Thanks Bob, I think this can be marked "SOLVED" (I find searching for that word alongside problems increasingly useful!)
I can vouch for that fixing both the screen resolution and the suspend problem. Not sure the syntax in your 2nd apt-get line is correct but I've forgotten what I had to tweak now. Many thanks to Bob and all who helped: hugely appreciated. Chris ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bob Proulx" <b...@proulx.com> > To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org > Sent: Monday, 28 January, 2013 11:27:52 PM > Subject: Re: Installing Debian (currently squeeze) on Toshiba Satellite > L750-170 > > Chris Evans wrote: > > > Marek Straka wrote: > > > Install debian - wheezy. It is nearly stable. You have quite new > > > hardware in your notebook. > > > > Yes, I wondered if that was the way to go. Am I right in thinking > > that there's a wheezy live install option? I'm sure that if there > > is, that should be a good next step. > > Since you already have Squeeze 6 installed I wouldn't be completely > hasty about re-installing. Because the Wheezy installation process > is > still not ready for prime time. Instead I would add backports to the > sources.list file and install the backported kernel as a first step. > Because you undoubtedly need a newer kernel to match your newer > hardware. Because your graphics problems are that it doesn't know > about your newer hardware and so has fallen back to the vesa driver. > > deb http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports squeeze-backports > contrib non-free > > Then: > > # apt-get update > # apt-get install -t squeeze-backports install > firmware-linux-nonfree firmware-linux-free > linux-image-3.2.0-0.bpo.4-686-pae > > Replace "686-pae" with the appropriate kernel matching what you have > already installed on your machine. Likely candidates are "686-pae" > and "amd64". > > Then reboot and see if your X driver is improved. Hopefully that > will > fix it. But I think it actually about 50/50 that it won't. See the > Bug#687442 for a trail of problems with the 3.2 Wheezy kernel due to > removed support for various hardware. But also included is a > solution > using a proposed kernel with forward/backward ported support for much > of the hardware. > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=687442 > > Hopefully that proposed test kernel will resolve your hardware > support > issues. If not then I suggest repeating the above one last time > using > the experimental linux-image-3.7-trunk-$ARCH kernel. > > I would avoid the work of the full re-install, it isn't needed, and > try the newer kernels out in isolation first. If any of those work > then you are good to go. > > Bob > -- -- Chris Evans <ch...@psyctc.org> Skype: chris-psyctc Consultant Psychiatrist in Psychotherapy, Notts. PDD network; Professor, Psychotherapy, Nottingham University *If I am writing from one of those roles, it will be clear. Otherwise* *my views are my own and not representative of those institutions * If you have difficulty Emailing me on this address or getting a reply, send again but cc to: chris dot evans at nottshc dot nhs dot uk and to: c dot evans at nottingham dot ac dot uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-laptop-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1083158822.2667618.1360307152658.javamail.r...@zimbra-mbox1.protectedservice.net
