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Wifi card for Linux on T61p

Last post by EarloftheWest « Tue Apr 15, 2008 3:28 pm
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by leesiulung » Thu Apr 10, 2008 12:30 pm

I'm wondering if a particular wifi card is better than another for Linux purposes. At home I just use 802.11g and don't need the extra speed.

I...

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Last post by EarloftheWest
Tue Apr 15, 2008 3:28 pm
ArchLinux: acpid with hotkey problems

Last post by tastatur « Mon Apr 14, 2008 3:49 pm
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by tastatur » Mon Apr 07, 2008 3:47 am

I've followed this guide to configure my Fn-Key (T60) on ArchLinux:

The Script /etc/acpi/handler.sh will be executed by root , so my suspend,...

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Last post by tastatur
Mon Apr 14, 2008 3:49 pm
Ubuntu 7.10 critically low battery -> dead battery

Last post by independent « Sat Apr 12, 2008 3:19 pm
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by spaznrq » Sat Mar 15, 2008 9:52 am

For those other newbs like me out there, be careful of running your Linux machine past the critically low battery state. My 8-cell just completely...

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Last post by independent
Sat Apr 12, 2008 3:19 pm
[SOLVED] Need Help with tpb for Thinkpad X60 in Fluxbox

Last post by ilych « Fri Apr 11, 2008 5:59 pm
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by ilych » Fri Apr 11, 2008 6:59 am

I am trying to get my FN+home and FN+end brightness keys working in Fluxbox. They worked out of the box in GNOME and after installing tpb, tpb's...

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Last post by ilych
Fri Apr 11, 2008 5:59 pm
Using find to make things fast

Last post by aaa « Tue Apr 08, 2008 5:06 am
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by lightweight » Tue Apr 08, 2008 1:33 am

As 2x2GB RAM prices have fallen I've been messing around with the idea of mounting different dirs to ramdisk then writing back to disk at shutdown to...

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Last post by aaa
Tue Apr 08, 2008 5:06 am
FPR with thinkfinger won't work on OpenSuse 10.2, T60p

Last post by rssb « Mon Apr 07, 2008 3:41 pm
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by Troels » Mon Aug 27, 2007 3:26 pm

Hello,

I have a fine running install of OpenSuse 10.2 on a T60p 2623-DDU.
I have tried to get the fingerprint reader working, but i just can't. The...

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Last post by rssb
Mon Apr 07, 2008 3:41 pm
anyone using Ubuntu 8.04 beta?

Last post by aaa « Sun Apr 06, 2008 9:41 am
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by Paul Unger » Sun Apr 06, 2008 9:20 am

Just wondering if anyone here is using the beta of 8.04 Hardy on a T4x/T6x. I'm thinking about 'upgrading' to the beta before I leave Canada...

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Last post by aaa
Sun Apr 06, 2008 9:41 am
solaris 11?

Last post by rm « Fri Apr 04, 2008 1:01 pm
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by madcow » Sun Dec 09, 2007 10:36 am

I have installed solaris 11 (nevada) on my thinkpad t60. It is nice. I actually like it a little more than Ubuntu. I have problems with sound though....

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Last post by rm
Fri Apr 04, 2008 1:01 pm
T60 Gutsy: jerky cursor, slowdown, ipw3945 Microcode SW erro

Last post by John H « Fri Apr 04, 2008 7:54 am
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by John H » Fri Mar 21, 2008 10:43 am

My Trusty Gutsy Thinkpad T60 suddenly has jumpy/jerky cursor syndrome and has slowed down to a crawl. And I've restarted it many times. I think it's...

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Last post by John H
Fri Apr 04, 2008 7:54 am
Tell me about your experience

Last post by ajkula66 « Thu Apr 03, 2008 11:48 am
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by Shade » Wed Feb 20, 2008 3:54 am

Right now I'm actually searching for my distro , the linux distro that is most suitable for me. I'm not a complete nOOb to linux, but also I'm not...

