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• Tecra M2: XP Device Manager shows 4 yellow exclamation points

  Hello

  I had too to recharge my laptop with XP and have 4 devices in the device with the yellow exclamation point Manager.

  Ethernet controller
  Network controller
  Unkown
  Multimedia audio controller.

  I have havetried to install drivers WITHOUT success.
  I have tried loads yet joy o,

  I'm missing something.
  Can someone help

  Hello

  I'll try to identify the devices without plug & play id, but I can't guarantee anything.
  If something is wrong please post the PnP - ID (Device Manager-> properties-> details-> ID devices material).

  Ethernet controller is Intel Pro/100 VE or Intel Pro 1000/MT (both have been integrating M2) network adapter
  http://support.toshiba-tro.de/Tools/updates/LAN/LAN-XP-8790.zip or http://support.toshiba-tro.de/tedd-files2/0/lan-20070912134727.zip

  Network controller is Intel Pro Wireless 2200 GB or 2100 (same as above, both were build most of the cases. Others like too Atheros and Cisco, but not so often)
  http://downloadmirror.Intel.com/13000/Eng/11.5.0.0_xDrivers.zip or http://downloadmirror.intel.com/11918/eng/Intel (R) PROWireless21_125836.zip

  Unknown device of infrared
  http://support.toshiba-tro.de/tools/Tecra/TM2/XP/IrDA-TM2-XP-5125000.zip

  Multimedia audio controller is the SoundMax
  http://support.toshiba-tro.de/tools/Tecra/TM2/XP/sound-TM2-XP-512015160.zip

  Please allow me two questions:
  Why don't you use the recovery media. It is much easier?
  Have you tried to install any driver Toshiba driver page? http://computers.Toshiba-Europe.com/cgi-bin/ToshibaCSG/download_drivers_bios.jsp

• Instructions for Debian Linux on Tecra A10-112

  Hello

  If you need to install Linux (I use Debian), then take a look at: http://www.martinjones.net/tecra/

  Although I think the page will go through a number of revisions, it is now at the stage where it is useful and almost all the equipment does not work.

  Hay

  Thank you very much for this link!

• Cloning of mass average Debian over the network on Tecra M5

  Right,

  Here go us!

  I am part of a team of support engineers for a University where we lend laptops to our students for periods of weeks (up to) 12. All of our laptops are identical Tecra M5 with a preconfigured image of XP Pro SP2.

  Currently, we use the method of "Insert the XP CD"-> "Boot to CD"-> "Format disk" (to guarantee no student left courseowrk on machine)-> "Install XP via CD"-> "use backup XP to restore a picture."

  This system works... but takes half an hour to make each machine from start to finish.

  I am competent PC user and am aware of the opportunity to multicast an image to a group of PC/laptops... such as detailed below to my success up to now...

  I just finished setting up a single server (a powerful RM P4, 1 GB DDR2, 160GB SATA & 100MBit LAN) to the customer several cloning using Debian Etchy, DRBL and CloneZilla server.

  Client machines are laptop computers Tecra M5 and are all on a private LAN directly to the image of 'server '.

  (1) we can successfully PXE boot ("magic packet"), all machines via our switch (a 40 port NetGear fast ethernet) and all machines begin to start - this is achieved thanks to a nifty bash script, I wrote "wakeonlan" machines with 1 second interval (only 10 machines both for stability)
  (2) the DRBL APS IP server address to all machines that they PXE boot
  (3) the startup of machines in our option CloneZilla (Linux network, MemTest, Full CloneZilla to restore the disk image)
  (4) the machines all receive them with SUCCESS the disk image (a gzip'd SD clone of one of the Tecra M5, which already has our installer of Windows XP)... Although quite slowly when + 10 machines are connected to the local network (I'm working on it)

  NOW, the CloneZilla server is configured to let the machines "poweroff" once the image has been copied on the hard disk of laptop and finished in synchronization with the server.

  The Linux "shutdown" with "poweroff" command is called from a SSH (fully automated using the control of CloneZilla center - a button of window BACK basic writing style in Linux) and all machinery, copied once the hard disk image, should theoretically then off COMPLETELY as if they had been "naturally stop. For example, by clicking on "Start-> Shutdown" in Windows.

