ToshibaTecraA9
Contact: a.schild@aarboard.ch
- Brand: Tecra
- Make : Toshiba
- Model: A9 (51G)
Current Issues
- Plugging in speakers to the headphone jack does not mute the laptop speakers
- Suspend does not work (Works when acpi=s3_sleep is specified)
- Brightness (fn + f6/f7) does not work with nvidia restricted drivers
System Info
{{{bios-version:Version 1.60 system-manufacturer:TOSHIBA system-product-name:TECRA A9 system-version:PTS52E-04L01NS4 }}}
Hardware details
Hardware Information |
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Screen & Monitors |
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Device |
Works? |
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in Gutsy Gibbon (7.10) |
Hardy (8.04 LTS) |
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Screen |
Yes |
Yes |
Correct resolution? |
Yes |
Yes |
Correct refresh rate? |
Yes |
Yes |
3D Acceleration |
Not yet sure |
Yes, some rendering problems (Bug #173300, #184720) |
External monitor works? (intel) |
Unknown |
Yes |
External monitor - mirrors (intel) |
Unknown |
Yes |
External monitor - extend desktop (intel) |
Unknown |
? |
External monitor works? (nvidia) |
No |
? |
External monitor - mirrors (nvidia) |
No |
? |
External monitor - extend desktop (nvidia) |
No |
? |
External monitor works? (Nvidia restricted_drv) |
Yes |
? |
External monitor - mirrors (Nvidia restricted_drv) |
Not sure yet |
? |
External monitor - extend desktop (Nvidia restricted_drv) |
Yes |
? |
Power Management |
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Battery detected? |
Yes |
Yes |
Hibernates? |
Works when acpi=s3_sleep is specified on boot |
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Sleep |
Works when acpi=s3_sleep is specified on boot |
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Dim monitor on battery |
Yes |
Yes |
Blank monitor on inactivity |
Yes |
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Lid Close |
Yes |
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Cpu frequency scaling |
Yes |
Yes |
Sound |
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Sound works? |
Yes |
Yes |
Correct volume? |
Yes |
Yes |
Hardware volume switch |
Yes |
Yes |
Headphone jack |
Yes |
? |
Mic jack |
Untested |
Untested |
Networking |
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Wired NIC |
Yes |
Yes |
Wireless NIC |
Yes |
Yes |
PCMCIA NIC |
Untested |
Untested |
Firewire |
Untested |
Untested |
Bluetooth |
Yes (Howto) |
Yes (Howto) |
Modem |
Untested |
? |
Touchpad & Mice |
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Touchpad |
Yes |
Yes |
Touchpad - Doubletap = double click |
Yes |
Yes |
Touchpad - Scroll down side |
Untested |
Yes |
Touchpad - turned off while typing |
No |
No |
External mouse - USB |
Yes |
Yes |
External mouse - Serial |
Untested |
Untested |
Additional Hardware |
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CD/DVD drive |
Yes |
Yes |
PCMCIA cards |
Yes |
Untested |
Parallel Ports |
Untested |
Untested |
Card reader(s) |
Untested |
Untested |
Function and other keys |
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Fn key |
Operation |
Keycode |
Works? |
Bug # |
in Gutsy Gibbon 7.10? |
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+ Space |
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No |
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+ Esc |
Mute |
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Yes |
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+ F1 |
Lock |
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Yes |
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+ F2 |
Power |
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Yes |
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+ F3 |
Suspend to RAM? |
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No |
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+ F4 |
Suspend to HD? |
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No |
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+ F5 |
External Monitor |
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Yes |
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+ F6 |
Brightness down |
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Yes |
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+ F7 |
Brightness up |
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Yes |
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+ F8 |
WIFI |
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No |
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+ F9 |
Mouse On/Off |
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No |
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+ F10 |
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Yes |
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+ F11 |
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Yes |
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+ F12 |
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No |
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Other special keys |
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Key |
Operation |
Keycode |
Works? |
Bug # |
in Gutsy Gibbon 7.10? |
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(i) |
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Yes |
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External monitor |
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Untested |
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Bluetooth Howto
The bluetooth transmitter is turned off on each reboot. To enable it, you can use this command:
sudo toshset -bluetooth on
if you are running Ubuntu on AMD64 you can download toshset64 here http://www.schwieters.org/toshset/