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differences in the entry: vendor
IBM
differences in the entry: model name
Thinkpad ThinkPad T42
differences in the entry: subtype (notebook or netbook)
notebook
differences in the entry: architecture
x86
differences in the entry: does it have a free bios?
no
differences in the entry: can free operating systems be installed?
yes
differences in the entry: does the device prevent the installation of wifi cards not-approved by the vendor?
not-specified
differences in the entry: year of commercialization
not-specified 2004
differences in the entry: GNU/Linux distribution used for the test
debian_7 , debian_testing
differences in the entry: compatibility with free software
C-silver
differences in the entry: tested with the following kernel libre
differences in the entry: video card model
ATI_Radeon_RV200/M7
differences in the entry: does the video card work?
yes_without_3D
differences in the entry: wifi model
differences in the entry: does the wifi card work?
not-specified
differences in the entry: webcam model
differences in the entry: does the webcam work?
there-is-no-webcam
differences in the entry: Description
[h1]Kernels[/h1]
Not tested with any kernel libre, only with kernels from Debian Wheezy (3.2.xxx) to Debian Jessie (3.16.7-2).
[h1]Graphical card[/h1]
The ATI Radeon RV200/M7 works well, but can not resume after a suspend to RAM. To be able to resume, you have to install the [b]non-free[/b] Debian package "firmware-linux-nonfree".
[h1]Wireless[/h1]
The included WiFi card is in my case too old to support WPA2 security feature, so I did not try it. I instead use a PCMCIA WiFi adapter (unfortunately with ndiswrapper), so the PCMCIA port is working.
[h1]Others[/h1]
With all kernels tested, the trackpoint does not work (but I suspect that the problem comes from the last BIOS update I did).
I did not tested the serial port at the back of the computer, nor the dock.
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