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Suspend to RAM in a Thinkpad R61 (Debian Lenny)

Last post by rm « Mon Nov 19, 2007 9:10 am
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by pablob » Sun Oct 28, 2007 7:41 pm

Hi!

I am having a strange problem when trying to suspend to ram (using s2ram). What happens is that it suspends nicely, but after a few seconds it...

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Last post by rm
Mon Nov 19, 2007 9:10 am
Installation options for X series

Last post by syedj « Thu Nov 15, 2007 5:41 pm
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by wolfman » Sat Oct 27, 2007 12:19 pm

Hello all,
I'd like to install linux (kubuntu 7.10) on my recently acquired X61. I don't have an external cd/dvd drive or the media slice. I've read...

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Last post by syedj
Thu Nov 15, 2007 5:41 pm
ibm acpi kernel 2.6.23

Last post by lightweight « Sun Nov 11, 2007 10:20 pm
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by amwus » Wed Oct 31, 2007 3:42 pm

Is it me or fancontrol doesn't work with linux 2.6.23 ??? Can't find /proc/acpi/ibm/ecdump !!

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Last post by lightweight
Sun Nov 11, 2007 10:20 pm
how to repair mulfunction KDE in opensuse 10.3?

Last post by toad « Sun Nov 11, 2007 6:25 pm
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by mike20030405 » Sat Nov 10, 2007 8:47 pm

Guys you can see my original post here:

My KDE is dead, but gnome is fine. Is it possible to repair the KDE in some ways?

Thanks a lot!

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Last post by toad
Sun Nov 11, 2007 6:25 pm
How to install VISTA with vmware in Opensuse 10.3?

Last post by mike20030405 « Sun Nov 11, 2007 1:54 pm
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by mike20030405 » Fri Nov 09, 2007 3:15 pm

Installed Opensuse 10.3 with Vista Home Premium and dual boot enabled on my T61P, almost everything work except standby/hibernating(any...

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Sun Nov 11, 2007 1:54 pm
Fan Control on a T42/P Running OpenSUSE 10.3

Last post by Harryc « Sat Nov 10, 2007 5:22 pm
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by Harryc » Sat Nov 10, 2007 3:14 pm

Does anyone have this working? Can you provide a few steps or pointers please. Am running kernel 2.6.22

Edit: If I run this script -

I get this...

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Last post by Harryc
Sat Nov 10, 2007 5:22 pm
Is it possible to boot a thinkpad x60 via pcmia floppy drive

Last post by mfbernstein « Sat Nov 10, 2007 10:15 am
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by 3xkrazy » Sat Nov 10, 2007 4:30 am

I'm trying to install freebsd via a pcmia floppy drive I bought from ebay. I don't see the option in the bios. I don't know whether the drive I...

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Last post by mfbernstein
Sat Nov 10, 2007 10:15 am
Using Port Replicators/Docking Stations with Linux

Last post by gator « Wed Nov 07, 2007 11:30 am
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by awannet » Wed Nov 07, 2007 5:28 am

Before I order a Port Replicator for my R and T series, will it work with linux, or what about the lenovo USB docking solution?

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Last post by gator
Wed Nov 07, 2007 11:30 am
How do I connect to the Internet?

Last post by gator « Mon Nov 05, 2007 11:55 pm
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by abrianb » Thu Nov 01, 2007 2:08 pm

I use an IBM T-20 running Ubuntu 7.10 at work. The internet connection there is as follows: an AT&T dsl with 5 static IPs, there is a regular phone...

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Last post by gator
Mon Nov 05, 2007 11:55 pm
Rescue and Recovery Partition Boots OK, but doesn't work...

Last post by csioucs « Mon Nov 05, 2007 1:29 pm
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by itzcoolz » Sat Aug 25, 2007 8:31 pm

hey y'all.

i'm a noob when it comes to ubuntu, and i've been fiddling around with it. i'm dual booting Vista and Feisty Fawn with GRUB.

I set up...

