ToshibaSatelliteProA100
- Contact: Glen Duncan Scott
- Brand: Toshiba
- Make : Satellite Pro
- Model: A100
Website: [http://uk.computers.toshiba-europe.com/cgi-bin/ToshibaCSG/jsp/productPage.do?service=UK&PRODUCT_ID=115309&DISC_MODEL=0&toshibaShop=true www.toshiba.com]
- S/N: Only needed if you have a Canonical supplied laptop
Current Issues
[http://acpi.sourceforge.net/ ACPI] Errors
- Unfortunately OpenGL appears unstable for R200 cards.
Phoenix BIOS hardware not supported by [http://www.fnfx.sourceforge.net/ Fnfx] or [http://www.buzzard.me.uk/toshiba/index.html Toshiba Linux Utilities]
- Battery life operation significantly reduced (1 hr 16 mins) compared to Windows (2 hrs).
System Info
bios-version:1.90 system-manufacturer:TOSHIBA system-product-name:Satellite Pro A100 system-version:PSAA3E-00Q013EN
Hardware details
CPU Intel(R) Celeron(R) M processor 1.40GHz Physical Memory 256MB DDR2 RAM (533 MHz) Hard Disk Capacity 41,052,372,480 [Byte] 38.233 [GB] Video ATI RADEON XPRESS 200M Series, version=8.162.0.0 Screen Resolution 1280 x 800 Pixels, 15.4 Wide Screen Color Quality True Color (32 Bit) Sound Realtek High Definition Audio, version=5.10.0.5188 Wireless Card Atheros AR5005G Wireless Network Adapter, version=4.1.2.108 Ethernet Card Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC, version=5.621.304.2005 Modem TOSHIBA Software Modem 56Kps data (V.90), version=2.1.62.0 IDE Device 1 TOSHIBA MK4032GSX CD/DVD Drive MATSHITA DVD/CDRW UJDA770, FW version=1.50 Keyboard/TouchPad Lithium-Ion Battery
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Screen & Monitors |
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Screen |
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Correct resolution? |
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Correct refresh rate? |
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3D Acceleration |
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External monitor works? |
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External monitor - mirrors |
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External monitor - extend desktop |
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Power Management |
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Battery detected? |
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Hibernates? |
Does Not Work |
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Sleep |
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Dim monitor on battery |
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Blank monitor on inactivity |
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Lid Close |
Screen Goes Blank |
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Cpu frequency scaling |
Does Not Work |
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Sound |
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Sound works? |
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Correct volume? |
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Hardware volume switch |
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Headphone jack |
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Mic jack |
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Networking |
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Wired NIC |
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Wireless NIC |
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PCMCIA NIC |
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Firewire |
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Bluetooth |
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Modem |
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Infrared |
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Touchpad & Mice |
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Touchpad |
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Touchpad - Doubletap = double click |
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Touchpad - Scroll down side |
Does Not Work |
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Touchpad - turned off while typing |
Does Not Work |
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External mouse - USB |
n/a |
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External mouse - Serial |
n/a |
n/a |
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Docking Station/Port Replicator |
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AC through replicator |
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USB |
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Serial |
n/a |
n/a |
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Parallel |
n/a |
n/a |
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External Monitor - VGA |
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External Monitor - DVI |
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Modem |
Does Not Work |
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NIC |
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PS/2 |
n/a |
n/a |
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Fingerprint reader |
n/a |
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CD/DVD drive |
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PCMCIA cards |
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Parallel Ports |
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Card reader(s) |
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+ Space |
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Does not work |
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+ Esc |
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+ F1 |
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+ F2 |
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+ F3 |
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Does not work |
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+ F4 |
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Does not work |
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+ F5 |
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Does not work |
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+ F6 |
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Does not work |
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+ F7 |
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Does not work |
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+ F8 |
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Does not work |
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+ F9 |
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Does not work |
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+ F10 |
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Does not work |
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+ F11 |
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Does not work |
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+ F12 |
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Does not work |
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+ 8 (ArrowUp/8) |
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+ K (ArrowDown/2) |
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+ O (ArrowRight/6) |
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+ U (ArrowLeft/4) |
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+ 9 (PgUp/9) |
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+ L (PgDn/3) |
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+ 7 (Home/7) |
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+ 0 (*) |
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+ I (5) |
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+ J (End/1) |
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+ ; (+) |
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+ M (Ins/0) |
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+ . (Del/.) |
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Notes
ATI RadeonĀ® Xpress 200M
[http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubuntu_Dapper_Installation_Guide Installation Guide]
Wi-FiĀ® 802.11b/g integrated Wireless LAN (Atheros Communications Inc.)
- Requires net5211.inf Windows driver file and don't forget to turn hardware switch on! Activation command
$sudo dhclient ath0
[http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/mediawiki/index.php/Installation Installation Guide]
Xgl/Compiz (ATI) - Experimental - Works but missing window headers.
