A few years ago, I acquired a Toshiba T2150CDT laptop. This is a rather old laptop; I found a Byte review praising it as a very nice little multimedia portable, cheaper than the Thinkpad but almost as good. But that was 1995. (And it cost its original owner around $5K US to buy it, at least according to Byte.) It's a 486 though, not exactly what you'd think of as high-end now.
But hey, it was free. It'd been in a closet for a few years. I figured, okay, put Linux on it, make it work. This is the story of how that went. If you've found one in a closet, at a flea market, or whatever, you might be interested in the following info.
The T2150CDT has a 2-spin ATAPI CD-ROM, serial port, Centronics, XGA card, internal sound card, and two PCMCIA type II slots (with a really cool door system setup; look at the photo - that's my network card dongle sticking out the left side of the laptop, it looks like it's just a direct connection to the computer; it almost works like two really small drive bays). There's no internal modem, and no Ethernet (without a PCMCIA card). The internal HD is 500MB, and there's an external floppy drive which uses a proprietary connector. The base machine came with 8MB of RAM, expandable up to 32MB. The one I have has 24MB. RAM may be hard to find for this ancient machine, but at least it's a standard: Small Outline SIMM. Not a standard I'd ever heard of before, but there you go; predecessor to SO-DIMM, I guess.
I started with the 7-disk set of Debian Woody I have lying around. I tried booting from disc 1; no dice, the BIOS doesn't support booting from CD. So I made the two floppies, and booted the installation system from them.
No problems. I've never seen an ATAPI two-spin CD-ROM drive before, but I guess there had to be one. Anyway, boot-floppies picked up the CD just fine, and I continued the install.
By the way, if you're afraid of deleting your entire HD, don't be. I wiped the HD clean in the debian install, and well, the BIOS made sure I kept a free partition available for booting the Toshiba proprietary setup program (which is stored on the HD). So the Toshiba setup program cannot be made unavailable. Press <ESC> on boot to access it, once the laptop's finished error-checking its RAM. It'll give you a whiny error message, tell you to "check your configuration," and then let you in to the BIOS settings once you hit F1.
So I worked on installing things, getting the system into a usable state. The hardest part was X. The default config of XFree86 4 will not work right, at ;east not under Debian. You can select the VESA driver, but the VGA chip is not fully VESA compliant.
I was running xserver-svga (an XFree86 3 server) on it, which works fine. Note that this X server is no longer in sid or sarge, though. However, I got an email from somebody who said he'd run XFree86's configure utility. I didn't do this; I'm kind-of an X newbie. :) This is the graphic driver info he was using.
Driver "chips" BusID "ISA"
I tried this configuration in the debconf screens, and - lo and behold - it worked. I have my complete XFree86 4 config here.
Also, your LCD screen's max resolution is 640x480. So even though the chip can output 1024x768, unless you're connecting to a projector, there's no point.
Here's the video mode information from the manual. The video mode I use is emphasized. This machine features the ultra-bizarre 18-bit color mode, for 256K colors. The LCD screen is capable of displaying that many colors. I don't use it though, as the video card doesn't have enough RAM to do full 18-bit color in 640x480; you have to go paletted to get all the colors. And paletted video is the ick.
| Video mode | Type | Resolution | Character matrix (pels) | T2150CDT LCD colors | CRT colors | CRT vertical refresh rate | CRT horizontal refresh rate |
| 0, 1 | VGA Text | 40 x 25 Characters | 8 x 8 | 16 of 256K | 16 of 256K | 70Hz | 31.5KHz |
| 2, 3 | VGA Text | 80 x 25 Characters | 8 x 8 | 16 of 256K | 16 of 256K | 70Hz | 31.5KHz |
| 0*, 1* | VGA Text | 40 x 25 Characters | 8 x 14 | 16 of 256K | 16 of 256K | 70Hz | 31.5KHz |
| 2*, 3* | VGA Text | 80 x 25 Characters | 8 x 14 | 16 of 256K | 16 of 256K | 70HZ | 31.5KHZ |
| 0+, 1+ | VGA Text | 40 x 25 Characters | 8(9) x 16 | 16 of 256K | 16 of 256K | 70Hz | 31.5KHz |
| 2+, 3+ | VGA Text | 80 x 25 Characters | 8(9) x 16 | 16 of 256K | 16 of 256K | 70Hz | 31.5KHz |
| 4, 5 | VGA Graphics | 320 x 200 Pels | 8 x 8 | 4 of 256K | 4 of 256K | 70Hz | 31.5KHz |
| 6 | VGA Graphics | 640 x 200 Pels | 8 x 8 | 2 of 256K | 2 of 256K | 70Hz | 31.5KHz |
| 7 | VGA Text | 80 x 25 Characters | 8(9) x 14 | Mono | Mono | 70Hz | 31.5KHz |
| 7+ | VGA Text | 80 x 25 Characters | 8(9) x 16 | Mono | Mono | 70Hz | 31.5KHz |
| D | VGA Graphics | 320 x 200 Pels | 8 x 8 | 16 of 256K | 16 of 256K | 70Hz | 31.5KHz |
| E | VGA Graphics | 640 x 200 Pels | 8 x 8 | 16 of 256K | 16 of 256K | 70Hz | 31.5KHz |
| F | VGA Graphics | 640 x 350 Pels | 8 x 14 | Mono | Mono | 70Hz | 31.5KHz |
| 10 | VGA Graphics | 640 x 350 Pels | 8 x 14 | 16 of 256K | 16 of 256K | 70Hz | 31.5KHz |
| 11 | VGA Graphics | 640 x 480 Pels | 8 x 16 | 2 of 256K | 2 of 256K | 60 Hz | 31.5 KHz |
| 12 | VGA Graphics | 640 x 480 Pels | 8 x 16 | 16 of 256K | 16 of 256K | 70 Hz | 31.5 KHz |
| 13 | VGA Graphics | 320 x 200 Pels | 8 x 8 | 256 of 256K | 256 of 256K | 70 Hz | 31.5 KHz |
| 20 | SVGA Graphics | 640 x 480 Pels | 8 x 16 | 16 of 256K | 16 of 256K | 60 Hz | 31.5 KHz |
