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
WLAN channels 12+13 don't work per default in 8.10 Enable channels 12+13
Hotkeys and Bluetooth don't work in 8.10 (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IntrepidReleaseNotes#Toshiba%20laptop%20hotkey%20support)
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) |
Intrepid (8.10) |
Jaunty Alpha3 (9.04) |
Karmin (9.10) |
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Screen |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Correct resolution? |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Correct refresh rate? |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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3D Acceleration |
Not yet sure |
Yes, some rendering problems (Bug #173300, #184720) |
Yes |
Untested |
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External monitor works? (intel) |
Unknown |
Yes |
Untested |
Untested |
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External monitor - mirrors (intel) |
Unknown |
Yes |
Untested |
Untested |
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External monitor - extend desktop (intel) |
Unknown |
? |
Untested |
Untested |
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External monitor works? (nvidia) |
No |
? |
Untested |
Untested |
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External monitor - mirrors (nvidia) |
No |
? |
Untested |
Untested |
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External monitor - extend desktop (nvidia) |
No |
? |
Untested |
Untested |
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External monitor works? (Nvidia restricted_drv) |
Yes |
? |
Untested |
Untested |
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External monitor - mirrors (Nvidia restricted_drv) |
Not sure yet |
? |
Untested |
Untested |
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External monitor - extend desktop (Nvidia restricted_drv) |
Yes |
? |
Untested |
Untested |
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Power Management |
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Battery detected? |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Hibernates? |
Works when acpi=s3_sleep is specified on boot |
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No |
Yes |
Yes |
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Sleep |
Works when acpi=s3_sleep is specified on boot |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Dim monitor on battery |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Blank monitor on inactivity |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
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Lid Close |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
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Cpu frequency scaling |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Sound |
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Sound works? |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Correct volume? |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Hardware volume switch |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Untested |
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Headphone jack |
Yes |
? |
Untested |
Untested |
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Mic jack |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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Networking |
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Wired NIC |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Untested |
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Wireless NIC |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes (Enable channels 12+13) |
Yes |
Yes |
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PCMCIA NIC |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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Firewire |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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Bluetooth |
Yes (Howto) |
Yes (Howto) |
No (No way to turn the module on) Bug #261318 |
Untested |
Yes |
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Modem |
Untested |
? |
Untested |
Untested |
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Touchpad & Mice |
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Touchpad |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Touchpad - Doubletap = double click |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes (Must be enabled) |
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Touchpad - Scroll down side |
Untested |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Touchpad - turned off while typing |
No |
No |
Untested |
Untested |
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External mouse - USB |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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External mouse - Serial |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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Additional Hardware |
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CD/DVD drive |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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PCMCIA cards |
Yes |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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Parallel Ports |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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Card reader(s) |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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Fingerprint reader |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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Function and other keys |
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Fn key |
Operation |
Keycode |
Works? |
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7.10 |
8.04 |
8.10 |
9.04 Alpha3 |
9.10 |
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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? |
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7.10 |
8.04 |
8.10 |
9.04 |
9.10 |
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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
Does not work with inital 8.10 release
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/
Enable WLAN channels 12 and 13 in 8.10
The WLAN driver per default does disable channels 12 and 13, since they are not allowed to be used in US. In europe these channels are allowed to be used.
Add this to /etc/modprobe.d/options(This file is /etc/modprobe.d/options.conf in Jaunty and newer versions):
options cfg80211 ieee80211_regdom=EU
The reboot the laptop.
Enable the fingerprint reader in 8.10
LaptopTestingTeam/Old/ToshibaTecraA9 (last edited 2010-03-01 17:42:56 by host226-241-dynamic)