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IBM Thinkpad 600X
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4 4517 11-28-2007
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100% of reviewers $474.50 10.0
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Description: The 600X is a very nice laptop, and I was pleased when Linux worked on it without many problems. The sound/video cards were all detected flawlessly by both Slackware and Redhat. The TrackPoint mouse also worked fine, without any extra configuration needed. The only problem I had was with the winmodem modem, which I was never able to get working. I eventually puchased a Linksys 'Fast Ethernet NP100' card and used my LAN for internet.
Keywords: Thinkpad 600 600E 600X winmodem
/sbin/lspci output: 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge (rev 03)
00:02.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1450 (rev 03)
00:02.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1450 (rev 03)
00:03.0 Communication controller: Lucent Microelectronics WinModem 56k (rev 01)
00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: Cirrus Logic CS 4614/22/24 [CrystalClear SoundFusion Audio Accelerator] (rev 01)
00:07.0 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Neomagic Corporation NM2360 [MagicMedia 256ZX]


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Old 09-11-2004, 11:51 PM   #1
joesbox
 
Registered: Feb 2003
Distribution: ArchLinux, FreeBSD
Posts: 501
Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid?: $499.00 | Rating: 10

Kernel (uname -r): 2.4.27
Distribution: Debian Woody (3.0 rc2)



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everything works great. default install of the original kernel (2.2.20) did not handle my sound card but a manual config and upgrade to 2.4.27 fixed that. i have not worked with the modem to the problems mentioned above have not plagued me. i was able to easily install the WPC11 v3. pcmcia was not a problem either.
oh yeah. one more thing. i upgraded the ram with an additional 256mb and this thing can do anything. it gets an A+ from me. I would suggest it to anyone.

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UPDATE 23-OCT-05
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uname -r : 2.4.31
Debian Sarge

Did a complete overhaul on the suggestion of a friend to try FreeBSD. After three days of an incompatibility no related to the thinkpad (wireless card problem) i decided to reinstall Debian. i had an older version of Woody rc2 which defaults 2.2.20 kernel with the option for 2.4.20. knowing that i was going to be upgrading the kernel anyway i decided to use the 2.4.20 kernel and use my thumbdrive to load the latest 2.4.31 and the linux-wlan-ng drivers. i know.. long story for a small bug but the usb drivers in the 2.4.20 kernel don't seem to like the usb port. dmesg reports that the insertion of the drive was recognized but the device was refusing the assignment. i am not sure what that means and i don't have the exact error cause i don't have the lappy here and i have already upgraded the kernel so i can't reaccomplish the error. the error can be caused by several things but after the upgrade i have had no repeat of the bug. I still give the lappy a 10 for compatability.
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Old 10-31-2004, 03:47 PM   #2
Deruwyn
 
Registered: Oct 2004
Distribution: Slackware 10.0
Posts: 3
Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid?: $450.00 | Rating: 10

Kernel (uname -r): 2.4.26
Distribution: Slackware 10.0


I am a total Linux newbie and I was able to get Slackware 10.0 running on my IBM Thinkpad 600x with no problems at all. Everything seems to have been detected automatically.
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Old 12-03-2006, 06:45 AM   #3
m_wielgus
 
Registered: Apr 2006
Distribution: Debian testing
Posts: 7
Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 10

Kernel (uname -r): 2.6.15-27-386
Distribution: Kubuntu 6.06 LTS


Everything works out-of-box
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Old 11-28-2007, 11:17 AM   #4
m_wielgus
 
Registered: Apr 2006
Distribution: Debian testing
Posts: 7
Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 0

Kernel (uname -r): 2.6.22-2-686
Distribution: Debian testing (lenny)


Everything works just fine. Haven't checked the winmodem as I don't use it. KDE works well (I've upgraded to 512 MB RAM). Some links you may find useful: http://tpctl.sourceforge.net/
http://panopticon.csustan.edu/thood/tp600lnx.htm
http://www.linux-laptop.net/
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Category:600X
If you encounter some strange-vertical-blue-bars on your screen change your Depth to 16 bit.
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