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Toshiba Satellite Pro M300
Introduction
This is a compatibility guide to running Linux with the Toshiba Satellite Pro M300 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.
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Specifications
| Name | Toshiba Satellite Pro M300 |
| Processor | Intel Core 2 Duo |
| Screen | 14.1” WXGA Widescreen |
| RAM | 1GB to 4GB |
| HDD | 160GB |
| Optical Drive | DVD+-RW |
| Graphics | Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 |
| Network | Ethernet, Intel 3945ABG 802.11abg or Intel 4965ABG 802.11abgn, Bluetooth |
Linux Compatibility
| Device | Compatibility | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | Works | |
| Screen | Works | |
| HDD | Works | |
| Optical Drive | Works | |
| Graphics | Works | |
| Sound | Works | |
| Ethernet | Works | |
| Wireless | Works | |
| Bluetooth | Not Tested | |
| 56K Modem | Not Tested | |
| USB | Works | |
| Firewire | Not Tested | |
| Card Reader | Not Tested | |
| ExpressCard Slot | Not Tested | |
| Camera | Works |
Notes
Tested with Ubuntu 9.10, it is recommended you use a Linux distributions with at least kernel 2.6.31.
Summary
The Toshiba Satellite Pro M300 works just fine with Linux.
Discussion
Hi guys,
I upgraded to Karmic Koala and my wireless doesn't work this time. Any suggestions?
Kernel config from a working system (I am using Gentoo source)
- s2ram works, s2disk not tested
- sound very low, might be ALSA config issue
- framebuffer console works
- wireless works
http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=99510161097686252344
Working xorg.conf in case anyone need it.
Section "Files" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/local" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi" EndSection Section "Module" Load "dbe" SubSection "extmod" Option "omit xfree86-dga" EndSubSection Load "type1" Load "freetype" Load "dri" Load "extmod" Load "dri2" Load "glx" Load "record" EndSection Section "ServerFlags" Option "blank time" "10" # 10 minutes Option "standby time" "20" Option "suspend time" "30" Option "off time" "60" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard1" Driver "evdev" Option "Device" "/dev/input/by-path/platform-i8042-serio-0-event-kbd" Option "AutoRepeat" "500 5" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "synaptics" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Generic Monitor" Modeline "1280x800_60.00" 83.50 1280 1352 1480 1680 800 803 809 831 -hsync +vsync EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Intel" Driver "intel" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen 1" Device "Generic VGA" Monitor "Generic Monitor" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1280x800_60.00" ViewPort 0 0 EndSubsection EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Main Layout" Screen "Screen 1" "" "" "" "Screen 2" InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard" EndSectionopenSUSE – 11.1
— Sound input – microphone
– Touchpad
Everything else works
Yeapz, ubuntu 8.10 shud have the latest generic drivers for ur ati video card. buuuuut, not too sure about ur webcam. usually they have a generic driver that works with many webcams. If they don't, you can post it up at the ubuntu forum so they can have one ready.
Hi there to all…….
I have a Satellite M300 i just purchased….it came with Vista so i removed it and did a dual boot with WinXP and Linux Ubuntu 7.10……
Its working perfectly but the only issue is i cannot use my drivers like for Webcam,video card, Ati graphics and the rest of my drivers……
The only driver that my laptop is detecting is the Intel pro wireless..which is working perfectly…..
Can anyone help me? I need to know where i can get the Toshiba drivers compatible with linux…..and also i dnt know how to install them…..
Thank you…
Ubuntu 7.10 is quite old, you should try Ubuntu 8.10.
Hi Fisher,
Don't know if you will get to read this, but just wondering how is your laptop doing? I too have a Toshiba Satellite Pro M300 but everything is working for me. You just need to read the forums, check the synaptic package manager to add and install the necessary drivers. It is very easy. In my case, a little complicated since I chose the 32bit environment. The only thing that I have yet to figure out is to make the webcam work, which is something that I have yet to figure out. Then again, it's not really a big thing for me right now.