[http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Xgl-Compiz-Dapper Installation Guide]
Synaptic Package Manager
System>Administration>Synaptic Package Manager to install these additional programs.
Educational
[http://www.bibletime.info/ bibletime] - KJV Bible and commentary
[http://www.shatters.net/celestia/ celestia] - Real-time visual space simulation
[http://www.stellarium.org/ stellarium] - Real-time photo-realistic sky generator
Games
[http://www.armagetronad.net armagetron] - 3D Tron-like high speed game
- chromium - Scrolling space shooter
[http://www.frozen-bubble.org/ frozen-bubble] - Pop the bubbles
- ksokoban - Mental puzzles
[http://rrootage.sourceforge.net/ rrootage] - Abstract shooter game
[http://www.wesnoth.org/ wesnoth] - Battle strategy game
Graphics
[http://www.blender.org/ blender] - Very fast and versatile 3D modeller/renderer
Internet
[http://ddclient.sourceforge.net/ ddclient] - Update dynamic IP address at DynDNS.org. [http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Dapper#How_to_setup_a_LoJack_system_for_your_laptop Lojack]
[http://www.ethereal.com/ ethereal] - Network analysis tool
[http://www.fs-security.com/ firestarter] - Firewall
[http://www.adobe.com/ flashplugin-nonfree] - Macromedia Flash plugin
[http://gaim-encryption.sourceforge.net/ gaim-encryption] - Encryption plugin for Gaim
[http://gmail-notify.sourceforge.net/ gmail-notify] - Email alert
[http://earth.google.com/ googleearth] - Satellite earth imagery application
[http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/ mozilla-thunderbird] - Email client
[http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ mozilla-thunderbird-enigmail] - GPG support for Mozilla Thunderbird
[http://www.java.com/ sun-java5-jre] - Runtime environment
[http://www.java.com/ sun-java5-plugin] - Firefox plugin
[http://www.xchat.org/xchat xchat] - IRC
Office
[http://www.adobe.com/ acroread] - Acrobat reader and Firefox plugin
Programming
[http://www.nvu.com/ nvu] - Web Authoring System
Sound and Video
[http://amarok.kde.org/ amarok] - Media Player
[http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ audacity] - Multimedia Editing
[http://www.getdemocracy.com/ democracyplayer] - Internet TV Player
[http://www.k3b.org/ k3b], [http://lame.sourceforge.net/ lame], libk3b2-mp3 - Rip an Audio CD into MP3, ISO, CD/DVD burning software
[http://www.kinodv.org/ kino] - Multimedia Editing
- libdvdcss2 - DVD Decryption
- libxine-extracodecs - Multimedia Codecs i.e. Quicktime
[http://www.gnome.org/projects/totem/ totem-xine] - Media Player and Firefox plugin
[http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ vlc] - Media Player for unusual formats
- w32codecs - Multimedia audio and video codecs
System Tools
[http://kitenet.net/programs/alien/ alien] - Install non-native packages with dpkg
- build-essential - Enables building of Debian packages
[http://www.marzocca.net/linux/bum.html bum] - Boot-Up Manager for easy configuration of startup and shutdown scripts and services
[http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/ msttcorefonts] - Microsoft fonts
[http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/ ndiswrapper] - Installs Windows drivers for network cards.
- xorg-driver-fglrx - Video driver for ATI graphics accelerators
[http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=140920 System Cleanup Guide]
Firefox Extensions
[https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1865/ Adblock Plus]
[https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1136/ Adblock Filterset.G.Updater]
[https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/134/ Copy Plain Text]
[https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1532/ Del.icio.us]
[https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/684/ Fire FTP]
[https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1593/ Gmail Space]
[https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/135/ Secure Password Generator]
[https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/436/ Session Saver]
[https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/125/ Switch Proxy] - [http://www.digitalcybersoft.com/ProxyList/firefox-anonymous-browsing.shtml Installation Guide]
[https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1122/ Tab Mix Plus]
[https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/60/ Web Developer]
[https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1905/ Mostly Crystal (Theme)]
Links
[http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Dapper Unofficial Starter Guide]
[http://ubuntu.wordpress.com/ Wordpress]
[http://doc.gwos.org/index.php/Main_Page Ubuntu Document Storage Facility]
[http://monkeyblog.org/ubuntu/installing/ Monkeyblog]
[https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/dapper/i386/ Launchpad]
[http://linuxbasics.org/ Linux Basics]
[http://www.linux-laptop.net/ Linux on Laptops]
[http://www.linlap.com/tiki-index.php?page=Toshiba+Satellite+Pro+A100 Linux Laptop Wiki]
[http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Toshiba_Satellite_A100 Gentoo]