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DSL linux over a T40

Last post by louieb « Mon Sep 24, 2007 8:51 pm
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by enry183 » Thu Sep 20, 2007 9:51 am

Today i try to run DSL live linux over my T40, its prestation are incredible:

Pro:

-very low heat
-no hard-disk usage (all the os charged in RAM...

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Last post by louieb
Mon Sep 24, 2007 8:51 pm
Which Linux distro for a 600X?

Last post by carbon_unit « Sun Sep 23, 2007 5:42 am
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by Edward Mendelson » Mon Dec 13, 2004 11:52 am

I want to install Linux on a 600X and would be grateful for any recommendations for a distribution that matches these requirements:

(1) RPM-based,...

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Last post by carbon_unit
Sun Sep 23, 2007 5:42 am
Which Linux version works best/easiest with Thinkpads?

Last post by thinkcool « Fri Sep 21, 2007 2:25 pm
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by John Henry » Thu Sep 06, 2007 9:42 am
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Hi Guys,

I've been considering trying to set my X31 up with dual-boot, and using Linux as my second OS. The problem is, I have next to no experience...
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Last post by thinkcool
Fri Sep 21, 2007 2:25 pm
Does Linux install well on x61s?

Last post by hircus « Fri Sep 21, 2007 10:11 am
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by docinthebox » Tue Aug 28, 2007 10:14 pm

Has anyone successfully installed Linux on the x61s? In particular, I'm interested in either CentOS 5.0 or Debian Etch. But info on any recent distro...

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Last post by hircus
Fri Sep 21, 2007 10:11 am
Fn key as keybord modifier on IBM R40

Last post by eph « Thu Sep 20, 2007 11:09 pm

by eph » Thu Sep 20, 2007 11:09 pm

Hi, I've been trying for some time now to use Fn key on my laptop as modifier key (like Alt key) in OpenBox. However I hasn't been successful so far....

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Thu Sep 20, 2007 11:09 pm
How to turn off wireless WLAN in linux ?

Last post by wearetheborg « Wed Sep 19, 2007 9:24 pm
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by wearetheborg » Sun Sep 16, 2007 9:01 pm

By turning off WLAN I mean no power to the wlan card. Is this doable in linux ? How ? Debian etch in particular.

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Last post by wearetheborg
Wed Sep 19, 2007 9:24 pm
T60 Fedora 7 sound problem

Last post by whizkid « Wed Sep 19, 2007 2:11 pm
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by ajescobar » Tue Sep 18, 2007 3:16 pm

Hello,

I have a T60 running Fedora 7. I installed the softphone x-lite but I am having problems with the sound system. The other end hears a lot of...

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Last post by whizkid
Wed Sep 19, 2007 2:11 pm
high temperatures

Last post by doog « Mon Sep 17, 2007 8:29 am
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by period3 » Tue Sep 11, 2007 6:59 am

I have a t60, core 1 duo 2ghz (t2500), x1300, 2gb memory, and two hard drives installed (both 5400 rpm). Ubuntu 7.04.

My CPU temperatures are very...

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Last post by doog
Mon Sep 17, 2007 8:29 am
Warranty in case of OS change

Last post by ryengineer « Wed Sep 12, 2007 7:53 pm
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by affaj » Wed Sep 12, 2007 2:45 am

Today I read an article on Slashdot called Retailer Refuses Hardware Repair Due To Linux ,

I am planning to make my T60 dual-boot, adding Ubuntu...

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Last post by ryengineer
Wed Sep 12, 2007 7:53 pm
X60Tablet support

Last post by schmolch « Tue Sep 11, 2007 12:35 pm
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by Vasco Almeida » Sat Aug 04, 2007 4:24 am

Has anybody tried to install Linux on such a machine?

Thanks in advance for the info.

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Last post by schmolch
Tue Sep 11, 2007 12:35 pm
Article: Ubuntu on ThinkPads?

