Toshiba Satellite A60
Hi,
I got a very old laptop from a friend who would like to try Linux after I have talked about it a lot.
The laptop is:
It does not support booting from USB so I'm using the LiveCD of Lubuntu 13.10 and have tried before Ubuntu 10.04 LiveCD (yes, I know, was just trying to see what will happen).Code:lubuntu description: Portable Computer product: Satellite A60 vendor: TOSHIBA version: PSA60E-00H01 serial: 84639689G width: 32 bits capabilities: smbios-2.3 dmi-2.3 configuration: administrator_password=disabled boot=normal chassis=portable power-on_password=disabled uuid=8D91C860-D549-11D8-A70E-00A0D1DDEF02 *-core description: Motherboard product: Portable PC vendor: TOSHIBA physical id: 0 version: Version A0 serial: 0000000000 *-firmware description: BIOS vendor: TOSHIBA physical id: 0 version: Version 1.40 date: 07/01/2004 size: 84KiB capacity: 448KiB capabilities: isa pci pcmcia pnp upgrade shadowing cdboot socketedrom pcmciaboot edd int13floppynec int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi agp zipboot smartbattery netboot *-cpu description: CPU product: Mobile Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz vendor: Intel Corp. physical id: 4 bus info: cpu@0 version: 15.2.9 slot: mFCPGA size: 2793MHz capacity: 3200MHz width: 32 bits clock: 133MHz capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe pebs bts cid xtpr cpufreq configuration: id=0 *-cache:0 description: L1 cache physical id: 5 slot: L1 Cache size: 8KiB capacity: 32KiB capabilities: burst pipeline-burst internal write-back *-cache:1 description: L2 cache physical id: 6 slot: L2 Cache size: 512KiB capacity: 512KiB capabilities: burst pipeline-burst external write-back *-memory:0 description: System Memory physical id: 11 slot: System board or motherboard capacity: 1536MiB *-bank:0 description: DIMM DDR EDO 266 MHz (3.8 ns) physical id: 0 slot: DRAM Slot 0 size: 1GiB width: 64 bits clock: 266MHz (3.8ns) *-bank:1 description: DIMM DDR Synchronous 266 MHz (3.8 ns) physical id: 1 slot: DRAM Slot 1 size: 256MiB width: 64 bits clock: 266MHz (3.8ns) *-memory:1 UNCLAIMED description: Video Memory physical id: 12 slot: System board or motherboard capacity: 64MiB *-memory:2 UNCLAIMED description: Flash Memory physical id: 13 slot: System board or motherboard capacity: 512KiB *-memory:3 UNCLAIMED description: Cache Memory physical id: 14 slot: System board or motherboard capacity: 1MiB *-memory:4 UNCLAIMED physical id: 1 *-memory:5 UNCLAIMED physical id: 2 *-pci description: Host bridge product: RS250 Host Bridge vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] physical id: 100 bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0 version: 05 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz configuration: driver=agpgart-ati latency=64 resources: irq:0 memory:b0000000-b3ffffff memory:b4000000-b4000fff *-pci:0 description: PCI bridge product: RS200/RS250 AGP Bridge vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] physical id: 1 bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master resources: ioport:c000(size=8192) memory:e0000000-efffffff memory:a0000000-afffffff *-display description: VGA compatible controller product: RS250 [Mobility Radeon 7000 IGP] vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] physical id: 5 bus info: pci@0000:01:05.0 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: agp agp-2.0 pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom configuration: driver=radeon latency=64 mingnt=8 resources: irq:16 memory:a0000000-a7ffffff ioport:c000(size=256) memory:e0000000-e000ffff memory:a8000000-a801ffff *-usb:0 description: USB controller product: OHCI USB Controller #1 vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] physical id: 13 bus info: pci@0000:00:13.0 version: 01 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: ohci bus_master configuration: driver=ohci-pci latency=64 resources: irq:19 memory:f0001000-f0001fff *-usb:1 description: USB controller product: OHCI USB Controller #2 vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] physical id: 13.1 bus info: pci@0000:00:13.1 version: 01 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: ohci bus_master configuration: driver=ohci-pci latency=64 resources: irq:19 memory:f0002000-f0002fff *-usb:2 description: USB controller product: EHCI USB Controller vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] physical id: 13.2 bus info: pci@0000:00:13.2 version: 01 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: pm ehci bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=ehci-pci latency=64 resources: irq:19 memory:f0003000-f0003fff *-serial description: SMBus product: SMBus vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] physical id: 14 bus info: pci@0000:00:14.0 version: 18 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz configuration: driver=piix4_smbus latency=0 resources: irq:0 ioport:e000(size=16) memory:f0000000-f00003ff *-ide description: IDE interface product: Dual Channel Bus Master PCI IDE Controller vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] physical id: 14.1 bus info: pci@0000:00:14.1 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: ide bus_master configuration: driver=pata_atiixp latency=64 resources: irq:16 ioport:1f0(size=8) ioport:3f6 ioport:170(size=8) ioport:376 ioport:8070(size=16) *-isa description: ISA bridge