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Toahiba Toahiba Satelite a70
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02-05-2007
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100% of reviewers
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None indicated
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8.0
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The Toshiba Satelite a70 laptop is mostly compatible with Linux, at least Fedora. The only real big problem I experienced was getting sound to work. With speakers attatched through the sound outlet on the right side, sound worked, but not very well, and the speakers on the laptop I have not yet gotten to work. Also, the Atheros wireless internet card can easily be installed with madwifi, search simeandrews and you'll get some answers.
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Keywords:
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laptop toshiba a70 ati raedon 9000
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/sbin/lspci output:
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00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS300 Host Bridge (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon 9100 IGP AGP Bridge
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc OHCI USB Controller #1 (rev 01)
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc OHCI USB Controller #2 (rev 01)
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc EHCI USB Controller (rev 01)
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc ATI SMBus (rev 18)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc ATI Dual Channel Bus Master PCI IDE Controller
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 434c
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 4342
00:14.5 Multimedia audio controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP150 AC'97 Audio Controller
00:14.6 Modem: ATI Technologies Inc IXP AC'97 Modem (rev 01)
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS300M AGP [Radeon Mobility 9100IGP]
02:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB21 IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link)
02:02.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212 802.11abg NIC (rev 01)
02:03.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
02:04.0 CardBus bridge: ENE Technology Inc CB-710/2/4 Cardbus Controller
02:04.1 FLASH memory: ENE Technology Inc: Unknown device 0530
02:04.2 Class 0805: ENE Technology Inc: Unknown device 0550
02:04.3 FLASH memory: ENE Technology Inc: Unknown device 0520
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02-05-2007, 02:22 AM
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Registered: Aug 2006
Distribution: Mepis, Debian, Slackware, Knoppix, DSL, etc
Posts: 149
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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): None indicated | Rating: 8
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Kernel (uname -r):
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2.6.17
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Distribution:
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Debian 3.1 Sarge & Knoppix 5.0
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I can confirm that the Toshiba A70 will run Debian 3.1 sarge Linux v2.6.17.
In fact, I am currently running the Knoppix 5.0 Live CD version which I then installed to the HD.
I have also ran Fedora 2 & 3, Knoppix 4 on this laptop in the past.
I have at one time or another had the following pieces of H/W working under one distro or another:
1)Firewire/iLink - which is connected to both a DVD-RW & a no-name HD enclosure (with Oxford chip);
2)Atheros 802.11g - can connect to wireless router using madwifi, but gave up on getting WPA working;
3)internal modem - got it working a while back on Fedora 2 using slmodem(?), haven't tried it lately with Debian, but I think it should work also;
4)sound + speakers - they work under Knoppix 5 (and Debian 3.1), but I had to fool around with drivers and amixer to set the speaker volume. I also recall I had it working under Fedora 2 in the past;
I hope this helps someone.
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