Toshiba Qosmio G35-AV660

Info

The following was stolen from https://www.bestbuy.com/olspage.jsp?id=pcmcat44000050052&type=category :

Hardware:

• CPU: Dual-core Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T7200 @ 2.00GHz
• Memory: Maximum 4 GB ( with 2 x 2048 MB PC5300 DDR2 memory modules )
• Display: 17" WUXGA TFT-LCD widescreen display with Ultimate TruBrite technology and 1920 x 1200 resolution; supports 1080p
• HD DVD-ROM and DVD SuperMulti (+/- double layer) drive
• Wifi: Intel® PRO/Wireless 3945ABG ( 802.11 a/b/g )
• Ethernet: Built-in Intel® PRO/1000 VE 10/100/1000Base-TX Ethernet LAN with RJ-45 connector
• Bluetooth: Bluetooth v2.0 + EDR (Enhanced Data Rate)
• Modem: V.92 high-speed modem
• 2 x 2.5" SATA disk drive slots @ 9.5mm height ( BIOS RAID 0 and RAID 1 supported )
•  NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 graphics with PCI Express x16 subsystem and 256 MB discrete GDDR3 video memory
•  Fingerprint reader allows secure access to personal data
• TV tuner receives standard NTSC input signals at a maximum resolution of 720 x 480; parental controls and closed captioning
• Infrared receiver built-in
• Infrared remote included
• 5-in-1 bridge media adapter supports Secure Digital, MultiMediaCard, Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO and xD-Picture Card
• i.LINK (IEEE 1394) interface and 4 high-speed USB 2.0 ports for fast digital video, audio and data transfer
• Built-in Harman/Kardon stereo speakers with 1-bit digital amplifier and Dolby Digital audio enhancements; S-video and HDMI outputs

Expandability:

• One PCMCIA – Type II/Type I Card Slot
• ExpressCard™ slot supporting ExpressCard/34 and ExpressCard/54

Software:

•  QosmioPlayer (pre-OS environment) provides quick access to CD/DVD launch and TV viewing; pause live TV for 1 to 5 hours
•  Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 operating system preinstalled; software package included with Microsoft Office OneNote 2003, InterVideo WinDVD 5, Sonic Solutions PrimeTime and more

Physical properties:

•  Weighs 10.1 lbs. and measures 2.1" thin for portable power; lithium-ion battery and AC adapter

Resources

• BIOS update 3.90

Things not working under Linux

• Fingerprint reader is not working under newer versions of fprintd. See related issue here:
  https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libfprint/libfprint/-/issues/321
• Wifi is flaky
• nouveau video driver seems to crash once in a while
• TV tuner is recognized but doesn't work
• Some of the multimedia keys are not recognized:
  • video
  • music
  • record
  • brightness down
  • brightness up
  • DOLBY
  • monitor out
• The extra functionality of the touchpad
  The touchpad has some cool functionality with shortcuts and whatnot, but I only ever saw that working under Windows

Look at dmesg complaining about the video capture card:

jeremy@hermes ~ $ sudo dmesg  | grep -i cx18
[   50.977560] cx18:  Start initialization, version 1.5.1
[   50.977625] cx18-0: Initializing card 0
[   50.977630] cx18-0: Unknown card: vendor/device: [14f1:5b7a]
[   50.978074] cx18-0:               subsystem vendor/device: [1179:0010]
[   50.978496] cx18-0: Defaulting to Hauppauge HVR-1600 card
[   50.978918] cx18-0: Please mail the vendor/device and subsystem vendor/device IDs and what kind of
[   50.979396] cx18-0: card you have to the linux-media mailinglist (www.linuxtv.org)
[   50.979990] cx18-0: Prefix your subject line with [UNKNOWN CX18 CARD].
[   51.047905] cx18-0: cx23418 revision 01010000 (B)
[   51.959292] cx18-0: Invalid EEPROM
[   51.959753] cx18-0: Simultaneous Digital and Analog TV capture supported
[  100.386396] cs5345 3-004c: chip found @ 0x98 (cx18 i2c driver #0-0)
[  100.392984] cx18-0: Registered device video0 for encoder MPEG (64 x 32.00 kB)
[  100.392990] dvbdev: DVB: registering new adapter (cx18)
[  100.406177] cx18-0: frontend initialization failed
[  100.406879] cx18-0: DVB failed to register
[  100.407904] cx18-0: Registered device video32 for encoder YUV (20 x 101.25 kB)
[  100.407971] cx18-0: Registered device vbi0 for encoder VBI (20 x 51984 bytes)
[  100.408030] cx18-0: Registered device video24 for encoder PCM audio (256 x 4.00 kB)
[  100.408094] cx18-0: Registered device radio0 for encoder radio
[  100.408277] cx18-0: unregister DVB
[  100.408882] cx18-0: Error -1 registering devices
[  100.409693] cx18-0: Error -1 on initialization
[  100.410128] cx18: probe of 0000:06:09.0 failed with error -1
[  100.410164] cx18:  End initialization

Video driver issue (dmesg output):

[156448.221418] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Xorg[6002]: reloc wait_idle failed: -16
[156448.221437] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Xorg[6002]: reloc apply: -16
[156463.245057] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Xorg[6002]: reloc wait_idle failed: -16
[156463.245080] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Xorg[6002]: reloc apply: -16
[156478.261231] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Xorg[6002]: reloc wait_idle failed: -16
[156478.261253] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Xorg[6002]: reloc apply: -16
[156493.261327] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Xorg[6002]: reloc wait_idle failed: -16
[156493.261348] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Xorg[6002]: reloc apply: -16
[156508.261497] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Xorg[6002]: reloc wait_idle failed: -16
[156508.261516] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Xorg[6002]: reloc apply: -16
[156523.261327] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Xorg[6002]: reloc wait_idle failed: -16
[156523.261346] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Xorg[6002]: reloc apply: -16
[156523.508273] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: fifo: intr 00080000

TO TEST:

• suspend
• hibernate
• Qosmio media OS .. find a copy and install it