| 22 | SVGA Graphics | 800 x 600 Pels | 8 x 8 | 16 of 256K | 16 of 256K | 60 Hz | 37.5 KHz |
| 24 | SVGA Graphics | 1024 x 768 Pels | 8 x 16 | 16 of 256K | 16 of 256K | 60 Hz | 48.5 KHz |
| 30 | SVGA Graphics | 640 x 480 Pels | 8 x 16 | 256 of 256K | 256 of 256K | 60 Hz | 31.5 KHz |
| 32 | SVGA Graphics | 800 x 600 Pels | 8 x 16 | 256 of 256K | 256 of 256K | 60 Hz | 37.5 KHz |
| 34 | SVGA Graphics | 1024 x 768 Pels | 8 x 16 | 256 of 256K | 256 of 256K | 60 Hz | 48.5 KHz |
| 40 | SVGA Graphics | 640 x 480 Pels | 8 x 16 | 32K of 32K | 32K of 32K | 60 Hz | 31.5 Khz |
| 41 | SVGA Graphics | 640 x 480 Pels | 8 x 16 | 64K of 64K | 64K of 64K | 60 Hz | 31.5 KHz |
| 78 | SVGA Graphics | 640 x 400 Pels | 8 x 16 | 256 of 256K | 256 of 256K | 60 Hz | 31.5 KHz |
I spent a long time trying to get PLIP working. Don't bother. Even in "bidirectional" mode, the Centronics port isn't fully bidirectional and won't handle PLIP. (Although it was kinda funny being able to transmit pings but not receive pongs. :) I have a 3Com 3c589 in there now, which works fine under pcmcia_cs. I used the 3c509 to upgrade the laptop to Sid; effective little card. Presumably a PCMCIA or RS-232 modem would also work as well.
The sound card is really SoundBlaster compatible, and seems to work fine under the OSS sb driver. I used the Red Hat sndconfig utility to get sound working. At one point, I had some troubles with xmcd, but I think that's just my own stupidity. (Apparently it was; as soon as I made this note, the problems went away. I think it has to do with me not noticing that I've bumped the volume dial down with my wrist.)
More on the sound problems. There seems to be a problem where the CD-ROM drive reports to Linux that the tray door is open when it's not. I suspect that this is a hardware problem; it usually happens when I'm resting my wrist on, well, the wrist rest. :) Can't rule out a kernel bug, but it seems unlikely. This problem could be unique to my unit too; after all, it was in a closet for several years. I haven't been inside the case yet, so I don't know what's happening inside.
This little laptop can play mp3s! Okay, it doesn't sound great, but it works. In Debian, use the package mpg123-oss-i486, and run mpg123 with the -m option (it's too slow to handle full stereo mixing). Works pretty well, and mpg123/mpg321 frontends can pretty it up nicely. I used gqmpeg for a while, but then wrote my own in perl.
There's no CardBus, and also (it's a 486!) no PCI. So you can leave PCI off your kernel compiles, and you need a 16-bit network card (or modem, for you poor bastards who don't have broadband). Also, you need to turn off CardBus and PNP support when compiling the pcmcia-cs modules; CardBus depends on PCI, but PNP doesn't, but PNP doesn't work on this laptop (it's a 486 :)
It supports APM 1.1. No ACPI as far as I know (seems unlikely anyway). There's only one problem with the APM support: if PCMCIA is running when it's suspended, the laptop goes insane when it comes back up. Unfortunately, in the default configuration, Debian doesn't run pcmcia stop during suspend. I have a script that runs /etc/init.d/pcmcia stop before suspend, and then runs /etc/init.d/pcmcia start after resume. Also, you might want to disable the Auto Display Off feature in the BIOS. It kicks in when you suspend the laptop, and when you resume, the laptop doesn't automagically turn its screen back on. This is not a major irritant; pressing the shift key causes the display to reappear. Still, turn it off, it's annoying. And besides, the Linux APM support turns the screen off automagically anyway, so the BIOS feature is unnecessary.
Toshset, tuxtime, toshutils, etc. all work fine on this laptop, as long as your kernel has the Toshiba laptop extensions compiled in. I ran 2.2.25 with the pcmcia-cs modules for a while. I haven't tried it (yet), but the external serial port ought to take a null modem cable okay, or a Real RS-232 modem (assuming you still have one that works; all mine are dead).
Okay, here are some debs. These debs will get you up and running with a 2.2.25 kernel, with full PCMCIA support. The cardbus drivers have been disabled, as you'll never need them on the 486.
| Kernel image (793 KiB) | Download |
| PCMCIA modules (244 KiB) | Download |
| PCMCIA modules changes file (867 bytes) | Download |
| Kernel docs (1.1 MiB) | Download |
| Kernel headers (1.8 MiB) | Download |
All you should really need is the first two debs. Although the docs might be useful.
I had to hack the PCMCIA source file to get it to compile under make-kpkg. That 2.2 kernel image is compiled with PCI off, and when you do that, make-kpkg blows up when it hits the PCMCIA module compiles. I ought to report this as a bug, but oh well. You can see my hacked script here. Also, you have to compile the PCMCIA modules with PNP turned off, and normally, make-kpkg won't let you. How aggravating.
I recently revived the old laptop and put a 2.4 kernel on it, as the new glibc wants a 2.4 kernel. Here are debs for 2.4:
| Kernel image (1.2 MiB) | Download |
| Kernel docs (1.9 MiB) | Download |
| Kernel headers (4.4 MiB) | Download |
| Kernel source (29.5 MiB) | Download |
With the 2.4 kernel, all you need is the image file. Linux 2.4 contains built-in support for PCMCIA. This is fortunate, since as you can clearly see, everything in 2.4 is bigger.
