Toshiba utilities (APM??)
Forum: Laptops
Topic: Toshiba utilities (APM??)
started by: monkymind
Posted by monkymind on Dec. 05 2005,07:02
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
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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]
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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??
Posted by KC on Dec. 08 2005,18:11
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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