Questions tagged [toshiba]
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How to set charging threshold of a Toshiba laptop directly from Linux
I just had to order a new battery which died after just one year of usage. Apart from the cost, this is a bit environmentally wasteful - waste of lithium and rare earths. So now I have learned that ...
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How many monitors and at what resolution can I use with a Toshiba Tecra a50-EC?
I have looked through the manual for my laptop and I cannot seem to find any information that specifies how many external monitors and at what resolution I can use...
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Check toshiba hdd power on hours or hours used
Using a toshiba hdd I am unable to get power on hours or anything similar. Requesting assistance. Check how long a HDD has been used in LINUX From this forum post and using -all it shows lots of ...
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Old Toshiba laptop asks for (non-existent) HDD password
I'm trying to wake up my old Toshiba Satellite 1410-604 laptop (bought in 2003) cause I want to use my old 35mm negative and slide film scanner which only runs on XP. Unfortunately, when I start the ...
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USB randomly freezes on old laptop
The PC is a ca. 2006 Toshiba Satellite L 100-113. I switched from Windows XP back in 2014 and have experienced random freezes since then which I did not see in XP. adding irqpoll t9 kernel params used ...
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efibootmgr: Could not delete variable: Interrupted system call--- is my firmware bricked?
I'm dealing with some strange UEFI problems and right now the only thing I seem to be able to boot is openSUSE Tumbleweed on a live USB stick (KDE version, snapshot 20170608 x64). Background: I'm ...
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Fixing firmware - Debian 8.5 fresh install on Toshiba Satellite
I just installed Debian 8.5 CD install on my Toshiba Satellite machine, not in a VM. As it was setting up it told me that some iwlwifi and rtl files were missing, but it didn't really matter as I ...
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How to Reflash Toshiba Satellite L855-10P BIOS in a Linux Distro?
Hi I need to Reflash the BIOS of my Toshiba Satellite L855-10P using a Linux distro. How can one do this? I have found lots of info on how to read the BIOS (windows & Linux), dump memory from it ...
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Kali Linux: Manufacturer says they do not provide drivers
I am using Windows 7 on my Toshiba Satellite series laptop. I want to install Kali on it, but when I checked the Toshiba website, I found they do not provide device drivers for Linux. So, does this ...
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Toshiba Satellite C55 -C5241 WiFi configuration on Debian 8 with Gnome 3.14
I'm using Debian 8 with Gnome 3.14. The laptop came with the PCI BCM43124 module. Right after the OS installation I was not able to see any WiFi devices. I followed these instructions and got it where ...
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What is the default root password for a Toshiba Chromebook 1? [duplicate]
I powerwashed my device, so that it would be 'brand new,' but now I don't have sudo access. I am using a Toshiba Chromebook 1, which is a linux device. What is the default root password?
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Toshiba sattelite c665 bluetooth not working (Kali)
I have a toshiba sattelite c665 laptop and i have installed kali 1.1.0a few days ago. Bluetooth of my laptop is not working , whenever i click on the bluetooth icon in top bar, it shows "Bluetooth: On"...
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Touchpad is not detected
My touchpad doesn’t get detected. I can use my touchpad as a simple mouse, but without any extra features like scrolling. My notebook is a Toshiba Tecra Z40-A-11R. I'm running Elementary OS Freya (...
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wired ethernet interface not detected by lshw, lspci
I have a Toshiba Satellite PSAG8U-04001W. No eth* interface shows up on ifconfig. $ ifconfig -a lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 ...
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Fedora 20 Elantech Touchpad not working
I just purchased a Toshiba Satellite E45t-A4100 laptop, installed Fedora 20, and cannot get the touchpad to work. Here's my environment: Toshiba Satellite E45t-A4100 ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad uname -r ...