much cause i have a lot of other desktop at my place and i never go out lol... but i put fedora on mines cause im not regularly using it so i dont update it as much with fedora its a lot better for me just closed the lid open it up like year later and update it lol ...
Or maybe Debian. I've been using it for a while on a Dell Latitude of similar age like the X61 and despite me being a relative Linux noob, it's been running without much issues.
@@Birdabo404i love it personally because i get to learn new things about the OS. Its like a puzzle i have to use knowledge to solve. Issue is that for me arch has been as stable as debian is for other people so i havent experienced a breakage on a main system in years, its only when i install something like debian or ubuntu that stuff breaks.
@@ENNEN420 Don't get me wrong, my OS breaking is how I did fully learn Linux, but it's all fun and games until you got due projects and assignments 😭 definitely do it on a spare laptop 💻 or in summer 😭😭
Did you reinstall arch? Its not too bad with archinstall. I have an x60s running debian 12 nicely. It has windows 3.11 running in dosbox and im working on windows 98 in qemu.
people only recommend archinstall for those who know how to install and tinker arch already. I remember installing arch and it made more sense. You learn no matter if you like it or not when doing it But yeah, Archinstall is good for such purposes.
Probably during installation of Arch you did some mistakes, and of course not installed all neccessary drivers. On my old Acer Aspire One I spend more than 2 hours to find a working driver for Intel's Atom integrated GPU. Just check what is failed during boot and turn on detailed GRUB debug Try next solution for sound: install pamixer + pavucontrol, run pavucontrol and check is it muted inside or not. I always have it by default after installation of pamixer
I already have a solution for this problem
Running Lubuntu 24.04 LTS on my X61 tablet and it's rock solid. But instead of using a swapfile I'm using a classic swap partition which you can just control through your fstab file. No problem! For better performance I installed Middleton-BIOS, faster wifi and an SSD.
Also sound drivers, the wacom-tablet and fingerprint scanner are working fine (after some tweaking).
Beautiful, little machine, very cool!
Nice Lubuntu used to be my Linux distro of choice and it was solid. But the lack of an easy settings program for when I'm lazy made me switch to debian. How did you get the fingerprint scanner to work? I can set the fingerprint supposedly but it never actually lets me scan when it prompts me for sudo or login
You sound like you really like your tech! It's kinda dope how you've been buying all these ThinkPads! Keep it up! 🤘
You would love debian. It is tinker friendly and beginner friendly. Arch is one of the corners, and ubuntu is the other. but debian is for everyone. It has always been a backup distro for me.
5:35 first off remove the bottom plastic panel second upgrade the Wi-Fi card and speakers and buy a usb powered mouse and that might fix the problem if it does your welcome
Tip:
And also remove the enternal and external battery just in case it shorts the backlight
Oh I have no way to test that as I don't have that Arch install anymore. But it did get fixed by just installing another operating system
You know, it's funny. I've abused Arch installs like a ginger stepchild but it's NEVER broken. On the other hand, I've used Debian and Ubuntu as intended and 70% of the time the install just BREAKS within a few days. Just werks doesn't just werk for me.
I've never had any Linux installs break on me, unless I tinker around where I don't know the stuff.
But come on man, there's no way a debian/Ubuntu set up properly the first time around breaks that often.
ive not ran to this issue!!!!!!! but i had my internet randomly stop working tho for a real while, and weeks later it started working again..
what? for weeks? what internet provider do you use? that does not seem very normal
I just started using arch recently so I do not know much yet
However I faced a similar issue and I found out that it was because of my fstab file
It was using block device names instead of their UUID’s as such the system bricked after a couple of restarts because the drivers changed their names
hmm yeah I can try that thanks
my best guess would be that the new kernel is not loaded even tho the associated packages got updated. you could try running pacman locally (chatgpt can help) to reinstall packages from cache. you could also boot into an arch install medium with its drivers and kernel mount /boot into your-root/boot and (arch-)chroot into your-root. for the future: i recommend to always, always always use timeshift in conjunction with arch. it's 1000% worth it.
i dont use my thinkpad much cause i have a lot of other desktop at my place and i never go out lol... but i put fedora on mines cause im not regularly using it so i dont update it as much with fedora its a lot better for me just closed the lid open it up like year later and update it lol ...
I would install a stable distro 😂 put void linux - xfce in that mf
Or maybe Debian. I've been using it for a while on a Dell Latitude of similar age like the X61 and despite me being a relative Linux noob, it's been running without much issues.
@@Max_Mustermann yeah that works too, idk why people enjoy when things break 😭
"once upon of time, there were 3 master distros. Arch, Gentoo, and Void. They lived in harmony, until broken packages attacked"
-Some guy probaly
@@Birdabo404i love it personally because i get to learn new things about the OS. Its like a puzzle i have to use knowledge to solve. Issue is that for me arch has been as stable as debian is for other people so i havent experienced a breakage on a main system in years, its only when i install something like debian or ubuntu that stuff breaks.
@@ENNEN420 Don't get me wrong, my OS breaking is how I did fully learn Linux, but it's all fun and games until you got due projects and assignments 😭 definitely do it on a spare laptop 💻 or in summer 😭😭
Give Manjaro a try if you want to stick with ArchLinux or maybe go with Linux Mint.
I'll try that if my current debian install starts to have issues
Did you reinstall arch? Its not too bad with archinstall. I have an x60s running debian 12 nicely. It has windows 3.11 running in dosbox and im working on windows 98 in qemu.
people only recommend archinstall for those who know how to install and tinker arch already. I remember installing arch and it made more sense. You learn no matter if you like it or not when doing it
But yeah, Archinstall is good for such purposes.
im having the same experience with void linux. So we both going to manjaro xfce?
nah I already went to debian gnome sorry
Probably during installation of Arch you did some mistakes, and of course not installed all neccessary drivers. On my old Acer Aspire One I spend more than 2 hours to find a working driver for Intel's Atom integrated GPU. Just check what is failed during boot and turn on detailed GRUB debug
Try next solution for sound: install pamixer + pavucontrol, run pavucontrol and check is it muted inside or not. I always have it by default after installation of pamixer
@@Vadkon07 ah sorry I already installed a different operating system probably should private this video huh