Re: Drivers for Toshiba Tecra-R840-10T (PT429E-00M007EP)
Quoting Nuno Magalhães on 2011-06-18 05:44: > On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 05:37, Brian Ryans wrote: > > Unfortunately, they're a direct-order firm; you won't be able to pop a > > Debian Live disc in at the shop and take a look. > > Plus they only ship to the US, UK and Canada, but thanks. I humbly submit myself to a bonk. -- _ Brian Ryans 8B2A 54C4 E275 8CFD 8A7D 5D0B 0AD0 B014 C112 13D0 . ( ) ICQ 43190205 | Mail/Jabber/Yahoo/MSN: [email protected] ..: X ASCII Ribbon Campaign Against HTML mail and v-cards: asciiribbon.org / \ DRM: encryption which assumes Bob is also Eve and Mallory. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Drivers for Toshiba Tecra-R840-10T (PT429E-00M007EP)
On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 05:37, Brian Ryans wrote: > Unfortunately, they're a direct-order firm; you won't be able to pop a > Debian Live disc in at the shop and take a look. Plus they only ship to the US, UK and Canada, but thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
Re: Drivers for Toshiba Tecra-R840-10T (PT429E-00M007EP)
Quoting Nuno Magalhães on 2011-06-10 20:24: > Any help on this department? Are there any particular brands which are > more linux-friendly? System7[62] is the name of the firm. I'm not sure which it is -- no net as I write this. I'm fairly certain it's 76 though. System76 build their laptops with Ubuntu as the default OS, so I see no reason why Debian should give you more trouble than these other laptop manufacturers' machines. Unfortunately, they're a direct-order firm; you won't be able to pop a Debian Live disc in at the shop and take a look. Hope this helps. -- _ Brian Ryans 8B2A 54C4 E275 8CFD 8A7D 5D0B 0AD0 B014 C112 13D0 . ( ) ICQ 43190205 | Mail/Jabber/Yahoo/MSN: [email protected] ..: X ASCII Ribbon Campaign Against HTML mail and v-cards: asciiribbon.org / \ DRM: encryption which assumes Bob is also Eve and Mallory. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Drivers for Toshiba Tecra-R840-10T (PT429E-00M007EP)
Le Sat, 11 Jun 2011 02:24:05 +0100, Nuno Magalhães a écrit : [...] > It has a Radeon HD 6450M graphics card (AMD/ATI provides a binary > driver) [...] According to http://www.x.org/wiki/RadeonFeature this graphic card (R900 or "Northern Islands" family) would be at least partially supported by the Xorg radeon driver as of 2.6.39 version of the linux kernel (KMS mode, UMS mode unsupported). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
Re: Drivers for Toshiba Tecra-R840-10T (PT429E-00M007EP)
Hi, 2011/6/11 Martin Schulz : > And then, why not run a live cd on your toshie, using tools like > lshw, lspci, hwinfo ? they can give > very verbose, detailed specs of whatever hardware > nvidia graphics still do less hassle than most other vendors, from my > view, Thanks for your reply. I prefer Debian to its derivates, although i might end up with the odd binary driver from Ubuntu (or maybe from non-free). I have an itch at HP for some reason, Lenovo's thinkpads are rumoured not being what they used to (nor can i find one that pleases be) and Dell's broad array of configuration options makes it hard to pick. I tend to prefer Toshiba and Asus (and stay the hell away from Acer). This Tecra's my main option, but i'm still looking at others. This one comes with an ATI, but they're supposed to provide the driver (like nvidia does i guess, i've always used the nv on this desktop). I don't have the laptop yet, so can't run anything on it; stumbling on someone who'd cpuz-ed one would be nice. The liveCD will be the first approach, especially if the vendor lets me do it while still in store. I might linger on to the default OS for a while, else something might be dead-on-arrival and i'd have to claim warranty. Older Toshiba laptops do have linux drivers, which makes me confident that if new ones don't, it's a matter of time (which always is, in the end). Thanks for your input. -- Mars 2 Stay! http://xkcd.com/801/ /etc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
Re: Drivers for Toshiba Tecra-R840-10T (PT429E-00M007EP)
On Sat, 2011-06-11 at 02:24 +0100, Nuno Magalhães wrote: > Hi, > > I'd assume this list to be more appropriate than debian-user. I'm > considering this laptop (or a similar one) but i'd like to know if > there are drivers for it first.So far i haven't found any decent specs > regarding the chipsets it may use. > > It has a Radeon HD 6450M graphics card (AMD/ATI provides a binary > driver) and the Wireless chip might be Intel (or Atheros). I'm at a > loss when it comes to other components like 3G, LAN, Bluetooth, AHCI, > etc. > > There are some fairly complete spec sheets at csd.toshiba.com but not > for this model (apparently), nor is it searcheable by part number. > Toshiba forums are almost completely useless as most just say We Only > Support Windows™. Other forums and linux laptop sites don't seem to > have this model yet. > > It's fairily new so i was counting on someone who bought one already. > I'm beginning to think it'll probably be worth it just to stick awound > with Windows7 for the whole of the warranty (instead of just long > enough to check every component works as expected) while i keep > searching. > > Any help on this department? Are there any particular brands which are > more linux-friendly? > > TIA, > Nuno > > -- > Mars 2 Stay! > http://xkcd.com/801/ > /etc > > I have always found hp to be good with ubuntu. -- Cheers the Kiwi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1307807234.2031.0.camel@aimee
