Toshiba Portege Z830\Z835

Hi, in the recent ubuntu 13.04 Beta 2, the mentioned fix for the backlight did not work anymore, so I added an udev script as mentioned here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/935778?comments=all

/etc/udev/rules.d/00-tosh-backlight.rules:

DEVPATH==“*/toshiba”, SUBSYSTEM==“backlight”, ACTION==“change”, RUN+=”/etc/udev/rules.d/tosh-backlight.sh”

/etc/udev/rules.d/tosh-backlight.sh (must be executable):

acpi_max=$(cat /sys/class/backlight/toshiba/max_brightness)
acpi_curr=$(cat /sys/class/backlight/toshiba/brightness)
intel_max=$(cat /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/max_brightness)
intel_curr=$¹⁾
echo $intel_curr > /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness

For people using vanilla kernels, the workarounds have no effect since Linus' tree hasn't incorporated any of the patches to toshiba_acpi.c. I took the patch from:

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21012#c12

and modified it so it works with kernel 3.7.6; it will probably work with some older kernels. I'm using Gentoo, with vanilla kernel as stated, and with this patch and acpi_osi=Linux acpi_backlight=vendor in my kernel command line I can change the brightness after suspending my Toshiba Portègè Z835 laptop.

diff -burN linux-3.7.6-orig/drivers/platform/x86/toshiba_acpi.c linux-3.7.6-new/drivers/platform/x86/toshiba_acpi.c
— linux-3.7.6-orig/drivers/platform/x86/toshiba_acpi.c 2012-12-10 21:30:57.000000000 -0600
+++ linux-3.7.6-new/drivers/platform/x86/toshiba_acpi.c 2013-02-10 18:42:27.560992424 -0600
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@
#define HCI_EMPTY 0x8c00

/* registers */
+#define HCI_BACKLIGHT 0x0002
#define HCI_FAN 0x0004
#define HCI_TR_BACKLIGHT 0x0005
#define HCI_SYSTEM_EVENT 0x0016
@@ -571,6 +572,9 @@

value = value « HCI_LCD_BRIGHTNESS_SHIFT;
hci_write1(dev, HCI_LCD_BRIGHTNESS, value, &hci_result);
+ if (hci_result != HCI_SUCCESS)
+ return -EIO;
+ hci_write1(dev, HCI_BACKLIGHT, 1, &hci_result);
return hci_result == HCI_SUCCESS ? 0 : -EIO;
}

Hi all,

first of all, please excuse my sloppy English.

I installed Ubuntu 12.10 64bit on a Toshiba Z930-Q12 Satellite in dual boot with Windows 8.

Everything ok, but I have a weird issue with at boot time!

At every restart of the machine GRUB one time starts and one time it doesn't. When GRUB doesn't start, Windows 8 start normally.

This is my partition table

PARTITION TYPE MOUNT LABEL SIZE FLAG
/dev/sda1 nffs - System 450MB hidden,diag
/dev/sda2 fat32 /boot/efi - 260MB boot
/dev/sda3 ntfs - - 128MB msftres
/dev/sda4 ntfs - - 50GB -
/dev/sda5 ext4 / - 10GB -
/dev/sda6 swap - - 4GB -
/dev/sda7 ext4 /home - 55GB -

What can I do, delete /dev/sda1 ? delete /dev/sda1 and partition it as /boot ?

Any suggestion will be appreciated,

Michele

NB: One positive thing: I did a backup on USB (Toshiba Recovery). I tried it once and it works fine! :)

can anybody tell me if z930 uses the same chipset as z830?
i ask because i want to know if adding

i915.i915_enable_rc6=1 i915.lvds_downclock=1

to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT works with the same effect on the z930 too

Someone has test Linux on the new model z930/935 ?

thx for the wonderful infos here. Just wondering:

The script for restoring brightness control works fine with standby, but doesn't with hibernate (suspend to disk). Is it possible to extend the functionality?

When there's an SD card in, the computer is not able to go to sleep under Linux Mint Debian Edition. To solve this, I created /etc/pm/config.d/00sleep_module with the following text in it:

SUSPEND_MODULES=“$SUSPEND_MODULES sdhci”

Again, don't forget to make executable:

sudo chmod 755 /etc/pm/config.d/00sleep_module

I have a Portege R830-10R running Ubuntu 11.10 The backlight solution worked just fine for me. Thank you very much for posting.

