ThinkpadT42p
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- Make: IBM/Levano
- Brand: Thinkpad
- Model: T42p
Website: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/02/17/review_ibm_thinkpad_t42p/
- S/N: My Secret
Current Issues
- The wireless A/B/G card doesn't seem to work. Ubuntu recognizes it, and can even detects local ESSID's, but it can't seem to sync up with the basestation. I tried via the GUI, and even using iwconfig on the command line, but no joy.
- I also have a Docking Station II. The USB ports on it don't seem to be recognized by Ubuntu (ie, mouse/keyboard on the dock, so I have to use the laptop's own USB ports for it), and in order to get it to use the external monitor, I have to boot with the lid down. No dual-head joy for me :(. However, it does use the docking station's Ethernet port, as well as A/C power, and DVI cable (when booted with the lid closed).
- One installation weirdness. See below.
Hardware details
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in Breezy? |
in Dapper (Flight 5)? |
Installation works? |
Untested |
Installation went fine, but the system wouldn't boot, complaining that it couldn't find /dev/hda2 (my /). However, when I took "ACPI=off" out of the kernel boot command in Grub, it worked fine. |
Hardware Information |
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Screen & Monitors |
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Device |
Works? |
Bug # |
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in Breezy? |
in Dapper (current development)? |
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Screen |
Untested |
Yes |
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Correct resolution? |
Untested |
Worked fine, although the system hung while trying to change the resolution at run-time via the Gnome gui. |
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Correct refresh rate? |
Untested |
60Hz, doesnt matter for a flat panel |
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3D Acceleration |
Untested |
direct rendering: Yes |
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External monitor works? |
Untested |
Yes |
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External monitor - mirrors |
Untested |
No |
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External monitor - extend desktop |
Untested |
No |
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Power Management |
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Battery detected? |
Untested |
Yes |
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Hibernates? |
Untested |
Untested |
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Sleep |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
Dim monitor on battery |
Untested |
Yes |
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Blank monitor on inactivity |
Untested |
Untested |
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Lid Close |
Untested |
Untested |
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Cpu frequency scaling |
Untested |
Yes -- perfectly |
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Sound |
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Sound works? |
Untested |
Yes |
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Correct volume? |
Untested |
Yes |
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Hardware volume switch |
Untested |
No |
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Headphone jack |
Untested |
Yes |
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Mic jack |
Untested |
Yes |
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Networking |
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Wired NIC |
Untested |
Yes |
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Wireless NIC |
Untested |
No -- Detects ESSID's, but cannot establish link. |
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PCMCIA NIC |
Untested |
Untested |
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Firewire |
Untested |
Untested |
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Bluetooth |
Untested |
Untested |
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Modem |
Untested |
Detected fine, but untested |
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Infrared |
Untested |
Untested |
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Touchpad & Mice |
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Touchpad |
Untested |
Yes |
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Touchpad - Doubletap = double click |
Untested |
Yes |
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Touchpad - Scroll down side |
Untested |
Yes (very cool) |
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External mouse - USB |
Untested |
Untested |
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External mouse - Serial |
Untested |
Untested |
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Docking Station/Port Replicator |
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AC through replicator |
Yes |
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USB |
Untested |
No |
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Serial |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
Parallel |
Untested |
Untested |
N/A |
External Monitor - VGA |
Untested |
Untested |
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External Monitor - DVI |
Untested |
Yes |
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Modem |
Untested |
Untested |
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NIC |
Untested |
YES |
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PS/2 |
Untested |
Untested |
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Additional Hardware |
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Fingerprint reader |
Untested |
Untested |
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CD/DVD drive |
Untested |
Yes |
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PCMCIA cards |
Untested |
Untested |
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Parallel Ports |
Untested |
N/A |
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Card reader(s) |
Untested |
N/A |
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Function and other keys |
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Fn key |
Operation |
Keycode |
Works? |
Bug # |
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in Breezy? |
in Dapper (current development)? |
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+ Space |
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Untested |
Untested |
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+ Esc |
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Untested |
Untested |
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+ F1 |
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Untested |
Untested |
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+ F2 |
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Untested |
Untested |
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+ F3 |
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Untested |
Untested |
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+ F4 |
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Untested |
Untested |
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+ F5 |
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Untested |
Untested |
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+ F6 |
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Untested |
Untested |
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+ F7 |
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Untested |
Untested |
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+ F8 |
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Untested |
Untested |
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+ F9 |
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Untested |
Untested |
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+ F10 |
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Untested |
Untested |
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+ F11 |
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Untested |
Untested |
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+ F12 |
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Untested |
Untested |
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+ 1 |
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Untested |
Untested |
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+ 2 |
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Untested |
Untested |
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Other special keys |
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Key |
Operation |
Keycode |
Works? |
Bug # |
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in Breezy? |
in Dapper (current development)? |
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Key |
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Untested |
Untested |
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Notes
See "Current Issues" above. Despite those, it actually works quite well overall.