How to install Runtu 3.0 or Ubuntu 8.04 on Toshiba Satellite L300-11E - solution
It remains to fix one annoying trifle - the lack of wireless network drivers for Linux.
Everything else works with a bang. So let's get started!
The main problem is that wi-fi does not work on RTL 8187B chip from Realtek
1. For ubuntu 8.04 - before starting, turn off the LAN via BIOS (press F2 when turning on, find LAN - Disable)
and do not forget to turn it on after installing it on the disk.
For Runtu 3 beta - everything was installed and so, it was installed without problems by choosing "Install" when booting from LiveCD.
Only the WLAN adapter RTL8187B does not work.
2. Next, download the driver here rtl8187b-modified-804.tar.gz
from here linux.toshiba-dme.co.jp/linux/eng/pc/x/rtl8187b-modified-804.tar.gz .
Download to your home folder!
3. Unzip there and copy to the root / wifi: 4. And now there will be a trick for finalizing the driver with a file. =). We give the command “lsusb | grep Realtek” and watch its output. I got numbers there ... 0bda: 8198 Realtek ... You need to Remember the last 4 digits and fix 2 files: /wifi/rtl8187/r8187_core.c /wifi/rtl8187/r8187_core.c.orig in them find 0x8189 and replace it with our 4 digits - I will have 0x8198
tar -xvzf rtl8187b-modified-804.tar.gz
sudo mkdir /wifi
cd rtl8187b-modified
sudo cp -r * /wifi
cd /wifi
For replacement I used “mc” - in it we find our files, edit them by F4, and again F4 - the replacement function.
Each file will have only 2 replacements.
5. Next, create a driver and turn it on. That's it! The network should work. We prescribe its launch at system startup: add these lines to the /etc/rc.local file before the exit 0 line: Add 2 lines to / etc / network / interfaces edit - sudo nano / etc / network / interfaces after which this file should look like this like this: Save and reboot! You can check this way: wlan0 should be visible at the output, and a list of visible networks appears in the Network Manager icon.
cd /wifi
sudo ./makedrv
sudo ./wlan0up
/wifi/wlan0up
ifconfig wlan0 up
dhclient wlan0
exit 0
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
pre-up /wifi/wlan0up
post-down /wifi/wlan0down
ifconfig
iwconfig