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T42--any modern linux distro work with wireless?

Last post by lophiomys « Wed Jul 23, 2008 1:45 am
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by vputz » Tue Jul 01, 2008 8:47 am

...I've tried both Ubuntu (Hardy) and Fedora 9. Both of them give me the same issues:

1) They load the ipw2200 driver without any noticeable error...

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Wed Jul 23, 2008 1:45 am
Linux mint settings in VMware?

Last post by carbon_unit « Sat Jul 19, 2008 7:00 pm
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by propellen » Sat Jul 19, 2008 1:53 am

Hi,

I'm trying to run Linux Mint inside VMware Workstation 6 in winXP on a 2007-FUG Thinkpad T60. Mounting the iso with deamon-tools. But i don't...

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Last post by carbon_unit
Sat Jul 19, 2008 7:00 pm
Grub-floppy problem with PCLOS-2007 on a T42

Last post by vma2408 « Sat Jul 19, 2008 1:28 pm
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by vma2408 » Mon Jul 14, 2008 5:46 am

I'm trying to create a GRUB boot floppy-disk for my T42, of PCLOS 2007, using the instructions contained in:

Things go reasonably well up to the...

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Last post by vma2408
Sat Jul 19, 2008 1:28 pm
T23 - Fedora9 Wireless inactive

Last post by linko « Fri Jul 18, 2008 11:05 pm
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by agurjakeh » Fri Jun 13, 2008 1:23 pm

I am a Linux newbie who is excited to have installed and begun to configure my T23 to dual boot W2K and Fedora9. I initially had problems getting X...

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Fri Jul 18, 2008 11:05 pm
I have 1gig sd card

Last post by linko « Fri Jul 18, 2008 11:03 pm
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by fr0zenmon » Thu Jul 10, 2008 12:10 pm

And I want to put a linux distro? which one is best. Want space for files and programs. How do I do it?

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Last post by linko
Fri Jul 18, 2008 11:03 pm
Smooth Scaling at Non Native resolutions with Linux?

Last post by gongo2k1 « Wed Jul 16, 2008 8:25 pm
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by crashnburn » Wed Jul 16, 2008 6:47 pm

I believe we've all hit the issue of Scaling the Windows XP GUI when it blurs at non-native resolutions.

I believe Vista fixes that issue.

Is...

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Last post by gongo2k1
Wed Jul 16, 2008 8:25 pm
Lenovo's drivers and tools on T60 w/ Opensuse 11

Last post by medievalventilator « Tue Jul 15, 2008 9:51 pm
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by medievalventilator » Tue Jul 15, 2008 9:20 pm

Hi,

I know that Lenovo created a whole bunch of software tools that are supposed to work with the last two workstation laptop series. I wonder if...

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Tue Jul 15, 2008 9:51 pm
T41 W/ ubuntu 8.04

Last post by divindavid « Tue Jul 15, 2008 6:23 pm
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by divindavid » Tue Jul 15, 2008 4:52 pm

i am getting my T 41 to replace my old T22 wedsday and i am going to stick with ubuntu. on my T22 i had WinXP and ubuntu 7.10.
Does anyone have...

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Last post by divindavid
Tue Jul 15, 2008 6:23 pm
bootchart

Last post by gongo2k1 « Tue Jul 15, 2008 2:41 pm
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by gongo2k1 » Mon Jul 14, 2008 1:11 pm

i've got fedora 9 running on a x41 2526-AD1 (1.5ghz pentium m, 1 gb ram, 60 gb hd, intel 2200bg).

i've disabled a large number of services that i...

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Last post by gongo2k1
Tue Jul 15, 2008 2:41 pm
600X and fan speed

Last post by pikaia « Tue Jul 15, 2008 10:29 am
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by pikaia » Sun Jul 06, 2008 11:51 pm

Hey everyone.

I'm running a CPU upgraded (450 to 750) 600x dual booting Xubuntu Hardy that I'm having a bit of problem with. The fan will kick on...

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Last post by pikaia
Tue Jul 15, 2008 10:29 am
Ubuntu 8.10 Preview

Last post by jglen490 « Sun Jul 13, 2008 7:47 pm
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by Superego » Tue Jul 01, 2008 11:17 am

A preview of Intrepid Ibex. Not sure about the color schemes (not a big of dark themes) but that's a trivial point. I'm curious to see how well they...

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Last post by jglen490
Sun Jul 13, 2008 7:47 pm
11 Myths About KDE 4 ~ by Sebastian Kügler, KDE e.V. Board..

Last post by gator « Sat Jul 12, 2008 9:34 pm
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by GomJabbar » Sat Jul 12, 2008 5:42 pm

I saw this just posted at the Mandrivausers.org Portal.

