Linux on Toshiba Tecra S5

Installing Debian GNU/Linux Sid under Toshiba Tecra S5

Hardware Components	Status under Debian Sid	Notes
Intel Core 2 Duo T7700 processor, 2.4GHz, 4MB L2 cache, 800MHz FSB	Worked immediately
15.4 WSXGA+ TFT Display (1.680 x 1.050)	Worked immediately	Native resolution working by default with vesa.
NVIDIA® Quadro® NVS 130M 256 MB dedicated (VRAM up to 2.047 MB)	Working	Working initialy with vesa. 3D Acceleration works fine following steps at: Wiki Debian
3.072 MB (2.048 + 1.024) DDR2 667MHz SDRAM	Worked immediately
S-ATA Hard Drive 250 GB Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA AHCI Controller	Worked immediately
Intel® Wireless WiFi™ Link 4965AGN	Working	Working fine with WPA following instructions at: http://wiki.debian.org/iwlwifi
Intel® 82573L Gigabit Ethernet LAN 10/100/1000 Base-TX, Remote Boot RJ-45	Worked immediately
iAMT (Intel Advanced Management Technology)	Not tested
AccuPoint™ II and Touch Pad	Working	Vertical scroll not working yet
Serial Port	Not tested
i.LINK IEEE-1394 Port	Not tested
TV-Out (S-video)	Not included
Integrated V.92 Modem	Not tested
ExpressCard	Not tested
Texas Instruments 5-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO/xD)	Not tested
SGS Thomson Microelectronics Fingerprint Reader	Working	Follow this steps

Instalation procedure

We follow standard debian stable installation procedure available at: http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual

Updating to Unstable (Sid)

We change our repositories fonts from etch to sid followed by:

# aptitude update && aptitude safe-upgrade

This page will be updated when new features works.

Last update: 03/06/2008 13:00 (Wifi working with WPA)

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