22 Sep 2005 The internal modem in the Thinkpad T42P is one of those From there I followed the pppd tutorial by Tony Mobily from Linux Journal: 16 Oct 2014 18 Dec 2013 Thanks for posting this, Mrk. The T42 is not what I'd consider that my motherboard works with 4 GB of RAM despite the manual saying the I have a T42 IBM laptop without a hard drive or battery, but it still turns on and I can used the Access IBM button. I also have a fairly new back up 6 Aug 2008 Notes on installation and compatibility of Ubuntu with IBM laptop computers. Exec 'sudo apt-get install tpb' and relogin to use Thinkpad buttons. .. The steps described in the T42 and T42p (2378DYU) sections that I have 16 Jul 2017 Guides on how to install Debian/Linux on a Thinkpad. Many debian-users have a Thinkpad. InstallingDebianOn/Thinkpad/T42/lenny My T42p is currently running the standard Linux Kernel 2.6.9 (not a special Debian [email protected]:~/install/t42$ su Password: sh-3.00# /sbin/hdparm -t 1 Oct 2010 Ubuntu on an IBM ThinkPad T42 with the following specs: System IBM 2373F1G Processing I'll give it a try and install Lubuntu 10.04.1 Nov 2012 In my T42 Maya only works with KDE. With Cinnamon or MATE the command prompt window doesn't get selected (hollow cursor, no letters the rescue partition. Older versions might not always work (see other report on the t42p). Next, create ext3 and swap partitions and boot from the FC install CD.