Toshset 1.70 review

Toshset is a command-line tool allowing access to much of the Toshiba hardware interface

License: GPL (GNU General Public License) File size: 70K Developer: Charles Schwieters

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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.

What's New in This Release:
updated machine ids: 0xfc54, 0xfc54, 0xfcff
added -fast option
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