S-Video on Toshiba A200 TR6

oh I have Ubuntu 7.10
with the latest (stable) kernel

Hi Brian!

usually the kernel files are stored in /usr/src directory mate..

type the following in a terminal

cd /usr/src/<your kernel header directory>/drivers/acpi/toshiba_acpi

<your kernel header directory> is the directory where your kernel headers are stored

In my system it is linux-headers-2.6.22-14 and it can be fund by the ls command (cd /usr/src then ls) and replace <your kernel header directory> with the output displayed

Then download the patch and course to the directory and give the command:

patch -p0 < [patch-file]*

*= name of your patch file

and update the modules as per the link..

Regards

Bhavani Shankar.

?...

something in there doesnt fit right,
you want me to make the toshiba_acpi directory IN the current acpi directory...

also, which patch should i use there are multiple ones...
http://memebeam.org/free-software/toshiba_acpi/

ok I listened to your instructions and did the proccess while applying the patch, I get this error:

root@XSANF:/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.22-14/drivers/acpi/toshiba_acpi# patch -p0 < toshiba_acpi-dev_toshiba_test5-linux_2.6.21.patch

can't find file to patch at input line 3
Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option?
The text leading up to this was:
--------------------------
|--- toshiba_acpi.c.21.orig 2007-04-28 00:49:26.000000000 +0300
|+++ toshiba_acpi.c 2007-05-15 19:23:32.000000000 +0300
--------------------------
File to patch:

Ok brian...

Patches are usually for a specific version of the kernel. This means old patches may not work with newer kernels.

So I doubt if this patch works mate.. Anyways,

Try it in

cd /usr/src/<your kernel header directory>/drivers/acpi directory and post back

Bhavani Shankar.

Same Results...

<sorry for questioning your motives as above, I am the one that is asking the question, and you are the volunteer, thank you for your time with this.>

Hey...

Chill mate.. No problems...

As I said above Patches are usually for a specific version of the kernel. This means old patches may not work with newer kernels. The error you are getting specifies that.. You must go in for a new patch or try hand patching mate..

Bhavani Shankar.

Other way round is as I said above..

Load the toshiba_acpi and toshiba kernel modules manually (as given in the links) and toshset should work. Please note that not all functionality is working right now mate..

Bhavani Shankar.

It says I don't have the tshiba_acpi moodule...

*toshiba

Hi again mate:

did you try editing /etc/modprobe.d/aliases) and replacing "toshiba" with "toshiba_acpi" ? and then after doing it please run the update-modules command in a terminal... As I said above Please note that not all functionality is working right now mate..

Bhavani Shankar.

:S changed the toshiba with toshiba_acpi, and did update-modules without problem

then tried to apply patch did not work, same error as above

tried to run toshset, same error as above

i noted that it wasnt to patch: toshiba_acpi.c
i searched my entire computer and there is not such file.

reference: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.20/+bug/77026
near the end the launchpad janitor says it was fixed in kernel 2.6.24-12.21
but i have kernel 2.6.22-14.XX.....

did i miss out on a kernel update or is this a beta kernel?

on a later note, i typed in toshiba_acpi.c on google to get the file and found this link:
http://nicolas.bettenburg.free.fr/linux/files/toshiba_acpi.c
should i put it in /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.22-14/drivers/acpi/toshiba_acpi
if so, are there any other commands i need to run?

...

anyone know?

screwed up my xorg/gnome settings :( darn it

https://answers.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/28301

I'll ignore that it doesnt work for now :)

Thanks Bhavani Shankar, that solved my question.