ToshibaSatelliteA500-141

Toshiba Satellite A500-141

Current Issues

System Info

system-manufacturer: TOSHIBA

system-product-name: Satellite A500-141

system-version: ????

Hardware details

Screen & Monitors

Device

Works?

Bug #

in Gutsy (7.10)

in Hardy (8.04 LTS)

in Jaunty (9.04)

Screen

Untested

Untested

YES

Correct resolution?

Untested

Untested

YES, 1366x768

Correct refresh rate?

Untested

Untested

Untested

3D Acceleration

Untested

Untested

Untested

External monitor works?

Untested

Untested

Untested

External monitor - mirrors

Untested

Untested

Untested

External monitor - extend desktop

Untested

Untested

Untested

Power Management

Battery detected?

Untested

Untested

YES

Hibernates?

Untested

Untested

Untested

Suspend

Untested

Untested

WORKS

Dim monitor on battery

Untested

Untested

Untested

Blank monitor on inactivity

Untested

Untested

Untested

Lid Close

Untested

Untested

Untested

Cpu frequency scaling

Untested

Untested

Untested

Sound

Sound works?

Untested

Untested

WORKS

Correct volume?

Untested

Untested

Untested

Hardware volume switch

Untested

Untested

Untested

Headphone jack

Untested

Untested

Untested

Mic jack

Untested

Untested

Untested

Networking

Wired NIC

Untested

Untested

Work

Wireless NIC

Untested

Untested

YES

PCMCIA NIC

Untested

Untested

Untested

Firewire

Untested

Untested

Untested

Bluetooth

Untested

Untested

YES(see instructions below)

Modem

Untested

Untested

Untested

Infrared

Untested

Untested

Untested

Touchpad & Mice

Touchpad

Untested

Untested

YES

Touchpad - Doubletap = double click

Untested

Untested

YES

Touchpad - Scroll down side

Untested

Untested

YES

External mouse - USB

Untested

Untested

Untested

External mouse - Serial

Untested

Untested

Untested

Docking Station/Port Replicator

AC through replicator

Untested

Untested

Untested

USB

Untested

Untested

Untested

Serial

Untested

Untested

Untested

Parallel

Untested

Untested

Untested

External Monitor - VGA

Untested

Untested

Untested

External Monitor - DVI

Untested

Untested

Untested

Modem

Untested

Untested

Untested

NIC

Untested

Untested

Untested

PS/2

Untested

Untested

Untested

Additional Hardware

Fingerprint reader

Untested

Untested

Untested

CD/DVD drive

Untested

Untested

Untested

PCMCIA cards

Untested

Untested

Untested

Parallel Ports

Untested

Untested

Untested

Card reader(s)

Untested

Untested

Untested

WebCam

Untested

Untested

WORKS with ekiga

Function and other keys

Fn key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug #

in Gutsy (7.10)

in Hardy (8.04 LTS)

in Jaunty (9.04)

+ Space

Untested

Untested

Untested

+ Esc

Mute Volume

Untested

Untested

Untested

+ F1

Untested

Untested

Untested

+ F2

Untested

Untested

Untested

+ F3

Untested

Untested

Untested

+ F4

Untested

Untested

Untested

+ F5

Switch screen

Untested

Untested

Untested

+ F6

Brightness down

Untested

Untested

Untested

+ F7

Brightness up

Untested

Untested

Untested

+ F8

Disable Wireless

Untested

Untested

Untested

+ F9

Untested

Untested

Untested

+ F10

Untested

Untested

Untested

+ F11

Untested

Untested

Untested

+ F12

Untested

Untested

Untested

Other special keys

Key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug #

in Gutsy (7.10)

in Hardy (8.04 LTS)

in Jaunty (9.04)

Multimedia Keys

Play/Pause

Untested

Untested

Untested

STOP

Untested

Untested

Untested

Previous Track

Untested

Untested

Untested

Next Track

Untested

Untested

Untested

Notes

Please add messing details if you have the same laptop Smile :-) .

Graphics Driver

At the beginning I was using the fglrx open source driver by default in jaunty, the resolution was ok, but when watching fullscreen videos in codec H.264 .AAC my ubuntu just hanged up totally. This is the bug I reported: https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/fglrx/+bug/438917

So I installed the ATI Catalystâ„¢ 9.8 Proprietary Linux x86 Display Driver from their website and installed using this tutorial: http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubuntu_Jaunty_Installation_Guide

I had to do some tweeks to make the sound work: http://www.mediaboxblog.co.uk/blog1.php/2008/08/15/howto-audio-over-hdmi-with-the-hd3200-rs

Bluetooth

$ sudo vi /etc/apt/sources.list deb http://packages.kirya.net/debian/ sid main contrib non-free deb-src http://packages.kirya.net/debian/ sid main contrib non-free

  • Let's add the repository keys that we have added and we do an update of synaptic:

$ gpg --keyserver wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net --recv-keys E435C74B $ gpg --export -a E435C74B >/tmp/repo.key $ sudo apt-key add /tmp/repo.key $ sudo aptitude update

  • Install omnibook-source:

$ sudo aptitude install omnibook-source

  • We use moduleassistant to build the kernel module:

$ sudo m-a a-i omnibook-source

  • We make sure the module will be load when booting, adding the line "omnibook" to the end of the file /etc/modules:

$ sudo nano /etc/modules omnibook

  • Creamos las opciones del módulo:

$ sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/omnibook.conf Add this line to the new created file: options omnibook ectype=14 userset=0 lcd=0 display=0 blank=0 battery=0 ac=0 bluetooth=1

  • Reload the module (otherwise restart the system)

$ sudo modprobe omnibook ectype=14

With this the bluetooth icon should appear in the notifications area, and we can use bluetooth normally.


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