You can also install the kernel images (either set) using apt-get. Put the following in your /etc/apt/sources.list:
deb http://homepage.mac.com/danflemming/debian kernels/
If you're using secure apt (etch or sid), you'll get a warning, as I haven't set up a secure apt archive. (I probably will when etch moves from testing to stable.) However, if you trust the network, you can just say Y when apt asks you, and the packages'll install anyway.
Here's my .config for the 2.2 kernel (generated using make menuconfig):
# # Automatically generated make config: don't edit # CONFIG_X86=y # # Code maturity level options # CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y # # Processor type and features # # CONFIG_M386 is not set CONFIG_M486=y # CONFIG_M586 is not set # CONFIG_M586TSC is not set # CONFIG_M686 is not set CONFIG_X86_WP_WORKS_OK=y CONFIG_X86_INVLPG=y CONFIG_X86_BSWAP=y CONFIG_X86_POPAD_OK=y # CONFIG_MICROCODE is not set # CONFIG_X86_MSR is not set # CONFIG_X86_CPUID is not set CONFIG_1GB=y # CONFIG_2GB is not set # CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION is not set # CONFIG_MTRR is not set # CONFIG_SMP is not set # # Loadable module support # CONFIG_MODULES=y CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=y CONFIG_KMOD=y # # General setup # CONFIG_NET=y # CONFIG_PCI is not set # CONFIG_MCA is not set # CONFIG_VISWS is not set CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y # CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT is not set CONFIG_SYSCTL=y CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT=y CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=y # CONFIG_BINFMT_JAVA is not set CONFIG_PARPORT=y CONFIG_PARPORT_PC=y # CONFIG_PARPORT_OTHER is not set CONFIG_APM=y # CONFIG_APM_DISABLE_BY_DEFAULT is not set # CONFIG_APM_IGNORE_USER_SUSPEND is not set # CONFIG_APM_DO_ENABLE is not set # CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE is not set # CONFIG_APM_DISPLAY_BLANK is not set # CONFIG_APM_RTC_IS_GMT is not set # CONFIG_APM_ALLOW_INTS is not set CONFIG_APM_REAL_MODE_POWER_OFF=y CONFIG_TOSHIBA=y # # Plug and Play support # # CONFIG_PNP is not set # # Block devices # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y # # Please see Documentation/ide.txt for help/info on IDE drives # # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD_IDE is not set CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD=y # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDETAPE is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEFLOPPY is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640 is not set # CONFIG_IDE_CHIPSETS is not set # # Additional Block Devices # # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NBD is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_MD is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_XD is not set CONFIG_PARIDE_PARPORT=y # CONFIG_PARIDE is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD is not set # # Networking options # CONFIG_PACKET=y # CONFIG_NETLINK is not set # CONFIG_FIREWALL is not set # CONFIG_FILTER is not set CONFIG_UNIX=y CONFIG_INET=y # CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST is not set # CONFIG_IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER is not set # CONFIG_IP_PNP is not set # CONFIG_IP_ROUTER is not set # CONFIG_NET_IPIP is not set # CONFIG_NET_IPGRE is not set # CONFIG_IP_ALIAS is not set # CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES is not set # # (it is safe to leave these untouched) # # CONFIG_INET_RARP is not set CONFIG_SKB_LARGE=y # CONFIG_IPV6 is not set # # # # CONFIG_IPX is not set # CONFIG_ATALK is not set # CONFIG_X25 is not set # CONFIG_LAPB is not set # CONFIG_BRIDGE is not set # CONFIG_NET_DIVERT is not set # CONFIG_LLC is not set # CONFIG_ECONET is not set # CONFIG_WAN_ROUTER is not set # CONFIG_NET_FASTROUTE is not set # CONFIG_NET_HW_FLOWCONTROL is not set # CONFIG_CPU_IS_SLOW is not set # # QoS and/or fair queueing # # CONFIG_NET_SCHED is not set # # Telephony Support # # CONFIG_PHONE is not set # CONFIG_PHONE_IXJ is not set # # SCSI support # # CONFIG_SCSI is not set # # I2O device support # # CONFIG_I2O is not set # CONFIG_I2O_PCI is not set # CONFIG_I2O_BLOCK is not set # CONFIG_I2O_SCSI is not set # # Network device support # CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y # # ARCnet devices # # CONFIG_ARCNET is not set CONFIG_DUMMY=m # CONFIG_BONDING is not set # CONFIG_EQUALIZER is not set # CONFIG_NET_SB1000 is not set # # Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit) # CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET=y # CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_3COM is not set # CONFIG_LANCE is not set # CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_SMC is not set # CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_RACAL is not set # CONFIG_RTL8139 is not set # CONFIG_RTL8139TOO is not set # CONFIG_NET_ISA is not set CONFIG_NET_EISA=y # CONFIG_PCNET32 is not set # CONFIG_ADAPTEC_STARFIRE is not set # CONFIG_AC3200 is not set # CONFIG_APRICOT is not set # CONFIG_LP486E is not set # CONFIG_CS89x0 is not set # CONFIG_DM9102 is not set # CONFIG_DE4X5 is not set # CONFIG_DEC_ELCP is not set # CONFIG_DEC_ELCP_OLD is not set # CONFIG_DEC_ELCP_NG is not set # CONFIG_EEXPRESS_PRO100 is not set # CONFIG_LNE390 is not set # CONFIG_NE3210 is not set # CONFIG_NE2K_PCI is not set # CONFIG_TLAN is not set # CONFIG_VIA_RHINE is not set # CONFIG_SIS900 is not set # CONFIG_ES3210 is not set # CONFIG_EPIC100 is not set # CONFIG_ZNET is not set # CONFIG_NET_POCKET is not set # # Ethernet (1000 Mbit) # # CONFIG_HAMACHI is not set # CONFIG_YELLOWFIN is not set # CONFIG_FDDI is not set # CONFIG_HIPPI is not set # CONFIG_PLIP is not set CONFIG_PPP=m CONFIG_SLIP=m CONFIG_SLIP_COMPRESSED=y # CONFIG_SLIP_SMART is not set # CONFIG_SLIP_MODE_SLIP6 is not set # CONFIG_NET_RADIO is not set # # Token ring devices # # CONFIG_TR is not set # CONFIG_NET_FC is not set # CONFIG_RCPCI is not set # CONFIG_SHAPER is not set # # Wan interfaces # # CONFIG_HOSTESS_SV11 is not set # CONFIG_COSA is not set # CONFIG_SEALEVEL_4021 is not set # CONFIG_SYNCLINK_SYNCPPP is not set # CONFIG_FARSYNC is not set # CONFIG_LANMEDIA is not set # CONFIG_COMX is not set # CONFIG_HDLC is not set # CONFIG_DLCI is not