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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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Last post by schmolch
Fri Feb 22, 2008 8:44 pm
Quick Poll: Fedora - Ubuntu - Others

Last post by icantux « Fri Feb 22, 2008 4:01 pm
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by spt60 » Tue Nov 27, 2007 5:39 pm
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This thread is just a quick info. gathering about the Unix community here at thinkpads.com forum. I appreciate your voting response.
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Last post by icantux
Fri Feb 22, 2008 4:01 pm
T61 hibernate/F12 in Ubuntu

Last post by K0LO « Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:58 pm
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by Paul Unger » Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:50 am

I'm running Ubuntu 7.10 as part of a dual-boot scheme (w/ XP). Last night I pressed Fn+F12 to hibernate. This morning I pressed the power button,...

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Last post by K0LO
Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:58 pm
How to enable cleartype in Konqueror KDE?

Last post by carbon_unit « Thu Feb 21, 2008 7:20 am
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by mattbiernat » Wed Feb 20, 2008 6:49 am

im surfing using konqueror but the font quality is nowhere near IE7. I'm suspecting that the cleartype option is not enabled. anybody knows how to go...

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Last post by carbon_unit
Thu Feb 21, 2008 7:20 am
fan control Linux

Last post by lightweight « Thu Feb 21, 2008 3:17 am
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by amwus » Tue Feb 19, 2008 2:38 am

Hi !

Well, my fan control program is now working pretty well... I'm testing it for about two months, it works, no problem, no crashs, no...

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Last post by lightweight
Thu Feb 21, 2008 3:17 am
Disabling Ctrl-Shift-Backspace

Last post by syedj « Wed Feb 20, 2008 6:49 pm
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by syedj » Wed Feb 20, 2008 5:04 pm

I have been hitting this combo quite often now to erase a word (as in the Windows world), however, in Linux it restarts the X-server. Every time it...

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Last post by syedj
Wed Feb 20, 2008 6:49 pm
T41 and Linux

Last post by tuxracer « Mon Feb 18, 2008 10:06 am
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by K-lite » Mon Jan 21, 2008 11:31 pm

Hello

I have a Thinkpad T41 and i decided to install Linux on it. In the past, i used to work on a HP dv1000 and suffered to get everything to just...

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Last post by tuxracer
Mon Feb 18, 2008 10:06 am
Which version of Linux should I install for my T60p??

Last post by icantux « Fri Feb 15, 2008 9:44 pm
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by Crunch » Tue Feb 05, 2008 11:30 pm

Hey everyone...I would like to get into Linux. Now that I've put together my T60p with everything that's in my signature, which version of Linux...

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Last post by icantux
Fri Feb 15, 2008 9:44 pm
ubuntu 7.10 on IBM T60 displays movie as black-and-white

Last post by whizkid « Tue Feb 12, 2008 1:38 pm
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by John H » Tue Feb 12, 2008 11:15 am

I have a ubuntu 7.10 running on an IBM 15 T60 with model No. 6371-74U. Usually it looks great, but I've noticed a problem lately: movies look washed...

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Last post by whizkid
Tue Feb 12, 2008 1:38 pm
ATI driver only works in Failsafe Gnome mode

Last post by peahen « Tue Feb 12, 2008 12:53 am

by peahen » Tue Feb 12, 2008 12:53 am

Updated my T60 from Feisty (7.04) to Gusty (7.10) this morning. Perhaps it's not a good decision as updating has screwed up things a bit.

I...

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Last post by peahen
Tue Feb 12, 2008 12:53 am
X21 does not connect via ethernet (or pcmcia wireless)

Last post by rdnelson « Mon Feb 11, 2008 12:07 pm
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by rdnelson » Sun Feb 10, 2008 8:27 pm

I have an X21 that is quite nice in most respects, but I cannot get it to connect to the Internet. I have tried both wired ethernet and wireless...

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Last post by rdnelson
Mon Feb 11, 2008 12:07 pm
formatted my c drive now what

Last post by rm « Sat Feb 09, 2008 7:35 pm
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by sillycat » Fri Feb 08, 2008 11:00 am

i have an old IBM thinkpad laptop i think its a T23. but i was having major problems with windows so i went into command prompt and typed format c:...

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Last post by rm
Sat Feb 09, 2008 7:35 pm
A step into another world with a T23... Ubuntu Live CD

Last post by rkawakami « Sat Feb 09, 2008 1:08 pm
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by rkawakami » Wed Feb 06, 2008 5:28 am

You're probably thinking, what is Ray doing in this forum??? :) Bear with me, this is a story of a Linux noob...

Well, since James (jamiphar) posted...

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Last post by rkawakami
Sat Feb 09, 2008 1:08 pm
T61p Drivers, sound, video

Last post by syedj « Sat Feb 09, 2008 9:49 am
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by imnotahippie » Thu Feb 07, 2008 4:47 am

ok well after being sick of using windows i decided to give linux a try. i used to use it all the time back in the day but that was with redhat 7.3...

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Last post by syedj
Sat Feb 09, 2008 9:49 am
Can NTFS files be modified in Linux (Ubuntu 7.04)?

Last post by ulrich.von.lich « Thu Feb 07, 2008 10:49 pm
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by ulrich.von.lich » Thu Feb 07, 2008 9:43 pm

I need to recover some files that can no longer be accessed in Windows. In Linux, I can see and access these files but I need to copy them to...

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Last post by ulrich.von.lich
Thu Feb 07, 2008 10:49 pm
Ultrabay hard drive and Ubuntu 7.10

Last post by Superego « Thu Feb 07, 2008 7:57 am
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by Superego » Wed Feb 06, 2008 8:36 am

I recently did some hard drive swapping on my T60p to use a second HDD in the ultrabay. The ultrabay drive is where I keep all of my documents and...

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Last post by Superego
Thu Feb 07, 2008 7:57 am
Gutsy on T61 = Flash issues

Last post by Volker « Tue Feb 05, 2008 6:29 pm
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by pailhead » Mon Feb 04, 2008 2:34 pm

Has anyone been able to fully resolve this situation? I've got Flash and Java installed and I can view Youtube content, but that is about it. Most...

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Last post by Volker
Tue Feb 05, 2008 6:29 pm
Help with mic input on T60p Ubuntu 7.10

Last post by kevinjieu « Tue Feb 05, 2008 10:54 am

by kevinjieu » Tue Feb 05, 2008 10:54 am

Hi all,

I'm not able to get my audio input work under Ubuntu 7.10. I ran gstreamer-properties and selected every plugin (ALSA, OSS) for Default...

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Last post by kevinjieu
Tue Feb 05, 2008 10:54 am
Ubuntu not booting on T60

Last post by whizkid « Tue Feb 05, 2008 8:02 am
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by charredii » Wed Jan 30, 2008 1:06 am

I have serious problem so please help:

I can't get Ubuntu to boot on my machine. Can't get Linux Mint to work either on this 8743-CTO. When I try,...

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Last post by whizkid
Tue Feb 05, 2008 8:02 am
Linux Help on X24

Last post by whizkid « Mon Feb 04, 2008 3:45 pm
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by Doctor Device » Thu Jan 24, 2008 5:15 pm

a while ago I bought a thinkpad X24 2662-MPU. I bought it specifically to learn Linux on. since I bought it, I've gone through 5 or 6 distros of...

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Last post by whizkid
Mon Feb 04, 2008 3:45 pm
gOS Rocket: A basic entertainment distro.

Last post by ryengineer « Fri Feb 01, 2008 6:55 pm
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by ryengineer » Wed Jan 23, 2008 12:10 am

If you've a PC lying around with specifications as low as 1GHz Pentium III, 256MB RAM, 2GB HDD space and your main aim is just to use it for...

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Last post by ryengineer
Fri Feb 01, 2008 6:55 pm
Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon 7.10

Last post by eyestrain « Fri Feb 01, 2008 12:36 am
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by RedGreen » Sat Oct 13, 2007 12:02 pm
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I have installed Gutsy on my new X61s and have been working on getting everything to function. Im sure some of this will apply to other models....
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Last post by eyestrain
Fri Feb 01, 2008 12:36 am
Fedora 8 on T61p

Last post by lightweight « Thu Jan 31, 2008 12:45 am
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by gss6 » Thu Dec 27, 2007 10:08 pm

Trying to install Fedora 8 with the Install DVD.

Start install with textmode, since I know the non-binary drivers dont work.

Run media...

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Last post by lightweight
Thu Jan 31, 2008 12:45 am
x61 Fn-F7 to switch external monitor configuration

Last post by jamesqf « Tue Jan 29, 2008 4:56 pm
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by dongery » Mon Jan 28, 2008 1:24 pm

I thought there would be some posts covering this already but searching didnt yield any results that seemed similar. What I'm trying to do is this: I...

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Last post by jamesqf
Tue Jan 29, 2008 4:56 pm
WiFi icon on the faceplate does not light up or flash

Last post by carbon_unit « Tue Jan 29, 2008 7:16 am
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by u0330v » Mon Jan 28, 2008 11:24 pm

This is a bit strange, but the wifi icon on the faceplate (that strip located above the power button) of my R61 does not light up or show a flashing...

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Last post by carbon_unit
Tue Jan 29, 2008 7:16 am
linux computer stealing ip from windows computer

Last post by Harryc « Tue Jan 29, 2008 7:16 am
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by mightaswell » Mon Jan 28, 2008 9:39 pm

I have a T60 running slackware 12 with an intel 3945 wireless card and the ipw3945 driver. Same problem exists with the iwl3945 driver. When I...

