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.
External Links
- This report is listed at the TuxMobil: Linux Laptop and Notebook Installation Guides Survey: Toshiba.