Unity won't run on IBM T23 Laptop

[Keagan Winterthieme]

Binary package hint: unity

  I booted the Ubuntu Desktop i386 Alpha2 Live Session on a IBM Thinkpad T23. When it reached GNOME, it said that this computer could not run Unity. I chose to run the classic system. However, when it loaded, it didn't load the panels. Everything else seemed to work, but I could not be certain without the panels. Below is the information obtained by lshw on this computer's hardware.

 description: Computer
    width: 32 bits
  *-core
       description: Motherboard
       physical id: 0
     *-memory
          description: System memory
          physical id: 0
          size: 496MiB
     *-cpu
          product: Intel(R) Pentium(R) III Mobile CPU 1133MHz
          vendor: Intel Corp.
          physical id: 1
          bus info: cpu@0
          version: 6.11.1
          size: 1130MHz
          capacity: 1130MHz
          width: 32 bits
          capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 mtrr pge mca cmov pse36 mmx fxsr sse up cpufreq
        *-cache:0
             description: L1 cache
             physical id: 0
             size: 32KiB
        *-cache:1
             description: L2 cache
             physical id: 1
             size: 512KiB
     *-pci
          description: Host bridge
          product: 82830 830 Chipset Host Bridge
          vendor: Intel Corporation
          physical id: 100
          bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
          version: 04
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
          configuration: driver=agpgart-intel
          resources: irq:0 memory:d0000000-dfffffff(prefetchable)
        *-pci:0
             description: PCI bridge
             product: 82830 830 Chipset AGP Bridge
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0
             version: 04
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: pci bus_master
             resources: memory:c0100000-c01fffff memory:e0000000-ebffffff(prefetchable)
           *-display UNCLAIMED
                description: VGA compatible controller
                product: SuperSavage IX/C SDR
                vendor: S3 Inc.
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
                version: 05
                width: 32 bits
                clock: 66MHz
                capabilities: bus_master cap_list
                configuration: latency=64 maxlatency=255 mingnt=4
                resources: memory:c0100000-c017ffff memory:e8000000-ebffffff(prefetchable) memory:e4000000-e7ffffff(prefetchable) memory:e0000000-e1ffffff(prefetchable) memory:e2000000-e200ffff(prefetchable)
        *-usb:0
             description: USB Controller
             product: 82801CA/CAM USB Controller #1
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1d
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.0
             version: 02
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: bus_master
             configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
             resources: irq:11 ioport:1800(size=32)
        *-usb:1
             description: USB Controller
             product: 82801CA/CAM USB Controller #2
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1d.1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.1
             version: 02
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: bus_master
             configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
             resources: irq:11 ioport:1820(size=32)
        *-usb:2
             description: USB Controller
             product: 82801CA/CAM USB Controller #3
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1d.2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.2
             version: 02
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: bus_master
             configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
             resources: irq:11 ioport:1840(size=32)
        *-pci:1
             description: PCI bridge
             product: 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1e
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1e.0
             version: 42
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci bus_master
             resources: ioport:3000(size=20480) memory:c0200000-cfffffff memory:ec000000-f7ffffff(prefetchable)
           *-pcmcia:0
                description: CardBus bridge
                product: PCI1420 PC card Cardbus Controller
                vendor: Texas Instruments
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
                version: 00
                width: 32 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pcmcia bus_master cap_list
                configuration: driver=yenta_cardbus latency=176 maxlatency=5 mingnt=192
                resources: irq:11 memory:50000000-50000fff ioport:3000(size=256) ioport:3400(size=256) memory:f0000000-f3ffffff(prefetchable) memory:c4000000-c7ffffff
           *-pcmcia:1
                description: CardBus bridge
                product: PCI1420 PC card Cardbus Controller
                vendor: Texas Instruments
                physical id: 0.1
                bus info: pci@0000:02:00.1
                version: 00
                width: 32 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pcmcia bus_master cap_list
                configuration: driver=yenta_cardbus latency=176 maxlatency=5 mingnt=192
                resources: irq:11 memory:51000000-51000fff ioport:3800(size=256) ioport:3c00(size=256) memory:f4000000-f7ffffff(prefetchable) memory:c8000000-cbffffff
           *-network:0
                description: Wireless interface
                product: Prism 2.5 Wavelan chipset
                vendor: Intersil Corporation
                physical id: 2
                bus info: pci@0000:02:02.0
                logical name: eth1
                version: 01
                serial: 00:20:e0:8c:63:e5
                width: 32 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
                configuration: broadcast=yes driver=orinoco driverversion=0.15 firmware=Intersil 1.3.6 ip=192.168.1.2 latency=64 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11b
                resources: irq:11 memory:ec000000-ec000fff(prefetchable)
           *-network:1
                description: Ethernet interface
                product: 82801CAM (ICH3) PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller
                vendor: Intel Corporation
                physical id: 8
                bus info: pci@0000:02:08.0
                logical name: eth0
                version: 42
                serial: 00:d0:59:c1:41:d4
                width: 32 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical
                configuration: broadcast=yes driver=e100 driverversion=3.5.24-k2-NAPI firmware=N/A latency=66 maxlatency=56 mingnt=8 multicast=yes
                resources: irq:11 memory:c0200000-c0200fff ioport:7000(size=64)
        *-isa
             description: ISA bridge
             product: 82801CAM ISA Bridge (LPC)
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1f
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0
             version: 02
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: isa bus_master
             configuration: latency=0
        *-ide
             description: IDE interface
             product: 82801CAM IDE U100 Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1f.1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.1
             version: 02
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: ide bus_master
             configuration: driver=ata_piix latency=0
             resources: irq:11 ioport:1f0(size=8) ioport:3f6 ioport:170(size=8) ioport:376 ioport:1860(size=16) memory:20000000-200003ff
        *-serial UNCLAIMED
             description: SMBus
             product: 82801CA/CAM SMBus Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1f.3
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.3
             version: 02
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             configuration: latency=0
             resources: ioport:1880(size=32)
        *-multimedia
             description: Multimedia audio controller
             product: 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Audio Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1f.5
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.5
             version: 02
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: bus_master
             configuration: driver=Intel ICH latency=0
             resources: irq:11 ioport:1c00(size=256) ioport:18c0(size=64)
        *-communication UNCLAIMED
             description: Modem
             product: 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Modem Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1f.6
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.6
             version: 02
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             configuration: latency=0
             resources: ioport:2400(size=256) ioport:2000(size=128)
  *-scsi
       physical id: 1
       bus info: scsi@2
       logical name: scsi2
       capabilities: scsi-host
       configuration: driver=usb-storage

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

Your system does not have the required capabilities to support unity. You can use unity-2d or the classic desktop session. For further info about unity requirements see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopExperienceTeam/UnityHardwareRequirements