[PLUG] Toshiba laptop & Ubuntu

[Bruce Kilpatrick]

Good day all,

I have been laid up with a badly sprained ankle this last week and have 
been trying once again to successfully install Ubuntu Feisty to a 
Toshiba Satellite P35-S609 laptop.  The machine is loaded with a P4 3.2, 
2g of memory, ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 IGP, and am currently using the 
Atheros wireless restricted drivers (HAL).

The problem I am having is the OS will hum along happily for a while and 
then will hang.  I still have mouse cursor and movement, but all running 
programs seem to halt in mid stride.  If I try to Ctrl-Alt-F1 out of the 
GUI...it tries and stalls part way out.  I tried installing the Kubuntu 
desktop and it reacts the same.

The install went without a hitch.  The only message I see upon boot up 
(with quiet & splash) is about a timer bios something or another.  If 
this seems important to you I will read it and relay the exact text to you.

I have resorted to the Win partition of this computer to try your 
patience with my questions.  I will be rebooting to try what you 
recommend or to fetch more info.
 
I have had this same experience with Edgy.  Should you be looking for a 
different disto?  Which would you recommend?

Thanks in advance,

Bruce