Groklaw - KDE on KDE 4.0

There has been a bit of a dustup about KDE 4.0. A lot of...

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Last post by gator
Sat Jul 12, 2008 9:34 pm
Wireless networking with Hardy Heron on T61p

Last post by mariner « Fri Jul 11, 2008 3:49 pm
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by mariner » Mon Jun 30, 2008 2:32 pm

I have been using Linux for about 8 years, and for about 3 years I've run several versions of Kubuntu Linux on my T43p.

I have a new T61p, and...

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Last post by mariner
Fri Jul 11, 2008 3:49 pm
Ubuntu Dual Battery Drainage Question

Last post by mini_g « Fri Jul 11, 2008 2:39 pm
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by mini_g » Tue Jul 08, 2008 4:53 pm

I received an X32 and an UltraBaseX3 yesterday. I docked the X32 and put in another battery in the UBX3 so that I would be running a dual battery...

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Last post by mini_g
Fri Jul 11, 2008 2:39 pm
Ubuntu 8.04

Last post by aaa « Fri Jul 11, 2008 8:53 am
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by nathan5603 » Fri Jul 11, 2008 3:27 am

I have a T41 with the Cisco Aironet Wireless 802.11b installed on board. Ubuntu sees the device under the hardware testing menu, but the wireless...

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Last post by aaa
Fri Jul 11, 2008 8:53 am
Sick of Ubuntu's Bloat - Try Linux Mint

Last post by denisky « Thu Jul 10, 2008 10:13 am
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by djpharoah » Mon May 12, 2008 10:41 pm

I got so sick of Ubuntu and its theme, its lack of speed and just the bunch of crap that was installed when you install them. I find myself to be a...

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Last post by denisky
Thu Jul 10, 2008 10:13 am
Pardus

Last post by ajkula66 « Tue Jul 08, 2008 11:05 pm
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by john518 » Tue Jul 08, 2008 1:55 pm

Has anyone seen this site?

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Tue Jul 08, 2008 11:05 pm
Will having Dual Boot XP/Ubuntu mess with Bios/HDD Password?

Last post by archer6 « Mon Jul 07, 2008 1:15 pm
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by kunfuchopsticks » Sun Jul 06, 2008 4:26 pm

Dangerous territory here I think. If I enable BIOS password and Hard drive password on my x41, and setup dual boot with Ubuntu. Will this cause any...

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Mon Jul 07, 2008 1:15 pm
How to shrink Vista as much as possible

Last post by mariner « Mon Jul 07, 2008 10:03 am
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by castagna » Fri Jun 27, 2008 6:21 am

I've just received my new X300 and since I have been working on unix/linux OS's for 20 years
I will mainly use it with Fedora. However I plan to...

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Last post by mariner
Mon Jul 07, 2008 10:03 am
ACPI Thermal Question

Last post by Harryc « Fri Jul 04, 2008 7:22 am
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by Harryc » Fri Jul 04, 2008 5:38 am

Question on the below from an OpenSUSE 11.0 install on an R50/P. Does the GPU trip a shutdown at 94*C or just the CPU? Any other thermal sensors...

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Last post by Harryc
Fri Jul 04, 2008 7:22 am
Anyone Run into This Problem?

Last post by Davemci « Thu Jul 03, 2008 2:07 pm
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by BruisedQuasar » Wed Jul 02, 2008 3:18 pm

For some reason, I cannot get '=' symbol to print in the command line in Ubuntu...

Instead, I get one line, but never two. I suspect that it may be...

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Last post by Davemci
Thu Jul 03, 2008 2:07 pm
SWF viewing with Linux?

Last post by Davemci « Thu Jul 03, 2008 1:30 pm
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by Davemci » Thu Jul 03, 2008 11:57 am

Does anyone know of a way to view Shockwave files with linux?

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Last post by Davemci
Thu Jul 03, 2008 1:30 pm
760xl win95, how boot to live dsl cd?

Last post by whizkid « Thu Jul 03, 2008 11:44 am
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by roky » Wed Jul 02, 2008 4:47 pm

i've tried out dsl on my desktop win98, and on my 600e win2k, just to try out linux, and really like it -- but can';t use this live cd on the 760xl,...

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Last post by whizkid
Thu Jul 03, 2008 11:44 am
T61p: My first (and probably last) Thinkpad

Last post by BruisedQuasar « Wed Jul 02, 2008 3:12 pm
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by jemenake » Fri May 30, 2008 1:35 am
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Be warned... this post is equal parts rant, request for help, and warning to others. I'm not sure how much other folks on this board might be able to...
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Last post by BruisedQuasar
Wed Jul 02, 2008 3:12 pm
Linux distro for Compiz+Fusion / Beryl on a T42 (ATI9600) ?

