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Setup Guide:- Toshiba Dynabook UX/ NB200 / NB205
So you have a Toshiba NB200 / Dynabook UX / NB205. Some things don't work out of the box in Jaunty UNR 9.04. The following guide should help get as much as possible up and working. I'll try to keep it up to date.
WiFi -
First and foremost if you want WiFi to work in Linux the DO NOT turn it off in Windows. A mistake I made and have learnt from. Turning off the WiFi in Windows will disable the WiFi in Linux, completely. The best you can hope for then is that the interface shows up in ifconfig. It will not broadcast or detect any signals. You can ensure it's on by the presense of the the WiFi LED on the front of the machine.
Making WiFi work once activated is simply a matter of
Code:
sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-jaunty
Congratulations you've made WiFi work.
Sound -
This being linux there are, as always, many paths to the same destination, configuring sound is no exception.
The Easy and Partial Method.
The NB200 contains a Realtek ALC272 chip apparently this chip can be configured in many, many ways. The good news, the chip is supported in Linux by the ALSA drivers, the not so good news is that in UNR 9.04 the best you can currently hope for is headphone audio only. If you're willing to live without the latest software, apparently audio works fine in 8.04. Since the internal speakers on the NB200 are completely crap anyway, personally I'd rather have 9.04 and headphones.
update to the latest (1.0.20 ) Alsa drivers.
add the following repository to your sources.
https://launchpad.net/~rlinfati/+archive/ppa
Instructions for how to add the PPA are listed on the site so I won't go over them here. Using your favourite package manager perform the update or from the command line.
Code:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
When complete, edit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf using your favourite editor. Addthe following line to the bottom
Code:
options snd-hda-intel model=asus-mode4
adjust the levels in alsamixer and reboot. Plug in some headphones or external speakers and you're good to go.
Advanced but Complete Method
This method has been pointed out as fully working and will give speaker output, it is however significantly more involved and to my mind the speaker output just isn't worth the effort. However, for those that are willing to tinker, there is a detailed help tutorial here. The general gist of it though it to remove the pulseaudio sound sever and the ALSA drivers and run on the OSS driver with the esound server instead.
Video Playback Performance -
During playback of videos I noticed tearing of the material. After a little hunting I found that the problem is known about and fixed in the latest stable xorg release.
Add the following PPA
https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat/+archive/x-updates
As above update your package list and upgrade a quick reboot and video is crisp and smooth.
update:: further reading on video performance in intel based systems
Touchpad -
I couldn't seem to get the settings right on this for a few days, it was too sensitive and yet strangely sluggish at the same time. A bit of searching turned up the attached touchpad.fdi file.
Download the attached file touchpad.fdi.gz and unzip it. As root copy the file to where it belongs and reboot.
Code:
sudo cp touchpad.fdi /etc/hal/fdi/policy/
after the reboot
Code:
apt-get install gsynaptics
this program allows more complete setup of the touchpad than the included application but it requires the first step be performed before it will run. Something to do with SHMConfig option in the fdi file. I don't really understand it but I don't need to in order to know it made an appreciable difference.
Bluetooth -
Unknown, I don't think it works but I don't know enough about using bluetooth under Linux to make a comment.
Hibernate -
Suspend works from the moment the install is completed, however hibernate doesn't and whilst it's less used it's still nice to know it's there.
First you need to install uswsusp
Code:
sudo apt-get install uswsusp
This package give you access to two userspace utilities which allow suspend to disk and suspend to RAM. Since suspend to RAM works natively anyway I won't cover installing that portion however if you follow the link in the credits section it will take you to a tutorial covering that part.
Begin by backing up the Ubuntu default script for hibernation so that in the event everything goes wrong you can restore it.
Code:
sudo cp /usr/lib/hal/scripts/linux/hal-system-power-hibernate-linux /usr/lib/hal/scripts/linux/hal-system-power-hibernate-linux.bak
Then using your favourite text editor delete the contents of the file and replace it with
Code:
#!/bin/sh
/usr/sbin/s2disk
save the file and exit.
Find out where your swap partition is kept.
Note the line which tells you. Mine is /dev/sda6 yours may or may not be the same it depends on how you've partitioned your drive.
edit the grub menu to include the resume partition so that everything comes back the way it should.
Code:
sudo jed /etc/grub/menu.lst
( where jed is my favourite editor )
add the line where, as stated above sda6 is your swap partition. Save the file and exit.
and you're done.
Internal G-Sensors -
Fairly sure these don't work but I understandably didn't want to try too hard to crash the heads on my HDD. Under Windows they require a Toshiba supplied driver to function so it's safe to say that they probably don't work yet under Linux.
My only remaining issue that bugs me a little. Is that if I'm downloading something sizable and don't touch the laptop at all for a few seconds it seemingly freezes until you move the touchpad. The length of time is not fixed it could be 3 minutes it could be 3 seconds. But it won't do anything until you move the mouse. Very strange and I'm sure there must be a power management setting somewhere that's linked to inactivity but I've checked all the obvious ones and they made no difference.
At this point everything else should work as far as I can see.
Credits
Credit is due to the following people and websites who have both intentionally and unintentionally aided in the building of this guide.
Yorkzhang for the ALSA sound solution
Harty83 for the OSS and Hibernate solutions.
http://tjmcgrew.com/ - For WiFi solution
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OpenSound - For OSS setup guide
http://jrobbo.com/blog/?p=37 - for Hibernate
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Re: Setup Guide:- Toshiba Dynabook UX/ NB200 / NB205
If you think your webcam video is looking choppy, make sure you have enough bright light, to avoid getting slow frame rates.
If that doesn't solve the issue you may wish to try changing gstreamer-properties video output
see here: http://live.gnome.org/Cheese/FAQ#hea...7cf78ce00b2802
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Re: Setup Guide:- Toshiba Dynabook UX/ NB200 / NB205
We've been discussing similar things here. You can get basic sound working via OSS but as pointed out, the speakers suck by nature so don't expect much when you get it working :-)
I couldn't get hibernate working out of the box for the nb205 and had to use s2disk which works beautifully (and much quicker) than the standard.
I would love for someone to figure out how to get bluetooth working!!
Thanks,
Alan
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do you mind if I add the hibernate tip to my list ? I kinda want it to be a one-stop setup thread.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by
Ultim8Fury
do you mind if I add the hibernate tip to my list ? I kinda want it to be a one-stop setup thread.
