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Installation

First I tried to install Novell/SuSE 6.4 directly from the bootable CD, but the CD didn't boot. So I have taken the boot image floppy, which mounted the CD than. I will try to check Debian, too. Note: You probably have to use the TECRA boot floppy therefore!

BIOS

The BIOS can be reached by different programs from the MS-Windows GUI. Or from DOS mode by TSETUP.EXE. You may also press <ESC> at boot time (immediately!), then <F1>.

Graphics

Text Mode

I have enabled 'stretched' mode in the BIOS, so the whole display is used.

X-Windows

Couldn't get the S3 driver (XFree86 3.3.6) to work, but I didn't study README.s3 carefully yet. Instead I have used the framebuffer X server. With vga = 773 in /etc/lilo.conf it works in 1024x768 mode. Though this mode still needs some work to get the display a bit more crisp. vga = 785 (0x311) and vga = 791 (0x317) didn't work for me.

TV Video Out

Not tested yet.

PCMCIA

With older PCMCIA-CS packages the driver i82365 initializes the PCMCIA card alright, but freezes the machine at the login prompt. So please use the latest PCMCIA-CS package.

USB

Mouse worked with usb-uhci driver (Legacy mode not tested yet).

IrDA

Not tested yet.

Sound

Not tested yet.

Mouse (AccuPoint II)

Works in PS/2 mode. The scroll buttons are reported as wheel motion (Z axis motion) and can be accessed after mapping in /etc/XF86Config.

'tosh-utils'

This application by Jonathan Buzzard(http://www.buzzard.me.uk/toshiba/index.html) offers:

Internal Modem

minicom works with ltmodem binary driver insmod -f ltmodem, modem is at /dev/ttyS14 than.

Floppy

Works well up to 1.722MB, fdformat /dev/fd0u2880 for 2.880MB couldn't read all cylinders.

APM

Not tested yet.

Fn Keys

Seem to work well, to set display brightness, speaker volume and other features.

Toshiba Support

'lanoche' Report

Preface

This is a survey about Linux related hardware features of the Satellite Pro 4270. I don't try to explain the usual installation details (for instance, which partitions I have made).

Werner Heuser <wehe_at_tuxmobil.org>

Installation

On my Satellite Pro 4270 I have installed the SuSE 6.4 Linux distribution.

General Hardware Data

General system information:
Linux satellite 2.2.14 #1 Mon Mar 13 10:51:48 GMT 2000 i686 unknown 

processor	: 0
vendor_id	: GenuineIntel
cpu family	: 6
model		: 8
model name	: Pentium III (Coppermine)
stepping	: 1
cpu MHz		: 497.568187
cache size	: 128 KB
fdiv_bug	: no
hlt_bug		: no
sep_bug		: no
f00f_bug	: no
coma_bug	: no
fpu		: yes
fpu_exception	: yes
cpuid level	: 2
wp		: yes
flags		: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr xmm
bogomips	: 992.87
    
    Filesystem           1k-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda5              2020332    922223    993689  48% /
/dev/hda3                23331      1138     20989   5% /boot
    
Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 730 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes

   Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1   *         1       255   2048256    b  Win95 FAT32
/dev/hda2           256       272    136552+  82  Linux swap
/dev/hda3           273       275     24097+  83  Linux
/dev/hda4           276       730   3654787+   5  Extended
/dev/hda5           276       535   2088418+  83  Linux
/dev/hda6           536       730   1566306   83  Linux

Hard Disk

    
/dev/hda:

 Model=IBM-DARA-206000, FwRev=AR2OA51A, SerialNo=AF0AFFZ6779
 Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs }
 RawCHS=12416/15/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=4
 BuffType=3(DualPortCache), BuffSize=418kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=off
 DblWordIO=no, OldPIO=2, DMA=yes, OldDMA=2
 CurCHS=12416/15/63, CurSects=11733120, LBA=yes, LBAsects=11733120
 tDMA={min:120,rec:120}, DMA modes: mword0 mword1 mword2 
 IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:240,w/IORDY:120}, PIO modes: mode3 mode4 
 UDMA modes: mode0 mode1 *mode2 mode3 mode4 
 Drive Supports : ATA/ATAPI-4 T13 1153D revision 17 : ATA-1 ATA-2 ATA-3 ATA-4

PCMCIA

Output of probe: 

    PCI bridge probe: Toshiba ToPIC100 found, 2 sockets.

