Install debian lenny on my Toshiba Satellite M300 P4317

Laptop specification:

CPU INTEL
LCD Size 14.1
RESOLUTION 1,280 x 800
Weight 2.35kg
RAM 1024MB DDR2 SDRAM (upgraded to 3GB)
HDD/SSD 200
Webcam YES
CPU Model Intel® CoreTM2 Duo Processor T8600 (2.26GHz, 3MB L2 Cache, 1066MHz FSB)
Video ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470 up to 893MB total available graphics -128MB dedicated
ODD DVD SuperMulti Double Layer Drive (DVD ± RW/RAM) with LabelFlashTM Technology
Wireless LAN Intel® WiFi Link 5100AGN (802.11agn)
LAN 10/100/1000Mbps Gigabit LAN
Card Reader 5-in-1 Card Reader
Bluetooth Bluetooth V2.1 w/ Enhanced Data Rate

Steps summary:


1. Download a 1 cd image debian-504-amd64-xfce+lxde-CD-1.iso from http://www.debian.org/CD/http-ftp/ (netinstall failed on me earlier, because i choose a dead mirror. But maybe my net is down too, not really sure ) LXDE is openbox-based windows manager.

2. Installation is straight forward, during partitioning, choose manual and delete my previous ubuntu partition, / (root). no need to delete /swap 1.5G (half of your total ram, i think) . After delete it, create /home 28G and / 6.5G. Commit changes.

3. Around 400+ packages get installed. Disable the network update because i'm a paranoid. After finished, rebooted.

swordfish@protoss-emperor:~$ uname -a;date;uptime
Linux protoss-emperor 2.6.26-2-amd64 #1 SMP Tue Jan 12 22:12:20 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Wed Feb 24 14:02:41 MYT 2010
14:02:41 up 13:52, 5 users, load average: 0.12, 0.28, 0.19

4. Panic attack, because i get a black screen, but i can hear the login menu sound. Ctrl+Alt+F1 and tried to restart gdm from tty1, still no display. Damn. Check on my dad's laptop, looks like it's a problem with the default setting in /etc/X11/xorg.conf. My config file is a blank template! lol.

5. Edit /etc/apt/sources.list. Commented the cdrom sources. Add some proper sources.

#
# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 5.0.4 _Lenny_ - Official amd64 xfce+lxde-CD Binary-1 20100131-22:54]/ lenny main

#deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 5.0.4 _Lenny_ - Official amd64 xfce+lxde-CD Binary-1 20100131-22:54]/ lenny main

#backport
deb http://www.backports.org/debian lenny-backports main contrib non-free

# Testing
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free
# Testing Sources
deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free
#Security
#deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main

#DEBIAN MULTIMEDIA
deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org/ lenny main

#deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main
#deb-src http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main

# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
#deb http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
#deb-src http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main

Refer this: multimedia/backport http://dreamlinuxforums.org/index.php?topic=4012.0

6. Install ssh-server. ssh in from my dad's laptop, so i can refer to the guide from his laptop. Compile and install proprietary ATI driver http://wiki.debian.org/ATIProprietary . Restart gdm. Saw the login screen :D Pheww.



7. ntfs-3g for my NTFS ext drives and vista partitions http://beginlinux.wordpress.com/2009/03/18/mounting-an-ntfs-drive-in-debian/

7.5. Rsync /home ( i don't have a separate /home before, so i backup it into my ext hdd)

8. Install wicd, lightweight connection manager if you want http://www.debianadmin.com/wicd-easy-network-connection-manager-in-debian.html

9. Remove faulty kernel ( i tried to get my wireless working by compiling a new kernel, but it hosed up my display, crash on loading gdm) dpkg --purge linux-image-NNN

10. Install flash apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree ( for facebook fishville :D )

11. Pidgin. apt ( for useless chit chat)

12. Japanese/korean fonts (for my addiction) - apt-get install ttf-sazanami-mincho - apt-get install ttf-unfonts

13. Mplayer from apt ( i'm really suprised, what a solid build :O)

14. Turn off terminal beep (because it's annoying :P) http://www.debuntu.org/how-to-turn-off-virtual-console-beep

15. Change default browser (if you want google-chrome or opera) http://wiki.lxde.org/en/LXDE:Questions#How_do_I_change_my_default_browser.3F

16. Clickable irssi links (for irc addiction). Get rxvt-unicode http://geekosphere.org/726/urxvt-tips-transparency-deamonized-clickable-links/

17. Music! Get herrie cli-based mp3 player with last.fm support apt

18. Etc etc - more lxde compatible apps http://forum.lxde.org/viewtopic.php?t=9&f=7

19. Compiling packages (i need notecase http://notecase.sourceforge.net/download.html for my notes, read the readme.txt for additional packages needed) http://users.telenet.be/mydotcom/howto/linux/package02.htm

20. Still needs some more apps for my likings. All the above would be sufficient for normal daily use. Enjoy your debian!

extra:
http://wiki.lxde.org/en/How_to_make_screenshots
dmesg http://pastebin.com/KZwi6Nvc
lspci http://pastebin.com/rm15iSJr