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Last post by Harryc
Tue Jan 29, 2008 7:16 am
intel 3945 wireless does not stay connected

Last post by dongery « Tue Jan 29, 2008 12:39 am
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by dongery » Sat Jan 26, 2008 2:12 pm

I just got an x61 and i'm really happy with it so far. I installed fedora 8 and i've got pretty much everything working the way i want it to except...

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Last post by dongery
Tue Jan 29, 2008 12:39 am
card reader not working, t61p, opensuse 10.3 64bit

Last post by dongery « Mon Jan 28, 2008 1:36 pm
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by thomas565 » Sun Jan 27, 2008 6:16 am

On my t61p the built-in sd/xd/ms/mmc card reader is not working under opensuse 10.3 64 bit (dvd retail version, clean install). The Ricoh device...

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Last post by dongery
Mon Jan 28, 2008 1:36 pm
x61 Tablet Audio problems (Ubuntu Gutsy)

Last post by lightweight « Sun Jan 27, 2008 11:31 pm
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by aliencam » Mon Dec 17, 2007 6:25 pm

I actually just posted a response to the Ubuntu Gutsy thread a few mintues ago, and while I was reading it, I realized that I had no audio.
i didn't...

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Last post by lightweight
Sun Jan 27, 2008 11:31 pm
Opensuse ibm x61

Last post by lightweight « Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:52 am
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by njs4 » Tue Jan 22, 2008 7:17 am

Hey wondering if anyone had any idea on why my laptop (x61) won't connect to the my wireless router. I am running opensuse 10.3 ?? I see all the...

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Last post by lightweight
Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:52 am
Anybody running MythTV on Ubuntu Gnome?

Last post by tselling « Thu Jan 24, 2008 9:51 am
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by John H » Tue Jan 22, 2008 8:06 am

I'm planning ahead to replace my old DVR (LG 3410A) with a MythTV system, probably on a Thinkpad T40 or T60 and I wonder if anyone else has done it...

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Last post by tselling
Thu Jan 24, 2008 9:51 am
Don't "upgrade" the Rescue and Recovery if you dua

Last post by whizkid « Tue Jan 22, 2008 4:44 pm
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by rmcder » Tue Jan 22, 2008 11:01 am

I logged into my WinXP partition last night and there was an upgrade for the Rescue and Recovery program. I installed it, and it screwed with the MBR...

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Last post by whizkid
Tue Jan 22, 2008 4:44 pm
Poll: Does ppdev kernel module auto load in ubuntu 7.10?

Last post by aaa « Mon Jan 21, 2008 6:10 pm
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by yossarian » Mon Jan 21, 2008 6:03 pm

Hey guys

This is a little bit of an unusual poll. But the backstory is this:

In ubuntu 7.04 I discovered that ppdev kernel module did not...

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Last post by aaa
Mon Jan 21, 2008 6:10 pm
T61 with 15 Linux flavors (Oz only...)

Last post by ajkula66 « Sun Jan 20, 2008 11:49 pm
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by RealBlackStuff » Thu Jan 17, 2008 4:37 pm

Lucky Australians can get a Thinkpad with 15 Linux Flavours

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Last post by ajkula66
Sun Jan 20, 2008 11:49 pm
Ubuntu 7.10 configuring saga with new questions (1680x1050)

Last post by rmcder « Sun Jan 20, 2008 8:05 pm
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by rmcder » Tue Jan 08, 2008 10:20 pm

Well, I think I finally have a working, stable, ubuntu system. Most of my prior problems were due to trying to tweak the system from its basic setup...

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Last post by rmcder
Sun Jan 20, 2008 8:05 pm
PCLinuxOS 2008 on my ThinkPad T61 - Review

Last post by rm « Thu Jan 17, 2008 5:27 pm
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by rm » Thu Jan 17, 2008 4:20 pm

I did a little writeup on running PCLinuxOS 2008 on my ThinkPad T61. See what you think:

:)

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Thu Jan 17, 2008 5:27 pm
Wifi is broken on a Lenovo T61 running Fedora Core 8

Last post by Volker « Thu Jan 17, 2008 10:58 am
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by sd.codewarrior » Mon Jan 14, 2008 9:27 pm

I am running Fedora Core 8 on a bootable Maxtor external USB drive plugged into a T61. The internal HD still runs Windows XP when I don't have the...

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Last post by Volker
Thu Jan 17, 2008 10:58 am
Verizon Sierra Wireless Modem on Ubuntu T60p

Last post by short101 « Wed Jan 16, 2008 7:41 am
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by bkearns » Sat Jan 12, 2008 3:42 pm

Kind of new to Linux but I'm learning and loving it. I've gotten every piece of hardware working on my T60p with the exception of the built in...