Akil

… alright alright, found the reason:

I took your “under GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT” all too literally by putting the inserts in the line _under_ the one you mentioned instead of between the ””.

BTW: Since BIOS is updated to V1.60, the fan is no problem anymore.

best regards

Hi, I like the device very much but the backlight fix doesn't work for me for some reason (Lubuntu Precise). I added …

acpi_backlight=vendor

… at the relevant point in /etc/default/grub but the file acpi_video0 is still present in /sys/class/backlight/ after update-grub and reboot. I don't know the reason and cannot delete or move it, not even as root.

Second problem is that update-grub says “i915.lvds_downclock=1: not found”, same with the other i915 command. Thus I commented both out in order to have update-grub go through, but still that is strange. Any ideas?

Here's my /etc/default/grub section:

GRUB_DEFAULT=0
#GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true
GRUB_TIMEOUT=3
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=“quiet splash”
acpi_backlight=vendor
acpi_osi=Linux
pcie_aspm=force
# i915.i915_enable_rc6=1
# i915.lvds_downclock=1
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=””

Blutooth now works with latest kernel update.

For those interested to update the bios from linux, here is the recipe:

http://benobs.blogspot.ca/2012/04/toshiba-z835-p330-bios-update-from.html

I tried it and it works fine.

However, there are some mistakes and I modified for my distro.

For example syslinux stuff is found in/user/share/syslinux and not in /usr/lib/syslinux
Also,

   sudo cp t224v160_120.iso /mnt 

must be changed to

   sudo cp t224v160_120.iso /mnt/bios

Enjoy.

Bogdan

Wireless not working (opensuse 12.1 / Mandriva 2011 ) !!!!

I bought a Z830-10Z after reading all the positives here and now I am trying to bring the wireless to life for several day now…with Linux OPs, but no success

'rfkill list' shows me that my wlan has 'Hard blocked: yes'
I am not able to unblock it through 'rfkill unblock'. It works only with soft blocked things..
All the time the wlan-led at the laptop is on.

Does anyone know how to 'unblock' the hard blocked thing… The laptop has no physical switch at all…

Thanks
CJM

Vertical and Horizontal 2 fingers scroll works with the following synaptics commands executed on startup (put them in a script somewhere like ~/scripts/2fingers_scroll)

{code}
sleep 2
synclient VertTwoFingerScroll=1
synclient HorizTwoFingerScroll=1
{code}

this stops working after a resume so you can add these lines to the previous restore script

export DISPLAY=:0
su -c - <your_user> /home/<your_user>/scripts/2fingers_scroll

export display is required since resume script is executed as root.

A cleaner way would be to add these as options in xorg.conf but I'm feeling lazy.

Hi there,

I've just installed Debian squeze on z830. Everything is fine for me unless some FN Keys: FN+ESC (mute) doesn't work and the same thing with FN+Z (retro-light keyboard). Any idea?

Thanks!

Unfortunately this solution hasn't worked for me. Have BIOS 1.60, ubuntu 12.04.

Anyone has issues with screen brightness? Used to work till one month ago or so (xubuntu), but now the keys don't do absolutely nothing

Hello,

Has anybody tried it with ubuntu 12.04?
I'm having problems with resume, the screen script is installed and working correctly.

The system starts resuming, enables the wlan lights and the hd light blinks once, but it doesn't resume.

I can't even open an ssh session, so the problem shouldn't be the script screen.

I've read somewhere that the problem may be the usb 3.0 drivers, and have installed an additional script to disable the module on suspend and reenable it on resume, but it didn't fix it.

Thanks

Now the million dollar question is: how do I upgrade the bios with no windows? (surely everyone in this forum wiped out their windows install immediatly, right? ;) )

Time to buy my new computer… surely a Z830.

Did someone try the new BIOS 1.60 (posted 3 days ago) which should improve FAN control (the only reason why I'm still waiting) ? Is it better with it ?

Thanks if someone can try :)

I'm running Debian Squeeze 6.0.3… when I play back a .mov my laptop locks up and I have to power cycle it. Anyone have that issue?

With latest tips, battery life doubled (!) and suspending doesn't affect brightness anymore.

Bluetooth works for sure (kernel 3.0.0-15, xubuntu)

Only extra thing I had to do was to install cpufrequtils to allow changing governor, and I'm still trying to find the best setup to dynamically change the governor when I change to/from battery

Just an addendum to my last post. Suspend is now working fine, I found it was my KDE setup that was causing the trouble (no problems with Gnome) - I still can't log in to encrypted WiFi connections using the 3.2… Kernel though.