Please do! You are welcome to put the OSS work around as well if you want.
Thanks,
Alan
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Heads up: Wifi still not working using Linux Mint 7 (based on Ubuntu 9.04). I've completely updated the system and installed the backports AND installed WiCD. At no step has wireless worked. Period. Granted, that's with Mint 7. Since I've got XP working fine on mine, I'll go ahead and try your setup guide using straight Ubuntu.
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Hello all,
A bit back I was working on documentation for setting up the NB205 with UNR. I started a (rather plain) wiki page on the Ubuntu documentation wiki directory:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupp...s/ToshibaNB205
It is fairly sparse at the moment, and I would love to see more edits made to it as time is a little lacking on my part. I personally have not tested hibernate, bluetooth, full speaker support, and etc.
I hope that the visibility of the wiki will make the information even easier to access for those in need, and it is in fairly good need of more edits from those who have tried the tweaks I have not.
Happy computing,
-solidus126
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Just as a fyi for jaunty, uswsusp installs s2disk, etc in /usr/sbin rather than /sbin.
Thanks,
Alan
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Thanks for these fantastic instructions! Worked perfectly for me. I have two remaining issues, and hope someone can help me. I suspect the issue is related to the NB200, but if it needs to be moved into a different thread, I'd kindly ask one of the admins to do so.
* Skype Audio: I can't get skype audio to work. Unfortunately most of my colleagues use skype extensively, and this is a crucial feature for me. In Options -> Sound Devices, I can see my headset is recognised. It lets me choose:
Sennheiser USB Headset (hw:Headset,0)
... or
Sennheiser USB Headset (plughw:Headset,0)
as Sound In, Sound Out, or Other Sound device, but I can't hear anything on the headphones. I did test general audio with the headset before - and can listen to audio.
I am not sure what information to post here in order to make it easier for others to troubleshoot, so please let me know how to find the information you would need to help.
* Less important: Video playback of youtube videos in Firefox is still very very choppy. If I download the files, I can play them at good quality using the standard Totem Movie Player 2.26.1 (Movie Player using GStreamer 0.10.22)
Thanks for any ideas, pointers, comments!
P
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Have you checked to see if the 2.6.30.3 kernel packages at http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa...ine/v2.6.30.3/ fix the issues with the wifi card not working if it is shut off in Windows? It might also help with the sound issue.
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@Ultim8fury - glad my wifi solution helped.
Has anyone else noticed that the wifi seems weak on the NB205? I can't seem to stay connected to my wireless router from across the house - the Dell I have running fedora connects just fine.I've had trouble with other wifi access points as well.
When I run a scan, (iwlist wlan0 scan), all of the quality numbers are xx/70. Why 70 and not 100 like most laptops? I suspect this has something to do with the weak connections I get, and probably related to a power setting somewhere, but I've yet to find a way to fix it. Anyone have any suggestions?
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Thanks for that.
When I bought the netbook I went straight into the office and fired it up, being cautious of battery life I turned off the wifi and then within 5 minutes decided that XP wasn't staying on it. Half hour later and I'd wiped out Windows and was running jaunty. Still it's all good again now.
Updated the main post to correct the hibernate command path. also added a link to the HUGE discussion regarding video performance on intel chipsets. Highly recommended reading since it goes further than the solution I posted.
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Great post, thank you for pulling this info together. Have CrunchBang running on my nb205 very nicely now.
I don't suppose anyone has any xmodmap info for the keyboard? I would like to map FN+F9 back to a simple script to toggle the touchpad, the way the win driver is designed. Here's the script in case someone finds it useful... I've just aliased it to a key combo that works for the time being (Super+F9).
Code:
#!/bin/bash
if
synclient -l |grep -Pq TouchpadOff.*0;
then synclient TouchpadOff=1 && echo Touchpad Off;
else synclient TouchpadOff=0 && echo Touchpad On;
fi
There may be a better approach, and if so I'd love to know it. Otherwise, this seems to do the job, and all the better if it can be mapped to the original key command.
Thanks again for this great resource!
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Bluetooth is working with omnibook module:
- Get sources from http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/362618/om...1217-1_all.deb
- Make sure Bluetooth is enabled in Windows
- sudo apt-get install module-assistant build-essential
- sudo m-a a-i omnibook-source
- Try it: sudo modprobe omnibook ectype=14
- Make it autoload:
- sudo nano /etc/modules
- Put "omnibook" at the latest line
- sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/omnibook.conf:
options omnibook ectype=14 userset=0 lcd=0 display=0 blank=0 battery=0 ac=0 bluetooth=1
Works fine for my NB200, even enabling/disabling bluetooth via /proc/omnibook/bluetooth
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@Leesa: you are my hero!!! How did you figure that out? Works perfectly on my nb205 as well!
@Ultim8Fury: please add this to your post ASAP!
Thanks,
Alan
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Well, it seems that after doing the bluetooth fix my touchpad is sluggish and does not recognize taps. Anyone else experiencing this?
Later....never mind. Had the sensitivity set too low in gsynaptics.
Thanks,
Alan
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External\internal microphones were not working on my NB200 after making the sound system alterations suggested by Ultim8Fury. I then came across the post:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...0?comments=all
specifically post #6 from Nighto. This suggested:
" ... System->Preferences->Sound->Sound Capture is set to "HDA Intel ALC268 Analog(ALSA)" not "ALSA" ..."
After doing this the external microphone works (not really bothered about the built-in microphone so I don't remember testing it).
Now I can use Skype or other VOIP applications.
Postscript on 06/08/2009:
In my original post I stated that I hadn't tested the built-in microphone. This is to add the fact that the internal microphone on a NB200 DOES work after making the change I referred to above.
The volume is a bit low but. There is no +20dB Microphone Boost in the Volume Control GUI (Alsa Mixer).
Joe P.
BTW. This thread is what enabled me to use Linux on my NB200. Thanks Ultim8Fury.
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This thread is incredible and also enabled me to use Linux on my NB200. Unfortunately I tried what phoenix55 told and it did not work for me, so I still don't have the internal microphone working (tried Skype and Sound Recorder)
I don't even have this option in Sound Capture. Maybe this is because I'm using OSS in order to make my internal speakers work (as it doesn't work with ALSA).