Graphics-Chip

Output of SuperProbe: 

SuperProbe Version 2.21 (12 October 1999)
	(c) Copyright 1993,1994 by David Wexelblat <dwex_AT_xfree86.org>
	(c) Copyright 1994-1998 by The XFree86 Project, Inc

	This work is derived from the 'vgadoc2.zip' and
	'vgadoc3.zip' documentation packages produced by Finn
	Thoegersen, and released with all appropriate permissions
	having been obtained.  Additional information obtained from
	'Programmer's Guide to the EGA and VGA, 2nd ed', by Richard
	Ferraro, and from manufacturer's data books

Bug reports are welcome, and should be sent to XFree86@XFree86.org.
In particular, reports of chipsets that this program fails to
correctly detect are appreciated.

Before submitting a report, please make sure that you have the
latest version of SuperProbe (see http://www.xfree86.org/FAQ).

First video: Super-VGA
	Chipset: S3 (chipset unknown) (Port Probed)
		Signature data: e18c1211 (please report)
	Memory:  3072 Kbytes
	RAMDAC:  Generic 8-bit pseudo-color DAC
		 (with 6-bit wide lookup tables (or in 6-bit mode))

Infrared Port - IrDA(TM)

SIR 

    ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
ttyS01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 8250

Floppydrive

Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M

Survey PCI Devices

Output from lspci:

    00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX - 82443BX/ZX Host bridge (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX - 82443BX/ZX AGP bridge (rev 03)
00:05.0 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
00:05.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
00:05.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
00:05.3 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 03)
00:07.0 Communication controller: Lucent Microelectronics 56k WinModem (rev 01)
00:09.0 IRDA controller: Toshiba America Info Systems: Unknown device 0d01
00:0b.0 CardBus bridge: Toshiba America Info Systems: Unknown device 0617 (rev 20)
00:0b.1 CardBus bridge: Toshiba America Info Systems: Unknown device 0617 (rev 20)
00:0c.0 Multimedia audio controller: Yamaha Corporation YMF-744B [DS-1S Audio Controller] (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc.: Unknown device 8c12 (rev 11)

Survey RS232

Output from setserial: 

    /dev/ttyS0, Line 0, UART: 16550A, Port: 0x03f8, IRQ: 4
	Baud_base: 115200, close_delay: 50, divisor: 0
	closing_wait: 3000, closing_wait2: infinte
	Flags: spd_normal skip_test

/dev/ttyS1, Line 1, UART: 8250, Port: 0x02f8, IRQ: 3
	Baud_base: 115200, close_delay: 50, divisor: 0
	closing_wait: 3000, closing_wait2: infinte
	Flags: spd_normal skip_test

/dev/ttyS2, Line 2, UART: unknown, Port: 0x03e8, IRQ: 4
	Baud_base: 115200, close_delay: 50, divisor: 0
	closing_wait: 3000, closing_wait2: infinte
	Flags: spd_normal skip_test

/dev/ttyS3, Line 3, UART: unknown, Port: 0x02e8, IRQ: 3
	Baud_base: 115200, close_delay: 50, divisor: 0
	closing_wait: 3000, closing_wait2: infinte
	Flags: spd_normal

/dev/ttyS4, Line 4, UART: unknown, Port: 0x01a0, IRQ: 2
	Baud_base: 115200, close_delay: 50, divisor: 0
	closing_wait: 3000, closing_wait2: infinte
	Flags: spd_normal Fourport

/dev/ttyS5, Line 5, UART: unknown, Port: 0x01a8, IRQ: 2
	Baud_base: 115200, close_delay: 50, divisor: 0
	closing_wait: 3000, closing_wait2: infinte
	Flags: spd_normal Fourport

/dev/ttyS6, Line 6, UART: unknown, Port: 0x01b0, IRQ: 2
	Baud_base: 115200, close_delay: 50, divisor: 0
	closing_wait: 3000, closing_wait2: infinte
	Flags: spd_normal Fourport

/dev/ttyS7, Line 7, UART: unknown, Port: 0x01b8, IRQ: 2
	Baud_base: 115200, close_delay: 50, divisor: 0
	closing_wait: 3000, closing_wait2: infinte
	Flags: spd_normal Fourport

/dev/ttyS8, Line 8, UART: unknown, Port: 0x02a0, IRQ: 5
	Baud_base: 115200, close_delay: 50, divisor: 0
	closing_wait: 3000, closing_wait2: infinte
	Flags: spd_normal Fourport

/dev/ttyS9, Line 9, UART: unknown, Port: 0x02a8, IRQ: 5
	Baud_base: 115200, close_delay: 50, divisor: 0
	closing_wait: 3000, closing_wait2: infinte
	Flags: spd_normal Fourport

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