Toshiba Satellite R15 wacom tablet pc

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Overview

This document contains instructions for installing Arch Linux on a Toshiba Satellite R15 wacom tablet pc using the stock 2.6.17-ARCH kernel. It assumes that you have completed the installation as described in the Official Arch Linux Install Guide.

Working

  • Audio
  • Video
  • Wireless
  • Power management
  • Tablet/Pen
  • Touch Pad
  • DVD-R/CD-R

Not tested

  • Extra keys in tablet mode
  • SD slot
  • PC card slot
  • Tablet rotation
  • Accelerometer

CD/FTP Installation

Quick notes:

  • The default installation is relatively painless.
  • Wireless won't work initially. However, the wired connection will. Plug 'er in.
  • Use the ftp/http package source for more up to date packages.
  • If you select all the packages, you'll have a conflict or two. Just deselect one of the conflicted packages and try again.


Wireless Network

The Toshiba Satellite R15 uses the Intel Pro/Wireless network interface (ipw2200). See Wireless Setup#ipw2100 and ipw2200.

Video

The Toshiba Satellite R15 uses the Intel 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device which uses the i810 driver. See Intel Graphics.

Audio

Alsa should work out of the box. The only thing you'll have to do is unmute the channels you want to hear. To use alsamixer, enter the following: 


$ alsamixer


Hit the letter 'm' to unmute the channels you want to use. Use the up and down cursor keys to raise and lower the volumes. When you're done, hit escape. You can also use kmix to unmute and adjust the volumes.

If alsamixer doesn't exist, try adding the following packages (as root) and do the previous stuff again: 


# pacman -S alsa-lib alsa-oss alsa-utils


That's it. She's good to go.

Power Management

Lucky for you and me, Arch Linux is set up pretty awesomely. All we have to do to get proper power management is to add the right modules to the modules section of /etc/rc.conf and download a package or two. How awesome is that? It's awesome, let me tell you.

Toshiba ACPI

The first thing to note is that you're on a Toshiba which means we need to load the toshiba_acpi module. As root, edit rc.conf and add toshiba_acpi to the modules secion of /etc/rc.conf: 


MODULES=(toshiba_acpi eepro100 ipw2200)


This'll give us control over the fan, the brightness of the LCD, etc.

CPU frequency scaling

See the main CPU Frequency Scaling article.

klaptop

That's it. We're done with power management. Reboot'er and check out your new power settings. The easiest way to manage these is with the KDE system try application called klaptop.

  1. Right click on the system tray icon, and go to configure klaptop.
  2. Click on the last tab called 'ACPI Config'.
  3. If check boxes are grayed out, click the 'Setup Helper Application' button.
  4. Enter your password when prompted. Close and reopen the config.
  5. Now you should be able to edit all the options in all the tabs.
  6. Now configure to your own personal taste.

Note: You might have to reboot for settings to take effect.

Bon apetite? Bueno! ;)

Wacom/Tablet

See Wacom Tablet.

And that's it. You're done. Your computer is fully operation now. Well, as operation as I need it, anyways. A bit anti-climatic, isn't it?

Farewell, my friends. :)

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