Dell Latitude E6x00
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Introduction
The Dell Latitude E-Series: 6400/6500. This article will tell you how to get the basic components of the laptop running with Arch.
Installation
The Official Arch Linux Install Guide should get you running without a problem.
Further help can be found in the Forum:
* Linux on the Dell Latitude E6400 * Dell Latitude E6400 internal mic not working
Hardware
Overview
The Dell E6500 comes with the following hardware:
$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev 07) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07) 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07) 00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82567LM Gigabit Network Connection (rev 03) 00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03) 00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03) 00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 03) 00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03) 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03) 00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 03) 00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 03) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03) 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03) 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03) 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M-E LPC Interface Controller (rev 03) 00:1f.2 RAID bus controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 82801 SATA RAID Controller (rev 03) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03) 03:01.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev ba) 03:01.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 04) 03:01.2 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 21) 0c:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g (rev 01)
$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 23 model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P8400 @ 2.26GHz stepping : 6 cpu MHz : 2268.000 cache size : 3072 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 2 core id : 0 cpu cores : 2 apicid : 0 initial apicid : 0 fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 10 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm sse4_1 lahf_lm tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority bogomips : 4523.44 clflush size : 64 power management:
processor : 1 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 23 model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P8400 @ 2.26GHz stepping : 6 cpu MHz : 2268.000 cache size : 3072 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 2 core id : 1 cpu cores : 2 apicid : 1 initial apicid : 1 fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 10 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm sse4_1 lahf_lm tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority bogomips : 4523.39 clflush size : 64 power management:
Broadcom BCM4312
We have to use commercial dirver. More in this wiki: Broadcom BCM4312
Audio
Intel HDA (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
$ head -1 /proc/asound/card0/codec#0 Codec: IDT 92HD71B7X
$ head -1 /proc/asound/card0/codec#2 Codec: Intel G45 DEVCTG
$ /proc/asound/version Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.19. Compiled on Mar 1 2009 for kernel 2.6.28-ARCH (SMP).
$cat /etc/modprobe.conf options snd-hda-intel model=dell-m4-1 Kernel 2.6.28.x - follow instruction in Dell Latitude E6400 internal mic not working Kernel 2.6.29 - Not tested
Video
Intel MHD4500
xf86-video-intel 2.4.3-1
Config for current xorg-server v1.5.x:
$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "X.org Configured" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 Option "StandbyTime" "5" Option "SuspendTime" "10" Option "OffTime" "30" EndSection Section "Files" ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1" EndSection Section "Module" Load "glx" Load "extmod" Load "xtrap" Load "dbe" Load "dri" Load "freetype" EndSection Section "Monitor" #DisplaySize 330 210 # mm Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "SEC" ModelName "5441" Option "DPMS" "true" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Card0" Driver "intel" VendorName "Intel Corporation" BoardName "Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller" BusID "PCI:0:2:0" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Card0" Monitor "Monitor0" SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 1 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 4 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 8 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 15 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 16 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection Section "DRI" Mode 0666 EndSection
AlpsPS/2 ALPS DualPoint TouchPad
To enable horizontal and vertical scrolling:
$ cat /etc/hal/fdi/policy/touchpad.fdi
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <deviceinfo version="0.2"> <device> <match key="info.capabilities" contains="input.touchpad"> <match key="info.product" contains="AlpsPS/2 ALPS DualPoint TouchPad"> <merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">synaptics</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.LeftEdge" type="string">130</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.RightEdge" type="string">840</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.TopEdge" type="string">130</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.BottomEdge" type="string">640</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.LeftRightScrolling" type="string">1</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.VertScrollDelta" type="string">10</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.HorizScrollDelta" type="string">10</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.MinSpeed" type="string">0.50</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.MaxSpeed" type="string">0.75</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.EdgeMotionMinSpeed" type="string">200</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.EdgeMotionMaxSpeed" type="string">200</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.UpDownScrolling" type="string">1</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.CircularScrolling" type="string">0</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.CircScrollDelta" type="string">0.1</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.CircScrollTrigger" type="string">2</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.SHMConfig" type="string">on</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.Emulate3Buttons" type="string">off</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.VertEdgeScroll" type="string">1</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.HorizEdgeScroll" type="string">1</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.GrabEventDevice" type="string">1</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.SendCoreEvents" type="string">true</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.TapButton1" type="string">1</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.TapButton2" type="string">2</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.TapButton3" type="string">3</merge> </match> </match> </device> </deviceinfo>
DualPoint Stick
To enabling scrolling with middle button:
$ cat/etc/hal/fdi/policy/trackpoint.fdi <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <deviceinfo version="0.2"> <device> <match key="info.capabilities" contains="input.mouse"> <match key="info.product" string="DualPoint Stick"> <merge key="input.x11_options.EmulateWheel" type="string">true</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.EmulateWheelButton" type="string">2</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.EmulateWheelTimeout" type="string">200</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.XAxisMapping" type="string">6 7</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.YAxisMapping" type="string">4 5</merge> </match> </match> </device> </deviceinfo>