set # CONFIG_SBNI is not set # # Amateur Radio support # # CONFIG_HAMRADIO is not set # # IrDA (infrared) support # # CONFIG_IRDA is not set # # ISDN subsystem # # CONFIG_ISDN is not set # # Old CD-ROM drivers (not SCSI, not IDE) # # CONFIG_CD_NO_IDESCSI is not set # # Character devices # CONFIG_VT=y CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y CONFIG_SERIAL=y # CONFIG_SERIAL_CONSOLE is not set # CONFIG_SERIAL_EXTENDED is not set # CONFIG_SERIAL_NONSTANDARD is not set CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS=y CONFIG_UNIX98_PTY_COUNT=256 # CONFIG_PRINTER is not set CONFIG_MOUSE=y # # Mice # # CONFIG_ATIXL_BUSMOUSE is not set # CONFIG_BUSMOUSE is not set # CONFIG_MS_BUSMOUSE is not set CONFIG_PSMOUSE=y # CONFIG_82C710_MOUSE is not set # CONFIG_PC110_PAD is not set # # Joysticks # # CONFIG_JOYSTICK is not set # CONFIG_QIC02_TAPE is not set # CONFIG_WATCHDOG is not set # CONFIG_NVRAM is not set # CONFIG_RTC is not set # CONFIG_AGP is not set # CONFIG_DRM is not set # # Video For Linux # # CONFIG_VIDEO_DEV is not set # CONFIG_DTLK is not set # # Ftape, the floppy tape device driver # # CONFIG_FTAPE is not set # # USB support # # CONFIG_USB is not set # # Filesystems # # CONFIG_QUOTA is not set CONFIG_AUTOFS_FS=y # CONFIG_ADFS_FS is not set # CONFIG_AFFS_FS is not set # CONFIG_HFS_FS is not set CONFIG_FAT_FS=y CONFIG_MSDOS_FS=y # CONFIG_UMSDOS_FS is not set CONFIG_VFAT_FS=y CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=y # CONFIG_JOLIET is not set # CONFIG_MINIX_FS is not set # CONFIG_NTFS_FS is not set # CONFIG_HPFS_FS is not set CONFIG_PROC_FS=y CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS=y # CONFIG_QNX4FS_FS is not set # CONFIG_ROMFS_FS is not set CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y # CONFIG_SYSV_FS is not set # CONFIG_UFS_FS is not set # CONFIG_EFS_FS is not set # # Network File Systems # CONFIG_CODA_FS=m CONFIG_NFS_FS=m CONFIG_NFS_V3=y CONFIG_NFSD=m CONFIG_NFSD_V3=y # CONFIG_NFSD_TCP is not set CONFIG_SUNRPC=m CONFIG_LOCKD=m # CONFIG_SMB_FS is not set # CONFIG_NCP_FS is not set # # Partition Types # # CONFIG_BSD_DISKLABEL is not set # CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION is not set # CONFIG_MINIX_SUBPARTITION is not set # CONFIG_SMD_DISKLABEL is not set # CONFIG_SOLARIS_X86_PARTITION is not set # CONFIG_UNIXWARE_DISKLABEL is not set CONFIG_NLS=y # # Native Language Support # CONFIG_NLS_DEFAULT="cp437" CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_437=y # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_737 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_775 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_850 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_852 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_855 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_857 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_860 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_861 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_862 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_863 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_864 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_865 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_866 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_869 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_874 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_932 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_936 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_949 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_950 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_1 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_2 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_3 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_4 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_5 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_6 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_7 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_8 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_9 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_14 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_15 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_KOI8_R is not set # CONFIG_NLS_KOI8_RU is not set # # Console drivers # CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y # CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT is not set # CONFIG_MDA_CONSOLE is not set # CONFIG_FB is not set # # Sound # CONFIG_SOUND=y # CONFIG_SOUND_CMPCI is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_CS4281 is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_FUSION is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_ES1370 is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_ES1371 is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_MAESTRO is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_MAESTRO3 is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_ESSSOLO1 is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_ICH is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_SONICVIBES is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_TRIDENT is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_MSNDCLAS is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_MSNDPIN is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_VIA82CXXX is not set CONFIG_SOUND_OSS=y CONFIG_SOUND_DMAP=y # CONFIG_SOUND_PAS is not set CONFIG_SOUND_SB=m # CONFIG_SOUND_GUS is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_MPU401 is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_PSS is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_MSS is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_SSCAPE is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_TRIX is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_MAD16 is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_WAVEFRONT is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_CS4232 is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_OPL3SA2 is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_MAUI is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_SGALAXY is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_AD1816 is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_OPL3SA1 is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_SOFTOSS is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_YM3812 is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_VMIDI is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_UART6850 is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_NM256 is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_YMFPCI is not set # # Additional low level sound drivers # # CONFIG_LOWLEVEL_SOUND is not set # # Kernel hacking # # CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ is not set
Here's my .config for 2.4:
