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Running LXDE and Debian, my ThinkPad T43 turns the screen off automatically when I close the lid. When I reopen it after so many seconds, I am prompted for the login credentials.

Debian provides a 486 kernel for older systems, which isn't a PAE kernel. That particular kernel and LXDE work perfectly on my ThinkPad T43 (manufactured 2005).

https://packages.debian.org/wheezy/linu ... .2.0-4-486

My post was forum-specific (technicial issue), not related to LXDE. Your inquiry would be better served if it were posted to General Area. i didn't inquire anything, i just misunderstood you (or, didn't properly look at the subforum this was posted to). sorry about that and nevermind. Not a problem...

Yes. It's something the forum admin will have to fix, it's missing its description.

My post was forum-specific (technicial issue), not related to LXDE. Your inquiry would be better served if it were posted to General Area.

In the Account Settings area of the User Control Panel, some information regarding Current Password seems to be missing from the script, the prompt displays:

Current password:
{ CURRENT_CHANGE_PASSWORD_EXPLAIN }

Debian generally has a two-year release cycle, so any new versions of packages released since Wheezy was released, will not be provided by Debian until the next release (Debian 8), unless something is subsequently released that is security-related, in which case Debian should provide the new version...

There is a new blue LXDE desktop on http://blog.lxde.org/?p=317. A user named Fred indicated he had designed it as well as the older ones. A Google Image search came up with the same graphic, but I also found it in five additional colors. If Fred sees this, they all look fantastic and I have downloa...

Actually, there is, it's called Network Status Monitor, when it's added to the panel, the icon shows two monitors. If you double-click it, a window opens up displaying items including the activity (Received/Sent) in packets and Mb.

You may also want to check with Vodafone to see if tethering (what you want to do) is allowed by them.