Here follow how my Sound Preferences looks like, and for some reason I can't take a screenshot while clicking so the options for Sound Capture are:
# Alsa - Advanced Linux Sound Architecture
# OSS - Open Sound System
# PulseAudio Sound Server
# Test Sound
# Silent
http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/230...shotens.th.png
There is no other option in Devices as well, even if plugged external microphone or speakers.
In the other hand, WiFi is working perfectly, and so are my webcam and built-in speakers. The only problem I can see is the microphone not working.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by
filipegatti
This thread is incredible and also enabled me to use Linux on my NB200. Unfortunately I tried what phoenix55 told and it did not work for me, so I still don't have the internal microphone working (tried Skype and Sound Recorder)
I don't even have this option in Sound Capture. Maybe this is because I'm using OSS in order to make my internal speakers work (as it doesn't work with ALSA).
Here follow how my Sound Preferences looks like, and for some reason I can't take a screenshot while clicking so the options for Sound Capture are:
# Alsa - Advanced Linux Sound Architecture
# OSS - Open Sound System
# PulseAudio Sound Server
# Test Sound
# Silent
http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/230...shotens.th.png
There is no other option in Devices as well, even if plugged external microphone or speakers.
In the other hand, WiFi is working perfectly, and so are my webcam and built-in speakers. The only problem I can see is the microphone not working.
To get the internal mic working with OSS you need to install ossxmix and open it. The GUI sucks but gets the job done. Look for Int Mic or something like that. It will probably be set to mix2 or some other number. Change it to input and adjust the volume. The mic should work. Switch it back and forth from mix#/input to enable/disable it.
Thanks,
Alan
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Quote:
Originally Posted by
harty83
To get the internal mic working with OSS you need to install ossxmix and open it. The GUI sucks but gets the job done. Look for Int Mic or something like that. It will probably be set to mix2 or some other number. Change it to input and adjust the volume. The mic should work. Switch it back and forth from mix#/input to enable/disable it.
Thanks,
Alan
The ossxmix was already installed and indeed, the GUI really sucks. I changed the mix2-int-mic to input and it did not work at first. Actually all my sound was gone for a minute, then I restarted my session and everything - including the mic - was back.
If I try to use the Sound Recorder now I'm able to record any sound.
But, my Skype still doesn't recognize it. It gives me the "Problem with Audio Playback". I tried going to options in Skype and Audio Devices, but it only shows three options:
- Default device
- hdmi
- headset
And it doesn't work in any of them.
I didn't tried with a external mic, but it does'nt matter because the point here is to make the internal mic works.
Thank you anyway, the ossxmix was a great help, now my speakers are louder. :o
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Do you have the OSS version of skype installed?
Thanks,
Alan
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Actually I've downloaded the default Ubuntu version of Skype. Now that I looked, they have a Static OSS .tar.bz2 version. I'll give a try when I get home and post the results.
Thank you again.
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Add the medibuntu repository and you can install it from there via synaptic.
Thanks,
Alan
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If you use the omnibook module with ectype=12, you can enable the wifi without needing Windows. Also, do NOT enable bluetooth coexistance (do NOT use btcoex_enable=1) with the ath9k modules or wifi might not work. I am sure getting sound to work fully with alsa is just a matter of trying different models for the snd-hda-intel module. Also, the omnibook module might need to be removed before suspending/hibernating and re-loaded afterwards (this will cause kbluetooth4 to crash, so add export KDE_DEBUG=1 in your profile.
Here is my options.conf:
options omnibook ectype=12 wifi=1 userset=1 bluetooth=1
options snd-hda-intel model=asus-mode4
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Freeze-up vs touchpad, w/2GB PC2-5300 RAM, 60GB OCZ Vertex Turbo.
I see 60--80MB/s if I continuously move my finger on the touchpad when doing "dd bs=128K if=<7GB file> of=/dev/null". If I leave the touchpad alone, I get 1--6MB/s. (No typo: there's >10 times difference.)
Confirmed on
- with "pm-powersave true" and with "pm-powersave false",
- with and without the referenced touchpad.fdi,
- on ext3 and on ext4.
- Ubuntu Desktop 09.04 (tested non-modified installation only),
- UNR 09.10, daily 20090810 (tested non-modified installation only).
Anyone seeing something similar? Suggestions?
PS! Booting is somewhat faster (2--3x) if I similarly move a finger around on the touchpad, but I frequently end up with a non-functioning touchpad upon boot-up if I do that.
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Thanks to Ultim8Fury for this useful thread!
I see the same freezes as ReneVYL...
Also, the sound quality of the internal microphone (using the ALSA solution suggested by Ultim8Fury) is much worse than in "the other OS".
Very quiet, and noisy.
Otherwise things work smoothly.
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Freezes: try to set kernel options nohz=off hpet=disable noapic.
Code:
/boot/grub/menu.lst:
# defoptions=quiet splash nohz=off hpet=disable noapic
Bluetooth & omnibook:
Quote:
Originally Posted by
harty83
@Leesa: you are my hero!!! How did you figure that out? Works perfectly on my nb205 as well!
Just found and tried bluetooth manual for Toshiba Satellite... And it worked.
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Re: Freeze-up vs touchpad, w/2GB PC2-5300 RAM, 60GB OCZ Vertex Turbo.
I believe my issue, see above [http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php...5&postcount=25], has now been fixed, by aligning the SSD's partitions to its block boundaries. Since doing that (and reinstalling) I am consistently seeing >100MB/s read speeds with dd, while the netbook is being left alone.
(That said, I am a little bit skeptical that misalignment can have that pronounced an effect but, just to be clear, I have not followed Leesa's suggestions nor done anything similarly explicit that I didn't do before.)
EDIT1: the increased dd-read speed apparently from properly aligning the partitions was a fluke, it seems. Alignment buys 10s of %, but I am back to sub-expected performance. Time to try the various suggestions by Leesa ...
EDIT2: Leesa's three suggestions: nohz=off hpet=disable noapic, seem to work. (Thanks, Leesa!) With all three in combination, I'm seeing 100--140+ MB/s read speeds, which is probably as much as can be expected from the little thing. Unfortunately, I'm out of time and will not be able to test the three options separately or in pairs for some time, unless using all three has a catastrophic impact on battery life. I'll update or repost if anything new comes up.
