[tlinux-users 00205] Re: Toshiba Satellite U400-138 and ACPI issues

[Ilyes Gouta]

If we find a way to talk directly to the top level managers (not to
the bottom or middle level management where our requests may suddenly
disappear) or if we can get a firm comittement from some internal
representative, that would be definitely a leap in the good direction.
I think, what matters right now is to get them *aware* of the
importance of Linux nowadays but I won't go for bad publicity to
achieve that. Right now the issue is Phoenix/Toshiba (not just
Toshiba) since the former are responsible for providing the most
important piece of code in the computer, namely the BIOS.

Regards,
Ilyes Gouta.

On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 3:16 PM, Robert Hunt <hunt.robertj at gmail.com> wrote:
> Is there some way that we can advertise to people not to buy Toshiba
> laptops if they want to run Linux. Maybe then with some bad publicity,
> the management will take some notice???
>
> Robert.
>
>
>> 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...
>
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