Hi All; A friend was given a Toshiba Libretto with a broke screen. Someone dropped it :(. It's running Windows CE. As soon as we can fix it we want to put Liunx on it. (I hope) There are two problems with it. First when he starts it up it demands a password. This password seems to be in the BIOS. Without it the whole computer locks up. Does anyone know how to get around this? It seems to be wanting the password before it even boots W$ CE. Next, does anyone know where to get a replacement screen for a Libretto, and what it costs? We got it from a guy who got it from the first owner, so the password is completely gone. :( TIA! J I M ----------------------------------------- Jim Hatridge Germany hatridge@straubing.baynet.de Proud Linux User #88484 !!!!!!!!!! Micro$oft -- Ghostdriver* on the road to the future! (*German Slang for the guy driving on the wrong side of the road!) ---------------------------------------------- "If a President of the United States ever lied to the American people he should resign." Bill Clinton, 1974 - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>
<PRE> James (Jim) Hatridge [hatridge@straubing.baynet.de] wrote:
A friend was given a Toshiba Libretto with a broke screen....
There are two problems with it. First when he starts it up it demands a password. This password seems to be in the BIOS. Without it the whole computer locks up. Does anyone know how to get around this? It seems to be wanting the password before it even boots W$ CE.
The documentation for my Toshiba Tecra says that if you set a 'hardware password' (as they call it) and forget it you need to take it to a Toshiba service center to get it reset, if I remember correctly. I'm assuming this means there is a jumper or something you can pull/set.
Next, does anyone know where to get a replacement screen for a Libretto, and what it costs?
Well Toshiba would be one place, I guarantee it will cost a lot. Replacement laptop displays are usually around the same price as the laptop. -- Jeremy Blosser | jblosser@firinn.org | <A HREF="http://jblosser.firinn.org/"><A HREF="http://jblosser.firinn.org/</A">http://jblosser.firinn.org/</A</A>> -----------------+-------------------------+------------------------------ "Would you fight to the death, for that which you love? In a cause surely hopeless ...for that which you love?" -- D. McKiernan, _Dragondoom_ </PRE> <A HREF="pgp00000.pgp"> PGP signature</A></P>
On 6 Feb, James (Jim) Hatridge wrote:
Hi All;
A friend was given a Toshiba Libretto with a broke screen. Someone dropped it :(. It's running Windows CE. As soon as we can fix it we want to put Liunx on it. (I hope)
There are two problems with it. First when he starts it up it demands a password. This password seems to be in the BIOS. Without it the whole computer locks up. Does anyone know how to get around this? It seems to be wanting the password before it even boots W$ CE.
Next, does anyone know where to get a replacement screen for a Libretto, and what it costs?
We got it from a guy who got it from the first owner, so the password is completely gone. :(
TIA!
J I M ----------------------------------------- Jim Hatridge Germany hatridge@straubing.baynet.de
Proud Linux User #88484 !!!!!!!!!!
Micro$oft -- Ghostdriver* on the road to the future! (*German Slang for the guy driving on the wrong side of the road!) ---------------------------------------------- "If a President of the United States ever lied to the American people he should resign." Bill Clinton, 1974
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The libretto is not a hpc and does not run windows ce. Its just a smallish regular ole pc which can run almost anything. People I work with have librettos running linux with no problems. They also will run NT. The hardware lock or power on password may be reset by resetting the bios. On compaqs one can do a bios reset which does away with things like power on passwords. It also seems to scramble a bit more. Im not sure if librettos have this feature set. I can email a few colleagues who use librettos regularly if you want. Hope this helps. -- Michael E. Perry mperry@basin.com ------------------ - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>
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