*The evaluation report
created by the user.
Satellite 2405-S201
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Hardware Specification
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DVD/CDRW
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TOSHIBA DVD-ROM
SD-R2102, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive |
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PCMCIA
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Toshiba ToPIC100
CardBus Controller x2 |
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SDC
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Toshiba America
Info Systems SD TypA Controller |
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USB
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USB Controller:
Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM USB |
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Keyboard
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Standard 101/102-Key
or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard |
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Computer
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Advanced
Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI)PC |
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Sound
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Intel 810 + AC97
Audio [ Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM AC'97] |
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HDD
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IBM IC25N030ATCS04-0
(30 GB) |
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Video
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S3 SuperSavage
IX/16MB [S3 Inc. SuperSavage IX/C SDR] |
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LAN
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Intel(R) PRO/100
Network |
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HID
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USB HID v1.10
Mouse [Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse] |
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CPU
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Intel(R) Pentium(R)
4 Mobile CPU 1.60GHz stepping 04 |
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Mouse
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ALPS PS/2 Port
Pointing Device |
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Modem
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TOSHIBA Software
Modem AMR [Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Modem]
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Monitor
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1024 x 768 |
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IrDA
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SMC IrCC - Fast
Infrared Port |
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Iomega Zip drive
250 MB [ Parallel Port ] |
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Scanner
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Primax One Touch
5300 [Parallel Port] Scanner |
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Y-worked
without any modification M-requires
modification N-did not work at all
L-limited
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2. Running on Red
Hat Linux 9 (Shrike)
with the stable
kernel version 2.4.20
and Windows
XP ( NTFS partition
) in the same hard disk: (with grub)
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| KB |
Y
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US101 |
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XFree86
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Y
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Note: that as of this writing,
3D hardware acceleration with the S3 SuperSavage
chip is not supported in XFree86 4.3 and probably
never will be. But all other XFree86
X setups work fine.
There's no 3D acceleration available yet
provided by GNU/GPL Software. :(
However there exists:
The commercial Summit LX Platinum X server
available at www.xig.com
works great on this laptop and fully
supports the 3D acceleration capabilities
of the S3 SuperSavage chip and works great
under my Red Hat 9.0
For detailed info about Summit LX Platinum
X server supported Hardware click here
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Sound
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Y
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The
Sound is working well ( Red Hat
detects and installs the Sound Card in a snap
;) |
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| DVD/CDRW |
Y
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CD/R CD/RW is working fine,
I can play DVD's using Xine, Totem, MPlayer,
burn CDR, blank CDRWs with XCDRoast and more...
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| PCMCIA |
NP
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Not
probed yet, supported on the kernel yes. |
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SDC
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NP
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No
driver support |
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USB
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Y
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Working
normally |
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Bluetooth [WiFi]
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NP
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Not
probed yet, supported on the kernel yes. |
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USB Mouse
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Y
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Working
normally. |
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LAN
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Y
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I have not problems installing it.
Runs at 10mbps and 100mbps normally.
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Modem
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Y
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I finally made it work,
with a driver that you can download from my
site (slmdm-2.7.10). Just untar the tar.gz
and read the instructions. No more additional
directions < is very "easy" to install.
The modem is working at almost 100%.
[ If this driver doesn't work for you,
yo can try another version, the latest one
on my
site (2.7.14){may be, the driver 'll
not work at all }] |
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Reboot
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Y
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Reboots...
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Suspend
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M
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Suspend
mode, requires APM Kernel |
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| Touchpad |
Y
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By default Red Hat install the touch pad...
if not do this : On Red Hat, just select
on mouse graphical menu, the ALPS mouse,
then restart X (keys: [CONTROL]+[ALT]+[SHIFT]+[BACK
SPACE]),
and there you go :)
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| Video
Out [Port] |
Y/ L / M
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Video Out, is working, just
press the function key plus F5 [ Fn
F5 ]several times, until you get the video
out signal on screen.
Some problems during passing video out with
Xine, not resolved yet.