Last post by syedj « Mon Sep 10, 2007 9:52 pm

by syedj » Mon Sep 10, 2007 9:52 pm

Interesting article on distrowatch:

MOD EDIT:

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Mon Sep 10, 2007 9:52 pm
DVI in Linux

Last post by DenTP4rm « Mon Sep 10, 2007 2:37 am
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by DenTP4rm » Sat Sep 08, 2007 9:17 am

Does anybody have any experience with getting DVI on a Thinkpad to work in Linux? Since this is only possible by using the Advanced Mini Dock I'm...

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Last post by DenTP4rm
Mon Sep 10, 2007 2:37 am
Linux & Partitioning for New Install

Last post by DenTP4rm « Sat Sep 08, 2007 9:18 am
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by DenTP4rm » Fri Sep 07, 2007 1:14 pm

I have a real basic question but would appreciate as thorough an answer as possible. I looked through recent posts to this forum and didn't find...

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Sat Sep 08, 2007 9:18 am
PCMCIA Issues, Slackware12, Custom Kernel, TP600X

Last post by rampire « Thu Sep 06, 2007 11:37 pm
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by rampire » Mon Sep 03, 2007 2:54 am

Hey all,

I've been doing a lot to get into Linux the past few months, and have a 600X with Slack 12 installed. I compiled a customer kernel for the...

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Last post by rampire
Thu Sep 06, 2007 11:37 pm
Support for South Slavic languages in Linux...

Last post by ajkula66 « Thu Sep 06, 2007 12:01 pm
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by ajkula66 » Tue Sep 04, 2007 9:31 pm

I'd rather not make this into a linguistic affair, but here's where I stand: looking for a distro that offers good support for South Slavic languages...

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Last post by ajkula66
Thu Sep 06, 2007 12:01 pm
gkrellm and powering-off

Last post by Harryc « Wed Sep 05, 2007 7:03 pm
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by l.butler » Tue Jul 17, 2007 3:40 pm

Has anyone noticed something similar to the following? Any suggestions to fix it?

If I run gkrellm--monitoring temp.s, cpu, hdd, eth0--then when I...

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Last post by Harryc
Wed Sep 05, 2007 7:03 pm
Xorg ruined after hibernation with FireGL V5200 (SuSE 10.2)

Last post by Harryc « Mon Sep 03, 2007 12:20 pm
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by Troels » Mon Sep 03, 2007 8:04 am

Hello,

I have accidentally closed the lid on my T60p running OpenSuSE 10.2 using the FGLRX driver. Due to this, Xorg crashes during login and i am...

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Last post by Harryc
Mon Sep 03, 2007 12:20 pm
Ubuntu 7.04 & 7.10 64 bit on Lenovo Thinkpad r61

Last post by multiverse « Thu Aug 30, 2007 4:59 pm
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by multiverse » Wed Aug 29, 2007 12:43 am

Hi,

I'm trying to install Ubuntu onto my new R61, and the installation itself went well. When I reboot for the first time, I get the grub screen,...

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Last post by multiverse
Thu Aug 30, 2007 4:59 pm
Ubuntu (Feisty) crashes on T60 frequently

Last post by lightweight « Thu Aug 30, 2007 12:19 am
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by peahen » Sun Aug 26, 2007 6:05 pm

I installed Feisty on my T60 over 4 months ago and it crashed many times meanwhile. There were no certain patterns for crash, but it mostly happened...

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Last post by lightweight
Thu Aug 30, 2007 12:19 am
Madwifi with Atheros has terrible signal on T61 with Ubuntu

Last post by nemik « Wed Aug 29, 2007 8:08 pm
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by nemik » Mon Aug 27, 2007 10:33 pm

So I got a new T61 and got Ubuntu Gutsy 7.10 working on it pretty well. But a huge problem is the wireless driver of Madwifi. It gives very very low...

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Last post by nemik
Wed Aug 29, 2007 8:08 pm
T60 with Fedora 7 wireless problem

Last post by whizkid « Wed Aug 29, 2007 9:10 am
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by ajescobar » Wed Aug 29, 2007 1:50 am

Hello,

I have a T60 with a Intel PRO 3945abg wireless interface.

