Dell Inspiron 5566

This is an install and configuration guide for the Dell Inspiron 15 5000 Series (Model 5566) laptop.

See the Laptop/Dell chart for information on other Dell laptops.

Hardware Details

lspci output:

 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v6/7th Gen Core Processor Host Bridge/DRAM Registers (rev 02)
 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation HD Graphics 620 (rev 02)
 00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP USB 3.0 xHCI Controller (rev 21)
 00:14.2 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP Thermal subsystem (rev 21)
 00:15.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP Serial IO I2C Controller #0 (rev 21)
 00:15.1 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP Serial IO I2C Controller #1 (rev 21)
 00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP CSME HECI #1 (rev 21)
 00:17.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 21)
 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #5 (rev f1)
 00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #6 (rev f1)
 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP LPC Controller (rev 21)
 00:1f.2 Memory controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PMC (rev 21)
 00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio (rev 21)
 00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP SMBus (rev 21)
 01:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9565 / AR9565 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 07)

lsusb output:

 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
 Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0cf3:e005 Qualcomm Atheros Communications 
 Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0bda:0129 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTS5129 Card Reader Controller
 Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0c45:6712 Microdia Integrated Webcam HD
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

Installation

See Installation guide.

Hardware

Bluetooth

See Bluetooth headset#Connecting works, but there are sound glitches all the time and Bluetooth headset#Connecting works, sound plays fine until headphones become idle, then stutters for the ath9k.

Toggle between HDMI/Monitor

See xrandr.

Touchpad

See Touchpad Synaptics.