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| iRDA |
L / M / Y
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I have probed IrDa with smcinit
and it really works. I recommend to install
irda-utils
too just in case :P.
{Need to invest some part of your time modifying
the default config.}
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| NTFS
Issue |
Y / L / M
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By some reason Red Hat leave out
the distribution the NTFS support, however
the people of Linux
NTFS Project have developed a huge
list of rpms for Red Hat for almost all
the distributions and kernels. Working well.
Limited to Read Only
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| Zip
Drive |
Y / M
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Working
normally. |
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| Scanner |
N
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Primax,
didn't support this scanner for work under Linux
OS |
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Y-worked
M-requires modification N-did
not work at all L-limited NP
Not-Probed
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Additional output info
I thought it might
be useful to post some output date in case you need
some help trying to identify your toshiba laptop's
hardware on Linux OS.
First, you have
to identify as root user
on Shell type "su"
and type your root password, in order to execute
the following commands:
2.a.a
DMESG
[root@floydian}#dmesg
2.a.b
CAT PROC PCI
[root@floydian]#cat
/proc/pci
2.a.b.c
PROC
[root@floydian]ls
/proc
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3.
How do I install the Iomega® parallel port or
Jaz® TravellerT drivers for Linux® Kernel
2.2.14 or higher? (taken from iomega.com)
First
of all, you need to download the IomegaWare for
linux from
Iomega
Use the following instructions
to load the drivers needed to detect your Zip®
parallel port drive or your Jaz® drive (connected
to the Jaz TravellerT) in Linux®. You must
be logged into the root and not as SU (shared user).
STEP ONE - Use the modprobe
command to install the following drivers:
- modprobe imm for
new Iomega parallel port drives.
- modprobe ppa for
older parallel port drives.
- modprobe vfat
to load both fat.0 and vfat.0
Note: These are usually loaded
by default in most releases of the linux Kernel.
If you get a message
that indicates there is no such file or module
when installing the fat.0 and the vfat.0, the
module may already be installed or you are not
logged in the root.
Some Zip 100 parallel port
drives may need the motherboard cmos setting,
under parallel port options, set for standard
parallel port (spp) to work correctly.
STEP TWO - Add the following mount
point for your drive: mkdir /mnt/zip100.0
If you have more than one Iomega drive,
you will need to add a mount point for each drive.
Use the following chart to determine the mount point
for your Iomega drive:
| Zip 100 drives
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First drive |
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zip100.0 |
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Second drive |
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zip100.1 |
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Third drive |
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zip100.2 |
| Zip 250 drives
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First drive |
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zip250.0 |
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Second drive |
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zip250.1 |
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Third drive |
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zip250.2 |
| Jaz
1GB drives |
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First drive |
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jaz1g.0 |
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Second drive |
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jaz1g.1 |
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Third drive |
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jaz1g.2 |
| Jaz 2GB drives
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First drive |
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jaz2g.0 |
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Second drive |
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jaz2g.1 |
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Third drive |
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jaz2g.2 |
Note: These are the default
names for Iomega drives if you change the name,
you will be unable to use IomegaWareT with
your drive. Steps 3 and 4 give permission to the
drive for other users.
STEP THREE - Add the following line
to fstab:
- Type: /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip100.0
vfat noauto,user 0 0
STEP FOUR - Mount your drive
2. Type: mount -t vfat /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip100.0
where -t = type and vfat = disk format
and are optional.
Note: You may use /dev/sda4
/mnt/zip100.0 omitting -t vfat
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Another
Paper
Originally written from
http://pws.prserv.net/linux/
Toshiba Satellite
2405-S201
I use SuSE Linux Professional 8.2
* Summary: This is the best linux laptop
I've ever owned.
Intel Pentium 4 at 1.6GHz
256Meg RAM expandable to 512Meg
30GB hard drive
DVD-ROM/CDRW muti-funtion drive
3.5" floppy drive
14.1" TFT (1024x768 24bit)
16MG S3 Super Savage video
V.90/56K Modem (this is really a "Toshiba Software
Modem")
Integrated Intel 10/100 Ethernet interface
I'm dual booting Windows XP Professional and SuSE
8.2 using the grub that comes with SuSE 8.2. It
boots either Windows XP or SuSE 8.2 Pro just fine.
