[tlinux-users 00202] Re: Toshiba Satellite U400-138 and ACPI issues

[Thomas Charron]

On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 4:36 AM, Ilyes Gouta <ilyes.gouta at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> You'll need to call some ACPI methods in order to enable/disable the
> LEDs. The new models from Toshiba (Statellite A/U 300 and up) are 100%
> designed for Windows. Reading the DSDT ACPI table was a shocker for me
> since it contained a lot of references to some Windows only
> capabilities such as a hidden ACPI device (TVAP, Toshiba Value Added
> Package), an ACPI - WMI interface which offer a way for windows to
> access BIOS functions through a WMI interface, an incomplete thermal
> zone specification in which there is no mention of a fan device,
> although the CPU (and/or GPU) fan keep spinning at full speed, all the
> time, and loudly as soon as I boot my laptop into Linux (Could you
> please check if you have the same symptoms as mine, regarding the last
> point?).
> Now, there is one thing I like you to do, could you please send me
> back your binary DSDT table? To do it, log as root on your machine,
> open a shell and do:
> $ cat  /proc/acpi/dsdt > acpi-dump.bin
> and then send me back acpi-dump.bin.

  Yup, and all this windows only *lazyness* on the part of Toshiba is
why it's pretty much on my 'make sure no one I know EVER buys a
toshiba'.  :-D

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-- Thomas