EDIT3: couldn't resist: nohz=off seems to be what makes (almost all) the difference. Additionally, powertop reports <8.5W idle power usage with nohz=off vs >11W when nohz=off is not specified.
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I'm having this curious problem using UNR 9.04... I never used my netbook (Toshiba NB200) for a long time because I was in home and I have my desktop computer. But now that I'm using it, I can see that after some time, my WiFi stop working.
If I'm connected, after something like thirty minutes to one hour, I lose my connection and I can't connect back. I still can scan all the networks next to me, even my own network, but I can't connect, it stays as "connecting" for a few minutes until it does not connect at all.
I was using Windows before using UNR and the WiFi was working ok 24/7, that's why I've discarded a router problem (and I have other computers WiFi connected to this router and working).
I don't think anybody else here is having problems with the WiFi, but I'm having this curious one and I don't know what to do. I always lose my connection, so it's really ******* me off.
I, as anyone else, enabled the WiFi installing the linux-backports-modules-jaunty.
Someone else is having the same problem, or by any chance knows how to solve this?
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I have the same issue regarding WIFI reliability. Sitting next to my router, I get ~70%.
When I get disconnected, I try clicking againg on my network and when this fail, I disable wireless and re-enable it (right-click on the network icon).
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Re: Freeze-up vs touchpad, w/2GB PC2-5300 RAM, 60GB OCZ Vertex Turbo.
How did you enable ACPI? I only see "no ACPI info available" in powertop when I try to see energy consumption...
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Quote:
Originally Posted by
froggy7
How did you enable ACPI? I only see "no ACPI info available" in powertop when I try to see energy consumption...
Don't know whether this helps: powertop only gives a Watt estimate on unplugged machines (because it relies on battery drain).
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As it turns out, the webcam is quite the little power consumer, @ around 1W when idle. Even when specifying "defoptions=... usbcore.autosuspend=1" (followed by "sudo update-grub" and a reboot), the webcam stays always on. (It never autosuspends.)
(The following is written based on the webcam being on bus 1 as device 3, i.e., device 1-2, where we count 0,1,2,... for devices --- verify with "lsusb".)
The standard trick, as it were, applies
- place a file (as root:root, with 755 permissions) in /etc/init.d/ with
#!/bin/sh
echo suspend > /sys/bus/usb/devices/1-2/power/level
- link to this file as "S<something>" from "/etc/rcS.d/"
On every bootup, the camera is then put off automatically and permanently. (Verify with "lsusb"). Although I haven't confirmed the power draw, autosuspend can be had by "auto" in ".../power/level" (and always-on by "echo on").
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I had the battery in and AC disconnected. It only gives me power information after collecting data for 5min. Perhaps this is related
to /proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/info giving a rate 0?
Thanks for the webcam suspend trick.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by
froggy7
Perhaps [5min.] is related to /proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/info giving a rate 0?
5 min is standard, for averaging.
Quote:
Originally Posted by
froggy7
Thanks for the webcam suspend trick.
It would appear that "suspend"ing the webcam interferes with sleep and hibernation of the machine; "auto" appears to be OK and the power draw appears to be in line with "suspend".
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Quote:
Originally Posted by
filipegatti
Actually I've downloaded the default Ubuntu version of Skype. Now that I looked, they have a Static OSS .tar.bz2 version. I'll give a try when I get home and post the results.
Thank you again.
Tried the OSS Skype version and worked perfectly. Also enabled the volume controller to be controlled by OSS and now I can turn on my internal microphone without needing to open the ossxmixer.
Thanks.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by
Leesa
Freezes: try to set kernel options nohz=off hpet=disable noapic.
Code:
/boot/grub/menu.lst:
# defoptions=quiet splash nohz=off hpet=disable noapic
That's a rather heavy hammer; you're disabling tickless, high performance timers, and the IOAPIC. How about:
Code:
# defoptions=quiet splash processor.max_cstate=1
(assuming that your "processor" module is compiled in).
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There is another thing which is getting on my nerves.
All the windows, while using the UNR default desktop (not the Ubuntu default), open maximized.
I've detected that a few softwares escape this rule. Pidgin is one of them. Unfortunately there is no way to disable the big and black message pop-up alert in Pidgin, so I changed to emesene, which does always open maximized, even the conversations windows open maximized, always.
Using some other softwares, like SCREEM or Bluefish, I've noticed that this also happens.
And also in Firefox a lot of times, if I try to see the source code of a page or properties of an item, these windows always come maximized.
I tried looking for something to change that in preferences, but without luck.
Maybe this is really easy to fix and I'm missing something, so please tell me if you know how to fix.
Thank you.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by
ReneVYL
As it turns out, the webcam is quite the little power consumer, @ around 1W when idle. Even when specifying "defoptions=... usbcore.autosuspend=1" (followed by "sudo update-grub" and a reboot), the webcam stays always on. (It never autosuspends.)
...
Although I haven't confirmed the power draw, autosuspend can be had by "auto" in ".../power/level" (and always-on by "echo on").
I tried this out. powertop was reporting 12.5 watts before i disabled it and 12.5 after. I let it sit a bit before and after to make sure nothing else was causing extra power usage. So, I think this doesn't really make a difference?:confused:
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Re: Setup Guide:- Toshiba Dynabook UX/ NB200 / NB205
Quote:
Originally Posted by
filipegatti
I'm having this curious problem using UNR 9.04... I never used my netbook (Toshiba NB200) for a long time because I was in home and I have my desktop computer. But now that I'm using it, I can see that after some time, my WiFi stop working.
...
Someone else is having the same problem, or by any chance knows how to solve this?
This happens for me to. I usually just restart NetworkManager /etc/init.d/NetworkManager restart and it's fine... However, you shouldn't have to do this. Maybe we should file this bug with ubuntu or the kernel?
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OSSv4:
Just wanted to mention that OSSv4 does nto support suspending/resuming. I found a temporary solution to run soundoff via a suspend script and soundon an resume. This causes the mixera_applet to crash every suspend resume. I've reverted to alsa/pulse for now. I hope someone can get the speaker workign with alsa.
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ReneVYL, I still envy you for your 8.5 watts idle... the best I get with powertop is 11w, which gives me roughly 6h, which, btw, is still much less than the advertised lifetime.