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Last post by csioucs
Mon Nov 05, 2007 1:29 pm
Enhanced ThinkLight blinker

Last post by lightweight « Mon Nov 05, 2007 5:25 am
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by miketl » Fri Oct 19, 2007 2:15 pm

Hi,
I've added some features to one of the ThinkLight programs to make it more useful and robust. There is a web page here , and I've added it to...

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Last post by lightweight
Mon Nov 05, 2007 5:25 am
Install ubuntu using USB Flash Drive

Last post by Elwyn « Sun Nov 04, 2007 12:27 pm
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by GoPool » Wed Sep 05, 2007 9:23 pm

How can I install ubuntu on my IBM x21 using a flash drive? I do not have a dock or a media slice. I have tried all the tutorial I can find online,...

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Last post by Elwyn
Sun Nov 04, 2007 12:27 pm
Update BIOS on T42 with Ubuntu

Last post by camdecoster « Sat Nov 03, 2007 5:34 pm
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by camdecoster » Sat Nov 03, 2007 11:13 am

I have a T42 running Ubuntu 7.10 and I would like to update the BIOS, but I can't find a way without using windows. Is there a way to do this using a...

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Last post by camdecoster
Sat Nov 03, 2007 5:34 pm
Hot Spot Connection Suddenly Stopped Working

Last post by oldbob « Thu Nov 01, 2007 6:31 pm

by oldbob » Thu Nov 01, 2007 6:31 pm

After some initial struggle, I got my Thinkpad with PClinuxOS and a Realtek LAN card working at the local library hot spot. At recent visits, I just...

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Last post by oldbob
Thu Nov 01, 2007 6:31 pm
Fedora + trackpoint middle button

Last post by GomJabbar « Tue Oct 30, 2007 5:18 pm
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by amwus » Mon Oct 29, 2007 3:31 pm

Hi ! How could i activate the scrolling button for the trackpoint in F7 ? In ubuntu, i had 2 input devices. One for the touchpad and another for the...

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Last post by GomJabbar
Tue Oct 30, 2007 5:18 pm
Best distro fror 600X?

Last post by BruisedQuasar « Tue Oct 30, 2007 2:22 pm
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by gator » Sun Jul 22, 2007 11:34 pm

I have recently acquired a 600X (see sig) with the RAM maxed out at 576 MB. I was wondering what would be the best distro to install on this laptop....

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Last post by BruisedQuasar
Tue Oct 30, 2007 2:22 pm
suspend to disk and to ram Fedora 7

Last post by whizkid « Mon Oct 29, 2007 10:15 am
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by amwus » Thu Oct 25, 2007 1:18 pm

Hi !

Before i installed Ati proprietarty driver on my Fedora 7, all worked out of the box, suspend to disk and to ram. But since i installed those...

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Last post by whizkid
Mon Oct 29, 2007 10:15 am
TP Smapi cancel treshold ?

Last post by mightaswell « Sun Oct 28, 2007 5:44 pm
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by amwus » Sun Oct 28, 2007 2:20 pm

Hi !

Is it possible to cancel tp smapi treshold without rebooting computer ? I mean, in windows, when you choose to fully recharge your battery,...

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Last post by mightaswell
Sun Oct 28, 2007 5:44 pm
Xubuntu 7.10 on a T21

Last post by Harryc « Sat Oct 27, 2007 8:45 pm
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by Harryc » Sat Oct 27, 2007 4:50 am

In case anyone wants to try running it, I have Xubuntu 7.10 running very well on a T21 with ACPI working. (512MB RAM, 1GHz CPU). The only workaround...

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Last post by Harryc
Sat Oct 27, 2007 8:45 pm
Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring Free on my T42

Last post by doog « Sat Oct 27, 2007 7:15 pm
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by GomJabbar » Sun Oct 21, 2007 10:56 pm

Well about 3 weeks ago I installed Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring Free (DVD) on my T42, 2378-FVU. This is a dual boot configuration with XP. I downloaded...