I just wiped the default Windows XP Home that came
with this thing and installed my own Windows XP
Professional. Used the Windows XP Pro install to
wipe all existing partitions from the drive and
install a 10Gig NTFS partition from XP. I then installed
Windows XP Pro into this partition.
I used the SuSE 8.2 Pro install to install my linux
partitions in the remaining disk space and I then
let GRUB install it's boot manager on the drive.
Grub dual boots Windows XP Pro and/or SuSE 8.2 Pro
just fine.
I built a new 2.4.21 kernel with the latest Software
Suspend patches and ALSA
0.9.6 stable sound kernel drivers.
What's working under SuSE 8.2:
* X11 XFree86 4.3 (1024x768 24 bit) , KDE
3.1.2 (which I've now updated to KDE 3.1.3 via SuSE
KDE service, GNOME 2.2, etc.
-
Note:
that as of this writing, 3D hardware acceleration
with the S3 SuperSavage chip is not
supported in XFree86 4.3 and probably
never will be. But all other
XFree86 X setups work fine. I just used the
SuSE 8.2 sax2 setup X11.
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However:
The commercial Summit LX Platinum
X server available at www.xig.com
works great on this laptop and fully supports
the 3D acceleration capabilites of the S3 SuperSavage
chip and works great under my SuSE 8.2 installation
and the 2.4.21 kernel that I built.
* 10base100 ethernet no problem
* touchpad and keyboard (add Option
"XkdDisable" "on" in XF86Config to correct
for repeating characters when you type in an Xterm,
etc.).
* video switching mode (Fn-F5)
for displaying either on External and/or LCD screen.
no problem. This works with the Summit LX platinum
server mentioned above too, but you have to use
their CTRL-ALT-TAB hotkey and not the Toshiba FN-F5
key.
* Wireless LAN works right out of the box
with both the Dlink DWL-650 802.11b PCMCIA
wireless adapter that I used originally and the
mini-PCI 802.11b internal wireless card that I installed
in the bottom of this Toshiba. SuSE 8.2 is using
the orinoco drivers and they work fine.
* Power Management: ACPI, APM etc.
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I have the Toshiba
Laptop Utilities installed
I boot with the following boot arguments: apm=on
acpi=off. I use apmd and the power controls
in KDE 3.1.3 to suspend (apm -S) the laptop
to RAM and it works fine.
I use the latest software suspend kernel patches
from http://swsusp.sf.net
for my kernel to "hibernate" aka software
suspend the laptop. The software suspend script
also available at the above URL works fine for
hibernating this laptop. I love being able to
suspend to disk under Linux, boot Windows XP
from hibernation, hibernate Windows XP and boot
back into Linux and start right where I left
off in Linux. Makes Linux on this laptop a joy
to use.
Since I use APM and not ACPI, the display lid
switch and power button don't work for triggering
a hibernation or standby, but that's OK for
me, I use either the KDE power control taskbar
button to put the laptop into standby (apm -S
to suspend to RAM), or script above for hibernation.
* The "Toshiba Software Modem"
in this thing will probably never work with Linux,
but since I use a 3COM 56K PCMCIA modem card anyway,
this is not really a problem for me.
* The DVD/CDRW drive works. I
use MPlayer and Ogle to watch DVD movies and KreateCD
to burn CDs.
* Sound:
As mentioned above, I installed the ALSA 0.9.6 drivers
and they work fine with the ALSA tools that are
installed by default with SuSE 8.2. The only reason
I installed my own ALSA 0.9.6 drivers is because
I built my own kernel. The sound card in this laptop
is described by Toshiba as "YMF753 codec chip".
SuSE configures /etc/modules.conf to use the Intel8x0
driver and this works good enough for me. I can
watch DVD movies with either some headphones or
the built-in speakers and they work
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