Toshiba Portege R100
Created by: Bill Giannikos,Last modification on Thu 20 of Sep, 2007 [18:29 UTC]by Anonymous
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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Introduction
This is a guide to running Linux with the Toshiba Portege R100 laptop. The R100 is a small and light laptop with long battery life thanks to the ULV processor used. Its internal components are quite limited however.Editing This Page
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| Name | Toshiba Portege R100 | |
| Processor | Intel Pentium-M ULV 1GHz | |
| Screen | 12.1" XGA | |
| RAM | 256MB | |
| HDD | 40GB | |
| Optical Drive | None | |
| Graphics | Trident XP4m32 | |
| Network | 10/100 Ethernet, Intel 2100 802.11g Wireless | |
| Other | 2 x USB2.0 | |
Linux Compatibility
| Device | Compatibility | Comments |
| Processor | Yes | |
| Screen | Yes | |
| Optical Drive | Yes | |
| Graphics | Partial | No XV available |
| Sound | Yes | Use the snd-intel8x0 module |
| Ethernet | Yes | |
| Wireless | Yes | Use the ipw2100 module |
| 56K Modem | Yes | Use slmodem |
| USB | Yes | |
| SD Card Reader | Never work (no driver) | |
| PCMCIA | Yes | use yenta-socket |
| Touchpad | Yes | use synaptic |
| fn-button | Yes | use fnfxd |
Notes
Since the R100 does not include an optical drive you will need an alternative installation method. An external USB optical drive works fine and a network installation should be possible as well.The Trident XP4m32 graphics chip in the Portege R100 is not well supported under Linux. Currently you may use either the 'vesa' or 'trident' driver for limited support however both of these options do not provide proper acceleration and so are very slow.
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Summary
The Trident graphic chip used in the Toshiba Portege R100 is not well supported under Linux at the moment. This issue makes the R100 a poor choice for Linux.If you are looking to purchase this laptop you can visit Toshiba's Portege page.
Have you installed Linux on this laptop? If so how about leaving a comment about your success in the comments section below.
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