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    Toshiba Satellite Laptop Success Story

    I thought I'd write another linux success story for you all. I'm using a Toshiba Satellite A110-ST111 laptop, with a an ATI Xpress 200M graphics, Atheros 802.11G wireless chip, Touchpad, DVD writer and 15.4” 1280x800 widescreen. To get it all installed I had to do a few things. First, some linux distribs wouldn't init the screen right on first livecd boot, to fix this I would choose 800x600 and then fix screen size after booting. Ubuntu and Kubuntu (my fav now, how did I get by without it ;-) did get the screen right first boot if I remember right.

    -First up was my wireless, or all else was a moot point. For my Atheros chip, I would use ndiswrapper, and load net5211.inf up without any troubles. First, I make sure the .inf file is somewhere accessible (on old XP partition, or on a cd so you can get at it after install). Next up, open a terminal and:
    sudo ndiswrapper -i /whereyouputit/net5211.inf
    then check it worked with ndiswrapper -l (should show name of driver and other info)
    sudo depmod -a
    sudo modprobe ndiswrapper
    sudo ndiswrapper -m <---these last steps set it up and ensure it will work after a reboot
    then go to System Settings->Networking
    select wlan0 connection, configure for your router settings and click Enable.

    -Next up was my ATI video (gotta have 3D for games :-)
    Credit goes here to d-E-a-D @
    http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthre...ight=ati+howto

    Download ati-driver-installer-8.32.5-x86.x86_64 driver from ati.

    Now, step by step:
    sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf_bkp
    sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

    Add this to xorg.conf:
    Section "Extensions"
    Option "Composite" "Disable"
    EndSection

    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get install module-assistant build-essential
    sudo apt-get install fakeroot dh-make debhelper debconf libstdc++5 linux-headers-$(uname -r)
    sudo ln -sf bash /bin/sh
    bash ati-driver-installer-8.32.5-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg Ubuntu/edgy
    sudo ln -sf dash /bin/sh
    sudo dpkg -i xorg-driver-fglrx_8.32.5-1*.deb
    sudo dpkg -i fglrx-kernel-source_8.32.5-1*.deb
    sudo dpkg -i fglrx-control_8.32.5-1*.deb
    sudo module-assistant prepare
    sudo module-assistant update
    sudo module-assistant build fglrx
    sudo module-assistant install fglrx
    sudo depmod -a
    sudo aticonfig --initial
    sudo aticonfig --overlay-type=Xv
    sudo shutdown -r now
    Now we have a 3d card running, beautiful thing that howto is.

    -For sound, it's a Realtek AC97 HighDef sound using the HD ATI SB alsa driver, and it works just fine.

    -Now, the last thing to tweak was the hibernate/suspend quirk. It would not do it (seems to be a pretty prevalent laptop problem with linux). Well, what I did was this:
    Edit "/etc/default/acpi-support" and change the following lines:
    MODULES_WHITELIST="fglrx"
    SAVE_VBE_STATE=false
    POST_VIDEO=false
    DOUBLE_CONSOLE_SWITCH=true
    Also (as that didn't completely do it) I went into the bios and disabled 'legacy usb device support' and I went into the linux system services and set the powernowd service to not start up at boot. I'm not sure if that'll work for you, but it works like a damn for me now, suspend/hibernate fires right back up. All I have to do is hit a button (screen lock is on), and type in my password and voila I'm back at my desktop.

    All that's left now is the winmodem (for faxing etc), and I'm so happy with my setup now, I'm not real worried about it yet. BTW, I can get the Toshiba Vista upgrade on this laptop for $45, what a ripoff... XP service pack 3 for money...I don't think so. Kubuntu is staying right where it is, thank you very much :-) Thanks for reading, I hope this helps someone out there, that'll make my day.

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    Re: Toshiba Satellite Laptop Success Story

    Brilliant!

    I have spent a long time on this until I found your instructions, I can't thank you enough

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