[ltp] newbie: what's the best distribution for ThinkPad 600E?

[Gerald]

I can tell you from experience that none of the distributions will
recognize the Etherjet 10/100 out of the box. You will have to mess with
the drivers or kernel or something.  I ran out of time for messing with
mine (had to get the desktop going), so I switched to a Linksys 10/100
and that is a little pokey and will have to be tweaked.

Mouse got broke when Mandrake goofed up the kernal on 8.0 (see other
posts on this list and around the internet) and it won't recognize a
pointer device now (7.2 works just fine).

Doesn't fix anything but, now you know a little more about what is going
on.


On 28 May 2001 16:18:58 -0700, Ricardo Cardenas wrote:
> Hi- I'm a newbie to Linux. Which in your opinion is the most solid
> distribution for ThinkPad 600E's? (With support for devices,
> ease-of-installation, etc.)
> 
> I have just installed Mandrake 8.0 on my ThinkPad 600E. It works except for
> two critical areas - it does not recognize my PS/2 mouse nor the trackpoint,
> and also I cannot get it to recognize and use the IBM 10/100 Etherjet
> CardBus PCMCIA networking card. Should both of these work? How can I get
> them to?
> 
> Saludos,
> Ricardo Cárdenas
> rcardenas@alum.MIT.EDU
> 
> ps. if a FAQ answers this question, my apologies. I didn't find it.
> 
> 
> 
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