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
Status
Notes
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:
 sudo apt-get install broadcom-sta-common
Unresolved issues
  • Fingerprint sensor :  not tested yet
  • 3G module : not tested yet
Configuration Files
  • Nothing to change

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2 Responses so far | Have Your Say!

  1. rick
    August 10th, 2011 at 08:04 #

    has the finger print reader been tested yet, iam tryingto get mine to work with no luck

  2. 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.