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Re: Setup Guide:- Toshiba Dynabook UX/ NB200 / NB205
Quote:
Originally Posted by
SirFunk
I tried this out. powertop was reporting 12.5 watts before i disabled it and 12.5 after. I let it sit a bit before and after to make sure nothing else was causing extra power usage. So, I think this doesn't really make a difference?:confused:
There are many factors that affect power consumption, including whether the USB bus is allowed to go to sleep and for how long. If you have other USB devices attached, suspending the webcam will make less difference than if it is the only thing waking the bus up.
Procedure-wise, I'm testing for the lowest I can make the machine go, which does not (necessarily) translate to the longest battery life, of course. Concretely, I test by letting powertop run for more than 5mins after the screen turns off, not just dims, and then look at the reported number as I touch the touchpad and make the screen wake up. (I'm now down to 7.7W, by the way.)
I would imagine the biggest powersaver is the SSD I installed.
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Re: Setup Guide:- Toshiba Dynabook UX/ NB200 / NB205
Quote:
Originally Posted by
sorbus
How about
:
Code:
# defoptions=quiet splash processor.max_cstate=1
(assuming that your "processor" module is compiled in).
That goes just as low as Leesa's combined three suggestions and as just using nohz=off on my system (7.7W). But, the system is able to stay in C1 for longer with processor.max_cstate=1 than with the others.
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Hi! :)
I'm in the process of setting up an NB200 to dual boot XP and Ubuntu - rather unsuccessfully, about which I've posted elsewhere... Anyway, I didn't read this (and other) thread(s) first, and so used the Ubuntu installer's automatic partitioner which has rendered XP non-working. I read that if I run the Windows/DOS utility chkdsk, it should fix this, and that this will run automatically if I put the harddrive in a working Windows computer. However, I don't have a torx screwdriver, which I would need to take the harddrive out, so I've been trying various other ways to run chkdsk.
The utility is on the Windows XP installation CD, so I've tried writing an image of that CD to a usb key and to a hard disk partition and booting from it - no success. I've also tried running chkdsk from the installation CD (copied to my hard drive) from DOSBox, but no success there either. Is there any way of doing this without taking the hard drive out, or am I banging my head against a brick wall?
Thanks!
-tzirtzi
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Some more details on the above:
* Check partition for errors in GParted runs and does nothing.
* ntfsfix says "Failed to determine whether /dev/hda2 is mounted: No such file or directory.
Mounting volume... Error opening partition device: No such file or directory.
Failed to startup volume: No such file or directory.
FAILED
Attempting to correct errors... Error opening partition device: No such file or directory.
FAILED
Failed to startup volume: No such file or directory.
Volume is corrupt. You should run chkdsk."
* chkdsk from the Windows install and from the Windows installation CD fail to run under Wine.
* BartPE gets a BSoD when starting and advises I run chkdsk.
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More interesting info.
I've noticed that my Toshiba NB200 is always with no battery at all.
I charge my battery, then I use my netbook connected on AC Power. Ok, it shows that my battery is at 100%, no problem at all. Then I finish using my netbook and turn it off (Shut Down on options). After a few days, when I try to turn my netbook on using the battery, and not the AC Power, I can see that it doesn't turn on at all.
If I connect the AC Power, then it turns on and the battery starts charging like if it was on 0% (and it really was!)
Then I made some tests, I charged my battery, turned the netbook off and removed the battery. After a few days, I put the battery in again and everything was ok, running on battery with 100% charged (without AC Power).
Somehow, when I turn my netbook off, it still consumes my battery in a way that a couple of days later my battery simply runs out. Maybe Ubuntu is not shutting everything down? Leaving something working?
What is happening? This is really annoying. Anyone else with the same problem?
P.S.: I used it with the Windows XP for a month when I bought it and this didn't happen.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by
filipegatti
More interesting info.
I've noticed that my Toshiba NB200 is always with no battery at all.
I charge my battery, then I use my netbook connected on AC Power. Ok, it shows that my battery is at 100%, no problem at all. Then I finish using my netbook and turn it off (Shut Down on options). After a few days, when I try to turn my netbook on using the battery, and not the AC Power, I can see that it doesn't turn on at all.
If I connect the AC Power, then it turns on and the battery starts charging like if it was on 0% (and it really was!)
Then I made some tests, I charged my battery, turned the netbook off and removed the battery. After a few days, I put the battery in again and everything was ok, running on battery with 100% charged (without AC Power).
Somehow, when I turn my netbook off, it still consumes my battery in a way that a couple of days later my battery simply runs out. Maybe Ubuntu is not shutting everything down? Leaving something working?
What is happening? This is really annoying. Anyone else with the same problem?
P.S.: I used it with the Windows XP for a month when I bought it and this didn't happen.
I had the same problem. I believe it is caused by the built in webcam being powered even when the system is turned off thanks to the Sleep and Charge feature. Try adding 'echo auto > /sys/bus/usb/devices/1-2/power/level' and 'echo 1 >/sys/bus/usb/devices/1-2/power/autosuspend' to your init scripts or /etc/profile to make sure the camera gets shut off when you suspend or power down. While you can blacklist the uvcvideo module to prevent the camera from working, that won't prevent it from sucking up power.
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Re: Setup Guide:- Toshiba Dynabook UX/ NB200 / NB205
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Leesa
Bluetooth is working with omnibook module:
- Get sources from http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/362618/om...1217-1_all.deb
- Make sure Bluetooth is enabled in Windows
- sudo apt-get install module-assistant build-essential
- sudo m-a a-i omnibook-source
- Try it: sudo modprobe omnibook ectype=14
- Make it autoload:
- sudo nano /etc/modules
- Put "omnibook" at the latest line
- sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/omnibook.conf:
options omnibook ectype=14 userset=0 lcd=0 display=0 blank=0 battery=0 ac=0 bluetooth=1
Works fine for my NB200, even enabling/disabling bluetooth via /proc/omnibook/bluetooth
You should use ectype=12 instead of ectype=14. That way you can enable or disable wifi without needing to boot Windows. Unfortunately, the hotkeys don't work, so you have to manually echo either 1 or 0 to /proc/omnibook/wifi (or if you prefer, just disable it in the bios when you want to be sure it is disabled).
