Em 01-05-2014 08:49, Armin K. escreveu: > 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.
And the SBU, Bruce? I would like also to know the speed of the HD. -- []s, Fernando -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
