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(Vanity) My laptop died, need cheap OS
geronl

Posted on 09/05/2012 9:02:46 AM PDT by GeronL

My Toshiba Satellite L305 has crapped out. It did not come with the reinstallation disk. I can get a new hard drive but I need an O/S. It is too old to run Windows 7, which I can't really afford.

Does anyone know where I can buy a Windows Vista Home Premium (or sumtin') disk or product key for a good price?


TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: computerhelp; geeksquad; linux
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To: Spktyr

[ 18.929] (II) intel(0): output LVDS1 connected

what does this mean? lol


201 posted on 09/10/2012 6:20:42 AM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: RebelTex

I could probably live with the monitor like this, I’d rather not. I’ll probably figure things out sooner or later but on Free Republic... the font seems to change at random. Weird.


202 posted on 09/10/2012 7:04:40 AM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: GeronL

Toshiba doesn’t support Linux, so they do not provide any drivers for any Linux version.

Linux has certified Ubuntu for some Toshiba laptops, but your model is not yet on their list. I think that their Certified designation means they include good drivers for all standard devices on those systems.

You might not be able to find a better display driver than the one that Ubuntu installed.

Check the properties of the display for ways to adjust the screen (assuming Ubuntu has a properties menu or some other way of controlling the screen properties).

As I mentioned before, I’m not really a Linux guy, so I don’t know much about how you might fix that in Ubuntu.


203 posted on 09/10/2012 7:24:04 AM PDT by RebelTex
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To: GeronL

Another option is to connect an external monitor (standard, nothing special so that Ubuntu can use standard drivers).

You might try checking a Linux forum on Ubuntu and finding display drivers for Toshiba, etc.

Hope that helps,
RT


204 posted on 09/10/2012 7:30:10 AM PDT by RebelTex
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To: RebelTex; Spktyr

As far as I can see Ubuntu doesn’t give me ANY ability to do anything like that. I certainly hope someone can find a solution at the Ubuntu forums.


205 posted on 09/10/2012 7:33:13 AM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: GeronL

It means it’s using a generic driver because it doesn’t ‘know’ how to drive your screen properly.


206 posted on 09/10/2012 11:37:24 AM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Spktyr

okay. weird.


207 posted on 09/10/2012 12:14:42 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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My screen is now fully utilized, yay. All I needed to do was run this script in the command terminal:

sudo apt-get install screen-resolution-extra

Still working on the printer, it says I needed some GUI thing when I ran the command I found for it, it tried to load it though.


208 posted on 09/10/2012 6:28:12 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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