This is a guide to running Linux with the Toshiba Portege M500 laptop. The M500 is a small size laptop but still includes a screen with a high native resolution.
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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| Name | Toshiba Portege M500 |
| Processor | Intel Core 2 Duo T5500 1.66GHz |
| Screen | 12.1” WSXGA+ |
| RAM | 1GB |
| HDD | 60GB |
| Optical Drive | DVD+-RW |
| Graphics | Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 |
| Network | 10/100/1000 Ethernet, Intel 3945 802.11g Wireless, Bluetooth |
| Other | 3 x USB2.0, 1 x Firewire |
| Device | Compatibility | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | Yes | |
| Screen | Yes | |
| Optical Drive | Yes | |
| Graphics | Yes | |
| Sound | Yes | Use the snd-hda-intel module |
| Ethernet | Yes | |
| Wireless | Yes | Use ipw3945 module |
| Bluetooth | Not Tested | |
| 56K Modem | Not Tested | |
| USB | Yes | |
| Firewire | Not Tested | |
| Card Reader | Not Tested | |
| PCMCIA | Not Tested |
As default the screen resolution of the M500 is 1280×800, however due to the way the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 functions this resolution would not be usable right away. You can view the Configuring the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900 & 950 guide for more information.
There were no problems in getting the Toshiba Portege M500 working when used with an up to date Linux distribution.
Discussion
Where is the slot of RAM in Toshiba M500
under the keyboard. lift the black tab on the top of the keyboard - the corners have two tabs, start there and work your way around(this should just flip out).
undo two screws for the keyboard, then flip the keyboard out
undo two more screws for the ram slots and walla !!
How to solve the problem regarding the sound. The all software under windows says that the sound device is not installed
I've installed Ubuntu with great success on my Toshiba M500, Everything worked out of the box except bluetooth, which I'm still working on. It runs real quick too. Windows on Virtual box boots faster than on native hardware.
graphics card config
Here is a link to my graphics card config
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=769849&highlight=M500
how can I drive my fingerprint reader on Linux
I just want to know how can I drive my fingerprint reader on Linux