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Re: Setup Guide:- Toshiba Dynabook UX/ NB200 / NB205
Quote:
Originally Posted by
tzirtzi
Hi! :)
I'm in the process of setting up an NB200 to dual boot XP and Ubuntu - rather unsuccessfully, about which I've posted elsewhere... Anyway, I didn't read this (and other) thread(s) first, and so used the Ubuntu installer's automatic partitioner which has rendered XP non-working. I read that if I run the Windows/DOS utility chkdsk, it should fix this, and that this will run automatically if I put the harddrive in a working Windows computer. However, I don't have a torx screwdriver, which I would need to take the harddrive out, so I've been trying various other ways to run chkdsk.
The utility is on the Windows XP installation CD, so I've tried writing an image of that CD to a usb key and to a hard disk partition and booting from it - no success. I've also tried running chkdsk from the installation CD (copied to my hard drive) from DOSBox, but no success there either. Is there any way of doing this without taking the hard drive out, or am I banging my head against a brick wall?
Thanks!
-tzirtzi
For some reason, installing Ubuntu after windows on this machine renders Windows unbootable. To fix, you need to restore Windows boot loader then resinstall grub.
Boot up using your Windows disc and go into the repair console. Type fixmbr. This will restore Windows boot loader to the master boot record. Now windows will boot but not linux :-)
So let's fix linux. Boot up from your Ubuntu live jumpdrive or cd and open a console.
Follow these instructions taken from the wiki:
Quote:
1. Boot from a Live CD, like Ubuntu Live, Knoppix, Mepis, or similar. Ideally use Ubuntu 8.04 or higher as this has NTFS write support and makes life a bit easier; this isn't necessary, just handy.
2. Open a Terminal. Open a root terminal (that is, type "su" in a non-Ubuntu distro, or "sudo -i" in Ubuntu). Enter root passwords as necessary.
3. Type "grub" which makes a GRUB prompt appear.
4. Type "find /boot/grub/stage1". You'll get a response like "(hd0)" or in my case "(hd0,3)". Use whatever your computer spits out for the following lines. Note that you should have mounted the partition which has your Linux system before typing this command. (e.g. In Knoppix Live CD partitions are shown on the desktop but they're not mounted until you double-click on them or mount them manually)
5. Type "root (hd0,3)" note the space between root and (hd0,3).
6. Type "setup (hd0,3)". This is key. Other instructions say to use "(hd0)", and that's fine if you want to write GRUB to the MBR. If you want to write it to your linux root partition, then you want the number after the comma, such as "(hd0,3)".
7. Type "quit".
8. At this stage you can either restart the system and install your own bootloader, or you can continue and tell the Windows bootloader where to find GRUB which will handle booting Linux.
Thanks,
Alan
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Quote:
Originally Posted by
SirFunk
OSSv4:
Just wanted to mention that OSSv4 does nto support suspending/resuming. I found a temporary solution to run soundoff via a suspend script and soundon an resume. This causes the mixera_applet to crash every suspend resume. I've reverted to alsa/pulse for now. I hope someone can get the speaker workign with alsa.
Works fine for me using s2disk. See the first post on how to setup.
Thanks,
Alan
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Quote:
Originally Posted by
filipegatti
I've detected that a few softwares escape this rule. Pidgin is one of them. Unfortunately there is no way to disable the big and black message pop-up alert in Pidgin, so I changed to emesene, which does always open maximized, even the conversations windows open maximized, always.
libnotify can be disabled in pidgin through plugins.
I'm going to try this guide myself and see what happens, as I just got myself one.
By the way, can I reformat the entire windows drive and wifi will still work? Or will I be SOL?
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Quote:
Originally Posted by
coldReactive
By the way, can I reformat the entire windows drive and wifi will still work? Or will I be SOL?
My Toshiba NB200 has only Linux installed, the entire hard drive has been formatted (I left 8GB for a Windows but it's unused) and my WiFi is working perfectly.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by
filipegatti
My Toshiba NB200 has only Linux installed, the entire hard drive has been formatted (I left 8GB for a Windows but it's unused) and my WiFi is working perfectly.
Yeah, I found that out quickly when I reformatted the entire drive yesterday for UNR.
I was also able to switch to OSS to get the speaker working, though it's a bit crackly (not much, but is) in comparison to my desktop (but only when playing sounds.)
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Thanks indeed for this great thread. I got a toshiba nb200 and it has been of great help. The first thing I did is reduce the windows partition up to the minimum and wipe everything else to put Ubuntu. Up to now, works great and very nice laptop as well :guitar:
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Re: Setup Guide:- Toshiba Dynabook UX/ NB200 / NB205
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...ux/+bug/110784
This model of Toshiba netbooks have this bug apparently. (It seems mine does.)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by
coldReactive
I'm not seeing it: I fully charged the computer, hibernated it with the powerplug in, unplugged power, left it for 24 hours, and rebooted off of the battery, only for the battery indicator to show 99.9% charge.
In the event that part of my configuration may help you get around your problem, I'll list what I've done:
- followed the OP, where appropriate to my system (see next item)
- physically removed the WLAN card
- replaced the HDD with a SSD
- replaced the RAM with a 2GB PC2-5300 stick
- BIOS->Advanced
- Dyn CPU: Dynamic
- Exec-Disable bit: Enabled
- Built-in LAN: Enabled
- Wireless Comm SW: OFF
- Wake on kbd: Disabled
- Wake on LAN: Disabled
- Critical batt wake-up: Disabled
- USB sleep, charge: Disabled
- Legacy USB: Disabled
- SATA mode: AHCI
- echo auto > /sys/bus/usb/devices/1-2/power/level
- pm-powersave true (activates laptop mode, among other things)
- boot with kernel options:
- processor.max_cstate=1
- usbcore.autosuspend=1
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Quote:
Originally Posted by
ReneVYL
- followed the OP, where appropriate to my system (see next item)
- physically removed the WLAN card
- replaced the HDD with a SSD
- replaced the RAM with a 2GB PC2-5300 stick
- BIOS->Advanced
- Dyn CPU: Dynamic
- Exec-Disable bit: Enabled
- Built-in LAN: Enabled
- Wireless Comm SW: OFF
- Wake on kbd: Disabled
- Wake on LAN: Disabled
- Critical batt wake-up: Disabled
- USB sleep, charge: Disabled
- Legacy USB: Disabled
- SATA mode: AHCI
- echo auto > /sys/bus/usb/devices/1-2/power/level
- boot with kernel options:
- processor.max_cstate=1
- usbcore.autosuspend=1
Stuff in bold/underline I cannot do, I need WLAN. I'll try the other stuff EXCEPT upgrading the RAM and HDD to SSD. How do I add those kernel options?