product: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] physical id: 14.3 bus info: pci@0000:00:14.3 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: isa bus_master configuration: latency=0 *-pci:1 description: PCI bridge product: IXP200 3COM 3C920B Ethernet Controller vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] physical id: 14.4 bus info: pci@0000:00:14.4 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: pci subtractive_decode bus_master resources: ioport:a000(size=8192) memory:d0000000-dfffffff memory:90000000-9fffffff *-pcmcia description: CardBus bridge product: PCI1410 PC card Cardbus Controller vendor: Texas Instruments physical id: 6 bus info: pci@0000:02:06.0 version: 02 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pcmcia bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=yenta_cardbus latency=176 maxlatency=5 mingnt=192 resources: irq:19 memory:d4000000-d4000fff ioport:a400(size=256) ioport:a800(size=256) memory:90000000-93ffffff memory:d8000000-dbffffff *-network description: Ethernet interface product: RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. physical id: 7 bus info: pci@0000:02:07.0 logical name: eth0 version: 10 serial: 00:a0:d1:dd:ef:02 size: 10Mbit/s capacity: 100Mbit/s width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=8139too driverversion=0.9.28 duplex=half latency=64 link=no maxlatency=64 mingnt=32 multicast=yes port=MII speed=10Mbit/s resources: irq:18 ioport:a000(size=256) memory:d0008000-d00080ff *-firewire description: FireWire (IEEE 1394) product: TSB43AB21 IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link) vendor: Texas Instruments physical id: a bus info: pci@0000:02:0a.0 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm ohci bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=firewire_ohci latency=64 maxlatency=4 mingnt=2 resources: irq:19 memory:d0000000-d00007ff memory:d0004000-d0007fff *-multimedia description: Multimedia audio controller product: IXP150 AC'97 Audio Controller vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] physical id: 14.5 bus info: pci@0000:00:14.5 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: bus_master configuration: driver=snd_atiixp latency=64 mingnt=2 resources: irq:17 memory:f0000400-f00004ff *-communication description: Modem product: IXP AC'97 Modem vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] physical id: 14.6 bus info: pci@0000:00:14.6 version: 01 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: generic bus_master configuration: driver=snd_atiixp_modem latency=64 mingnt=2 resources: irq:17 memory:f0000500-f00005ff *-scsi:0 physical id: 3 logical name: scsi0 capabilities: emulated *-disk description: ATA Disk product: IC25N040ATMR04-0 vendor: Hitachi physical id: 0.0.0 bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0 logical name: /dev/sda version: MO2O serial: MRG2DFKBD0GMNP size: 37GiB (40GB) capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos configuration: ansiversion=5 sectorsize=512 signature=000d9cd6 *-volume description: Linux filesystem partition vendor: Linux physical id: 1 bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1 logical name: /dev/sda1 version: 1.0 serial: d6e64a03-4602-4418-95ff-314f0745e07a size: 10GiB capacity: 10GiB capabilities: primary extended_attributes large_files ext2 initialized configuration: filesystem=ext2 modified=2014-03-08 09:12:21 state=clean *-scsi:1 physical id: 5 logical name: scsi1 capabilities: emulated *-cdrom description: DVD reader product: DW-224E-B vendor: TEAC physical id: 0.0.0 bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0 logical name: /dev/cdrom logical name: /dev/sr0 logical name: /cdrom version: M.6A capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd configuration: ansiversion=5 mount.fstype=iso9660 mount.options=ro,noatime state=mounted status=ready *-medium physical id: 0 logical name: /dev/cdrom logical name: /cdrom capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos configuration: mount.fstype=iso9660 mount.options=ro,noatime signature=69d12c62 state=mounted *-volume UNCLAIMED description: Hidden HPFS/NTFS partition physical id: 1 capacity: 695MiB capabilities: primary bootable hidden *-battery product: DR36 vendor: Duracell physical id: 1 version: 01/06/97 serial: 0042 slot: Smart Battery Conn J37 configuration: voltage=0.0V *-remoteaccess UNCLAIMED vendor: Manufacturer Name physical id: 2
I can do some few steps then the laptop is 'frozen' and does not do anything unless I turn it OFF by pressing the Power Button.
I just managed before I post this to create new partition table using GParted and created the 3 needed partitions:
Root
Swap
Home
Once I clicked on 'Install Lubuntu 13.10', the whole machine is frozen now.
When I tried to skip "Try without installation" and chose "Install Lubuntu", it was frozen right from the first moment it showed the wallpaper of the system with the circle as a mouse cursor.
So, with "Try without Installation" and "Install Lubuntu", I got the same thing. Something is stopping this machine to breathe Linux.
Yes, same happened with me with Ubuntu 10.04 LiveCD even before I click any thing.
What could be the reason?
The machine has enough memory to run any Ubuntu Installer for any flavour so not sure what is wrong?
Thoughts?
Thank you
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Originally Posted by mörgæs
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