# # Automatically generated make config: don't edit # CONFIG_X86=y # CONFIG_SBUS is not set CONFIG_UID16=y # # Code maturity level options # # CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL is not set # # Loadable module support # CONFIG_MODULES=y CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=y CONFIG_KMOD=y # # Processor type and features # # CONFIG_M386 is not set CONFIG_M486=y # CONFIG_M586 is not set # CONFIG_M586TSC is not set # CONFIG_M586MMX is not set # CONFIG_M686 is not set # CONFIG_MPENTIUMIII is not set # CONFIG_MPENTIUM4 is not set # CONFIG_MK6 is not set # CONFIG_MK7 is not set # CONFIG_MK8 is not set # CONFIG_MELAN is not set # CONFIG_MCRUSOE is not set # CONFIG_MWINCHIPC6 is not set # CONFIG_MWINCHIP2 is not set # CONFIG_MWINCHIP3D is not set # CONFIG_MCYRIXIII is not set # CONFIG_MVIAC3_2 is not set CONFIG_X86_WP_WORKS_OK=y CONFIG_X86_INVLPG=y CONFIG_X86_CMPXCHG=y CONFIG_X86_XADD=y CONFIG_X86_BSWAP=y CONFIG_X86_POPAD_OK=y # CONFIG_RWSEM_GENERIC_SPINLOCK is not set CONFIG_RWSEM_XCHGADD_ALGORITHM=y CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_SHIFT=4 CONFIG_X86_USE_STRING_486=y CONFIG_X86_ALIGNMENT_16=y CONFIG_X86_PPRO_FENCE=y # CONFIG_X86_F00F_WORKS_OK is not set CONFIG_X86_MCE=y CONFIG_TOSHIBA=y # CONFIG_I8K is not set # CONFIG_MICROCODE is not set # CONFIG_X86_MSR is not set # CONFIG_X86_CPUID is not set CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM=y # CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G is not set # CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G is not set # CONFIG_HIGHMEM is not set # CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION is not set # CONFIG_MTRR is not set # CONFIG_BIGPHYS_AREA is not set # CONFIG_SMP is not set # CONFIG_X86_UP_APIC is not set # CONFIG_X86_UP_IOAPIC is not set # CONFIG_X86_TSC_DISABLE is not set # # General setup # CONFIG_NET=y # CONFIG_PCI is not set CONFIG_ISA=y # CONFIG_EISA is not set # CONFIG_MCA is not set CONFIG_HOTPLUG=y # # PCMCIA/CardBus support # CONFIG_PCMCIA=m # CONFIG_TCIC is not set # CONFIG_I82092 is not set CONFIG_I82365=y # # PCI Hotplug Support # # CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI is not set # CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI_COMPAQ is not set # CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI_COMPAQ_NVRAM is not set # CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI_SHPC is not set # CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI_SHPC_POLL_EVENT_MODE is not set # CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI_SHPC_PHPRM_LEGACY is not set # CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI_PCIE is not set # CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI_PCIE_POLL_EVENT_MODE is not set CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y # CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT is not set CONFIG_SYSCTL=y CONFIG_KCORE_ELF=y # CONFIG_KCORE_AOUT is not set CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT=y CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=y # CONFIG_OOM_KILLER is not set CONFIG_PM=y CONFIG_APM=y # CONFIG_APM_IGNORE_USER_SUSPEND is not set # CONFIG_APM_DO_ENABLE is not set # CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE is not set CONFIG_APM_DISPLAY_BLANK=y # CONFIG_APM_RTC_IS_GMT is not set # CONFIG_APM_ALLOW_INTS is not set CONFIG_APM_REAL_MODE_POWER_OFF=y # # ACPI Support # # CONFIG_ACPI is not set # CONFIG_OPTIMISE_SIZE is not set # # Memory Technology Devices (MTD) # # CONFIG_MTD is not set # # Parallel port support # CONFIG_PARPORT=y CONFIG_PARPORT_PC=y CONFIG_PARPORT_PC_CML1=y # CONFIG_PARPORT_SERIAL is not set # CONFIG_PARPORT_PC_PCMCIA is not set # CONFIG_PARPORT_AMIGA is not set # CONFIG_PARPORT_MFC3 is not set # CONFIG_PARPORT_ATARI is not set # CONFIG_PARPORT_GSC is not set # CONFIG_PARPORT_SUNBPP is not set # CONFIG_PARPORT_IP22 is not set # CONFIG_PARPORT_OTHER is not set # CONFIG_PARPORT_1284 is not set # # Plug and Play configuration # # CONFIG_PNP is not set # CONFIG_ISAPNP is not set # # Block devices # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=y # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_XD is not set # CONFIG_PARIDE is not set # CONFIG_BLK_CPQ_DA is not set # CONFIG_BLK_CPQ_CISS_DA is not set # CONFIG_CISS_SCSI_TAPE is not set # CONFIG_CISS_MONITOR_THREAD is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DAC960 is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_UMEM is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SX8 is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NBD is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD is not set # CONFIG_BLK_STATS is not set # # Multi-device support (RAID and LVM) # # CONFIG_MD is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_MD is not set # CONFIG_MD_LINEAR is not set # CONFIG_MD_RAID0 is not set # CONFIG_MD_RAID1 is not set # CONFIG_MD_RAID5 is not set # CONFIG_MD_MULTIPATH is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LVM is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DM is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DM_MIRROR is not set # # Networking options # CONFIG_PACKET=y # CONFIG_PACKET_MMAP is not set # CONFIG_NETLINK_DEV is not set # CONFIG_NETFILTER is not set # CONFIG_FILTER is not set CONFIG_UNIX=y CONFIG_NET_KEY=y CONFIG_INET=y CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST=y # CONFIG_IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER is not set # CONFIG_IP_PNP is not set # CONFIG_NET_IPIP is not set # CONFIG_NET_IPGRE is not set # CONFIG_IP_MROUTE is not set # CONFIG_INET_ECN is not set # CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES is not set # CONFIG_INET_AH is not set # CONFIG_INET_ESP