I follow these commands to get associated to an AP:

ifconfig wlan0 up
iwlist...

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Last post by whizkid
Wed Aug 29, 2007 9:10 am
linex drivers for t61? windows only progs on Linex?

Last post by lightweight « Mon Aug 27, 2007 3:02 am
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by cadmus » Sat Aug 25, 2007 11:27 am

Deep in my heart I want to use Linex instead windows. But AutoCad, ArcInfo, ArcGIS, and other products I need are windows only, not to mention every...

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Last post by lightweight
Mon Aug 27, 2007 3:02 am
Debian on x31 with upgraded hdd

Last post by The Spirit of X21 « Sun Aug 26, 2007 12:35 am
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by durin » Sat Aug 25, 2007 2:52 pm

I'm trying to install debian etch on an x31 in which the original drive has been replaced by an 80 GB toshiba drive from a deceased averatec laptop....

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Last post by The Spirit of X21
Sun Aug 26, 2007 12:35 am
KVM & Windows XP Rescue & Recover CDs

Last post by gowtham « Sat Aug 25, 2007 3:59 pm
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by Mr. The Guy » Thu Aug 16, 2007 2:36 pm

I have a T60p and want to run Windows XP under Fedora 7 for the few remaining Windows programs I still need (mostly IE7 so I can make sure websites I...

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Last post by gowtham
Sat Aug 25, 2007 3:59 pm
Fedora 7 issues change log?

Last post by spt60 « Wed Aug 22, 2007 8:22 pm

by spt60 » Wed Aug 22, 2007 8:22 pm

Are there a complete change log listed all current issues of Fedora 7?

Thank u very much :)

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Last post by spt60
Wed Aug 22, 2007 8:22 pm
centos 5.0 in T60

Last post by ajescobar « Tue Aug 21, 2007 4:46 pm
Replies: 9
by ajescobar » Fri Jul 06, 2007 11:16 am

Hello,

I want to install Centos 5.0 in my T60. Where I can find information that shows the general steps to do it.

It does have Centos 5.0 all the...

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Last post by ajescobar
Tue Aug 21, 2007 4:46 pm
PCMCIA SD card reader in T60p on 2.6.20 (Ubuntu Feisty 7.04)

Last post by Alexander Heß « Tue Aug 21, 2007 8:24 am
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by Alexander Heß » Sun Aug 19, 2007 8:10 pm

I'm having serious problems with my SanDisk 6-in-1 PC Card Adapter . When I insert the adapter with a SD card in it, the following appears in...

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Last post by Alexander Heß
Tue Aug 21, 2007 8:24 am
Atheros WiFi Chip Set Support News! (OpenHAL)

Last post by whizkid « Tue Aug 21, 2007 8:22 am
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by bill bolton » Mon Aug 20, 2007 11:31 pm

Aug. 01, 2007

While Linux desktop users have long been able to use Wi-Fi cards based on Atheros chip sets, they haven't been able to do so without...

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Last post by whizkid
Tue Aug 21, 2007 8:22 am
Intel Pro 3945abg and Fedora 7

Last post by moosport « Mon Aug 20, 2007 10:42 pm
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by moosport » Thu Aug 09, 2007 1:52 am

I trying to get the wireless connection to work. After installing a few rpms, I get the following error when trying to install...

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Last post by moosport
Mon Aug 20, 2007 10:42 pm
fglrx newer than 8.34.8 horribly slow

Last post by Alexander Heß « Mon Aug 20, 2007 4:12 am
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by Alexander Heß » Sun Aug 19, 2007 8:18 pm

I'm running Ubuntu Feisty Fawn (7.04) on my T60p.
Every fglrx I installed (using Envy) that's newer than the 8.34.8 that comes with Feisty is...

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Last post by Alexander Heß
Mon Aug 20, 2007 4:12 am
T42 : Standy mode: laptop hotter in linux than in windows ?