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Last post by doog
Sat Oct 27, 2007 7:15 pm
T60 and ubuntu 7.04 n wireless and keyboard problems

Last post by BruisedQuasar « Fri Oct 26, 2007 5:48 pm
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by winsep » Fri Oct 05, 2007 4:22 pm

Hi,

I have just installed ubuntu 7.04. First the ati x1400 graphics didn´t work, I have fixed that with the guide on ubuntu.com.

Now I wireless is...

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Last post by BruisedQuasar
Fri Oct 26, 2007 5:48 pm
Ultrabay HotSwap with Kubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon

Last post by lophiomys « Fri Oct 26, 2007 12:40 pm

by lophiomys » Fri Oct 26, 2007 12:40 pm

Hi,
I seem to have some troubles with the hotswapping of the ultrabay under Kubuntu 7.10:
I can swap the UltraBay HDD and manually mount without...

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Last post by lophiomys
Fri Oct 26, 2007 12:40 pm
Fingerprint reader and KDE screensaver

Last post by ahidalgo « Fri Oct 26, 2007 7:25 am

by ahidalgo » Fri Oct 26, 2007 7:25 am

Is it possible to get the fingerprint reader to work with the KDE screensaver? It works for logins and works for su but does not work with the...

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Last post by ahidalgo
Fri Oct 26, 2007 7:25 am
Wifi drops

Last post by ahidalgo « Fri Oct 26, 2007 7:20 am
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by ahidalgo » Thu Oct 25, 2007 7:57 am

Just got a Thinkpad T61p and and loaded Opensuse 10.3 and Using the iwlwifi driver, wireless works fine in connecting to my AP, but 30 seconds to 5...

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Last post by ahidalgo
Fri Oct 26, 2007 7:20 am
Wifi connection problem with T42 on Ubuntu 7.10

Last post by syedj « Thu Oct 25, 2007 12:32 pm
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by malafuti » Thu Oct 25, 2007 10:27 am

Hi everybody,

i've got a little problem, i can't connect myself on wireless network with my laptop(T42-2373).

I can see in the taskbar the network...

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Last post by syedj
Thu Oct 25, 2007 12:32 pm
Thinkpad Keys & Linux

Last post by BruisedQuasar « Wed Oct 24, 2007 4:47 pm
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by BruisedQuasar » Tue Oct 23, 2007 5:17 pm

Which Linux keyboard settings do people find works best
with the T2X series? Auto-setup put mine on an Eng
105 key desktop setting. Everything works...

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Last post by BruisedQuasar
Wed Oct 24, 2007 4:47 pm
No wired or wireless on Lenovo t60p in Gutsy Gibbon.

Last post by mlilien « Mon Oct 22, 2007 8:43 pm
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by mlilien » Fri Oct 19, 2007 1:06 pm

So, I installed Gutsy last night with the alternate install cd (I tried first with the live cd, but it didn't seem to work). And now I can't get...

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Last post by mlilien
Mon Oct 22, 2007 8:43 pm
T30 DVD booting fedoracore 7 +R vs -R

Last post by richp « Sat Oct 20, 2007 3:41 pm

by richp » Sat Oct 20, 2007 3:41 pm

I burned an ISO of fc7 and tried installing on my t30, it won't boot off the DVD, the DVD's are +r and boot two desktops fine, just won't do the T30,...

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Last post by richp
Sat Oct 20, 2007 3:41 pm
Kubuntu & PS2 Mouse

Last post by oldbob « Sat Oct 20, 2007 7:18 am
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by oldbob » Wed Sep 05, 2007 9:23 am

I tried Kubuntu on my T-21 Thinkpad and I really like it EXCEPT my mouse plugged into the PS2 port was inoperative .

I would install Kubuntu, if...

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Last post by oldbob
Sat Oct 20, 2007 7:18 am
PClinuxOS wireless connection "Stuck" in Master mo

Last post by oldbob « Sat Oct 20, 2007 7:14 am
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by oldbob » Wed Aug 29, 2007 1:10 pm

This problem is a little complicated to explain.

Background: At the local library hot spot, my Realtek RTL8180 NIC card in my T-21 Thinkpad was...