is not set # CONFIG_INET_IPCOMP is not set CONFIG_XFRM=y # CONFIG_XFRM_USER is not set # CONFIG_VLAN_8021Q is not set # # # # CONFIG_IPX is not set # CONFIG_ATALK is not set # # Appletalk devices # # CONFIG_DEV_APPLETALK is not set # CONFIG_DECNET is not set # CONFIG_BRIDGE is not set # # QoS and/or fair queueing # # CONFIG_NET_SCHED is not set # # Network testing # # CONFIG_NET_PKTGEN is not set # # Telephony Support # # CONFIG_PHONE is not set # CONFIG_PHONE_IXJ is not set # CONFIG_PHONE_IXJ_PCMCIA is not set # # ATA/IDE/MFM/RLL support # CONFIG_IDE=y # # IDE, ATA and ATAPI Block devices # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y # # Please see Documentation/ide.txt for help/info on IDE drives # # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD_IDE is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD is not set CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y CONFIG_IDEDISK_MULTI_MODE=y # CONFIG_IDEDISK_STROKE is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECS is not set CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD=y # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDETAPE is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEFLOPPY is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI is not set # CONFIG_IDE_TASK_IOCTL is not set # # IDE chipset support/bugfixes # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640=y # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640_ENHANCED is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ISAPNP is not set # CONFIG_IDE_CHIPSETS is not set # CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO is not set # CONFIG_DMA_NONPCI is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ATARAID is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ATARAID_PDC is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ATARAID_HPT is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ATARAID_MEDLEY is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ATARAID_SII is not set # # SCSI support # # CONFIG_SCSI is not set # # Fusion MPT device support # # CONFIG_FUSION is not set # CONFIG_FUSION_BOOT is not set # CONFIG_FUSION_ISENSE is not set # CONFIG_FUSION_CTL is not set # CONFIG_FUSION_LAN is not set # # I2O device support # # CONFIG_I2O is not set # CONFIG_I2O_BLOCK is not set # CONFIG_I2O_LAN is not set # CONFIG_I2O_SCSI is not set # CONFIG_I2O_PROC is not set # # Network device support # CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y # # ARCnet devices # # CONFIG_ARCNET is not set CONFIG_DUMMY=m # CONFIG_BONDING is not set # CONFIG_EQUALIZER is not set # CONFIG_TUN is not set # # Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit) # # CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET is not set # # Ethernet (1000 Mbit) # # CONFIG_DL2K is not set # CONFIG_E1000 is not set # CONFIG_MYRI_SBUS is not set # CONFIG_NS83820 is not set # CONFIG_HAMACHI is not set # CONFIG_YELLOWFIN is not set # CONFIG_R8169 is not set # CONFIG_SK98LIN is not set # # Need firmware loading support for Broadcom Tigon3 # # CONFIG_FDDI is not set # CONFIG_PLIP is not set CONFIG_PPP=m # CONFIG_PPP_MULTILINK is not set # CONFIG_PPP_FILTER is not set CONFIG_PPP_ASYNC=m # CONFIG_PPP_SYNC_TTY is not set # CONFIG_PPP_DEFLATE is not set # CONFIG_PPP_BSDCOMP is not set CONFIG_SLIP=m CONFIG_SLIP_COMPRESSED=y # CONFIG_SLIP_SMART is not set # CONFIG_SLIP_MODE_SLIP6 is not set # # Wireless LAN (non-hamradio) # # CONFIG_NET_RADIO is not set # # Token Ring devices # # CONFIG_TR is not set # CONFIG_NET_FC is not set # # Wan interfaces # # CONFIG_WAN is not set # # PCMCIA network device support # CONFIG_NET_PCMCIA=y CONFIG_PCMCIA_3C589=m CONFIG_PCMCIA_3C574=m CONFIG_PCMCIA_FMVJ18X=m CONFIG_PCMCIA_PCNET=m CONFIG_PCMCIA_AXNET=m CONFIG_PCMCIA_NMCLAN=m CONFIG_PCMCIA_SMC91C92=m CONFIG_PCMCIA_XIRC2PS=m # CONFIG_ARCNET_COM20020_CS is not set # CONFIG_PCMCIA_IBMTR is not set CONFIG_NET_PCMCIA_RADIO=y CONFIG_PCMCIA_RAYCS=m CONFIG_PCMCIA_NETWAVE=m CONFIG_PCMCIA_WAVELAN=m CONFIG_AIRONET4500_CS=m # # Amateur Radio support # # CONFIG_HAMRADIO is not set # # IrDA (infrared) support # # CONFIG_IRDA is not set # # ISDN subsystem # # CONFIG_ISDN is not set # # Old CD-ROM drivers (not SCSI, not IDE) # # CONFIG_CD_NO_IDESCSI is not set # # Input core support # # CONFIG_INPUT is not set # CONFIG_INPUT_KEYBDEV is not set # CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV is not set # CONFIG_INPUT_JOYDEV is not set # CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV is not set # CONFIG_INPUT_UINPUT is not set # # Character devices # CONFIG_VT=y CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y CONFIG_SERIAL=y # CONFIG_SERIAL_CONSOLE is not set # CONFIG_SERIAL_EXTENDED is not set # CONFIG_SERIAL_NONSTANDARD is not set CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS=y CONFIG_UNIX98_PTY_COUNT=256 # CONFIG_PRINTER is not set # CONFIG_PPDEV is not set # CONFIG_TIPAR is not set # # I2C support # # CONFIG_I2C is not set # # Mice # # CONFIG_BUSMOUSE is not set CONFIG_MOUSE=y CONFIG_PSMOUSE=y # CONFIG_82C710_MOUSE is not set # CONFIG_PC110_PAD is not set # CONFIG_MK712_MOUSE is not set # # Joysticks # # CONFIG_INPUT_GAMEPORT is not set # # Input core support is needed for gameports # # # Input core support is needed for joysticks # # CONFIG_QIC02_TAPE is not set # CONFIG_IPMI_HANDLER is not set # CONFIG_IPMI_PANIC_EVENT is not set # CONFIG_IPMI_DEVICE_INTERFACE is not set # CONFIG_IPMI_KCS is not set # CONFIG_IPMI_WATCHDOG is not set # # Watchdog Cards # # CONFIG_WATCHDOG is not set # CONFIG_SCx200 is not set # CONFIG_SCx200_GPIO is not set # CONFIG_AMD_RNG is not set # CONFIG_AMD_PM768 is not set # CONFIG_INTEL_RNG is not set # CONFIG_HW_RANDOM is not set # CONFIG_NVRAM is not set # CONFIG_RTC is not set # CONFIG_DTLK is not set # CONFIG_R3964 is not set # CONFIG_APPLICOM is not set # # Ftape, the floppy tape device driver # # CONFIG_FTAPE is not set # CONFIG_AGP is not set # # Direct Rendering Manager (XFree86 DRI support) # CONFIG_DRM=y # CONFIG_DRM_OLD is not set # # DRM 4.1 drivers # CONFIG_DRM_NEW=y CONFIG_DRM_TDFX=y # CONFIG_DRM_GAMMA is not set # CONFIG_DRM_R128 is not set CONFIG_DRM_RADEON=y # CONFIG_DRM_I810 is not set # CONFIG_DRM_I810_XFREE_41 is not set # CONFIG_DRM_I830 is not set # CONFIG_DRM_MGA is not set # CONFIG_DRM_SIS