Laptops :: Toshiba utilities (APM??)



There is a set of Toshiba laptop utilities for the Linux CLI called Toshset.
The latest version comes in a 1MEG binary located here:
http://www.schwieters.org/toshset/

Or you can extract an older and much smaller binary from the DEB package found in Debian stable. The newest one available from Debian unstable has lib dependency problems under DSL (hence the 1meg version I'm using with all the libs compiled in - located at the link above).

The list of the program's options:

Code Sample
usage: /opt/toshutil/toshset [args]
   where args are one or more of:
-b: <on|off> enable/disable system beep
-lcd: <string> set lcd brightness
-inten: <num> set lcd intensity
-pow: <setting> set power-up mode
-vol: <0-3> set beep (and modem!) volume
-hdd: <num> number of minutes until disk spindown
-dstretch: <on|off> display stretch
-d: <num> number of minutes until display auto-off
-c: <quiet|perform> set cooling method
-bs: <setting> battery-save mode
-bl: <on|off> lcd backlight
-fan: <on|off> fan
-hib: <enable|disable> hibernation
-memsize: memory size in bytes
-pointer: <0|1|2> pointer
-lba: hibernation address
-video: <int|ext|both|tv> video out
-cpu: <fast|slow> CPU speed
-cpucache: <on|off> CPU cache
-sleep: <on|off> sleep mode
-balarm: <on|off> battery alarm
-palarm: <on|off> lid-closed alarm
-walarm: <dis|HH:MM[/everyday|DD/MM[/YYYY]]> time/date to wake
-ostring: <string> owner string
-ppower: <on|off> power-off when lid closed
-boot: <boot sequence>
-parallel: <option> parallel port mode
-upasswd: set user password
-spasswd: set supervisor password
-autooff: <dis|min> mins to system auto-off
-bluetooth: <on|off> enable/disable internal bluetooth
-usblegacy: <enable|disable> USB legacy mode
-usbfdd: <enable|disable> USB FDD emulation mode
-lan: <enable|disable> LAN controller
-soundlogo: <enable|disable> sound logo
-startlogo: <picture|animation> startup logo mode
-q: [glob] query option matching glob (or all if no arg)
-v: toggle verbose mode
-l: toggle long query
-fast: skip checks, run faster


Here are the results from running "toshset -q" on my laptop

Code Sample
machine id: 0xfc10                   BIOS version: 8.20    SCI version: 255.255
toshset version: 1.71                           Toshiba Model: Satellite 2550/2590    
HCI/SCI access mode: direct             battery save mode: user settings      
power source: external                        LCD backlight: on                    
fan: off                                                     select bay: CDROM                    
USB legacy mode: disabled              Video out: internal: LCD              
HibInfo: BIOS size: 512                       HibInfo: memory size: 201326592      
HibInfo: VRAM size: 2621440            Hibernation LBA: 0x0 (0)              
flat panel:  800x600, colour STN       system beep: off                      
lcd brightness: bright                           lcd intensity: 5/7                    
CPU speed: fast                                    CPU sleep mode: on                    
Display stretch: on                                CPU cache: on                        
cache policy: write back                      speaker volume: low                  
battery alarm: on                                   panel alarm: on                      
panel power: off                                    hard disk auto-off time: 10 minutes  
display auto-off time: 5 minutes         power-up mode: resume                
battery percent: 97%                           cooling method: quiet                
power-up alarm: disabled                  auto-off time: disabled              
parallel port mode: ecp                       Hibernation: not configured          
Pointer: 0                                               boot method: hard disk->floppy->CDROM
user password: registered                 supervisor password: not registered  
owner string: [ max length: 513]


Cheers
rob
PS I think someone has managed to get hibernate running using this utility but it seems to have required a pre-configured hidden hibernate file or partition??
Nice Toy! Thanks

Works on my boss castoff (Now My) Lap.  
As for hibernate, I know on my previous laptop there is a preconfigured part of the hard disk reserved for hibernate.  If you format you HD, it is gone.  Also, if you check cfdisk you can partition a "IBM Thinkpad Hiberant" type A0.  So I'm wondering if that's how they did it?

KC

Now Packing Toshiba Satellite Pro 4600

Remember:  Anything worth doing can be done on command line.

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