Last post by next « Mon Jun 30, 2008 6:22 pm
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by next » Mon Jun 30, 2008 4:38 pm

Hi,

I thinking about installing a Linux distribution on my T42, but before I go diving into testing various derivatives, I was hoping for some input...

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Last post by next
Mon Jun 30, 2008 6:22 pm
openSuSE 11.0 review (long)

Last post by venro « Mon Jun 30, 2008 3:54 pm
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by Superego » Fri Jun 06, 2008 5:29 pm

I recently installed openSuSE 11.0 and thought I'd give a little review. I've been running Ubuntu 7.10 on my T60p for about the last year and have...

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Last post by venro
Mon Jun 30, 2008 3:54 pm
ATI releases optimized Linux drivers for FireGL

Last post by Superego « Sat Jun 28, 2008 8:05 am
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by gator » Fri Jun 27, 2008 7:15 pm

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Sat Jun 28, 2008 8:05 am
Gnome Battery Monitor: Percentage View

Last post by Dead1nside « Fri Jun 27, 2008 9:09 am
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by Dead1nside » Tue Jun 24, 2008 8:00 am

In Fedora I used to be able to make gnome power manager show a horizontal battery with the percentage left, or the time left. I can't seem to find...

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Last post by Dead1nside
Fri Jun 27, 2008 9:09 am
fedora 9 on X60 (1709CTO)

Last post by tian « Wed Jun 25, 2008 4:10 pm
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by tian » Tue Jun 24, 2008 6:27 pm

hello there!

i recently started a new job in which cpp and linux are the flavours of choice (coming from a windows/java background, i can safely...

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Last post by tian
Wed Jun 25, 2008 4:10 pm
Linux Mint 5 released

Last post by .nox « Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:33 pm
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by carbon_unit » Sun Jun 08, 2008 9:01 pm

Get it here .

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Last post by .nox
Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:33 pm
Thinkpad T61 Turn Off rather than Shut Down

Last post by jglen490 « Sat Jun 21, 2008 3:41 pm
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by EarloftheWest » Mon Jun 16, 2008 1:11 pm

Running Hardy Heron

Last week, I was running Ubuntu on my battery. It got low. Rather than shutting down, it just turned off. Shutting down means...

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Last post by jglen490
Sat Jun 21, 2008 3:41 pm
Anyone get a recent TP modem working in any distro?

Last post by dmitrio « Thu Jun 19, 2008 11:38 pm
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by Edward Mendelson » Tue Oct 25, 2005 7:21 pm

Header says it all. I've been trying to get the modem working on my TP42, with no luck at all. The modem responds OK to commands, but doesn't get a...

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Last post by dmitrio
Thu Jun 19, 2008 11:38 pm
Battery Monitor

Last post by GomJabbar « Wed Jun 18, 2008 10:11 am
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by Harryc » Tue Jun 17, 2008 4:35 am

I found a battery monitor for KDE mentioned on this forum a few weeks ago and now I want to use it, but I can't locate it. It gives data similar to...

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Last post by GomJabbar
Wed Jun 18, 2008 10:11 am
Ubuntu + Firefox 3

Last post by frankausmtank « Tue Jun 17, 2008 3:55 pm
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by cpascu01 » Thu Jun 12, 2008 10:13 am

Has anyone updated their Ubuntu Hardy recently? I just update my system and Firefox 3 came up as a choice. Did the final release come out early?

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Last post by frankausmtank
Tue Jun 17, 2008 3:55 pm
Help with Installing Linux on T60 w/ Two Hard Drives

Last post by archer6 « Mon Jun 16, 2008 9:47 pm
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by archer6 » Fri May 30, 2008 4:11 pm

So, here's where I'm at in terms of hardware configuration prior to loading Ubuntu 8.04.

ThinkPad T60 with 2 hard drives, for dual boot use.

#1...

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Last post by archer6
Mon Jun 16, 2008 9:47 pm
Installing linux on Windows XP Thinkpad

Last post by jglen490 « Mon Jun 16, 2008 8:33 pm
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by visio » Sun May 04, 2008 8:52 pm

Hey, I got a T61 running Windows XP and now that I have done some tuning and updating I am pleased with how its running but there are a couple...

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Mon Jun 16, 2008 8:33 pm
Your input: Install Ubuntu 7.10 or 8.04 on T60 ThinkPad?

Last post by archer6 « Sun Jun 15, 2008 8:35 pm
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by archer6 » Mon Jun 09, 2008 1:45 pm

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I have two liveCD's: Ubuntu 7.10 & Ubuntu 8.04.

The question is...

