Toshiba Satellite 5205-S503

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Arch Linux has successfully (and without drama) installed on a Toshiba Satellite 5205-S503. The standard kernel works just fine.

"hwd" was able to detect all the hardware, but for the purists:

  • Network: e100
  • Sound: snd-intel8x0 (use alsaconf to create the modprobe.conf stuff, and then add snd-intel8x0 to MODULES).
  • Video: nvidia (install the nvidia package)
  • USB: ohci_hcd
  • Modem: Not tested, but the sl-modem driver apparently works.

Here is a sample MODULES line in rc.conf:

MODULES=(!usbserial !ide-scsi toshiba_acpi ohci_hcd snd-pcm-oss snd-intel8x0)

To control the screen brightness, the "fnfx" package that allows you to adjust the brightness has been placed in the following repository.

[cjdj]
Server = http://www.cjdj.org/arch/pkg

The default xorg.conf file created by hwd will give you a max resolution of 1024x768 which is not as good as the hardware supports. A little tweaking of the xorg.conf file will give you a very nice looking 1400x1050.

For more information:

  • link - gives instructions on how to install linux (he uses Debian) on the Toshiba laptop.
  • link - tool allows toshiba hotkeys to work in linux.

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