To the op: You may also have to move the mouse when installing something for it to complete, not just for downloads.
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I have two NB205s. Mine, with 2GB of RAM and my wife's with 1GB of RAM. Both are running the same install of UNR on 2.6.28-15 with the WiFi fix, audio to the headphone jack, s2disk, webcam kill script, and the following kernel options:
Code:
ro quiet splash nohz=off hpet=disable noapic usbcore.autosuspend=1 resume=/dev/sda5
Hers uses 8.9 Watts. Mine uses 11.8.
She gets 7.5 hours of battery reported, I get 5.2 hours of battery reported.
Also interesting is that I had the brightness controls stop working right. It would flicker the brightness settings and I couldn't set a default screen brightness in the Power Options for when on battery power, but I couldn't find out why it was arbitrarily changing the brightness. It wasn't the screen dimming, the little pop-up notification in the top right corner would also become visible and not reflect the actual brightness setting. It was very vexing.
The only way I knew to resolve it was to login with another user, move my home directory aside, and copy over the things I knew I wanted (~/.ssh, .evolution, ~/Documents, etc) and re-create the rest. I think there are numerous ways to get configuration files corrupted or otherwise in a funky state, and I wish I knew what it was that I had done to do it so I could avoid it.
I also encountered a problem when using Desktop Switch to flip between UNR and a traditional Ubuntu Gnome desktop several times where the UNR would cease to behave correctly -- the background came up but the panels didn't all populate, etc. That was after I had been using Control Center but I couldn't find any obvious errors that reference it so I didn't report a bug. I had nothing to report!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by
ReneVYL
- BIOS->Advanced
- Dyn CPU: Dynamic
- Exec-Disable bit: Enabled
- Built-in LAN: Enabled
- Wake on kbd: Disabled
- Wake on LAN: Disabled
- Critical batt wake-up: Disabled
- USB sleep, charge: Disabled
- Legacy USB: Disabled
- SATA mode: AHCI
- echo auto > /sys/bus/usb/devices/1-2/power/level
- boot with kernel options:
- processor.max_cstate=1
- usbcore.autosuspend=1
Followed these things, and now my battery capacity has been cut in half basically (5-6 hours max on 100%) in Ubuntu. What fun!
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Re: Setup Guide:- Toshiba Dynabook UX/ NB200 / NB205
Quote:
Originally Posted by
coldReactive
Followed these things, and now my battery capacity has been cut in half basically (5-6 hours max on 100%) in Ubuntu. What fun!
A couple of things:
* projected battery life is not necessarily accurate
* the purpose of "processor.max_cstate=1" is not battery life, but responsiveness: it prevents the deepest sleep modes of the processor, in order to prevent the observed extreme slowdown of a working HDD/SSD
To test battery life, I disable sleep on low battery and run the battery down from a full charge to flat
* when the laptop is left untouched
* while playing back a DVD-ISO in a loop, fullscreen
I'm currently seeing 11 hrs and 6 1/2 hrs for these.
(I'm not sure how representative the test are of anything, but they are relatively easy to do and they ought to be reasonably relevant, at least in pinpointing extremes.)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by
ReneVYL
A couple of things:
* projected battery life is not necessarily accurate
* the purpose of "processor.max_cstate=1" is not battery life, but responsiveness: it prevents the deepest sleep modes of the processor, in order to prevent the observed extreme slowdown of a working HDD/SSD
To test battery life, I disable sleep on low battery and run the battery down from a full charge to flat
* when the laptop is left untouched
* while playing back a DVD-ISO in a loop, fullscreen
I'm currently seeing 11 hrs and 6 1/2 hrs for these.
(I'm not sure how representative the test are of anything, but they are relatively easy to do and they ought to be reasonably relevant, at least in pinpointing extremes.)
Also note that when setting the BIOS to the settings listed, USB Sticks won't boot anymore (they won't even show up in the Boot list for the BIOS, even with legacy USB on.) For some strange reason, restoring the BIOS to default settings remedies the issue.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by
coldReactive
when setting the BIOS to the settings listed, USB Sticks won't boot anymore (even with legacy USB on.)
Are you sure that you can't boot from USB with legacy USB enabled in your BIOS?
That's all I toggle when I boot off of USB to run fsarchiver (which I do very rarely).
PS! I added info on pm-powerrsave to the config list a couple of posts ago.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by
remoryl
[1GB RAM] gets 7.5 hours of battery reported, [2GB RAM] get 5.2 hours of battery reported.
I re-ran my full screen DVD-ISO battery test, and went from 6 1/2 to 7 1/2 hrs with only 1GB RAM, which is almost exactly half of the difference you see predicted.
Quote:
Originally Posted by
remoryl
Code:
ro quiet splash nohz=off hpet=disable noapic usbcore.autosuspend=1 resume=/dev/sda5
As sorbus pointed out earlier, the nohz, hpet, and noapic options are a big hammer if all you are interested in is not seeing extreme slowdown of file accesses. Using processor.max_cstate=1 has the same effect and, as I reported earlier, seems to allow the CPU to remain in C1 for longer. Irrespective of whether or not that translates to better battery life, directly setting max_cstate is likely to be a much more local change with less unexpected consequences.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by
ReneVYL
Are you sure that you can't boot from USB with legacy USB enabled in your BIOS?
I think the poster was refering to the tuning steps another user took where they disabled Legacy USB support. Disabling Legacy USB in the BIOS will prevent the user from booting from USB flash devices.
Quote:
Originally Posted by
ReneVYL
As sorbus pointed out earlier, the nohz, hpet, and noapic options are a big hammer if all you are interested in is not seeing extreme slowdown of file accesses. Using processor.max_cstate=1 has the same effect and, as I reported earlier, seems to allow the CPU to remain in C1 for longer. Irrespective of whether or not that translates to better battery life, directly setting max_cstate is likely to be a much more local change with less unexpected consequences.