  I installed Debian on one of laptops and run from the simple "halt Pei" which stop the laptop and called ACPI to turn off the machine... it works as if I had done "Start-> Shutdown" in Windows. So not bad here.

  I try then "halt Pei" remote machine using SSH from the debian server.

  Our network topology is simple:

  Server-> Switch-> customers (up to 10)

  'Customer' Debian runs the stop that she has received the signal "halt-p" from the server and begins at the stop. Great!

  However, just before the laptop actually turns off, it stops. Laptops remains "under tension" and the "power" and "SlimSelect" LED remains lit.

  Note: I even tried to remove the drive of DVD of SlimSelect that the Tecras come up with - without success.

  _Things tried: _

  * sudo sh: * ssh x [email protected]_IP stop Pei

  * batch_halt.sh file:*
  #! / bin/bash
  SSH x [email protected]_IP killall-9 - l
  SSH x [email protected]_IP init 0
  SSH x [email protected]_IP stop Pei

  To hopefully reach-> kill all processes-> enter runlevel 0-> halt and 'off' the laptop

  The local network is NOT connected to an external network is absolutely safe.

  It seems as if the 'Pei halt' command locally is the only thing that will fuel actually off the machine... all 'remotely' orders still achieve 95% completion... we only result to the power and SlimSelect LEds lit-> which means that the laptop is still under tension (!) and thus reducing the life expectancy of the power supply.

  Is there someone who might know how to get a "fully working" basic ssh stop through switch work?

  Thank you very much...

  Ice Ice Babeh

  Hello
  I think it is a very specific question and I can only advise you to check the BIOS settings. Maybe there is an option that you set for this work entirely.
  Have you tried some Linux forums as well? There are often good instructions on these topics as yours.

  Welcome,
  HomerJ

• Tecra 8000: Desk Station V + chipset/HDD on Debian Linux?

  Hello!

  I have a Toshiba Tecra 8000 and a desk Station V, currently under Debian Linux.
  The HARD drive I have in my docking station is functional, but very slow (and I know that's not the drive itself, it works very well in another computer). I can't seem to activate the DMA ("' HDIO_SET_DMA failed: operation not permitted", is it still possible for hard disks anchored? "), but it works with one internal.

  The HD internal (had) gets pretty decent speeds, but externally (hde) works at a snail's pace:

  Ulmo: / etc # hdparm-t/dev/hda
  / dev/hda:
  Calendar of the disc in the buffer reads: 14 MB to 4.94 seconds = 2.83 MB / sec

  Ulmo: / etc # hdparm t/dev/hde
  / dev/hde:
  Calendar reads disc in the buffer: 2 MB in 3.92 seconds = 522,50 kB / sec

  Any suggestions? A fact, anyone know if the Desk Station V requires any configuration of chipset/IDE controller or support?

  Thanks for any help whatsoever.

  Hello

  As much as I know the Station V Plus office devoted additional features to Enhanced Port Replicator II as follows:
  a PCI/ISA bus and a bus PCI expansion slots, a Bay 5 inches.
  a selectable Bay and a built-in SCSI-2 (Small Computer System Interface) controller.
  I also found information on the net that the Desk Station V plus supports also only the UDMA2.

  Well, I think that the internal interface for laptop is a bit faster than the DSV.

• Tecra M5 and Debian - need some suggest before you start

  I just bought a new Tecra M5.
  I need to use Debian on it.
  Use some suggest to give me before I start?
  Could I have some problems with comatibility?
  Thank you!

  Perhaps you will be not possible to run tools and look for some drivers.
  Create a backup of your important files before installing Linux. Create a second partition for Linux, then install Linux on that partition. In this case the Linux wouldn t have a bad influence on the first partition and windows OS.
  If something goes wrong, you can always delete the second partition Linux.

• Tecra A3x: Is the IrDA Port available?

  Hi can someone confirm whether or not the Tecra A3x (PTA3XE-01D00NEN) has to a port infra-red or not.

