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Installing [Ubuntu Feisty 7.04] on [Toshiba U200]

Last updated: [September 24th, 2007]

I would personally recommend the use of this laptop with Linux, I have accelerated graphics, power management, wifi and sound working with it.

General Hardware Specifications of [Toshiba U200]:

I borrowed the specs from here because I wasn't able to find my laptop on the Toshiba site.

Hardware Components	Status under Linux	Notes
Processor: Intel Core Duo T2300E 1.66 GHz	Works	No special procedure required during installation.
Display: 12.1" Widescreen TFT XGA with TruBrite	Works	Select Generic LCD Display in Installer
Graphics: Intel GMA 950(integrated, 128MB shared)	Works	Use Xorg i810 driver.
Memory: 2x512MB DDR2 @ 533MHZ	Works	No special procedure required during installation
Hard-drive: Toshiba Serial-ATA 100GB, 5400RPM	Works	No special procedure required during installation
Integrated Network Card	Not Tested.	Not tested.
Internal 56k Modem	Not Tested.	Not tested.
Optical-drive: Matshita Super-Multi Double Layer DVD+/- RW	Works	No special procedure required during installation
Connectivity: Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG	Works.	Use Ubuntu ipw3945 module.
6 Cell.	Works	No special procedure required during installation
Intel High Definition Audio	Works	No special procedure required if using Kernel 2.6.x.
Integrated Card Reader.	Not tested.	Not tested.

This laptop is operating under Ubuntu Kernel Version 2.6.20-16-386.

Basic Installation of [Ubuntu]:

There are plenty of good howtos on how to install Ubuntu. See http://ubuntu.org

Configuration Files

/etc/X11/xorg.conf

# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
#   sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "Files"
   FontPath   "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc"
   FontPath   "/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
   FontPath   "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
   FontPath   "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
   FontPath   "/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1"
   FontPath   "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi"
   FontPath   "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi"
   # path to defoma fonts
   FontPath   "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
EndSection

Section "Module"
   Load   "i2c"
   Load   "bitmap"
   Load   "ddc"
   Load   "dri"
   Load   "extmod"
   Load   "freetype"
   Load   "glx"
   Load   "int10"
   Load   "type1"
   Load   "vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
   Identifier   "Generic Keyboard"
   Driver       "kbd"
   Option       "CoreKeyboard"
   Option       "XkbRules"   "xorg"
   Option       "XkbModel"   "pc104"
   Option       "XkbLayout"   "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
   Identifier   "Configured Mouse"
   Driver       "mouse"
   Option       "CorePointer"
   Option       "Device"       "/dev/input/mice"
   Option       "Protocol"       "ExplorerPS/2"
   Option       "ZAxisMapping"       "4 5"
   Option       "Emulate3Buttons"   "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
   Identifier   "Synaptics Touchpad"
   Driver       "synaptics"
   Option       "SendCoreEvents"   "true"
   Option       "Device"       "/dev/psaux"
   Option       "Protocol"       "auto-dev"
   Option       "HorizScrollDelta"   "0"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Driver        "wacom"
Identifier    "stylus"
Option        "Device"        "/dev/wacom"          # Change to
                                                      # /dev/input/event
                                                      # for USB
Option        "Type"          "stylus"
Option        "ForceDevice"   "ISDV4"               # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Driver        "wacom"
Identifier    "eraser"
Option        "Device"        "/dev/wacom"          # Change to
                                                      # /dev/input/event
                                                      # for USB
Option        "Type"          "eraser"
Option        "ForceDevice"   "ISDV4"               # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Driver        "wacom"
Identifier    "cursor"
Option        "Device"        "/dev/wacom"          # Change to
                                                      # /dev/input/event
                                                      # for USB
Option        "Type"          "cursor"
Option        "ForceDevice"   "ISDV4"               # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "Device"
   Identifier   "Intel Corporation Mobile Integrated Graphics Controller"
   Driver       "i810"
   BusID       "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
   Identifier   "Generic Monitor"
   Option       "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
   Identifier   "Default Screen"
   Device       "Intel Corporation Mobile Integrated Graphics Controller"
   Monitor       "Generic Monitor"
   DefaultDepth   24
   SubSection "Display"
       Depth       1
       Modes       "1280x800"
   EndSubSection
   SubSection "Display"
       Depth       4
       Modes       "1280x800"
   EndSubSection
   SubSection "Display"
       Depth       8
       Modes       "1280x800"
   EndSubSection
   SubSection "Display"
       Depth       15
       Modes       "1280x800"
   EndSubSection
   SubSection "Display"
       Depth       16
       Modes       "1280x800"
   EndSubSection
   SubSection "Display"
       Depth       24
       Modes       "1280x800"
   EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
   Identifier   "Default Layout"
   Screen       "Default Screen"
   InputDevice   "Generic Keyboard"
   InputDevice   "Configured Mouse"
   InputDevice     "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
   InputDevice     "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
   InputDevice     "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
   InputDevice   "Synaptics Touchpad"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
   Mode   0666
EndSection

More Specific Information. Specific stuff such as:

df -hl

root@durnik:/home/mathieu2# df -ha
Filesystem            Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/root      109G   34G   70G 33% /
proc                     0     0     0   - /proc
/sys                     0     0     0   - /sys
varrun                502M 240K 502M   1% /var/run
varlock               502M 4.0K 502M   1% /var/lock
procbususb            502M 116K 502M   1% /proc/bus/usb
udev                  502M 116K 502M   1% /dev
devshm                502M     0 502M   0% /dev/shm
devpts                   0     0     0   - /dev/pts
lrm                   502M   34M 468M   7% /lib/modules/2.6.20-16-386/volatile
binfmt_misc              0     0     0   - /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc

lspci

root@durnik:/home/mathieu2# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) Serial ATA Storage Controller IDE (rev 02)
02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (rev 02)
03:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation PRO/100 VE Network Connection (rev 02)
03:0b.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 Cardbus Controller
03:0b.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments PCIxx12 OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
03:0b.2 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments 5-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO/xD)
03:0b.3 Generic system peripheral [0805]: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 SDA Standard Compliant SD Host Controller

cpuinfo

[mathieu2@durnik]~$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor       : 0
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 14
model name      : Genuine Intel(R) CPU           T2250 @ 1.73GHz
stepping        : 8
cpu MHz         : 1730.000
cache size      : 2048 KB
fdiv_bug        : no
hlt_bug         : no
f00f_bug        : no
coma_bug        : no
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 10
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe constant_tsc pni monitor est tm2 xtpr
bogomips        : 3462.04
clflush size    : 64

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e-mail address mathieu at opalescent.ca

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