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Last post by ajkula66
Thu Apr 03, 2008 11:48 am
Extended Desktop, Which Distro?

Last post by tylerwylie « Thu Apr 03, 2008 2:46 am
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by Harryc » Sun Mar 30, 2008 7:00 pm

Are there any distros out there that get extended desktop (dual head) right on initial install?. Seems to me that would be a frequent requirement for...

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Last post by tylerwylie
Thu Apr 03, 2008 2:46 am
T61 and Linux

Last post by MikeM « Mon Mar 31, 2008 7:23 pm
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by mohammedyahya » Mon Mar 31, 2008 2:17 am

Dear All

I have a T61 Lenovo ThinkPad... 15'' wide screen...

I would like to remove Win. and install Linux Redhat Enterprise. Before doing this I...

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Last post by MikeM
Mon Mar 31, 2008 7:23 pm
Newbie questions re: display and button issues...

Last post by Landshark « Sun Mar 30, 2008 7:22 pm

by Landshark » Sun Mar 30, 2008 7:22 pm

Hello,

I recently purchased a ThinkPad R61i. I've had other ThinkPads in the past and have found them to be great computers.

I ordered mine with...

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Last post by Landshark
Sun Mar 30, 2008 7:22 pm
New owner: Linux on X61s, battery life ?

Last post by aliencam « Sat Mar 29, 2008 10:03 pm
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by maurizio.dececco » Wed Mar 19, 2008 12:00 pm

First of all, i'd like to thank all the people writing to this forum.

I have been lurking for a few weeks while trying to take a decision on which...

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Last post by aliencam
Sat Mar 29, 2008 10:03 pm
dual-boot can't boot from USB?

Last post by Paul Unger « Sat Mar 29, 2008 1:43 pm
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by Paul Unger » Sat Mar 29, 2008 11:14 am

I dual-boot XP and Ubuntu on my T61. I'm trying to repartition my XP partition (C: ) using a linux app by the name of 'parted magic' on a USB stick....

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Last post by Paul Unger
Sat Mar 29, 2008 1:43 pm
DVD writing fails on Ubuntu

Last post by lightweight « Fri Mar 28, 2008 9:20 pm
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by thedaylights » Fri Mar 28, 2008 5:08 pm

I have been trying to burn DVDs with my external DVD burner. It is a USB Multiburner 3. I'm running Ubuntu 7.10, and I've used both Brasero and K3B...

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Last post by lightweight
Fri Mar 28, 2008 9:20 pm
Ultrabay format question

Last post by mgo « Thu Mar 27, 2008 6:03 pm
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by Superego » Thu Mar 27, 2008 5:43 pm

I'm running Ubuntu 7.10 on my T60p (no dual-boot, just Linux) and I have a hard drive in the ultrabay. My main drive format is ext3 (along with swap)...

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Last post by mgo
Thu Mar 27, 2008 6:03 pm
Frequent load cycles on battery (Gusty)

Last post by peahen « Wed Mar 26, 2008 11:41 am
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by peahen » Tue Mar 25, 2008 12:06 pm

Recently I updated my T60 to Ubuntu 7.10 (gusty) from Feisty. A few problems emerged. One of them is that the hard drive spins up on a very frequent...

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Last post by peahen
Wed Mar 26, 2008 11:41 am
Linux frustrations on T60P

Last post by whizkid « Mon Mar 24, 2008 9:54 am
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by san » Sat Mar 22, 2008 5:55 am

For a few weeks I have been trying out Ubuntu 7.10 and OpenSuse 10.3.
Initially, they both seemed to be running fine. I spent quite some time getting...

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Last post by whizkid
Mon Mar 24, 2008 9:54 am
tethering a blackberry to a Linux machine

Last post by lightweight « Sun Mar 23, 2008 11:30 pm
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by Bfskinnerpunk » Sat Mar 22, 2008 4:08 pm

I have taken the leap into cellular 'net service by purchasing the tethering plan for my verizon blackberry 8830.

Is this going to be a problem with...