I'll give that a whirl today and report back. I was observing the same behavior as another user where if left alone the NB205 would suddenly become exceptionally lazy. The nohz and hpet options seemed to resolve it. I'll try processor.max_cstate and see what happens.
Does Ubuntu Netbook Remix respect the "laptop-mode" configurations in /etc?
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I was able to do a fresh install again using the same install media the other NB205 had, and got the WiFi working, installed the fix for Alsa audio via headphones, and went to processor.max_cstate=1.
I also did the Touchpad adjustment and installed Acrobat, Air, and Firefox 3.5.
I was idling at 13.3 watts with an estimated 4.5-5 hours on a fully charged battery.
Putting the harddisk into a more aggressive power saving mode helped some:
Code:
hdparm -B 1 -S 12 /dev/sda
Asked my writebacks to be a little dirtier:
Code:
echo 1500 > /proc/sys/vm/dirty_writeback_centisecs
Got me below 12 watts but only barely. My wife's NB205 however has much lower power consumption.
We both use WiFi regularly. I have no idea why my NB205 uses more power than hers does, but I'm thinking about exchanging the hardware.
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Re: Setup Guide:- Toshiba Dynabook UX/ NB200 / NB205
Quote:
Originally Posted by
harty83
For some reason, installing Ubuntu after windows on this machine renders Windows unbootable. To fix, you need to restore Windows boot loader then resinstall grub.
Boot up using your Windows disc and go into the repair console. Type fixmbr. This will restore Windows boot loader to the master boot record. Now windows will boot but not linux :-)
So let's fix linux. Boot up from your Ubuntu live jumpdrive or cd and open a console.
Follow these instructions taken from the
wiki:
Thanks,
Alan
Hey Alan,
Thanks for your reply :) Also sorry to have taken so long to reply myself.
I wasn't able to boot from the windows disk as the nb200 has no cd drive. I eventually managed to boot from an image of a windows xp cd on a usb key, but then it couldn't detect the harddrive. Then ubuntu stopped booting, for reasons unknown to me. Eventually, I gave up and wiped the harddrive of both OSs and started again. I've installed Windows 7, as that I've actually been able to boot from usb successfully. I'd like to install Xubuntu as well - is there any way to do this without causing the same problem again, and rendering windows unbootable?
Thanks!
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Re: Setup Guide:- Toshiba Dynabook UX/ NB200 / NB205
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Leesa
Let's hope the patches go into the kernel rather than having us install them ourselves.
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Re: Setup Guide:- Toshiba Dynabook UX/ NB200 / NB205
If you want sound through the speaker, headphones, and to have recording, there are some new patches for the kernel that have been released here.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...ux/+bug/389040
I've been enjoying sounds through my speaker all week. It's small but glad it works now! Please test the patch and give a bug report to Leann if it's not perfect yet.
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Just come back from 2 week holiday so I'm probably behind.
filipegatti - I noticed that my battery was flat after charging - turned out my battery was slightly loose. It had enough power to start booting but would die shortly after the loading bar. Somehow I had flipped the battery lock below the machine and that was enough. The moment I secured the battery again, it was fine. Most odd.
The Wi-Fi can be turned on and off in the BIOS in my NB200 with no need to run in to Windows, however I have no sight of the Bluetooth adaptor yet. I'm going to wait until the next version and wipe the NB200 and start again.
In the mean time I'm trying to convince Toshiba that Linux is worthwhile. They cite dropping Linux because of lower sales and also the number of returns from people not willing to learn a new OS. I've argued that if they want it to work, then they need to put some elbow against education and I've given them a few suggestions. I'll continue to talk with them.
By the way, many thanks for this great resource thread.
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Re: Setup Guide:- Toshiba Dynabook UX/ NB200 / NB205
Quote:
Originally Posted by
msknight
In the mean time I'm trying to convince Toshiba that Linux is worthwhile. They cite dropping Linux because of lower sales and also the number of returns from people not willing to learn a new OS. I've argued that if they want it to work, then they need to put some elbow against education and I've given them a few suggestions. I'll continue to talk with them.
If you have a contact over there that would appreciate some more information or user feedback I wouldn't mind telling them about my experience using Netbook Remix on the NB205. I think with a more mature UNR it would solve a lot of the problems from Netbook Linux users out there since most of the Linux-based netbooks have very lackluster offerings. Between Moblin and UNR getting more reliable it could be something they would reconsider.
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I'll ask them for any particular e-mail address; if we can organise a petition so they can see how many potential customers are out here that they are letting down, it might spur them in to action. They are normally quick to respond so I believe I should have an answer by this time tomorrow.
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The only thing he'd give me was this link - http://linux.toshiba-dme.co.jp/linux/ - not sure if it is of help to anyone.
It looks like if we want linux officially supported, we're going to have to get vocal and contact customer support to complain about the lack of Linux on the NB200. If we're silent, they won't care and Linux looses.
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Re: Freeze-up vs touchpad, w/2GB PC2-5300 RAM, 60GB OCZ Vertex Turbo.
Quote:
Originally Posted by
ReneVYL
I believe my issue, see above [
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php...5&postcount=25], has now been fixed, by aligning the SSD's partitions to its block boundaries. Since doing that (and reinstalling) I am consistently seeing >100MB/s read speeds with dd, while the netbook is being left alone.
(That said, I am a little bit skeptical that misalignment can have that pronounced an effect but, just to be clear, I have not followed Leesa's suggestions nor done anything similarly explicit that I didn't do before.)
EDIT1: the increased dd-read speed apparently from properly aligning the partitions was a fluke, it seems. Alignment buys 10s of %, but I am back to sub-expected performance. Time to try the various suggestions by Leesa ...
EDIT2: Leesa's three suggestions: nohz=off hpet=disable noapic, seem to work. (Thanks, Leesa!) With all three in combination, I'm seeing 100--140+ MB/s read speeds, which is probably as much as can be expected from the little thing. Unfortunately, I'm out of time and will not be able to test the three options separately or in pairs for some time, unless using all three has a catastrophic impact on battery life. I'll update or repost if anything new comes up.
EDIT3: couldn't resist: nohz=off seems to be what makes (almost all) the difference. Additionally, powertop reports <8.5W idle power usage with nohz=off vs >11W when nohz=off is not specified.
Is there a bug report filed for this? Or would this not qualify as a bug?