  Thanks Jason

  Hello

  No, the IrDA port is not available on the Tecra A3X

  concerning

• e1000 and Debian 3.1 module on a Tecra M5 L2 r2

  I can't seem to make the network adapter gigabit ethernet detects correctly, it appears as:

  $ lspic
  
  0000:02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp.: device unknown 109a

  # modprobe e1000
  # lsmod | e1000-l
  lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/drivers/NET/e1000/e1000. Ko
  #lsmod | grep e1000
  e1000 75396 0

  Probably missing me something incredibly obvious, but indicative googles suggests that something might be up with the 2.6.8 kernel and the e1000 pcie version. Unfortunately, I can't get the latest picture of the tests right now, because images are waiting for a new version of etch and my current version does not correctly detect the CD-ROM.

  any help / suggestions welcome, the network card is so crucial for the rest of the PC workgroup, I guess I can try to find an ethernet cardbus adapter that has better support

  I answered my question myself with dig deeper, I write a follow-up message incase anyone else has similar problems.

  It is a mystery why the e1000 is not properly supported in sarge, (due to the bus for the pcie is not recognized version ID? is there a way to force a pci device to use the module?) but etch detects correctly, I just needed to start with the support of atpai sata.

  start-up: install libata.atapi_enabled = 1

• Speccy for Tecra R840-10T (PT429E-00M007EP)

  Next to this thread:

  http://forums.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=62061&start=0&TSTART=0

  * The HDD Seagate got completely borked, replaced under warranty by a Toshiba HDD.

  * If you use much plugged to AC without the battery (as I do, I only liked in the stack to use or load) your internal battey runs low and you need to reset the BIOS time whenever you start.

  * 3G is not as fast as I had hoped, but this may be due to other factors. The same goes for the wireless.

  * Tecra is not what it was. Unless you want something specific (such as a 3G modem) buy a Satellite.

  I got data speccy but, even trimmed, it's too big to post here. : p

  The camera is connected to the USB 3.0 hub. The motherboard was replaced by warranty soon as I bought it.

  Comes with a bunch of crapware from Toshiba and Intel, as expected.

  Nevertheless, overall, works well. The battery lasts usually around 4 hours, but I don't use it much and when I do it more often for office stuff. YMMV

  Although the original plan was to dump win7 and replace it with Debian, I already * nixes in my VMs at home and there are some things that you can't quite replace (like a desktop suite) and still interface with other beings, so I might keep this one with windows. We'll see.

  Thanks for this interesting announcement.

• Tecra R840-10 t has no work webcam or USB 3.0 port

  Even if this [another thread | http://forums.computers.toshiba-europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=62061&start=15&tstart=0] has been marked as resolved, the problems remain, but are not related to the bone, hw-partners.

  1 week after that I got a Tecra R840-10 t (PT429E-00M007EP) of Windows 7 have frozen at startup and the fan run at maximum speed. All I could do was to enter safe mode. After a factory reset (reinstalling OS of the hidden HD partition), not even the safe mode worked!
  Took back to the store, 2 days later a local Toshiba representative referred to the store as fixed (they have updated the BIOS...)

  2-3 weeks later, same problem. I called Toshiba directly, they have picked up the laptop, took almost 2 weeks and sending parts of the Germany twice before they sent it. I had to call them to find out they were going to deliver the next day. So far it seems to be fixed, Windows has not frozen since.

  However, now, little more than a month after I bought this laptop from professional quality, I noticed that, on his return, the USB 3.0 port (as long as this port) and the webcam does not work. They do not appear in the Device Manager, update their drivers through page for the download of Tecra yields nothing (and you have to go through hoops to actually install the webcam driver), nothing. It's as if they did not exist. I guess that any material they brought in wasn't exactly in perfect condition, or someone forgot to plug it into some pine trees.

  I tried several Linux LiveCD as well, they all recognize the material to varying degrees (being the most comprehensive Debian), but no recognize the USB 3.0 port or the webcam as well.

  Not an OS problem. Call them once again, waiting for a response from a representative Monday morning. Seriously considering to move directly to a repair center and asking the complaints book. There is no guarantee that this laptop won't break again.

  Not a happy camper.

  Hello

  > I tried several Linux LiveCD as well, they all recognize the material to varying degrees (being the most comprehensive Debian), but no recognize the USB 3.0 port or the webcam as well.

  Have you tested this with Toshiba configured OS?
  It would be interesting if Windows 7 would get the same problems, recognizing the USB 3.0 and the webcam

  by the way: this is a user forum to...

