Bad luck with Toshibas?

[Corey Burger]

Quick note: Both myself and Jerome have had great luck with our Toshibas.

On 6/6/06, Greg Taylor <gtaylor at clemson.edu> wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I was wondering if any of the members of the Laptop Testing Team were
> having essentially no luck with their Toshiba laptops like I am. I'm
> going to provide a list of problems from my Tecra A4's wiki page, please
> chime in if you're experiencing any of them. I'm not sure if the Tecra
> A4 is just especially bad in terms of Linux support or if many similar
> models are as well.
>
> Taken from https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaptopTestingTeam/ToshibaTecraA4
>
>   * Critical: Ethernet is now once again broken. This is a
>     show-stopper for many people.
> (https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.15/+bug/39862)
>
>       * Critical: Wireless with the ipw2200 driver is restarting due to
>         firmware error, making wireless connectivity impossible.
>         (https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.15/+bug/27778)
>
>       * Major: USB Storage devices do not mount.
>         (https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+bug/47883)
>
>       * Moderate: None of the function keys work.
>         (https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/hotkey-setup/+bug/20727)

This affects me. Seems to be a BIOS issue.

>
>       * Minor: Card reader isn't likely to work, no Linux driver
>         available.
>         (https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.15/+bug/20964)

Please ask on those bugs how you can move things forward. Offering to
help debug with mjg59 goes quite far (don't just bug him to fix it).
Word it like: "How can I help you useful information for bug X"

Corey