is not set # # PCMCIA character devices # CONFIG_PCMCIA_SERIAL_CS=m # CONFIG_SYNCLINK_CS is not set # CONFIG_MWAVE is not set # CONFIG_OBMOUSE is not set # # Multimedia devices # # CONFIG_VIDEO_DEV is not set # # File systems # # CONFIG_QUOTA is not set # CONFIG_QFMT_V2 is not set # CONFIG_AUTOFS_FS is not set CONFIG_AUTOFS4_FS=y # CONFIG_REISERFS_FS is not set # CONFIG_REISERFS_CHECK is not set # CONFIG_REISERFS_PROC_INFO is not set # CONFIG_ADFS_FS is not set # CONFIG_ADFS_FS_RW is not set # CONFIG_AFFS_FS is not set # CONFIG_HFS_FS is not set # CONFIG_HFSPLUS_FS is not set # CONFIG_BEFS_FS is not set # CONFIG_BEFS_DEBUG is not set # CONFIG_BFS_FS is not set CONFIG_EXT3_FS=y # CONFIG_EXT3_FS_XATTR is not set # CONFIG_EXT3_FS_XATTR_SHARING is not set # CONFIG_EXT3_FS_XATTR_USER is not set # CONFIG_EXT3_FS_XATTR_TRUSTED is not set # CONFIG_EXT3_FS_POSIX_ACL is not set CONFIG_JBD=y # CONFIG_JBD_DEBUG is not set CONFIG_FAT_FS=y # CONFIG_MSDOS_FS is not set # CONFIG_UMSDOS_FS is not set CONFIG_VFAT_FS=y # CONFIG_EFS_FS is not set # CONFIG_JFFS_FS is not set # CONFIG_JFFS2_FS is not set # CONFIG_CRAMFS is not set CONFIG_TMPFS=y CONFIG_RAMFS=y CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=y # CONFIG_JOLIET is not set # CONFIG_ZISOFS is not set # CONFIG_JFS_FS is not set # CONFIG_JFS_DEBUG is not set # CONFIG_JFS_STATISTICS is not set # CONFIG_MINIX_FS is not set # CONFIG_VXFS_FS is not set # CONFIG_NTFS_FS is not set # CONFIG_NTFS_RW is not set # CONFIG_HPFS_FS is not set CONFIG_PROC_FS=y # CONFIG_DEVFS_FS is not set # CONFIG_DEVFS_MOUNT is not set # CONFIG_DEVFS_DEBUG is not set CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS=y # CONFIG_QNX4FS_FS is not set # CONFIG_QNX4FS_RW is not set # CONFIG_ROMFS_FS is not set CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y # CONFIG_EXT2_FS_XATTR is not set # CONFIG_EXT2_FS_XATTR_SHARING is not set # CONFIG_EXT2_FS_XATTR_USER is not set # CONFIG_EXT2_FS_XATTR_TRUSTED is not set # CONFIG_EXT2_FS_POSIX_ACL is not set # CONFIG_SYSV_FS is not set # CONFIG_UDF_FS is not set # CONFIG_UDF_RW is not set # CONFIG_UFS_FS is not set # CONFIG_UFS_FS_WRITE is not set # CONFIG_XFS_FS is not set # CONFIG_XFS_QUOTA is not set # CONFIG_XFS_POSIX_ACL is not set # CONFIG_XFS_RT is not set # CONFIG_XFS_TRACE is not set # CONFIG_XFS_DEBUG is not set # # Network File Systems # # CONFIG_CODA_FS is not set # CONFIG_INTERMEZZO_FS is not set CONFIG_NFS_FS=y # CONFIG_NFS_V3 is not set # CONFIG_NFS_DIRECTIO is not set # CONFIG_ROOT_NFS is not set CONFIG_NFSD=y # CONFIG_NFSD_V3 is not set # CONFIG_NFSD_TCP is not set CONFIG_SUNRPC=y CONFIG_LOCKD=y # CONFIG_SMB_FS is not set # CONFIG_NCP_FS is not set # CONFIG_NCPFS_PACKET_SIGNING is not set # CONFIG_NCPFS_IOCTL_LOCKING is not set # CONFIG_NCPFS_STRONG is not set # CONFIG_NCPFS_NFS_NS is not set # CONFIG_NCPFS_OS2_NS is not set # CONFIG_NCPFS_SMALLDOS is not set # CONFIG_NCPFS_NLS is not set # CONFIG_NCPFS_EXTRAS is not set # CONFIG_ZISOFS_FS is not set CONFIG_FS_MBCACHE=y # CONFIG_FS_POSIX_ACL is not set # # Partition Types # # CONFIG_PARTITION_ADVANCED is not set CONFIG_MSDOS_PARTITION=y # CONFIG_SMB_NLS is not set CONFIG_NLS=y # # Native Language Support # CONFIG_NLS_DEFAULT="iso8859-1" CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_437=y # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_737 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_775 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_850 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_852 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_855 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_857 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_860 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_861 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_862 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_863 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_864 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_865 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_866 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_869 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_936 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_950 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_932 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_949 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_874 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_8 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_1250 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_1251 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_1 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_2 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_3 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_4 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_5 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_6 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_7 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_9 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_13 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_14 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_15 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_KOI8_R is not set # CONFIG_NLS_KOI8_U is not set # CONFIG_NLS_UTF8 is not set # # Console drivers # CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y # CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT is not set # # Sound # CONFIG_SOUND=y # CONFIG_SOUND_ALI5455 is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_BT878 is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_CMPCI is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_EMU10K1 is not set # CONFIG_MIDI_EMU10K1 is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_FUSION is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_CS4281 is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_ES1370 is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_ES1371 is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_ESSSOLO1 is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_MAESTRO is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_MAESTRO3 is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_FORTE is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_ICH