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Last post by lightweight
Sun Mar 23, 2008 11:30 pm
Display problems with Ubuntu

Last post by Stargate199 « Sun Mar 23, 2008 7:29 pm
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by Stargate199 » Fri Mar 21, 2008 11:00 am

Okay, I decided to dual boot ubuntu and xp on my thinkpad. I installed ubuntu and did the updates, but after the updates, something went wrong with...

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Last post by Stargate199
Sun Mar 23, 2008 7:29 pm
debian 4.0 on a30 anyone? (ati driver problem)

Last post by schnitzelcore « Sat Mar 22, 2008 3:25 am
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by mclien » Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:46 pm

Is anyone using debian etch 4.0 on a A30?

I have big problem to get the external vga working.
(and althogh minor problem in changing the resolution...

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Last post by schnitzelcore
Sat Mar 22, 2008 3:25 am
Questions about Ubuntu 7.10 performance and CompizFusion

Last post by K-lite « Fri Mar 21, 2008 6:25 am
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by u0330v » Fri Jan 04, 2008 8:40 pm

My system specs:

Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon
ThinkPad R61 Core 2 Duo T7300 2.0GHz, 4GB RAM, 14.1 WXGA w/ X3100, 250GB 5400RPM hard drive

Questions...

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Last post by K-lite
Fri Mar 21, 2008 6:25 am
How to abort wireless connection attempt in Ubuntu 7.10?

Last post by u0330v « Wed Mar 19, 2008 9:54 pm
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by u0330v » Sat Feb 23, 2008 7:22 pm

Is there a way to abort the wireless connection attempt in Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy if you mistakenly selected the wrong wireless access point to connect...

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Last post by u0330v
Wed Mar 19, 2008 9:54 pm
possible to control second fan (wlan?) on right side of x61?

Last post by openmoho « Wed Mar 19, 2008 3:02 pm

by openmoho » Wed Mar 19, 2008 3:02 pm

thanks to thinkwiki.org my new thinkpad x61 (76754KU) works already great. one thing remains not resolved yet: is it possible to control the second...

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Last post by openmoho
Wed Mar 19, 2008 3:02 pm
How to play shoutcast radio on Fedora 8?

Last post by icantux « Wed Mar 19, 2008 1:52 pm
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by spt60 » Sun Nov 25, 2007 2:00 pm

How do I get shoucast .pls radio file to play on Fedora? Please help. Thanks :)

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Last post by icantux
Wed Mar 19, 2008 1:52 pm
Thinkvantage button as OS selector on boot - possible?

Last post by icantux « Wed Mar 19, 2008 1:39 pm

by icantux » Wed Mar 19, 2008 1:39 pm

Anyone come across any info on the possibility of making the blue Thinkvantage button to act as a OS boot selector on machine startup?

Say if a user...

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Last post by icantux
Wed Mar 19, 2008 1:39 pm
[SOLVED] Can't boot into windows any more

Last post by K0LO « Mon Mar 17, 2008 4:18 pm
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by KasperSorensen » Sun Mar 16, 2008 6:01 pm

I have a weird problem - I can't boot into windows any more. Here's what I've done

1) My computer is a brand new Lenovo T61 (7664-1FG) that comes...

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Last post by K0LO
Mon Mar 17, 2008 4:18 pm
[solved] reinstall XP, dual boot ruined

Last post by tylerwylie « Sun Mar 16, 2008 6:00 pm
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by Paul Unger » Sun Mar 16, 2008 8:53 am

I'm currently trying to regain access to the Linux portion of my dual-boot setup. I had to reinstall XP, which overwrote the GRUB. A friend helped me...

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Last post by tylerwylie
Sun Mar 16, 2008 6:00 pm
X300 and Linux - Experiences

Last post by cmsj « Sun Mar 16, 2008 1:34 pm
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by lophiomys » Thu Feb 28, 2008 2:57 pm

Has anyone tried to run any Linux on the new X300?
Especially I would be interested how well Kubuntu is running on the X300?