My Bluetooth works fine (all functions) on several phones we have at home. Also BT input devices such as a Mouse work well. I can upload and download files via Bluetooth as well as browse the phone contents in File Manager (Dolphin).

The system standby (sleep) and Hibernation seem to be irratic but it maybe due to my SSD becoming full. They worked well at the beginning.

Also something wierd happened since the latest Kernel update to 3.2.2 … (I'm running on Linux 3.2.1-3.fc16.i686.PAE i686) - I can't log in to an encrypted WiFi … so I have to run on the previous Kernel until the next update (which hopefully will fix this problem).

Hi

Thanks for this posting. I have everything working on this laptop (z830) including the battery backlight.

I cannot control it through the Fn +Z combination though. If anyone know how to enable that please let me know. If you lost the backlight you can restore it in Windows again, but I'd prefer to have all he controls in Linux.

I lost my ability to adjust the back light after applying the power saving settings i915.i915_enable_rc6=1. With acpi_backlight=vendor setting found on this site I got that back. I also get ~6h of battery life with power savings enabled.

I'd also like to add that my bluetooth seems to work. Partially. I can discover devices pair with them. The problem I have is that connecting/sending files to the device does not seem to work.

I am using SuSE 12.1 with KDE4.8. Thanks

Bogdan

I'm using this with xubuntu and everything works including bluetooth.

The only issue is that I cant tune screen brightness after a suspend. After hibernate / restart works again

About fan noise. It's very awful!

I bought z835 in bestbuy. When I turned on notebook firstly, I was surprised. The noise is very loud and it doesn't depend what you do. Now I'm installing debian and I still hear loud fan noise.

Anybody can help me? I have read this topic but no result:
http://forums.computers.toshiba-europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=65068

Did you update your bios? Have you solved fan noise problem with it? Is it possible to update bios in linux?

Thanks.

Hello,

What filesystem did you choose before installing Linux? I guess you may have made some changes in bootmenu and filesystem options because there is a SSD drive.
What I have to do to make my SSD work longer without destroying blocks? It's fact, if you often update and rebuilt “the world” your linux system it makes SSD slower.
Do I have to turn off Swap? What do you think about enabling NOOP IO Scheduler? Did you put noatime for mounting partitions?

Thanks

I'm using:

Fedura 16
OS Version : Linux 3.1.6-1.fc16.i686 PAE
KDE SC Version: 4.7.4

So it looks like kernel 3 recognizes even bluetooth. What about hibernate, suspend, volume and brightness control, function keys, etc…?

Installed Fedora 16 today on the Z830-10F. Once I sorted the partitioning out (a bit complex for me but I managed) it installed very smoothly. I now have three partitions:
1st for Toshiba recovery (untouched) - 1.46
2nd for Windows 7 software and my files : ntfs 88.48
3rd for Linux 29.30

Everything I need is working well, including Bluetooth …. not sure about you gamers, but for professional use, it's great.

A good all round machine (considering my previous laptop Toshiba U200 cost twice the price - at the time) …. :)

Toshiba Portege is now $699 … http://www.ultrabooksworld.com/

The only feature which doesn't work under linux, it's BlueTooth. I have no idea how to hack and debug this part. Any help is appreciate…

Thanks in advance

About fan noise, it's not too important, and aceptable. It's depand of what CPU do. If you compile something huge, sure, you will hear it, else, nothing special (as when you naviguate on the web)

Some technicals information given from linux :

[root@localhost data]# uname -a
Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.38.8-desktop-8.mga #1 SMP Fri Nov 4 00:05:53 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[root@localhost data]# lspci -v
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge DRAM Controller (rev 09)

      Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device 0001
      Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
      Capabilities: [e0] Vendor Specific Information: Len=0c <?>
      Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])

      Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device 0009
      Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 40
      Memory at c0000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4M]
      Memory at b0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
      I/O ports at 2000 [size=64]
      Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled]
      Capabilities: [90] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
      Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 2
      Capabilities: [a4] PCI Advanced Features
      Kernel driver in use: i915                                                                                                                   
      Kernel modules: i915                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                   

00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Cougar Point HECI Controller #1 (rev 04)

      Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device 0001                                                                                          
      Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11                                                                                            
      Memory at c0724000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16]                                                                                      
      Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3                                                                                                
      Capabilities: [8c] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                   

