On 05/01/2014 05:09 AM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > I just wanted to mention that I got a new laptop this afternoon. > > Toshiba Satellite 17.3" Laptop > Intel Core i7 > 8GB Memory > 750GB Hard Drive > > processor : 7 > vendor_id : GenuineIntel > cpu family : 6 > model : 60 > model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4700MQ CPU @ 2.40GHz > > > I spent a while figuring out how to not accept the Windows EULA. It > wasn't obvious. I had to remove the battery and then start up holding > the F2 key. > > The next issue was how to disable that secure boot thingy. There were > two separate places in the BIOS that I had to install as well as to tell > it to boot to usb first. That wasn't too had to figure out. > > I decided to use a usb install drive with debian-7.1.0-amd64-xfce. It > wasn't liking the data on the usb drive so I reloaded it (it has worked > before). Anyway, it's up now. > > First thing I noticed was that it's using the vesa driver. The video is > 'Intel Corporation Haswell Integrated Graphics Controller'. The vesa > drivers does give 1920x1080 so that's not a problem. I suspect when I > get LFS up I'll be able to use a better driver. I don't know yet if > this needs firmware or not. > > The second thing is that the wifi isn't recognized: > > Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR8161 Gigabit Ethernet > > Again, I suppose that this can be fixed with a new kernel. > > My next objective is to do a LFS build an follow with a relatively > complete BLFS build. I want to use this system to validate/update the > current -dev books for both LFS and BLFS. > > It will be interesting to see what the SBU time is. > > -- Bruce
Consider yourself lucky. You have managed to get *only* video+wireless card combination that doesn't require any firmware. Well, at least when I had atheros card it didn't require firmware. That was ath5k. Yours is probably ath9k. -- Note: My last name is not Krejzi. -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
