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Install Evaluation


Portégé M700-PPM70*
Hardware Specification (from Windows Vista Home Premium Device Manager)
 Computer
  ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) x86 based PC
 CPU
 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7500 @ 2.20GHz
 Keyboard
 HID Keyboard Device
 Mouse
 Alps Pointing-device, HID-compliant mouse
 Video
 Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family
 Monitor
 Plug and Play (1152x768)
 Sound
 Realtek High Definition Audio (With EC)
 HDC

 ATA Channel 0
Intel(R) 82801HEM/HBM SATA AHCI Controller
Intel(R) ICH8M Ultra ATA Storage Controller-2850
Human Interface Device HID-compliant device
TOSHIBA Tablet PC Buttons Type N
Virtual Touch Driver
Wacom Penabled Dual Touch
 HDD
 FUJITSU MHW2120BJ G1
 DVD/CD-ROM
 MATSHITA DVD-RAM UJ-852S ATA Device
 SDC
 SDA Standard Compliant SD Host Controller
 Memory Tech.

Microsoft iSCSI Initiatior
Intel® Turbo Memory Controller
 IEEE1394

 Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
 USB(1.1)

 Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB Universal Host Controller x5
 USB(2.0)

 Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB2 Enhanced Host Controller x2
 LAN

Intel® 82566MM Gigabit Network Connection
 WirelessLAN

Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN
Bluetooth Bluetooth USB Controller-5 from TOSHIBA
 FeliCa

 N/A
 AC

 Microsoft AC Adapter
 Battery

 Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery

Y-worked without any modification M-requires modification N-did not work at all L-limited
Ubuntu 8.04 ***Kernel-2.6.24-16-Generic
KB
Y
  
Mouse(TPad)
Y
XFree86
Y
Sound
Y
  
HDD
Y
  
DVD/CD
Y
 DVD (Installing the driver only)
DVD-RW/CD-RW
Y
  
Printer
Y
 Tested with EPSON Stylus Photo 2200
ExpressCard
-
  
SDC
Y
 sdhci (Installing the driver only)
IEEE1394
Y
 firewire_ohci(Installing the driver only)
USB
Y
  
USB CDROM
L
  
USB FDD
Y
  
USB Mouse
Y
  
LAN
Y
  
W-LAN
Y
  
Touch Screen
Y
Pen
Y
Screen rotation
Y
Bezel buttons
Y
Shutdown
Y
Reboot
Y
ACPI
Y
 ACPI: (supports S0 S3 S4 S5)
Suspend
Y
  
Hibernation
Y
  

DESCRIPTION
W-LAN sudo modprobe -r iwl4965
cd /etc/modprobe.d/
touch iwl4965
gedit  iwl4965
In the file enter the following
alias wlan0  iwl4965
options  iwl4965 disable_hw_scan=1
modprobe  iwl4965
ifconfig wlan0 up
Sound sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-hardy
sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base
add the line at the end
options snd-hda-intel model=toshiba
restart
Tablet Pen sudo apt-get install setserial
sudo nano /etc/rc.local
/bin/setserial /dev/ttyS0 port 0x338 irq 4 autoconfig
sudo apt get install xserver-xorg-input-wacom wacom-tools
sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Edit the xorg.conf file to add the following 3 sections

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "stylus"
Driver "wacom"
Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
Option "Type" "stylus"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"
Option "Mode" "absolute"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "eraser"
Driver "wacom"
Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
Option "Type" "eraser"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"
Option "Mode" "absolute"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "cursor"
Driver "wacom"
Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
Option "Type" "cursor"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"
Option "Mode" "absolute"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
EndSection

in section ServerLayout at the end of the same file
InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents

Edit the Section "Device" to this:

Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Driver "Intel"
EndSection

reboot
Finger Touchscreen Download the isdv4.patch (8KB)
Download the linuxwacom-0.7.9-7.tar.bz2 (24KB)

sudo apt-get install build-essential tk tk-dev patch
tar xvjf linuxwacom-0.7.9-7.tar.bz2
cd linuxwacom-0.7.9-7
patch -p1 <../isdv4.patch
./configure
make
sudo make install
Screen rotation sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf
into the Device section add
Option "RandRRotation" "true"
Restart X
disable compiz System->Preferences->Appearence->VisualEffects->None to make rotation work
sudo nano /usr/local/bin/toshiba-rotate
save script:
#!/bin/bash
# Toshiba M700 rotate script for bezel button

if [ -f /tmp/rotated ]; then
xrandr -o normal
xsetwacom set "stylus" Rotate none
xsetwacom set "cursor" Rotate none
xsetwacom set "eraser" Rotate none
rm -f /tmp/rotated && exit 0
else
xrandr -o right
xsetwacom set "stylus" Rotate CW
xsetwacom set "cursor" Rotate CW
xsetwacom set "eraser" Rotate CW
echo 1 > /tmp/rotated && exit 0
fi
sudo chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/toshiba-rotate
Bezel buttons sudo apt-get install xbindkeys xbindkeys-config xautomation
cd ~
xbindkeys --defaults >./.xbindkeysrc
xbindkeys-config
GUI should open and you can edit/add new key assignments.
For example to add screen rotation click "New", then in Edit section enter the name
click "Get Key" and press bezel button. Something like "Mod4 + 6|m0x40+c:15"
"Action" enter "/usr/local/bin/toshiba-rotate" then click "Save&Apply&Exit".
add xbindkeys to your session startup scripts in System->Preferences->Sessions
 

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