Hello, So this i my first tutorial here and I'm about to make it quick and as easy to follow as possible.

expectations:

Running Isadora(aka mint 9)

Toshiba Satellite A200(-SP1)

English language settings

 

Base:  (Skip this if you just want to get it work) :D

Well when i came up with mint linux recently and decided to install it on my Toshiba A200-SP1 i came to notice only 2 things that weren't working out of the box.

1. Bluethooth

2. Texsas instuments 5 in 1 card reader (for xD card at least)

So i looked around the computer and luckily i noticed it uses phoenix bios 1.70 :)

i had came up with this BIOS before with my other lapstop (Omnibook XE3-GF) and so on familiar with this awesome module called "omnibook".

It adds functionalitis to these not so well supported phoenix BIOS:ses and i decided to try it :)

after while i figured Isadora has omnibook module outofthe box but not used. i modprobed it and notice nothing changed.. well i dig around a little and found it need options for not supported hardware (like Toshiba A200-SP1) and after searching a little i came up with this "ectype=12" and it worked! i got Bluetooth working,

 

TUTORIAL:

1. Open Terminal (Alt + F2 and write gnome-terminal)
 

2. Go to root user write:

sudo -i

3. Write:

nano /etc/modprobe.d/omnibook.conf
 

4. now paste this in it:

options omnibook ectype=12 userset=0 lcd=0 display=0 blank=0 battery=0 ac=0 bluetooth=1

(if you want some interesting extras you can just put ectype=12 bluetooth=1 and not mension any others eg. display=0)
 

5. Press Ctrl+x , Press y and Press Enter
 

6. Now write:

nano /etc/modules
 

7. Write on the last line:

omnibook

8. Reboot or if your hasty do:

modprobe omnibook

 

Now Bluetooth should be up and running, check it from Bluetooth options :)

 

TROUBLESHOOTING

Question: "I did modprobe omnibook but Bluetooth still shows there is no adapter"

Answer: If you use other verion of Toshiba Satellite or other computer with phoenix bios you might have different ectype to use so try:

modprobe omnibook ectype=12 userset=0 lcd=0 display=0 blank=0 battery=0 ac=0 bluetooth=1

So change ectype=12 for example ectype=14

+ after each modprobe that doesn't work run: rmmod omnibook

+ usefull information can be found in /proc/omnibook

Have Fun :)

 

Allu2