Aren't new operating systems just "The Bee's Knees"? :lol: Maybe this will help a little. http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Thinkpad-acpi I don't run Ubuntu or have a T60, but I will not be the least surprised if I do not encounter similar problems when I upgrade Mandriva and Fedora next month with the...

Mint 7 sounds interesting. I wish they were a bit more up to date as I'm a bit picky that way. Not that it's a major benefit but if I can use Ubuntu repos, I can try the newer most up-to-date software? My opinion is that yeah, Ubuntu is cutting edge. But that can sometimes cause problems. Where Min...

Harry Right click network icon lower right. click on wireless and then click on your network. Then click on edit. And at the bottom of that page check box that says allow all users. And log out or shut down. And it shouldn't ask for the keyring pass anymore. And should connect up. I'm not on my R61 ...

I recently install Mint 7 32 bit on my R61. And I am impressed ! Everything just worked. The only slight problem I encountered was the keyring pass on boot for wireless. But a quick Google fixed that. I'm running Gnome desktop. Because I just haven't really taking a liken to KDE4 yet. I would say th...

Some additional information.
http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS6736055367.html

Harry
I haven't seen anything jump out at me yet.
I know at one time they had a bad rep with spy ware.
But like I mentioned I don't have a lot of run time with it.

Harry
Thanks for the update
I thought I would mention for other users that you need to disable IPV6 .
Usually that is just a given

I'm just wondering has anyone tried weatherBug? If so what are your thoughts? I installed it on my R61 running Suse 11.1 and it was an easy install and the weatherBug widget is pretty nice and doesn't seem to be a big resource hog. But to be honest I haven't been running it that long. Only a few day...

Read this guideline here. It should give you a good idea what you need to do.
But just be sure you don't format the hidden or windows partition. I would think Mepis would see them.
But be careful!!

http://www.mepis.org/docs/en/index.php/Dual-Boot_System

The fan in my R61 doesn't hardly run. Temp hangs 39/40 Celsius Do you know if the fan issue is just in Ubuntu ? Do you have all the modules for acpi installed? If you go to a Konsole and type acpi -V That command should post the temps you are running. Also have you tried other distro's with a liveCD...

Harry It looks like PCLOS is getting ready to do a major update next weekend. http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php?topic=52923.0 On post # 22 in that link it states......because I rebuilt the entire wireless stack on the new kernel to support the newest cards. Except for the kernel we would have...

Harry
I take it Mint doesn't play well with the Intel wireless either.
I know you posted a link in another thread for compiling a driver.
But have you looked at this page?
http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Download

Might be time for some live CD tests.

I posted in your Suse thread .

Harry Just wondering are you running 32bit or 64bit. Maybe try these links. Have you read this post on Suse forums? "I'm sure you have" http://forums.opensuse.org/network-internet/wireless/405410-network-managers-do-they-ever-work-properly.html http://packages.opensuse-community.org/index.jsp?search...

Harry I had a slow down issue in Mandriva KDE4. I installed Suse 11.1 Gnome and it seems to working fine. I installed this on my R61 which I use as my Linux Lappy. And as far as I can tell everything works. Including wireless out of the box except for configuring. I have been running it for about a ...

You could download it and run the live CD. And see how it matches up to your hardware. Also I think PCLOS 2007 might be a good candidate for that laptop. It's simple and just works. But is only KDE 3.59 And it is a live CD also. Mandriva 2009 might be worth a try. It has KDE4. I'm running it on my R...

I have seen them as low as $240.00
And that was a 9 out 10. But no warranty.
But on the average the ones on ePay are selling for around $400.00

I would like to have a Z61p. But I have two things holding me back.
Price and I already have to many TP's. Someday maybe.

I was running Mandriva Srpring 2008 on my R61e with very little problems. "Intel Chipsets" The other day I downloaded 2009 KDE4. The install was fairly easy with no problems. With a few clicks I had wireless up and running . And 3d effects worked when I enabled them. I still prefer KDE 3.59 over Kde...

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Looking for a T60 14.1" with XPpro for a reasonable price.
PM me with what you have and a price.

Thanks,
Doog

T60 has been found.

Here is 2 gig for a good price.
I bought some for my Z61 and it worked great.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820145172

Then I ended up selling the Z61. Probably setting under the persons tree right now.
Kind of wished I would have kept it.

I would like to give thumbs up to the people below who I have bought from this year. ajkula66: I bought a nice machine off of him. He did a super job loading the OS. BobA: Nice machine and fast shipping ! richk: He was my parts guy... Fast shipping and very helpful. Harryc: Super Flexview Thinkpad. ...

I agree with the others. It would help if we had a product number. Then that way you would know exactly what you was comparing. I have a R51 and a R61e and I prefer the wide screen of the R61e. Personally I like the Intel chipset. It's fine for what I use it for. Internet/email Also like the Z61alot...

PM sent

I just picked up some off of Newegg. 2gig/21.99
It's still on sale below is the link.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820148086

Harry
As usual nice job with pictures. It looks like a nice machine.

I have one question. I know the Zif drives hasn't been out that long.
How do they compare to a regular hard drive?
"heat wise/life expectancy "
I really haven't researched them that much.

Thanks,
Doog

I own the same machine.
By far the coolest running ThinkPad I have owned.
If I didn't already own one I would buy it.

Good Luck!

Harry
Congratulations on the T61 project being completed.
The Z60T didn't last to long either.

The current hard drive in the X41 is what is keeping some people from taking ownership of them.

I think if you do the X41 project and it is successful.
There might be a run of X41's on eBay

Harry
Good Job!! Another ThinkPad saved
Also thanks for taking the time...to take and post pictures of the project.
Looks like it will make someone a nice machine.

I got one of the T40's off of BobA. They are a very nice machine for that price.
Plus Bob was great to deal with.

You have to love eBay.

Ebay item # 250314208958

http://cgi.ebay.com/off-lease-ibm-r61-l ... 0314208958