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Last post by short101
Wed Jan 16, 2008 7:41 am
R50p: Gusty Gibbon vs. hibernation-is it really doing it?

Last post by aaa « Sun Jan 13, 2008 10:15 pm
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by mgo » Sat Jan 12, 2008 5:30 pm

Sleep seems to work well on my R50p when I press Fn+F4

I -think- it's hibernating when I press Fn+F12, but it sure takes a long time going in and...

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Last post by aaa
Sun Jan 13, 2008 10:15 pm
What files to back up?

Last post by independent « Fri Jan 11, 2008 3:23 pm
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by rmcder » Wed Jan 09, 2008 8:57 am

Since I now have a separate HOME partition, it occurs to me that I should put copies of the important configuration files on it. Xorg.conf is an...

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Last post by independent
Fri Jan 11, 2008 3:23 pm
Linux battery Drain

Last post by lightweight « Fri Jan 11, 2008 8:23 am
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by amwus » Wed Oct 17, 2007 6:15 am

Hi,

I run OpenSuse 10.3 on my thinkpad R52... I had ubuntu and debian before. And from the beginning, i never had the same autonomy in Linux than...

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Last post by lightweight
Fri Jan 11, 2008 8:23 am
(T61)Ext-vga in Linux with 'intel' driver.

Last post by lightweight « Fri Jan 11, 2008 7:38 am
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by tylerwylie » Wed Dec 19, 2007 7:59 pm

Has anyone gotten this to work? I've gotten it to the point that the displays will both turn on the backlight, but remain black, and then my system...

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Last post by lightweight
Fri Jan 11, 2008 7:38 am
Fedora Core 8 on A31p-"special" keys not working

Last post by ajkula66 « Fri Jan 11, 2008 12:38 am
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by ajkula66 » Fri Jan 11, 2008 12:17 am

I've just installed FC8 on one of my A31p machines (2653-R5U) and everything pretty much worked out of the box, at least the stuff that I'm...

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Last post by ajkula66
Fri Jan 11, 2008 12:38 am
should linux come with a warning?

Last post by pibach « Thu Jan 10, 2008 6:37 pm
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by Paul Unger » Sat Jan 05, 2008 5:31 pm

Should linux come with a medical warning something along the lines of:

WARNING! Linux, in any variation, prompts addictive behaviours! You will work...

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Last post by pibach
Thu Jan 10, 2008 6:37 pm
4GB vs. 3945ABG -- kernel to blame

Last post by tarvoke « Thu Jan 10, 2008 4:28 pm
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by tarvoke » Fri Jan 04, 2008 11:12 am

just some reference for others who may see the same issues...

picked up 2x2GB kit amazingly cheaply ( here ; sadly they've raised the price by $55,...

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Last post by tarvoke
Thu Jan 10, 2008 4:28 pm
Trying to get SuSE 10.3 to run on ThinkPad i Series 1300

Last post by Harryc « Thu Jan 10, 2008 4:28 pm
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by br_zak » Sat Dec 29, 2007 10:52 am

Hello,

I'm trying to install SuSE 10.3 using Live CD GNOME on a ThinkPad i Series 1300 1171-8XU. The hardware configuration:

PIII 750MHz (256KB)...

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Last post by Harryc
Thu Jan 10, 2008 4:28 pm
Gutsy x61 bluetooth button

Last post by aliencam « Thu Jan 10, 2008 1:15 pm
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by aliencam » Sat Jan 05, 2008 3:04 pm

Hi, I'm using ubuntu gutsy x64 and the fn-f5 key has worked to activate/deactivate wifi and bluetooth (not very easily, it seems the first time i...

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Last post by aliencam
Thu Jan 10, 2008 1:15 pm
TPB program and configuring it.

Last post by whizkid « Thu Jan 10, 2008 10:26 am
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by nathan5603 » Thu Jan 10, 2008 1:38 am

I did some more research and found a program called TPB. It stands for Think Pad Buttons. I have not configured it yet. Do you have any hints or...

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Last post by whizkid
Thu Jan 10, 2008 10:26 am
Suspend Issues and fuction buttons on Fedora Core

Last post by nathan5603 « Thu Jan 10, 2008 1:36 am
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by nathan5603 » Wed Jan 09, 2008 10:26 pm

I have a new T61 running Fedora Core 8. Every time I resume the Thinkpad from suspend mode the monitor backlight never comes back on. Do you guys...

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Last post by nathan5603
Thu Jan 10, 2008 1:36 am
suspend / hibernate not working in ubuntu 7.10

Last post by K0LO « Mon Jan 07, 2008 10:22 am
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by Paul Unger » Sat Jan 05, 2008 5:24 pm

I've tried both 'Suspend' and 'Hibernate' from the shut-down menu, but all I get is a dark screen with a flashing cursor, solid power and battery...

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Mon Jan 07, 2008 10:22 am

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