[tlinux-users:07873] Re: Toshiba Satellite A105-S2716 running Kubuntu 6.06

On Tuesday 20 June 2006 9:53 pm, Brandon Rader wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Running Kubuntu 6.06 LTS (Dapper Drake) on Toshiba Satellite A105-S2716.  I
> have the majority of the system running, but as it is a laptop, the main
> thing I want right now is screen dimming options to consrve battery.  I
> tried fnfx, but when looking around on the documentation, it said in my
> case, I need to recompile the BIOS to enable CONFIG_ACPI and
> CONFIG_ACPI_TOSHIBA.  I looked for places to tell me how to do this, but
> none seemed like they really gave me information on changing those two
> settings.  I thought that since this was specifically for Toshiba, someone
> might have the personal experience and could give me more in depth info.  
> I also know I have version 2.6.15 and the latest is 2.6.17.  Should I
> upgrade while I'm recompiling, and how would I do that?

Does the laptop use Toshiba's BIOS or Phoenix's bios?  Mine (A75) uses 
Phoenix's and I can dim and brighten my laptop without having recompiled the 
kernel.  However, since you are sending this message in, I'm assuming you 
have tried and they don't work on your system.  The reason I ask, is that 
I've heard those settings only work if you have Toshiba's BIOS.  
Maybe someone else could chime in and let me know whether my information is 
old now.

Do you have the acpi packages, (tools etc.) installed?  Dapper can be a pain 
to install from scratch.

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