Note from Moderator:...

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Last post by cmsj
Sun Mar 16, 2008 1:34 pm
:. boot up from SD card in Express Card Slot?

Last post by rbrt287 « Fri Mar 14, 2008 8:49 am
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by dmitrio » Wed Aug 01, 2007 5:12 pm

Hi,

I'm thinking to install linux on one of TP with boot partition on secure digital card, and encrypt entire hard drive.

So the question is,...

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Last post by rbrt287
Fri Mar 14, 2008 8:49 am
Linux support

Last post by whizkid « Thu Mar 13, 2008 9:23 am
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by cmsj » Thu Mar 13, 2008 7:55 am

Hey folks.

I bought an X300 three days ago and the very first thing I did when switching it on was to put in a CD with the latest pre-Beta release...

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Last post by whizkid
Thu Mar 13, 2008 9:23 am
Ubuntu 7.10 or later on T23 ethernet problem...

Last post by Wookie « Wed Mar 12, 2008 12:16 pm

by Wookie » Wed Mar 12, 2008 12:16 pm

Hi

I used to have 7.04 on my T23 and it worked fine. I decided to upgrade to 7.10 and can't get the ethernet network to work fully.

I can ping...

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Last post by Wookie
Wed Mar 12, 2008 12:16 pm
Microsoft's EULA => money back : does Lenovo implement it

Last post by kyokurider « Wed Mar 12, 2008 8:11 am
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by rodagador » Sun Mar 02, 2008 11:49 am

I am considering purchasing a Thinkpad and I have no use whatever for Windows. In this case, in theory, Microsoft's own End User Licence Agreement...

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Last post by kyokurider
Wed Mar 12, 2008 8:11 am
Fn+F7 to projector under Suse10.3?

Last post by tylerwylie « Wed Mar 12, 2008 2:21 am
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by indiglo » Tue Mar 11, 2008 6:54 am

Hi. Does anyone know how to make the Fn+F7 to projector works in Suse10.3 on T61-766416U? I have no ideal how to setup this in yast or somewhere....

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Last post by tylerwylie
Wed Mar 12, 2008 2:21 am
flickering display(LCD) after installing ati-driver on T42

Last post by icantux « Tue Mar 11, 2008 5:59 pm
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by hongcj92 » Mon Mar 10, 2008 7:51 pm

Does anybody successfully install ati-driver-installer-8-3-x86.x86_64.run to ati radeon 9600 (RV350)? My machine is T42. I followed the instruction...

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Last post by icantux
Tue Mar 11, 2008 5:59 pm
Interesting little CPU test

Last post by lightweight « Sat Mar 08, 2008 7:05 pm
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by aaa » Thu Mar 06, 2008 5:02 pm

So I found out about Pipe Viewer . Neat little utility that let's you see the progress of some normally silent commands.

A more frivolous thing you...

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Last post by lightweight
Sat Mar 08, 2008 7:05 pm
Preinstalled models

Last post by JonathanGennick « Fri Mar 07, 2008 10:04 pm

by JonathanGennick » Fri Mar 07, 2008 10:04 pm

Just curious, has anyone gotten their hands on of the R61s or T61s with Linux preinstalled?

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Last post by JonathanGennick
Fri Mar 07, 2008 10:04 pm
X31 Hibernate in Ubuntu Gutsy

Last post by aaa « Fri Mar 07, 2008 8:26 pm
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by bobbarker » Sun Mar 02, 2008 4:31 pm

I've tried a few different 'solutions' I've seen, some specific for the X31 and some not. From the general lack of recent information my guess is it...

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Last post by aaa
Fri Mar 07, 2008 8:26 pm
Running Linspire 6 on a T23

Last post by newyorkpaulie « Fri Mar 07, 2008 2:21 pm
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by newyorkpaulie » Thu Mar 06, 2008 6:40 am

Just installed Linspire 6 (actually 5.1.427) and can't connect using my ethernet cable.

