Toshset

Toshset is a command-line tool allowing access to much of the Toshiba hardware interface. It can do things like control display brightness, set the fan speed, and enable the optional Bluetooth interface.

A general Toshset mailing list can be joined by visiting this link. Once you have joined the list, toshset questions can be directed to toshset@schwieters.org.

Credit for the difficult task of reverse-engineering the Toshiba hardware interface goes to others, principly Jonathan Buzzard. His tools can be found at http://www.buzzard.org.uk/toshiba/

Toshset can now be used under ACPI if the experimental toshiba acpi driver from John Belmonte is used. This site has additional hints if you have toshset trouble and are running ACPI. A recent version (for linux 3.2) of the patch can also be found here.

The current version is 1.76.

new:

• fix to allow option-by-number to have value greater than a single digit.
• new ids: 0xe873, 0xfc76
• added script contributed by Anssi Saari to reset the Novatel 3G modem before suspend so that it wakes in a working state.

• can be run as nonroot user (need read/write /dev/toshiba access)
• support for built-in 3G modem
• support for transreflective displays (e.g. Portege R500). Thanks to Laurent Léonard.
• 64-bit (AMD64) version will now build.
• new and updated machine ids.
• fixes for battery reporting status - now works for the second battery.
• features added by G. L. Gragnani: USB legacy mode, USB FDD emulation mode, LAN controller, sound logo, startup logo
• added sci/hci interface information to output: reports whether toshset is using the kernel interface, or direct calls to the BIOS.
• cleaned up SCI/HCI interface: now will only use the kernel interface if /proc/toshiba is present, and will fail if ACPI is in use, and no kernel interafce is found.
• added -inten option, to control LCD brightness through the HCI interface. This provides finer granularity than -lcd access, and seems to work under the latest experimental toshiba_acpi module versions.
• now can query wireless status, and enable internal bluetooth adapter.
• now optionally uses the toshiba kernel interface (compile-time flag).
• fixed autooff feature.
• added three video-out modes. See README.video in the distribution.
• setting the owner/user password now works
• setting/querying the owner string now works

source: tar'd and gzip'd

binary: gzip'd (440kb)
64 bit binary: gzip'd (460kb)

The binary should work with 2.4 and 2.6 Linux kernels. It may work for others as well.

toshset -h for help. Patches, comments and the output of toshset -v -q are welcome.

To be notified when new versions of toshset are available, join the toshset-announce mailing list.

mail: Charles@schwieters.org