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Last post by oldbob
Sat Oct 20, 2007 7:14 am
Fedora 7 + TPB

Last post by amwus « Sat Oct 20, 2007 5:00 am
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by amwus » Fri Oct 19, 2007 3:45 pm

Hi !

I just installed Fedora 7 and i'm new to this system. Do you know how could i activate all fn keys. For example, FN-F3 doesn't turn off...

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Last post by amwus
Sat Oct 20, 2007 5:00 am
Fedora 7 on T60 with ATI

Last post by whizkid « Fri Oct 19, 2007 8:32 am

by whizkid » Fri Oct 19, 2007 8:32 am

I know there's a ThinkWiki page on this topic, and I've started a thread on the linux-thinkpad list, but this forum is just much easier to follow,...

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Last post by whizkid
Fri Oct 19, 2007 8:32 am
Linux & T23 Print Screen Key

Last post by BruisedQuasar « Sat Oct 13, 2007 3:17 pm

by BruisedQuasar » Sat Oct 13, 2007 3:17 pm

I managed to get such superb results from the Live CD Xubuntu 7.04 in my T23 that I went ahead and dual
booted it. The newest version of the Ubuntus...

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Last post by BruisedQuasar
Sat Oct 13, 2007 3:17 pm
Ubuntu Studio on T22

Last post by bonestonne « Fri Oct 12, 2007 5:22 pm
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by bonestonne » Sun Oct 07, 2007 9:41 am

So my T22 is back up and running and my choice was instead of keeping Ubuntu Feisty, i wanted something different .

it works completely out of the...

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Last post by bonestonne
Fri Oct 12, 2007 5:22 pm
T61/X3100/dock: DVI only works if VGA is connected

Last post by tlc « Fri Oct 12, 2007 2:02 pm

by tlc » Fri Oct 12, 2007 2:02 pm

My T61 with X3100 running Kubuntu Feisty has been driving my 1920x1200 display via the Adv. Mini Dock DVI for months.

But when I moved the dock and...

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Last post by tlc
Fri Oct 12, 2007 2:02 pm
wpa_supplicant and Fedora 7

Last post by moosport « Thu Oct 11, 2007 2:16 am
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by moosport » Mon Oct 01, 2007 1:22 am

I have no problem connecting using WEP right out of the box. But I want to use WPA.

1. Turn on the wpa_supplicant service.
2. Configure...

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Last post by moosport
Thu Oct 11, 2007 2:16 am
Few Linux inquiries

Last post by gfolkert « Thu Oct 11, 2007 12:08 am
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by justin216 » Tue Sep 25, 2007 1:14 pm

Greetings all,

I've been using my T60 for awhile now under XP, and I'd really like to make the move over to Linux. I already run several Linux...

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Last post by gfolkert
Thu Oct 11, 2007 12:08 am
New to Linux, need HELP setting up SLED 10 distro

Last post by lightweight « Tue Oct 09, 2007 11:57 pm
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by DenTP4rm » Sun Sep 30, 2007 7:39 pm

Okay, I'm new to Linux, been messing around with it for about two weeks now and about ready to give up. Here's the deal:

I downloaded and installed...

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Last post by lightweight
Tue Oct 09, 2007 11:57 pm
Laptop mode opensuse

Last post by amwus « Sun Oct 07, 2007 4:19 am
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by amwus » Fri Oct 05, 2007 3:29 pm

Hi !

Has anybody succeeded in installing laptop-mode on open suse to spin down the hard drive ? I don't know how to do it... It was easier on ubuntu...

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Last post by amwus
Sun Oct 07, 2007 4:19 am
thinkpad button open suse

Last post by amwus « Fri Oct 05, 2007 3:28 pm
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by amwus » Sun Sep 30, 2007 4:53 am

Hi !

I've installed tpb on my new open suse 10.3. But there was still the gnome notifications when you change volume or brightness. So i removed...

