Installing Ubuntu on Toshiba Satellite M70-166

 

 

Installing Ubuntu on Toshiba Satellite M70-166

by Francesco Conti

Last updated: 08/12/2009

Toshiba Satellite M70-166

General Hardware Specifications of Toshiba Satellite M70-166:

Hardware Components
Status under Linux
Notes
Centrino 740 – 1.73 GhZ Works No special procedure required during installation.
15.4 WXGA+ TFT Display Works No special procedure required during installation.
ATI Mobility X600 Works No special procedure required during installation
1024MB, SDRAM, 2DIMMs Works No special procedure required during installation
100 GB SATA Hard Drive Works No special procedure required during installation
Intregrated Card Reader Yet to test SD ok, MMC & MS not ok (see below)
Integrated Network Card  Works No special procedure required during installation
Internal 56k Modem Works Using SMARTLINK drivers
24X Max Variable CD-ROM Drive Works No special procedure required during installation
Intel BG2200 Wireless Networking (Wi-Fi Certified) Works No special procedure required during installation
Lithium-Ion Battery Works No special procedure required during installation
AC'97 Audio Controller Works No special procedure required during installation

This laptop is operating under Kernel version 2.6.20-15-generic 2.6.28-16-generic (Ubuntu 9.04)

Basic Installation of Ubuntu:
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Setting up additional features for Ubuntu
Under Construction
          INTEGRATED CARD READER (SD/MMC/MS)

I had to perform following commands to correctly use SD cards on integrated card reader:

BUSID=`lspci | sed -e '/Texas Instruments.*FlashMedia/!D; s/ .*//;'`
setpci -s ${BUSID} 4c.b=0×02
 

You can put these lines in your /etc/rc.local file (so it'll be executed at boot time)

                 
Unresolved issues

  • Gnome-power-manager doesn't correctly shut down system automatically when battery is at critical low level.
    To solve that, you might want to set /apps/gnome-power-manager/use_time_for_policy to false using gconf-editor
  • Can't use Desktop Effects … whatever…just waiting for next ATI drivers.
Configuration Files
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More Specific Information. 

 

  • lspci:

    00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller (rev 03)
    00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM Express PCI Express Root Port (rev 03)
    00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
    00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
    00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 03)
    00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 03)
    00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 03)
    00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 03)
    00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03)
    00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev d3)
    00:1e.2 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)
    00:1e.3 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 03)
    00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 03)
    00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) IDE Controller (rev 03)
    00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) SATA Controller (rev 03)
    00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
    01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M24 [Radeon Mobility X600]
    06:01.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
    06:02.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection (rev 05)
    06:04.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCIxx21/x515 Cardbus Controller
    06:04.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
    06:04.3 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments PCIxx21 Integrated FlashMedia Controller
    06:04.4 Generic system peripheral [0805]: Texas Instruments PCI6411/6421/6611/6621/7411/7421/7611/7621 Secure Digital Controller

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