Patrick Shanahan wrote:
* David C. Rankin
[06-21-08 05:20]: I'll be sure to post anything I can come up with, but it looks like the Phoenix BIOS screws us from being able to use toshutils. I have tried manually creating the device to see if I can load the driver that way with:
Gee, I wonder why????
from the website which provides the linux versions of the toshiba utilities:
third paragraph under "Introduction" on the front page
The Toshiba Linux utilities are specific to Toshiba laptops, and will not run on laptops from other manufactures. In addition they will not run on Satellite 16xx, 17xx, 3000 and 35DVD machines from Toshiba either. These models sport Pheonix BIOS'es and are made in that part of China that is not part of China. In short they are not true Toshiba laptops and are unlikely to ever be supported by the Toshiba Linux Utilities.
Patrick, I don't have any of those boxes and I have a P35 where the fn keys work and it has a Phoenix bios. I have read that same paragraph 50 times and it does not apply here. Further, if you look at my second post on this thread we were discussing the exact point "Don, Interesting you ask. The BIOS is Phoenix which is what ships on the box. It's a P205D-S7802. I have read the docs about the Phoenix BIOS being a problem on the 1600 and 1700 series machines and the Satellite 35DVD, but since Toshiba was putting out the BIOS update for this BIOS and it being the only one offered, I presumed it would be supported. " Thanks for the help anyway. -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org