Toshiba Portege R700-1DP on Linux Kubuntu 10.10 64 bits
Dec 9, 2010
Installing Kubuntu 10.10 on Toshiba Portege R700-1DP
General Hardware Specifications of Toshiba Portege R700-1DP:
Hardware Components
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Status
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Notes
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Intel Core i5 460M / 2.53 GHz | Works | No special procedure required during installation |
13.3’’ WXGA HD LED BackLight (1366×768, mat) | Works | No special procedure required during installation |
Intel GMA HD intégrée | Works | No special procedure required during installation |
4 Go DDR3 1066 MHz (8 Go), 2 slots | Works | No special procedure required during installation |
320 GB Hitatchi 7200 tr/mn | Works | No special procedure required during installation |
Integrated Network Card : Intel 82577LC Gigabit | Works | No special procedure required during installation |
Internal wireless (wifi b/g/n) : Broadcom 4313 | Works | Requires broadcom-sta-common |
3G | Works | No special procedure required during installation |
DVD±RW (±R DL) / DVD-RAM | Works | No special procedure required during installation |
Webcam 0.3 mega pixel | Works | No special procedure required during installation |
Sound card | Works | No special procedure required during installation |
Fingerprint sensor | Not tested yet | Not tested yet |
66 WHr Lithium-Ion Battery | Works | No special procedure required during installation |
Internal Sound Card | Works | No special procedure required during installation |
This laptop is operating under Kernel version 2.6.35-23-generic
Basic Installation of Kubuntu 10.10 64 bits desktop:
- Obtaining http://www.kubuntu.org/getkubuntu/download
- Standart install
- Post-Install modifications/tweaks for wifi driver:
sudo apt-get install broadcom-sta-common
Unresolved issues
- Fingerprint sensor : not tested yet
- 3G module : not tested yet
Configuration Files
- Nothing to change
Links:
Realy nice piece of laptop
rick
August 10th, 2011 at 08:04 #
has the finger print reader been tested yet, iam tryingto get mine to work with no luck
Ju
August 17th, 2011 at 10:01 #
Hi Rick, I could not manage to make it work.
You can find some stuff here :
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1550219
But fingerprint reader is not successful frot hem too.