[tlinux-users 00223] Re: Toshiba Satellite U400-138 and ACPI issues

[Jonathan Buzzard]

Renato S. Yamane wrote:
> Thomas Charron wrote:
>> Robert Hunt 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???
>>   I believe that the support people from Toshiba who actually
>> sometimes read and respond to issues on this list know the issues, and
>> they haven't listened.  Toshiba doesn't care.  Perhaps eventually they
>> will, but if the Toshiba people READING this list can't even respond
>> when people are saying, 'Im NEVER buying a Toshiba again', then the
>> only way it WILL be addressed is if someone in marketting says, 'Hey,
>> lets come out with a Linux lappy!'.
> 
> I requested to Toshiba ssh connection to some Toshiba models (to Greg KH
> make & correct some drivers and acpi problems), but they refuse.
> 
> Toshiba don't develop linux drivers, don't supply machines to
> developers, and don't accept ssh-connection to developers.
> 

That is factually incorrect. I have had in the past a number of machines 
on loan from Toshiba.

JAB.

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Fife, United Kingdom.