Comments on: Linux on a Toshiba NB200

By: Paul Dallas

Paul Dallas — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 17:58:09 +0000

Worked straight away on my Omnibook NB200-10Z, running Ubuntu 9.10 (karmic) with kernel 2.6.31-20 (generic). I did things a little differently:

1. Install the following packages using Synaptic:
- bzip2
- debhelper
- dpatch
- kernel-package
- make
- module-assistant
- build-essential

2. Download and double-click on omnibook-source_2.20070211+svn20090714b-3_all.deb, to install the package.

3. Open a terminal, su as root, and run
m-a a-i omnibook-source

4. UKOLN Dev Linux on a Toshiba NB200.html recommends the following are done:
modprobe omnibook ectype=12
echo 1 > /proc/omnibook/wifi
However, it doesn’t work. I have skipped this step.

5. As root, add the word “omnibook” to the end of /etc/modules

6. As root, create file /etc/modprobe.d/omnibook.conf, with the contents “options omnibook ectype=14″.

7. Reboot.

8. I installed the following (how useful these are is debateable):
- bluez-gnome
- blueman

Note that one has to go to the “systems” tab on the desktop, and then open the “Bluetooth” application.
For some reason it is not possible to send files. However, browse device and then copy and paste files at will.

Needless to say, a million “thank you”s!!

Dr. P. D.

By: Dom Sekotill

Dom Sekotill — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:57:02 +0000

Hi Giridhar,

Both the packages seem to be available:
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/362618/omnibook-source_2.20070211%2Bsvn20071217-1_all.deb
and the one here: http://packages.kirya.net/packages.php?dist=sid

By: Giridhar

Giridhar — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:56:12 +0000

hello, actually the packages are moved, can you please send me the newly hosted site for the omnisource packages, thanks in advance.

By: Emma Tonkin

Emma Tonkin — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 21:09:59 +0000

Hi Carlo,

Might be worth trying the more recent omnibook source from SVN (available from the kirya.net link)…

By: Carlo Comanducci

Carlo Comanducci — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 19:53:06 +0000

I have a toshiba nb200-10j, ubuntu jaunty. Wireless does not show or work.
I followed this steps:

apt-get install bzip2 debhelper dpatch kernel-package make module-assistant build-essential
mkdir /tmp/omnibook
cd /tmp/omnibook
wget http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/362618/omnibook-source_2.20070211%2Bsvn20071217-1_all.deb
dpkg -i omnibook-source_2.20070211+svn20071217-1_all.deb
m-a a-i omnibook-source
modprobe omnibook ectype=12
echo 1 > /proc/omnibook/wifi

but the last command (echo 1 etc…) gives me this:

bash: /proc/omnibook/wifi: No such file or directory

What shall I do? Thank you…

By: Giridhar

Giridhar — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:09:20 +0000

Hello, it works perfectly for me, but i have to do it every time when i switch on my laptop, if i save the conf files that above commands will not work, i dont know why ?

and one more thing, when i connect my cell phone through the bluetooth, i can send data from laptop to cell phone but not from cell phone to laptop, it shows a locak symbol, how to remove that lock symbol,

please write more about this issues,

thanks

By: Greg Tourte

Greg Tourte — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:31:03 +0000

The omnibook kernel module is hosted on sourceforge at https://sourceforge.net/projects/omnibook/. Unfortunately, it seems that the project owner has abandoned the project. However it is still being maintained but the only way to get the latest version is via SVN.

The current maintainer (Julien Valroff) has an unofficial debian repository where he puts packages of SVN snapshots for ubuntu/debian at http://packages.kirya.net/ (look in the “unstable” repo)

Regarding the hot keys, there is undoubtedly a way of mapping them via ACPI, it is just a question of finding the keycodes if one really wants to.