00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82579V Gigabit Network Connection (rev 04)

      Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device 0001                                                                                          
      Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 47                                                                                            
      Memory at c0700000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]                                                                                    
      Memory at c072b000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
      I/O ports at 2080 [size=32]
      Capabilities: [c8] Power Management version 2
      Capabilities: [d0] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
      Capabilities: [e0] PCI Advanced Features
      Kernel driver in use: e1000e
      Kernel modules: e1000e

00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation Cougar Point USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 04) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])

      Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device 0001
      Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
      Memory at c072a000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
      Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
      Capabilities: [58] Debug port: BAR=1 offset=00a0
      Capabilities: [98] PCI Advanced Features
      Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
      Kernel modules: ehci-hcd

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Cougar Point High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)

      Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device 0001
      Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 48
      Memory at c0720000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
      Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
      Capabilities: [60] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
      Capabilities: [70] Express Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI 00
      Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
      Capabilities: [130] Root Complex Link
      Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
      Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel

00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Cougar Point PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev b4) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])

      Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
      Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
      Memory behind bridge: c0600000-c06fffff
      Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
      Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
      Capabilities: [90] Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device 0001
      Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 2
      Kernel driver in use: pcieport
      Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Cougar Point PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev b4) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])

      Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
      Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
      Memory behind bridge: c0500000-c05fffff
      Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
      Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
      Capabilities: [90] Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device 0001
      Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 2
      Kernel driver in use: pcieport
      Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Cougar Point PCI Express Root Port 5 (rev b4) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])

      Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
      Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0
      Memory behind bridge: c0400000-c04fffff
      Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
      Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
      Capabilities: [90] Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device 0001
      Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 2
      Kernel driver in use: pcieport
      Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation Cougar Point USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 04) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])

      Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device 0001
      Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
      Memory at c0729000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
      Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
      Capabilities: [58] Debug port: BAR=1 offset=00a0
      Capabilities: [98] PCI Advanced Features
      Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
      Kernel modules: ehci-hcd

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Cougar Point LPC Controller (rev 04)

      Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device 0001
      Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
      Capabilities: [e0] Vendor Specific Information: Len=0c <?>
      Kernel modules: iTCO_wdt

00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Cougar Point 6 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 04) (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0])

      Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device 0001
      Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 41
      I/O ports at 20a8 [size=8]
      I/O ports at 20bc [size=4]
      I/O ports at 20a0 [size=8]
      I/O ports at 20b8 [size=4]
      I/O ports at 2060 [size=32]
      Memory at c0728000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
      Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
      Capabilities: [70] Power Management version 3
      Capabilities: [a8] SATA HBA v1.0
      Capabilities: [b0] PCI Advanced Features
      Kernel driver in use: ahci
      Kernel modules: ahci

01:00.0 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd Device e823 (rev 04) (prog-if 01)

      Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device 0001
      Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
      Memory at c0600000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
      Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
      Capabilities: [78] Power Management version 3
      Capabilities: [80] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
      Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
      Capabilities: [800] Advanced Error Reporting
      Kernel driver in use: sdhci-pci
      Kernel modules: sdhci-pci

02:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)

      Subsystem: Lite-On Communications Inc Device 6613
      Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
      Memory at c0500000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
      Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
      Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
      Capabilities: [60] Express Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00
      Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
      Capabilities: [140] Virtual Channel
      Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 00-15-17-ff-ff-24-14-12
      Capabilities: [170] Power Budgeting <?>
      Kernel driver in use: ath9k
      Kernel modules: ath9k

03:00.0 USB Controller: NEC Corporation uPD720200 USB 3.0 Host Controller (rev 04) (prog-if 30)

      Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device 0001
      Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
      Memory at c0400000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
      Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
      Capabilities: [70] MSI: Enable- Count=1/8 Maskable- 64bit+
      Capabilities: [90] MSI-X: Enable+ Count=8 Masked-
      Capabilities: [a0] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
      Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
      Capabilities: [140] Device Serial Number ff-ff-ff-ff-ff-ff-ff-ff
      Capabilities: [150] #18
      Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
      Kernel modules: xhci-hcd

[root@localhost data]# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 1bcf:288e Sunplus Innovation Technology Inc.
Bus 002 Device 007: ID 0930:0215 Toshiba Corp.
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub

