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Toshiba Satellite L350-L355
Introduction
This is a compatibility guide to running Linux with the Toshiba Satellite L350-L355 laptop.
This guide is intended to provide you details on how well this laptop works with Linux and which modules you need to configure. For details on how to actually install and configure the required modules have a look at our guides section for distribution specific instructions.
This page is just for discussing using Linux on the Toshiba Satellite L350-L355. For a general discussion about this laptop you can visit the Toshiba Satellite L350-L355 page on LapWik.
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Specifications
For full specifications see the Toshiba Satellite L350 specifications page.
| Name | Toshiba Satellite L350-L355 |
| Processor | Intel Core 2 Duo |
| Screen | 17” WXGA+ Widescreen |
| RAM | 2GB to 4GB |
| HDD | 160GB |
| Optical Drive | DVD+-RW |
| Graphics | Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 |
| Network | Ethernet, Atheros 802.11bg |
Linux Compatibility
| Device | Compatibility | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | OK | |
| Screen | OK | |
| HDD | OK | |
| Optical Drive | OK | |
| Graphics | OK | |
| Sound | OK | |
| Ethernet | OK | |
| Wireless | OK | |
| 56K Modem | Not Tested | |
| USB | OK | |
| Card Reader | Not Tested | |
| ExpressCard Slot | Not Tested | |
| Camera | OK |
Notes
You can enter any specific notes with running Linux on the Toshiba Satellite L350-L355 here.
Summary
You can enter a summary of how well the Toshiba Satellite L350-L355 works with Linux here.
Discussion
For suspend/resume/fan and Fn keys I had to do this:
Add acpi_osi=“linux” to kernel boot line for GRUB
Also some new rules in /usr/share/hal/fdi/information/10freedesktop/20-video-quirk-pm-toshiba.fdi
This laptop is working quite nicely now with Debian Sid and kernel 2.6.33 and the fan is quiet!
Info obtained here:
http://mudangel.com/laptop/index.html
I created a bigger swap partition (6 GB ) and hibernat
Slackware 13, L355-7915- no major problems, had to do some research and mess about with some things to get working suspend(to RAM; I'm not interested in suspend to disk).
I installed mandriva 2009.1 on a toshiba satellite L355-s7902
I am having some trouble getting audio to work with the webcam
sound works with system notifications
I have not tried the card readers yet and have not burned a dvd
all other software seems to work fine
the wireless setup worked well with no trouble
install had no problems
mandriva and toshiba seem to be a good match
With Ubuntu 8.10 kernel 2.6.27-11, suspend works great, everything comes back in a good state.
I don't know if the Realtek WiFi card is supported now but i remplaced this one by an Intel Pro Wireless 3945AGB recovered from my old dead laptop. :)
Also, i find the I/O disk quite slow, if you transfert a file between disk and usb storage everything get stressed and slow.
But the big problematic is the FAN causing a lot of noise even when the expulsed air is fresh… :(
And when cpu fan turns on it never stops.
All HW and aplications working properly, but problem with hibernate and suspend - all other is OK