• Install Win 2000 on Tecra S2 - peripheral unknown

  Hello

  I try to install win 2 k on my Tecra S2.
  I have download all the drivers and I have read the order of installation, but now I have an unknown PCI device.

  I try to check all devices such as:
  -Modem
  -Lan card
  -Wireless network card
  -Card bus
  -Audio

  etc etc (including the irda driver, mobile extension, power save the driver driver touchpad...)

  I also try to re install all the driver but I ' have already the unknown PCI, the only factor device that I have not installed is the Bluetooth.

  Please can someone help, please

  The only solution for you to find your way through this download one
  Freeware called "Unknown device identifier" of this site: http://www.zhangduo.com/udi.html

  This program will allow you to easily locate the correct device description as well as the
  pilot coresponding.

  Hope this will sort things

  Concerning

  chain

• Tecra S3: issues of recovery dvd

  Salvation;

  I have a Tecra S3 120 model and its drive hard sata 80 GB has been partitioned to install debian and other BONE and have a backup only fat32 partition.

  Tecra have a manual and a single DVD, the recovery DVDs. A long time, I decided to have a quick glance; I started, and oh surprise, tool recovery begins to format drive without my intervention.
  Quickly I turned off.

  I am fortunate because only first 20 GB seems to be lost, so I only lost partition winXP and no backups, and linux (knoppix and testdisk help me to redo the partition table and the man gpart show how to do a mbr backup me and restore).

  Unfortunately, a second attempt gave me the same behavior of "recovery."
  Now I reinstall Windows XP, and a look at DVD show me that, like other Toshiba (Quosmio F-20), this DVD has an 'expert' mode (I see the bitmat with the screen, in a folder).

  I consider that the behavior by default as a danger bug, but:

  1. How can I access the so-called "expert mode" before formatting?
  2 and, very important, what is the image of ghost I have to choose for my 20 GB partition?
  Perhaps these images are volumes of the same image? :

  Thank you!

  DVD series: PMR400461SP1
  [01:37] debian: ~ # tree /cdrom/
  /CDROM/
  | - 03485000.CRC
  | - 03485000.GHO 670 M 2005-09-28 12:54
  | - 03485001.GHS 670 M 2005-09-28 12:47
  | - 03485002.GHS 670 M 2005-09-28 12:52
  | - 03485003.GHS 252 M 2005-09-28 12:54
  | - G_INST
  | | - BMP
  | | | - MENU. BMP---> here, I can see to choose "expert mode".
  | | | - NO_TOSPC. BMP
  | | | - PARTFORM. BMP
  | | | - RESTART. BMP
  | | ' - SP.txt
  | | - BACK
  | | | - ATTRIB. EXE
  | | | - CHOICE.COM
  | | | - MODE.COM
  | | | - XCOPY. EXE
  | | ' - XCOPY32. MOD
  | | - SPAN. BMP
  | ' - TOOLS
  | | - BMPVIEW. EXE
  | | - CLK.COM
  | | - FDISK. EXE
  | | - TDISKSZE. EXE
  | | - TOSCHK. EXE
  | | - TSHOW. EXE
  | | - VOLCHECK. EXE
  | | - gdisk.exe
  | ' - trecover.exe
  | - SPAN. BMP
  ' - Setenv.bat

  4 directories, 27 files

  Hello

  I m very surprised of your suggestion.
  To my knowledge the recovery procedure doesn't start automatically.
  You must choose between 2 modes, the standard mode and expert mode, until the procedure will begin.
  It is very amazing that it is not possible to choose it between these modes.

  But you can order a new partner of Toshiba Recovery CD.
  Perhaps only your CD is damaged.

  In any case, I don't think you will be able to restore your 20 GB on the HARD disk. My view, to start the process of full recovery to reinstall the Windows operating system

  Good luck

• Tecra 750: Question on the infrared remote control and TV

  Hello

  I wonder if anyone can help. I have an old Tecra 750 which I use as a sound system to play my MP3 collection. It has an infrared detector on it and I was wondering if it is possible to use this to receive a TV remote control IR, so I can use a remote control to navigate through my audio files. Does anyone know how or where I could find how? Y at - it a freeware to help maybe? Is it still possible?

  Thank you!