Last post by wearetheborg « Sun Aug 19, 2007 4:20 am

by wearetheborg » Sun Aug 19, 2007 4:20 am

Thinkpad T42, debian etch
Standby (to ram) works with no problem, but the area at the bottom directly below the touchpad stays warm. In windows its...

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Last post by wearetheborg
Sun Aug 19, 2007 4:20 am
New to Linux.....

Last post by ajkula66 « Sat Aug 18, 2007 12:35 am
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by SaberX » Sat Aug 04, 2007 8:43 pm

Well i'm just thinking of trying out Linux.
I have never used it befor.I have always used Windows 98se,Win2000 or Win XP .
I dont have a clue where...

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Last post by ajkula66
Sat Aug 18, 2007 12:35 am
Thinkpad X60s + Linux = processor overheating

Last post by Volker « Sun Aug 12, 2007 11:47 pm
Replies: 1
by zee » Sun Aug 12, 2007 3:54 pm

Hi there.
I have a Lenovo Thinkpad X60s laptop and I wanted to install Linux on it. I tried Sabayon Linux (a point 'n'click version of Gentoo) and...

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Last post by Volker
Sun Aug 12, 2007 11:47 pm
dual boot Fedora 7 and XP Pro: what to worry?

Last post by Volker « Sat Aug 11, 2007 9:23 am
Replies: 3
by spt60 » Fri Aug 10, 2007 7:26 pm

T60 Core Duo, Intel 3945abg

1. Will the fingerprint still work at boot time right after BIOS check?
2. My D: (backup drive) is in NTFS, will F7...

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Last post by Volker
Sat Aug 11, 2007 9:23 am
big noise when shutting down (ubuntu)

Last post by frankausmtank « Sat Aug 11, 2007 4:49 am
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by amwus » Wed May 09, 2007 9:53 am

Hi all !

I'm a bit worried about a problem with my R52 (1846-3WG). When i shut down the computer, it makes a big noise (i think it's the hard...

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Last post by frankausmtank
Sat Aug 11, 2007 4:49 am
ubuntu 7.04 t60p temperatures

Last post by nishoba « Sun Aug 05, 2007 10:25 am
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by nishoba » Sun Jul 29, 2007 6:40 pm

as the topic says im runing ubuntu 7.04 everything works but the temperatures are higher than on windows?

i run most of the time my t60p on 1ghz and...

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Last post by nishoba
Sun Aug 05, 2007 10:25 am
Help RedHat up2date in a text only environment

Last post by lightweight « Sat Aug 04, 2007 11:27 pm
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by DAH » Mon Jul 30, 2007 6:07 pm

I have a headless server running Redhat Linux 8 I need to setup Up2date but I seem to get an error. That an environment variable needs to be set. I...

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Last post by lightweight
Sat Aug 04, 2007 11:27 pm
Thorough Guide: Installing Ubuntu 7.04 on a ThinkPad T40

Last post by lilserenity « Fri Aug 03, 2007 2:27 am
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by lilserenity » Tue Jul 31, 2007 5:22 pm

Hello,

As promised here it is :)

It doesn't cover the actual installation (put in the CD, boot from it, double click the Install icon on the...

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Last post by lilserenity
Fri Aug 03, 2007 2:27 am
Ubuntu 7.04 - Thinkpad R60 - dualscreen/brightness/hibernate

Last post by lilserenity « Fri Aug 03, 2007 2:23 am
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by snessiram » Wed Jul 18, 2007 10:21 pm

About a week ago I installed ubuntu 7.04 (before that ubuntu studio & xubuntu lower versions). Almost everything seemed to work out of the box:...

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Fri Aug 03, 2007 2:23 am
Help on Fedora install on T60 leaving HPA intact

Last post by egalvan « Fri Aug 03, 2007 1:44 am
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by moosport » Fri Jul 20, 2007 11:18 pm

I have a T60 with the HPA intact and WIN XP installed just like from factory.

I like to keep the HPA area intact. I want to install Fedora Core 6...