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Sun Jun 15, 2008 8:35 pm
T61p WUXGA with Gentoo

Last post by TMac « Fri Jun 13, 2008 12:14 pm
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by TMac » Thu Jun 12, 2008 12:28 pm

I apologize if this should fall under the linux group. I am trying to setup X11 on my gentoo intallation and I have been unable to find the...

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Fri Jun 13, 2008 12:14 pm
Zenwalk 5.0 - T23 - Numeric Pad activated at login

Last post by rkawakami « Fri Jun 13, 2008 4:16 am
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by mbonheur » Fri Jun 13, 2008 1:57 am

Hey,

this is my first post and I hope that you can help me out. I tried out some linux distributions for my T23 and at the end I opted for the...

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Fri Jun 13, 2008 4:16 am
Ubuntu 7.10 on R51e ThinkPad

Last post by archer6 « Tue Jun 10, 2008 10:12 pm
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by archer6 » Thu May 22, 2008 4:37 pm

Thought I would check in and share my first Linux experience here.

I just finished getting my ThinkPad R51e set-up with Ubuntu 7.10 Gusty Gibbon....

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Last post by archer6
Tue Jun 10, 2008 10:12 pm
Linux distro with hdaps working?

Last post by EarloftheWest « Tue Jun 10, 2008 11:40 am
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by crispinb » Sat May 24, 2008 7:53 pm

I have ubuntu hardy installed on my X40. For the most part I like it, but I haven't thus far been able to get the hdapsd and hdaps-utils packages to...

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Last post by EarloftheWest
Tue Jun 10, 2008 11:40 am
2 questions about Hardy..

Last post by carbon_unit « Mon Jun 09, 2008 8:57 pm
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by Shade » Thu May 15, 2008 2:32 pm

Just installed and everything works just perfect.. Except from the sound.. well.. It works but the volume is VERY sensitive. I can only I turn up the...

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Last post by carbon_unit
Mon Jun 09, 2008 8:57 pm
Dual Booting XP & Ubuntu vs Ubuntu and VMware XP

Last post by Superego « Mon Jun 09, 2008 5:09 pm
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by .nox » Mon Jun 09, 2008 11:29 am

Hi guys,

I won't be doing any gaming on my T61 , so I was wondering if it was just better for me to opt for a Ubuntu boot along with XP in a...

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Mon Jun 09, 2008 5:09 pm
Wireless on Z61M with iwlwifi

Last post by michaaa62 « Sat Jun 07, 2008 11:53 am
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by acampbell » Wed May 28, 2008 5:57 am

I'm using Debian Sid on my Z61M. Wireless works with ipw3945 but this is not available for kernels after 2.6.23. You are supposed to use iwlwifi for...

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Last post by michaaa62
Sat Jun 07, 2008 11:53 am
What does your /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/state say?

Last post by lightweight « Wed Jun 04, 2008 1:38 am
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by jemenake » Tue Jun 03, 2008 4:54 pm

So, I'm trying to get an idea of what is attainable regarding discharge rates on this T61p. What kind of numbers are other T60/T61 users getting for...

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Last post by lightweight
Wed Jun 04, 2008 1:38 am
ultrabay linux install

Last post by aaa « Mon Jun 02, 2008 8:56 pm
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by alfio » Mon Jun 02, 2008 9:56 am

hi all

i'm back to trying linux and, surprise, i'm a bit confused.

here's what id' like to do: set up a debian etch install on a separate HD to be...

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Last post by aaa
Mon Jun 02, 2008 8:56 pm
linux on a T22

Last post by tylerwylie « Mon Jun 02, 2008 4:09 pm
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by divindavid » Sat May 24, 2008 4:56 pm

hello everyone. i have an old t22 that some how reached my front door. i had ubuntu on it. oh and the specs are 256mb ram 30 gig HDD 600-700MHz (i...

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Last post by tylerwylie
Mon Jun 02, 2008 4:09 pm
Linux Newbie looking for small footprint Linux advice.

Last post by carbon_unit « Sun Jun 01, 2008 8:36 pm
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by barrywohl » Thu May 29, 2008 7:06 am

I want to get a Linux for my ThinkPad T61p that I can run from a PC Express Card or from an SDHC card.

I used to use AIX five years ago, but I...

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Last post by carbon_unit
Sun Jun 01, 2008 8:36 pm
Fedora 9 released

Last post by tylerwylie « Fri May 30, 2008 9:00 am
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by gator » Wed May 14, 2008 1:55 pm

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Fri May 30, 2008 9:00 am
Ethernet socket not working?

Last post by acampbell « Thu May 29, 2008 2:58 am
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by acampbell » Wed May 28, 2008 5:52 am

I don't seem to be able to use the ethernet socket on the side of my Z61M. I have to use an ethernet card to connect to the router. Is something...

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Thu May 29, 2008 2:58 am

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