is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_RME96XX is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_SONICVIBES is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_TRIDENT is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_MSNDCLAS is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_MSNDPIN is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_VIA82CXXX is not set # CONFIG_MIDI_VIA82CXXX is not set CONFIG_SOUND_OSS=m # CONFIG_SOUND_TRACEINIT is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_DMAP is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_SGALAXY is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_ADLIB is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_ACI_MIXER is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_CS4232 is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_SSCAPE is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_GUS is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_VMIDI is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_TRIX is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_MSS is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_MPU401 is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_NM256 is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_MAD16 is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_PAS is not set # CONFIG_PAS_JOYSTICK is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_PSS is not set CONFIG_SOUND_SB=m # CONFIG_SOUND_AWE32_SYNTH is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_KAHLUA is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_WAVEFRONT is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_MAUI is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_YM3812 is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_OPL3SA1 is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_OPL3SA2 is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_YMFPCI is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_YMFPCI_LEGACY is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_UART6850 is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_AEDSP16 is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_TVMIXER is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_AD1980 is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_WM97XX is not set # # USB support # # CONFIG_USB is not set # # Support for USB gadgets # # CONFIG_USB_GADGET is not set # # Bluetooth support # # CONFIG_BLUEZ is not set # # Kernel hacking # # CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL is not set CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=0 # # Cryptographic options # # CONFIG_CRYPTO is not set # # Library routines # CONFIG_CRC32=y # CONFIG_ZLIB_INFLATE is not set # CONFIG_ZLIB_DEFLATE is not set
The cdrom drive shows up as hdc. So make sure /dev/hdc is owned by the cdrom group, or your users won't be able to mount it.
You could setup this machine to work as a NAT machine with two 10BaseT cards. I don't do this; my firewall's a desktop. But the 486 is strong enough to run either NAT or a simple SOCKS setup passably (at least, unless you have a T3 line). However, if you do this, you'll probably want to compile your own kernel; mine has all the firewall features disabled.
I have the manual as a PDF here. Well anyway, most of it. The illustrations seem to be broken in that version. I will attempt to restore them Real Soon Now; I have a printed copy of the manual and a scanner. (But don't hold your breath. :) Don't bother looking on Toshiba's site for information though; this machine is just too old, there's very little there.
I ran xdm, the Oroborus window manager and Desklaunch on the T2150CDT for a while. That setup works pretty well, if you're using it as a standalone machine. I leave it sleeping most of the time; it takes about a minute to boot and log me in. So I just leave it snoozing & bring it up when I want it.
The biggest problem with X programs is usually widgets. Programs use too much screen space, and won't fit on the 640x480. I currently use Lynx as a web browser, Filerunner & NCFTP for FTP, rxvt, xmcd, and Ted-gtk for word processing. Ted outputs RTFs, although it doesn't really fit all that well on the 640x480 either; I wish I could figure out a way to change its zoom. Perhaps I am just an idiot, but I can't find one. I may just go to xjed and use Ted strictly as a formatter for conversion to MS Word format (handy at Kinko's). Abiword really doesn't fit on my screen, though. I'm beginning to experiment with Scite, which has the ultra-cool feature of being able to output PDFs. It seems reasonably responsive, but we'll see how it copes with really big files. Still, word wrap, PDFs, yay!
I've also used the laptop as an X Terminal. I find it works pretty well with either Windowmaker or GNOME/Icewm. Well, GNOME 2, anyway. GNOME 1 would suck away all the screen space.
There's a volume control dial on the right-hand side of the laptop, near the headphone output. Make sure to turn it up when testing sound. It's really easy to leave it bumped all the way off. Louder is away from you.
The internal speaker is really crappy, but it works. Headphone output with decent headphones - or even decent powered speakers - sounds much better.
To feed my solitaire habit, I run pat2 and oonsoo. Pretty much all the other games are either (a) ugly or (b) too big for my screen, or (c) 3D. Forget playing 3D games. Just forget it. :) (Even Freedroid. Jeeze, guys, the original Paradroid ran on a 1MHz machine. What's with you?)
I created four icons for desklaunch, that work as an iconbar, for lock, logout, restart & shutdown. You can get them here.
This machine is basically the same as the T2150CDS, except that it has an extra 4MB of internal RAM and a TFT screen, where the S has an STN display. Either will take up to 24MB of extra RA (so the S peaks at 28MB, and this unit at 32MB).
There's also a Toshiba T2155CDT and T2155CDS. Apparently they have the same hardware, but the 2155s had more bundled software. That would make no difference for a Linux system, obviously.
You can email me with questions about this laptop if you like. Keep in mind that I get an avalanche of spam each day; do not change the subject heading for fear of sudden deletion, and expect slow responses. ;) My GnuPG public key is available.