  Hello

  The computer uses infrared IRDA, and it is not compatible with the type of infra-red used by normal remote controls.

  You could get an external infrared remote control which must be plugged into the USB port.

• I would like to transfer my files to Tecra 750

  I just bought a L20 Sat, before I had a Tecra 750, I would like to transfer my files via, any ideas how I do, by the way I have lost all my discs for the Tecra windows98.

  Hello

  Well, if you want to transfer the files then burn to the CD. Is this a problem?
  As far as I know that the Tecra 750 has no Lan port. In this case, you can connect both devices with the cross over cable. Also the connection IrDa doesn't work because the L20 has no IrDA.
  Well, I put t see any other possibility to transfer the files.

  Good bye

• Tecra M5: standby/suspend one with a Linux 2.6 kernel

  I'm using linux kernel v2.6.16.20 on a Tecra M5, stable distribution of Debian 3.1. Most things seem to work properly, an annoying problem with the nvidia graphics drivers means that I can't go to a text console after starting X, but the more annoying is that I have to stop and start the machine there is no way I have found yet to convince standby or suspend.

  I use ACPI. As a fall back I also tried APM but it seems that it is not of any popular support APM in the BIOS on this laptop. That's fine, I'd rather be using ACPI, just need to make it work. I updated the BIOS to version 1.5.

  I have activated CONFIG_ACPI_SLEEP (also have CONFIG_SMP, CONFIG_SUSPEND_SMP, CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU, seem to need the last in order then to activate CONFIG_ACPI_SLEEP) and CONFIG_SOFTWARE_SUSPEND.
  $ cat/sys/power/state
  Reports:
  disc of mem

  Don't know where the option 'sleep' went, without active CONFIG_ACPI_SLEEP it reports 'sleep mem.

  Running: (in single-user mode, using-s at startup, so this minimum amount is running)
  $ echo "mem" >/sys/power/state
  Things start to happen, the screen becomes white with a second or two which makes it difficult to actually identify what he began to do/don't, but then it's right there, fan is active, can't really tell if the hard drive is still turning but there is little change except the cutting screen. May not then wake up at all, screen remains blank, no access to disk AFAIK, left for 10 minutes or so just in case is to have time-out problems, nothing. Only solution then is to powercycle (now the power button / Stop button for more than 4 seconds) and start from scratch again.

  Have also tried 2.6.16.9 compilation and applied suspend2 patch in an attempt to get the machine to suspend to disk, not my ideal choice but any suspension would be good at this point. All patched and updated ok, (taken 2.6.19.9 simply own patches against the kernel version had suspend2 I knew) running script "hibernate" written in the file or the fine swap, it shuts the laptop very well, but just the recovery does not. Tried FilesWriter initially and then went down to the most frequent SwapWriter, added ' echo >/proc/suspend2/do_resume ' initrd and also tried adding a script to/etc/mkinitrd/scripts that appear on a couple of distro Debian suspend2 lists for initrd plays, still no joy.
  Tried to adjust compression = none in the config I noticed that when using FileWriter with initrd problem lack the lzf module, rather than messing around trying to add lzf to initrd I figured disabling compression at least would allow me to test, still no joy. SwapWriter I got close, looked like, he begins to take over, then the laptop restarts after just a few seconds and then start normally, start info went. Nothing in the paper that I can see to suggest there is no problem at all.

  Am I missing something completely obvious here? I have searched several sites, came up with very little. Doesn't sound like a lot of people have linux on a Tecra M5, the few that relate the bits of material work, none seems to talk about Eve/suspension. Or maybe it chance is just a lot better than mine!

  Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can get this to work? I would like to be able to "standby" (S1) the laptop at the beginning so at least the material should continue to work on summary, then possibly S3/S4 (suspension on ram or disk) later if I can get this work and equipment to take back the goods. Only the next step I can think acpidump but my knowledge of the workings of ACPI is nonexistence, otherwise than to know it should work better than it does currently.

  Suggestions welcome!

  Thank you very much
  Pete

  Hello

  It is also possible that standby or Hibernate mode is not important for users. ;)
  In my view, it is important that this OS runs stabile and hardware components are recognized correctly.

  Sorry but I can't help you and hope another user of Tecra M5 with Linux has better luck than you.

  In any case good luck!