Running Network Settings from Control Center gives an error...

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Last post by newyorkpaulie
Fri Mar 07, 2008 2:21 pm
X31 Dual Head (Gnome, Ubuntu 7.10)

Last post by vostok4 « Wed Mar 05, 2008 5:56 pm
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by bobbarker » Sun Feb 24, 2008 10:03 pm

I've seen a few xorg.conf files online and I've tried some (and tinkered my own) and I can't get anything to work. If you've got working dualhead...

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Last post by vostok4
Wed Mar 05, 2008 5:56 pm
2008: Linux's year on the Desktop will hurt M$, yay!

Last post by jdhurst « Mon Mar 03, 2008 6:45 am
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by RealBlackStuff » Fri Jan 04, 2008 5:42 pm
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Mon Mar 03, 2008 6:45 am
PCLinuxOS2007 & Huawei(Vodafone)E220 3G-Modem on TPi1200

Last post by mactastic « Thu Feb 28, 2008 4:02 am
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by mactastic » Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:19 am

Last year, when I tried Fedora 6 on my i1200 ThinkPad, I had to disable USB before the OS could boot up. Without USB, it was too restrictive and not...

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Last post by mactastic
Thu Feb 28, 2008 4:02 am
hard drive no longer usable after installation of linux

Last post by K0LO « Wed Feb 27, 2008 8:05 pm
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by ulrich.von.lich » Tue Feb 26, 2008 4:13 pm

I know it is a stupid question but I really need your helps now.

I installed Ubuntu on my T60p and wiped out everything that was on the hard drive....

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Last post by K0LO
Wed Feb 27, 2008 8:05 pm
Atheros abgn in Ubuntu?

Last post by Paul Unger « Wed Feb 27, 2008 11:48 am
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by Paul Unger » Wed Feb 20, 2008 7:31 pm

Is anyone using the atheros abgn in Ubuntu? I finally got it working with ndiswrapper (with a friend's help, and don't ask me what he did because I...

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Last post by Paul Unger
Wed Feb 27, 2008 11:48 am
Mouse Wheel Emulation?

Last post by Zedicus « Wed Feb 27, 2008 8:43 am
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by wswartzendruber » Tue Feb 26, 2008 4:52 pm

I need a hand here. I've tried various wiki's, but their steps aren't making this work. I need to setup the TrackPoint's middle button to function as...

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Last post by Zedicus
Wed Feb 27, 2008 8:43 am
Give me a reason.

Last post by goldenmunky « Mon Feb 25, 2008 9:44 am
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by MYK » Thu Feb 07, 2008 3:57 am

I have my X61s which I love and use as my main laptop. I have recently bought a T42p to try out FlexView, something that I wanted to do forever....

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Last post by goldenmunky
Mon Feb 25, 2008 9:44 am
certified wireless usb sold with t61p working w/ suse64 10.3

Last post by thomas565 « Sun Feb 24, 2008 12:35 am

by thomas565 » Sun Feb 24, 2008 12:35 am

Hi

anyone knowing about more details if the certified wireless usb that is offered witht the t61p currently works under opensuse64 10.3?

whats the...

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Last post by thomas565
Sun Feb 24, 2008 12:35 am
x61 tablet screen resolution

Last post by aliencam « Sat Feb 23, 2008 7:49 pm
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by aliencam » Sat Feb 23, 2008 4:25 pm

I'm using ubuntu gutsy, and my current screen resolution is 1024x760.

i have an x61 tablet, and i would like to go to a higher resolution, however...

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Last post by aliencam
Sat Feb 23, 2008 7:49 pm
Fan Control on a 240x w/ Xubuntu 7.04?

Last post by schmolch « Fri Feb 22, 2008 8:44 pm
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by emoticonartist » Sun Feb 17, 2008 1:32 pm

Well I've suped up (well, as far as I can) the 240x that I received from phool@round and was able to put Xubuntu 7.04 (alternate install) on it. I've...

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Fri Feb 22, 2008 8:44 pm

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