This blog is a departure from my personal blog so that I can stop boring the readers there with my technical Linux mumbo-jumbo. Recently I made the switch from Ubuntu 8.04 to Debian Lenny. Here is the chronical.
Previously I had written about installing Ubuntu 8.10 on the Toshiba Satellite L305. It was not without its problems, the hardware on Toshiba systems can be pretty picky. The omnibook module got the fan and brightness keys working, but on some systems, this also caused the laptop to turn itself on three to fifteen minutes after being shut down. The good news for those who had this problem is that in 9.04, the fan problem is easily fixable without the module, and with a few workarounds, the brightness keys w
Download and install Ubuntu 9.04. In my experience, the DVD drive in the L305 can be a little picky, so I recommend either installing from a usb stick or burning the Ubuntu CD at a slower speed. The installation should go smoothly. When it boots to your new Ubuntu desktop, you first need to get the fan going. This is a pretty easy fix, all you need to do is modify your grub file. Open up a terminal and type: