Toshiba A300 laptop`s acpi is not supported in Ubuntu 8.10

Bug #307691 reported by _sRg_
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Bug Description

Neither Fn keys nor bluetooth are working. Suspend mode doesn't work too. ATI driver detected but refused to install. I also can`t load toshiba.ko and toshiba_acpi.ko modules. Ubuntu says laptop isn`t supported. I can`t do anything with this. I tried a lot of software (fnfx, toshset, etc.) but they all refuse to execute because of missing toshiba apci.
I use Toshiba A300-1G5, Ubuntu 8.10.
I hope you have appropriate solution that will help me.
Thanks a lot.

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_sRg_ (sor-sergey) wrote :

As I see no progress with my bug. That's sad.
If you want some additional information, I'll provide that to you, just ask.
Toshiba A300 series laptops are very popular in our city, so soon a lot of people will complain about this bug.
I use Ubuntu for 5 years and I don't want to expatriate to another Linux.
My friend has the same laptop but with Fedora installed and he has the same result. It doesn't work.
I wonder if there are anyone who has Toshiba A300 with all function keys,
programmatically switching bluetooth and multimedia keys working in Ubuntu 8.10?
If so, please describe solution how have you reached this result.

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_sRg_ (sor-sergey) wrote :

I've succeded in installing xorg-fglrx driver. Now I have had compiz effects and desktop cube enabled.
When I watch video in Totem player, it flickers. If I switch video output to NoXv in gstreamer-properties flicker stops but video retards wen rendering or displaying dynamic scenes. It is very slow.

Another problem! Now after fglrx installation sompleted "suspend to mem" start function. When I close lid, it goes to suspend mode successfully. But when I open lid again and resume from suspend power manager activates. Now it reacts and I can increase and decrease brightness using Fn-F6 and Fn-F7 keys. Also, when I unplug power supply it show balloon tip that laptop switched to battery mode. Before I use suspend ones nothing works. I mean when I boot and login power manager functions doesn't work, then after I go to suspend and resume after it, everything works. That's strange that power management functions activate only after suspend mode.

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_sRg_ (sor-sergey) wrote :

Continue talking to myself.

I have made all my best to enable bluetooth and brightness control support. After all i have installed omnibook module and loaded it with ectype=14 parameter. Then I have invoked command echo 1 > /proc/omnibook/bluetooth. Gnome bluetooth applet had immediately indicated that bluetooth appeared in Ubuntu. Then I tried to press Fn-F6 and Fn-F7 hotkeys. And surprisingly it worked. Now when I unplug power cable from laptop, gnome-power-manager applet correctly indicates that AC adapter power disappered and switched to battery mode was made. It also displays baloon tip as it should.

But new trouble again. When I increase brightness manually using Fn-F6/F7 it works. But when I make laptop working from battery mode I see temporary shown window that indicates brightness should be about half of normal (as I see on this window's progress bar). But brightness doesn't change. Now I have fglrx and omnibook modules installed.

That's a new bug.

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