hi statguy,
nice to know that the linux community is made up of guys like you. iunderstand this will take time..meanwhile i will try look up some more links on the topic.further ; i noiced something today - when the system overheats inlinux and i boot into xp - the temp does not really go down;it stays at the point where the system in linux was more or less halted...i wonder if this is something.
But i do a pure boot into xp ..no temp problems at all.
seeya around

Just out of curiosity, have you tried with your Knoppix disc? Does your computer overheat running Knoppix?

rainbowarrior,

Check these out. When I was trying to fix my dsdt I thought I came across some stuff for the A60. I was right.

http://acpi.sourceforge.net/dsdt/view.php?id=354

You can download a dsdt for an A60, then this other thread will explain how to replace the dsdt.

http://www.suseforums.net/index.php?showtopic=13893

Good luck.

oh ..i had entirely forgotton about knnopix ! i dont use it much though.just for emergency file copying when suse goes down.
Maybe i will try work out if knnopix over heats...
mmmmmm..interesting thought.
i will work on on the links ...seeya soon..i am working tommorow whole day here.so will give you a feedback at about this time(9pm GMT)
cheeers !

hi statguy ,

i have downloaded the dsdt file; but the link http://www.suseforums.net/index.php?showtopic=13893
does not seem to be working .
any suggestions ?
by the way ; i tried knnopix - no overheating and i even had a go at puppy linux just for the heck of it - no problems there.
i am wondering if i should change to a different distro...
by the way when i tried to make / install a tar.gz file ..i get compilation errors..
i have pasted the error below on a sample file toshiba utilities