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Last post by egalvan
Fri Aug 03, 2007 1:44 am
Has anyone gotten a working XGL session with their T60p?

Last post by dxben « Wed Aug 01, 2007 7:03 pm
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by dxben » Tue Jul 31, 2007 6:56 pm

Everyone says its possible but I can't get it to work without a corrupt image.

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Last post by dxben
Wed Aug 01, 2007 7:03 pm
Rescue and Recovery with non-windows partitions

Last post by dthsqd « Wed Aug 01, 2007 3:00 pm
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by dthsqd » Wed Aug 01, 2007 11:39 am

The first time I got this laptop, the recovery partition didn't work, and neither did the CD/DVD Rescue and Recovery set I made when I got this T60....

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Last post by dthsqd
Wed Aug 01, 2007 3:00 pm
Does Compiz/Beryl work on official ATI drvr for FireGL T60p?

Last post by dxben « Mon Jul 30, 2007 4:52 pm
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by dxben » Sat Jul 28, 2007 9:59 pm

I am running Feisty Ubuntu on my T60p. I started out with the open source drivers but mistakenly installed Envy and therefore the commercial drivers...

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Last post by dxben
Mon Jul 30, 2007 4:52 pm
debian on T43?

Last post by lightweight « Sun Jul 29, 2007 5:17 am
Replies: 9
by alfio » Thu Jul 26, 2007 10:22 pm

hi all

has anybody completed this install?

i'm having some problems getting debian etch to boot off my 2nd hard drive. i'm in the middle of yet...

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Last post by lightweight
Sun Jul 29, 2007 5:17 am
How to get TV out on IBM T22 laptop?

Last post by Rix « Sat Jul 28, 2007 8:19 am

by Rix » Sat Jul 28, 2007 8:19 am

Hi!

I am using PCLinuxOS 2007 final (based on Mandriva) on my T22, works just fine!
But how to get TV out on IBM T22 laptop? There is S3 swich...

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Last post by Rix
Sat Jul 28, 2007 8:19 am
OpenSuSE 10.2 on a T60 - CPU Freq Scaling not working

Last post by lightweight « Fri Jul 27, 2007 4:39 am
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by Harryc » Mon May 28, 2007 9:46 pm

Anyone have this working? CPU Freq. stays at 2GHz on the machine in my sig running OpenSuSE 10.2. I tried the various modes in kpowersave, no change....

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Last post by lightweight
Fri Jul 27, 2007 4:39 am
Ubuntu 5.04 on TP42 2nd HDD

Last post by lightweight « Fri Jul 27, 2007 4:27 am
Replies: 24
by Edward Mendelson » Thu Apr 21, 2005 6:24 pm

This is a quick report on how to install Linux (or at least Ubuntu 5.04) on the second hard disk of a ThinkPad T42; presumably it applies to other...

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Last post by lightweight
Fri Jul 27, 2007 4:27 am
Grub and Recovery Partition

Last post by Harryc « Wed Jul 25, 2007 4:14 pm
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by Harryc » Sun May 27, 2007 11:43 am

If you install Grub on the MBR on a Thinkpad T60, will it have any effect of the recovery partition? I want to keep the recovery partition. Can...

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Last post by Harryc
Wed Jul 25, 2007 4:14 pm
BlueTooth in Linspire/Freespire on A31P

Last post by Volker « Wed Jul 25, 2007 4:09 pm
Replies: 1
by ajkula66 » Wed Jul 25, 2007 5:52 am

Not that I'm losing sleep over it, but although everything else seems to be working out of the box on my A31P (2653-R6U) in both Linspire 5.0 and...

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Last post by Volker
Wed Jul 25, 2007 4:09 pm
Easist way to install/uninstall ATI/Nvidea driver in ubuntu

Last post by egalvan « Wed Jul 25, 2007 3:07 pm
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by festher » Sun Jul 08, 2007 5:59 pm

someone made a program called envy (easily installed with synaptic in ubuntu) when you start it you can select if your wanna install or uninstall...

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Wed Jul 25, 2007 3:07 pm

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