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This document builds on the work in the Red Hat 9 Version of this document.
The Toshiba Satellite 1115-S103 is a low priced but fairly high performance laptop. It has a 1.50 GHz Celeron procesor and comes with 256MB of RAM and a 20G hard drive. It also includes a DVD-ROM drive, 14.1" TFT XGA (1024x768) display, 10/100 ethernet, modem, three USB ports, parallel port, TV and VGA outputs. What it doesn't contain is a floppy drive, serial port or PS/2 keyboard/mouse port. Full detailed specs directly from Toshiba can be found HERE.
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title Fedora Core (2.4.22-1.2115.nptl)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb acpi=on
initrd /boot/initrd-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl.img
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However the only thing that still needs an ugly hack is screen blanking. I still ended up needing to use the latest Omnibook module.
Grab the latest Omnibook module, at the time of this writing located at http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/omke/omnibook-2003-04-03.tar.gz?download. Untar the file in /usr/src
Go to the /usr/src/omnibook-2003-04-03 directory and do the following:
# make # make installCongrats, you now have a module built. To load it automatically at boot time you need to add the following line to /etc/rc.local :
insmod omnibook user=1You should now have some new files:
# ls /proc/omnibook # cat /proc/omnibook/dmi # cat /proc/omnibook/battery # cat /proc/apmAfter that if you want the screen to blank correctly you need to do something REALLY ugly.
Set up your screensaver by going to the Red Hat and select Preferences -> Screensaver. Set the mode to Blank Screen Only with your preferred blanking time. There is no point in setting a pretty screen saver since you will only see it for about 1 second. Then you can install the following Perl script named lightwatch complements of Rick:
use strict;
#
# This handy script watches when the screensaver activates and
# toggles the lcd backlight. You won't see more than a
# second of the screensaver, so you might as well chose one
# which consumes few mips.
#
$ENV{'PATH'} = '/bin:/usr/bin';
delete @ENV{'IFS', 'CDPATH', 'ENV', 'BASH_ENV'};
# $<=0; # become root not just effective root
open(XS,"/usr/X11R6/bin/xscreensaver-command -watch|") or die;
while(<XS>) {
if(/^BLANK/i) {
system("echo off > /proc/omnibook/lcd");
} elsif(/^UNBLANK/i) {
system("echo on > /proc/omnibook/lcd");
}
}
After you install that script in your home directory and make it executable
go to the Red Hat and select Preferences -> More Preferenaces -> Sessions
then select Startup Programs then click Add and add the
full path to the script to the list of commands started when you log in.
Basically, what this Perl script does is monitor the Gnome screensaver program and when the Blank screensaver gets started it will tell the Omnibook driver you installed to shut off the LCD display. It will turn the LCD monitor back on as soon as the screensaver gets disabled. It works surprisingly well.
The README is pretty self explanitory. Then just compile and install it:
# make # make install # cp scripts/slmodemd /etc/rc.d/init.d/ # service slmodemd start # chkconfig slmodemd onThen you can just test it with minicom:
# minicom -s Go go Serial Port Setup Set Serial Device to /dev/ttySL0 Set Bps/Par/Bits to 115200 8N1 Return to main menu and Save setup as dfl Hit Esc to exit out of setup and you should be able to dial out now. After confirming it works you can set up your PPP dialup like you would normally.
DVD: Playing DVDs isn't hard. I'll document the procedure shortly.Suspend/Resume: We can all dream, can't we? Well, it may not work through hardware but I've had some success with the Software Suspend patches. Once I get it working reliably I'll write it up.
If you have any leads on getting any more features working please drop me a line.
Fedora Project - Official home of the Fedora Project, a new community supported Linux distribution which takes off where Red Hat Linux 9 left off.Red Hat 8.0 Tips Tricks - This site puts in one place the most common tips for getting RH 8.0 to work the way it's supposed to. Tips including installing a DVD player, getting MP3 support back and MUCH more! A must read for new RH 8.0 and 9 users. Most work for Fedora as well.
Unofficial Toshiba 1115-S103 Info - Another website with tons of Toshiba 1115-S103 info, most of it is hardware XP related but still very useful.
RPM LIvna.org - Various contributed RPMs for Fedora Linux. Lots of must haves such as MP3 plugin, ogle DVD player, etc...
Fedora Core 1 RPMs - Tons of pre-compiled packages built for Fedora Core 1 (aka Yarrow).
Unofficial #fedora FAQ - A really handy place to get a bunch of typical Fedora questions answered.
Replacing/Upgrading Hard Drive in Toshiba 1115-S103 - I always wondered how to take this laptop apart to replace a failed or put in a bigger hard drive. This site has very detailed instructions on how to do it.