linux:~ # cd toshutils-2.0
linux:~/toshutils-2.0 # make install
cd src; make all
make[1]: Entering directory `/root/toshutils-2.0/src'
gcc -m486 -O2 -Wall -I../pixmaps -DLINUX -DVERSION=\"2.0\" -DBINDIR=\"/usr/local/bin\"\
-DXMESSAGE=\"/usr/X11R6/bin/xmessage\" -DWALL=\"/usr/bin/wall\" -c dispswitch.c
dispswitch.c:52:20: error: gtk/gtk.h: No such file or directory
dispswitch.c:78: error: syntax error before ‘*’ token
dispswitch.c:78: warning: type defaults to ‘int’ in declaration of ‘internal’
dispswitch.c:78: warning: type defaults to ‘int’ in declaration of ‘external’
dispswitch.c:78: warning: type defaults to ‘int’ in declaration of ‘simultaneous’
dispswitch.c:78: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
dispswitch.c: In function ‘CatchSignal’:
dispswitch.c:105: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘gtk_main_quit’
dispswitch.c: At top level:
dispswitch.c:143: error: syntax error before ‘*’ token
dispswitch.c: In function ‘SetDisplayCallback’:
dispswitch.c:149: error: ‘data’ undeclared (first use in this function)
dispswitch.c:149: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
dispswitch.c:149: error: for each function it appears in.)
dispswitch.c: At top level:
dispswitch.c:161: error: syntax error before ‘*’ token
dispswitch.c:171: error: syntax error before ‘Update’
dispswitch.c:171: error: syntax error before ‘data’
dispswitch.c:172: warning: return type defaults to ‘int’
dispswitch.c: In function ‘Update’:
dispswitch.c:180: error: ‘TRUE’ undeclared (first use in this function)
dispswitch.c:184: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘gtk_toggle_button_set_state’
dispswitch.c:185: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘GTK_TOGGLE_BUTTON’
dispswitch.c: In function ‘ProcessComandLine’:
dispswitch.c:242: error: ‘gpointer’ undeclared (first use in this function)
dispswitch.c: In function ‘main’:
dispswitch.c:274: error: ‘GtkWidget’ undeclared (first use in this function)
dispswitch.c:274: error: ‘window’ undeclared (first use in this function)
dispswitch.c:274: error: ‘box’ undeclared (first use in this function)
dispswitch.c:274: warning: left-hand operand of comma expression has no effect
dispswitch.c:274: error: ‘row’ undeclared (first use in this function)
dispswitch.c:274: warning: left-hand operand of comma expression has no effect
dispswitch.c:274: error: ‘frame’ undeclared (first use in this function)
dispswitch.c:274: warning: left-hand operand of comma expression has no effect
dispswitch.c:274: error: ‘button’ undeclared (first use in this function)
dispswitch.c:274: warning: left-hand operand of comma expression has no effect
dispswitch.c:274: error: ‘label’ undeclared (first use in this function)
dispswitch.c:274: warning: left-hand operand of comma expression has no effect
dispswitch.c:274: warning: statement with no effect
dispswitch.c:275: error: ‘GtkStyle’ undeclared (first use in this function)
dispswitch.c:275: error: ‘style’ undeclared (first use in this function)
dispswitch.c:276: error: ‘GdkPixmap’ undeclared (first use in this function)
dispswitch.c:276: error: ‘icon’ undeclared (first use in this function)
dispswitch.c:277: error: ‘GdkBitmap’ undeclared (first use in this function)
dispswitch.c:277: error: ‘mask’ undeclared (first use in this function)
dispswitch.c:278: error: ‘GSList’ undeclared (first use in this function)
dispswitch.c:278: error: ‘radio’ undeclared (first use in this function)
dispswitch.c:329: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘gtk_init’
dispswitch.c:342: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘gtk_window_new’
dispswitch.c:342: error: ‘GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL’ undeclared (first use in this function)
dispswitch.c:343: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘gtk_container_border_width’
dispswitch.c:343: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘GTK_CONTAINER’
dispswitch.c:344: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘gtk_signal_connect’
dispswitch.c:344: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘GTK_OBJECT’
dispswitch.c:345: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘GTK_SIGNAL_FUNC’
dispswitch.c:349: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘gtk_window_set_title’
dispswitch.c:349: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘GTK_WINDOW’
dispswitch.c:350: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘gtk_widget_get_style’
dispswitch.c:351: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘gtk_widget_show’
dispswitch.c:352: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘gdk_pixmap_create_from_xpm_d’
dispswitch.c:353: error: ‘GTK_STATE_NORMAL’ undeclared (first use in this function)
dispswitch.c:353: error: ‘gchar’ undeclared (first use in this function)
dispswitch.c:353: error: syntax error before ‘)’ token
dispswitch.c:354: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘gdk_window_set_icon’
dispswitch.c:356: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘gtk_vbox_new’
dispswitch.c:356: error: ‘FALSE’ undeclared (first use in this function)
dispswitch.c:357: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘gtk_container_add’
dispswitch.c:359: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘gtk_frame_new’
dispswitch.c:360: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘gtk_box_pack_start’
dispswitch.c:360: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘GTK_BOX’
dispswitch.c:360: error: ‘TRUE’ undeclared (first use in this function)
dispswitch.c:364: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘gtk_hbox_new’
dispswitch.c:367: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘gtk_button_new_with_label’
dispswitch.c:368: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘gtk_widget_set_usize’
dispswitch.c:378: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘gtk_label_new’
dispswitch.c:379: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘gtk_misc_set_padding’
dispswitch.c:379: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘GTK_MISC’
dispswitch.c:382: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘gtk_radio_button_new_with_label’
dispswitch.c:382: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast
dispswitch.c:384: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘gtk_radio_button_group’
dispswitch.c:384: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘GTK_RADIO_BUTTON’
dispswitch.c:386: error: ‘gpointer’ undeclared (first use in this function)
dispswitch.c:386: error: syntax error before ‘HCI_INTERNAL’
dispswitch.c:388: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast
dispswitch.c:392: error: syntax error before ‘HCI_EXTERNAL’
dispswitch.c:395: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast
dispswitch.c:399: error: syntax error before ‘HCI_SIMULTANEOUS’
dispswitch.c:405: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘gtk_widget_show_all’
dispswitch.c:409: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘gtk_timeout_add’
dispswitch.c:409: error: syntax error before numeric constant
dispswitch.c:413: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘gtk_main’
make[1]: *** [dispswitch.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/toshutils-2.0/src'
make: *** [all] Error 2
linux:~/toshutils-2.0 #

The link works for me. It does use cookies, so if cookies are disabled, you may have a problem.

The fact that Knoppix did not overheat suggests that the problem lies in the SuSE distro you have. I cannot remember which you have (is it 10.0?). Are all of your packages up-to-date?

Alternatively, it might make sense to go back to an earlier version such as 9.3. Failing that, another distro is probably in your future.

I don't know exactly what the compile problem is, but based on the first error message, I think that some header files are missing, specifically gtk.h. Do you have the gtk development package installed?

One other thing. I noticed you are compiling as root. I have often had better success compiling as a regular user and only using root for the "make install" step.

hi statguy,
Thanks for the idea. lemme check up again on the link with cookies disabled.
i have suse 10.0 ..i will update the packages today (or do you think a reinstall might just do the trick ?) if i need to move to another distro..<sigh> to think i paid for this package from novell...whatever..
for now i will try work the dsdt way.
as for gtk development - i do have them yes.
i will try compile as general user and make install as root...
lemme get back to you on the results ..
thanks statguy

If you paid for the distro, then I would think that Novell is obligated to help sort this out as a part of installation support.

hi statgu,
i had mailed novell installation support about a week back - no reply till date. i guess novell is tending to be like the company out of seattle -only that the latter is doing a better job.
the least they could do is reply to my mails. i will try again .

Does installation support include phone support? At this point I'd be on the phone!

Better job of what? Making money, ignoring the user, both?

better job at both i guess...cheee...i will have to get novell online now...