jmtd → hardware → Toshiba Portégé R600

R600 on the right

I bought a Toshiba Portégé R600-10Q from eBay in mid-2011. I paid about the same as you would for a high-end netbook, for a dual core, 64-bit machine with a 12.1" screen weighing a mere kilo, still within manufacturer's extended warranty.

In 2018, I re-evaluated spare laptops and decided to keep the R600.

issues

multi-monitor

With Linux 3.1.0; xorg 7.6-ish; the intel driver version 2.16.0; KMS turned on and running GNOME 3; it does not appear possible to hotplug an external display.

This has been reported:

• https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31292
  • mailing list copy of original post
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/751453

If I boot the laptop with the external display attached, it works fine for that session. However, if I disconnect the display and then suspend the laptop, upon resume nothing will be drawn on the internal display until an external display is re-attached.

This is fixed by changing a BIOS setting "Power on Display" from "auto-selected" to "LCD+Analog RGB".