installation of linux on laptop

[Bryan Frechette]

Hi i would like to know if ever anyone has tried and installed 
successfully Linux, Fedora Core 3 or Debian Sid on a IBM thinkpad I 
series, (1161-93U), i have been having problems with both these 
operating system with the video card and the X server, it always 
crashes, everytime i try to boot, it works a few time and after that it 
crashes

Bryan Frechette