linuxizing a Toshiba Toughbook CF-M34 mark 7, some help needed

[Howard Gibson]

On Sun, 1 Jun 2008 20:52:37 -0400
David J Patrick <djp-tnsZcVQxgqO2dHQpreyxbg at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> Hey Guys and Gals !
> We just got a Panasonic Toughbook with a touchscreen.
> I'm grooming is as our next POS system
> it's a CF-M34mk7  model# CF-M34CGFFKM, Pentium M 1.0GHz ULV (Centrino)
> An Intel 855GM video chipset. 
> The unit come with no documentation (although I think source might have a
> manual) and info on da web, about the specific model, and especially in regards to
> linux configuration, is aparse.
> If anyone has experience with this sort of thing, there are some things we
> haven't yet got working (Primarily touchscreen, audio, and haven't tested
> bluetooth nor wifi, and we could use a leetle help.
> the unnoficial wiki page is at
> http://toughbook.wikispaces.com/models+detailed
> but there's not much to learn from there. 
> thanks

David,

   I post notes on my Linux installs up on my website.  This is the only convenenient way to share wealth like this.

   My experience is that when you install Linux on something new, one thing goes wrong and buggers everything up.  The only thing you can do about this is to do the install and find out what the problem is.  Either you will figure it out, or you will figure out more appropriate search terms on the web.  

   Better yet, maybe there will not be any problems!  Is this a brand new, bleeding edge machine? 

   I just bought a wireless keyboard and mouse.  There is a button on the bottom that is supposed to make it work, but it works already, and I have not hit the button yet.  I think that some devices have better support under Linux than they do under Windows.  

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