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Last post by amwus
Fri Oct 05, 2007 3:28 pm
Ubuntu & ATI Radeon Mobility 7500 Support/Drivers

Last post by dorronto « Fri Oct 05, 2007 4:28 am
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by n1nj4Lo » Tue Aug 14, 2007 3:12 am

Anybody know if or has come across any drivers that would work with the newest version of Ubuntu and Dual Monitor support...

I've got my A31 setup...

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Last post by dorronto
Fri Oct 05, 2007 4:28 am
X61s Disk partitioning

Last post by whizkid « Wed Oct 03, 2007 10:23 am
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by Ankaan » Mon Oct 01, 2007 5:09 pm

Hi. I just received my new ThinkPad X61s and I am about to flush everything that has anything to do with Windows Vista away.

From what I read in...

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Last post by whizkid
Wed Oct 03, 2007 10:23 am
linux on t60p

Last post by 00111100 « Wed Oct 03, 2007 10:01 am
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by silver2002 » Sun Sep 30, 2007 10:32 pm

iam getting the hard drive adaptor and a 100gb 7,200rpm drive which i want to boot to linux. iam looking into either Fedora Core (6 or 7) or just...

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Last post by 00111100
Wed Oct 03, 2007 10:01 am
X60 Tablet pen buttons does not work...

Last post by fahim « Tue Oct 02, 2007 12:54 am
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by fahim » Sat Sep 29, 2007 10:03 am

Hi,
I am searching now since 2 days to find a way to get my pen buttons working. The pen and everything else works great, just the pen buttongs...

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Last post by fahim
Tue Oct 02, 2007 12:54 am
Suse 10.2

Last post by mdtaylor69 « Sat Sep 29, 2007 12:57 pm
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by nathan5603 » Thu Jul 26, 2007 7:45 pm

I just ordered a new Thinkpad T61. It has the 2.0Ghz Centrino Dual Core processor. I was wondering if anyone had issues running Suse on their T61? I...

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Last post by mdtaylor69
Sat Sep 29, 2007 12:57 pm
trackpoint mouse buttons paste

Last post by mightaswell « Fri Sep 28, 2007 9:11 pm
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by mightaswell » Thu Mar 29, 2007 8:36 pm

Hello,

I got my T60's trackpoint middle button to scroll like I wanted it to and now I learn that instead of the middle button paste that I am...

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Last post by mightaswell
Fri Sep 28, 2007 9:11 pm
Dual booting WinXP and Linux on brand new T61

Last post by sbm08 « Fri Sep 28, 2007 9:22 am
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by sbm08 » Sun Sep 23, 2007 4:38 pm
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Dual booting WinXP and Linux on brand new T61

Lenovo T61, Win XP Pro

Hi,

I am new to Linux and want to set up my T61 to dual boot WinXP Pro and...
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Last post by sbm08
Fri Sep 28, 2007 9:22 am
Kubuntu Gutsy Gibbon / Feisty Fawn on a Thinkpad R61e

Last post by lophiomys « Thu Sep 27, 2007 10:03 am
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by mindcrime » Wed Sep 26, 2007 10:00 pm

Hello all,

Can someone tell me how to get the brightness keys to work (Fn + PgUp and Fn + PgDn) on Kubuntu gutsy or feisty. The current file's...

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Last post by lophiomys
Thu Sep 27, 2007 10:03 am
Linspire 5.0 on T20

Last post by rid0617 « Thu Sep 27, 2007 2:03 am
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by rid0617 » Sat Sep 01, 2007 5:39 am

Greetings. I have a T20 which currently has Win2000Pro. I prefer Linux but because of a stroke and other health problems have to use Linspire 5.0...

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Last post by rid0617
Thu Sep 27, 2007 2:03 am
What Linux Distro for Mobile Car PC Application?

Last post by TikaC « Mon Sep 24, 2007 11:05 pm
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by TikaC » Sun Sep 23, 2007 8:21 pm

I want to do a mobile/Car PC application using my ThinkPad 600. This is a special project of mine. While I admit I'm still working on the logistics...

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Mon Sep 24, 2007 11:05 pm

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