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IBM T42 Video Problems

Asked by mjhudso

I installed Ubuntu on an IBM T42 about 10 days ago and have been using it regularly in the evenings for a few hours. I set it up so it can access one of two wireless networks and it has worked impressively and flawlessly.

When I booted the system this afternoon, there was no video on the Thinkpad display. Thinking that there was something wrong with the display itself, I hooked it up to an external display and that was completely dark as well. At this point, I figured I had a fried Thinkpad. But I put in another harddrive with Vista on it and it worked fine.

I'm not much of a Linux guy, but if someone can tell me how to restore the video, perhaps by booting off the installation CD, I'd appreciate it.

Thanks, Mike

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mjhudso (mjhudso) said : 		#1

The problem does seem to be with the Thinkpad rather than the OS. Even though Vista booted on the PC last night, it didn't this AM so I suspect the problem lies with the Thinkpad display. Sorry for the false alarm.