Greetings, I was wondering if any of the members of the Laptop Testing Team were having essentially no luck with their Toshiba laptops like I am. I'm going to provide a list of problems from my Tecra A4's wiki page, please chime in if you're experiencing any of them. I'm not sure if the Tecra A4 is just especially bad in terms of Linux support or if many similar models are as well.
Taken from https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaptopTestingTeam/ToshibaTecraA4 * Critical: Ethernet is now once again broken. This is a show-stopper for many people. (https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.15/+bug/39862) * Critical: Wireless with the ipw2200 driver is restarting due to firmware error, making wireless connectivity impossible. (https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.15/+bug/27778) * Major: USB Storage devices do not mount. (https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+bug/47883) * Moderate: None of the function keys work. (https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/hotkey-setup/+bug/20727) * Minor: Card reader isn't likely to work, no Linux driver available. (https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.15/+bug/20964) Our local Linux User Group saw quite a few Toshibas during the last installfest of the semester, most of these experienced at least one of these problems. Some laptops were uninstallable, which is the category the Tecra A4 falls under. The first and third entry in this list are the most critical, as they prevent me from doing much of anything. I can't get dmesg output to the bug tracker aside from typing it out manually due to the USB problem. I can't grab updated drivers via USB or Ethernet either, so my laptop is essentially cut off from all outside contact :) In any case, are these problems some of you other Toshiba testers are seeing? It seems like there are a lot of problems with ACPI on the Tecra that cause other problems. -- laptop-testing-team mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/laptop-testing-team
