Perfect laptops [was: Is there an Archive for this list?]

[Eric]

Could try the Toshiba linux list....theres a few that have gone through what
omnibook can do in the past.
The archive is here: http://linux.toshiba-dme.co.jp/pipermail/tlinux-users/

On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 3:05 AM, Bob Jonkman <bjonkman at sobac.com> wrote:

> Corey Burger wrote:
> > You certain you actually have bluetooth?
>
> Yup, works with Windows, which connects to both my Bluetooth mouses
> (Blueteeth mice?), my cell phone and my Bluetooth earphone.
>
> > A simple lspci can prove it.
>
> lspci doesn't return anything with "bluetooth" in it.  That's the
> problem -- the error message says there's no Bluetooth radio.
>
> Somebody suggested I install the "omnibook" drivers, but I haven't been
> brave enough yet.  http://sourceforge.net/projects/omnibook   The
> omnibook documentation says that it "provides Bluetooth monitoring and
> control", but doesn't say it makes hardware appear when the kernel can't
> see it.  All the other functionality omnibook provides (fan control,
> touchpad control, CPU temperature monitoring, &c.) is already working.
>
> --Bob.
>
>
> Corey Burger wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 10:22 PM, Bob Jonkman <bjonkman at sobac.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Even Bluetooth?  Now that Victor *Mendonça has helped me* fix my cooling
> >> problems[1] the only really annoying thing is that I can't use my
> >> Bluetooth mouse on my laptop.
> >>
> >> It seems that the Bluetooth radio isn't recognized at all -- when I
> >> select "System, Preferences, Bluetooth" I get an error message "No
> >> Bluetooth adapters present".
> >>
> >> The laptop is a Toshiba Satellite P200D; I'm currently running Karmic,
> >> updating the system daily.  'bluetooth' and 'gnome-bluetooth' packages
> >> and their dependencies are installed.  The 'toshset' package is
> >> installed too, but I don't think that has any Bluetooth stuff in it.
> >>
> >
> > You certain you actually have bluetooth? Both of my laptops have
> > outward signs of bluetooth (lights, etc.) but both lack the hardware.
> > A simple lspci can prove it.
> >
> > Now if you do have bluetooth, be aware that the code for that in
> > GNOME/Ubuntu has been in a bit of flux recently but has gotten better.
> >
> > Corey
> >
> >
>
>
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