[root@localhost data]# lsmod
Module Size Used by
aesni_intel 55113 1
cryptd 20352 1 aesni_intel
aes_x86_64 17208 1 aesni_intel
aes_generic 38279 2 aesni_intel,aes_x86_64
fuse 78478 3
sit 17502 0
tunnel4 13213 1 sit
nfs 317832 0
lockd 85226 1 nfs
fscache 70363 1 nfs
nfs_acl 12837 1 nfs
auth_rpcgss 48428 1 nfs
sunrpc 232963 5 nfs,lockd,nfs_acl,auth_rpcgss
af_packet 26571 4
ipv6 331954 67 sit
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 32044 1
snd_hda_codec_realtek 349322 1
arc4 12529 2
snd_hda_intel 32922 2
ecb 12815 2
snd_hda_codec 103315 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 13604 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_seq_dummy 12798 0
snd_seq_oss 38254 0
snd_seq_midi_event 14899 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 65527 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device 14498 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss 53807 0
snd_pcm 100345 4 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer 29395 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
ath9k 125336 0
snd_mixer_oss 22315 1 snd_pcm_oss
mac80211 234836 1 ath9k
ath9k_common 13851 1 ath9k
snd 81625 17 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mixer_oss
sco 20812 2
ath9k_hw 340699 2 ath9k,ath9k_common
uvcvideo 67214 0
sg 36452 0
soundcore 15094 1 snd
bnep 19618 2
videodev 81982 1 uvcvideo
ath 23812 3 ath9k,ath9k_common,ath9k_hw
snd_page_alloc 18484 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
l2cap 75789 3 bnep
crc16 12675 1 l2cap
v4l2_compat_ioctl32 16728 1 videodev
e1000e 200854 0
cfg80211 172755 3 ath9k,mac80211,ath
iTCO_wdt 17772 0
iTCO_vendor_support 13718 1 iTCO_wdt
binfmt_misc 17456 1
btusb 23943 1
bluetooth 109709 8 sco,bnep,l2cap,btusb
cpufreq_ondemand 19321 4
cpufreq_conservative 19774 0
cpufreq_powersave 12538 0
acpi_cpufreq 13375 0
freq_table 14143 2 cpufreq_ondemand,acpi_cpufreq
mperf 12667 1 acpi_cpufreq
mmc_block 17954 0
sdhci_pci 14023 0
sdhci 31866 1 sdhci_pci
mmc_core 88565 2 mmc_block,sdhci
nvram 14373 0
dm_mod 77693 0
toshiba_acpi 18276 0
processor 31102 1 acpi_cpufreq
sparse_keymap 13898 1 toshiba_acpi
rfkill 26083 4 cfg80211,bluetooth,toshiba_acpi
toshiba_bluetooth 12807 0
joydev 17412 0
evdev 17748 16
thermal 18353 0
battery 13731 0
ac 12862 0
xhci_hcd 120038 0
ata_piix 30755 0
ahci 25854 6
libahci 26563 1 ahci
libata 218441 3 ata_piix,ahci,libahci
sd_mod 40492 6
scsi_mod 217808 3 sg,libata,sd_mod
crc_t10dif 12563 1 sd_mod
reiserfs 255248 4
uhci_hcd 31816 0
ohci_hcd 37486 0
ehci_hcd 60818 0
usbcore 200876 7 uvcvideo,btusb,xhci_hcd,uhci_hcd,ohci_hcd,ehci_hcd
i915 506392 3
drm_kms_helper 41882 1 i915
drm 226852 4 i915,drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit 13281 1 i915
button 14041 1 i915
i2c_core 39771 5 videodev,i915,drm_kms_helper,drm,i2c_algo_bit
video 19176 1 i915

Looks promising! And what a beautiful slick machine it is, the computer equivalent to a well trimmed, stunning female gymnast with a PhD!

Any comment on fan noise?

SSD, it's _NOT_ slow. Linux boot in less than 7s. SSD is fast as excepted for an ultrabook. I formated all partitions using Reiserfs file system.

Under Mageia 1 running KDE4 :

- Battery life : around 6 hours, depending if Wifi is actived or not. Remove one hour if wifi is on.
- Suspend on disk or Ram work perfectly
- Some keyboard function do not work. Volume, brightness, Wifi work fine.

How about suspend?
Keyboard functions (brightness, volume, etc)?
Powersaving? (what is the expected battery time)?

Regards
Anders

Hello,
Is the retro-light of the keyboard operating also when running with Linux?

Could you tell me what's your battery life with this ultrabook (I'm hesitating between portege Z830 and Asus UX31). Thanks.