User:Tae/Dell Inspiron 1525

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This is a draft of the Dell Inspiron 1525's guide, update to 2010.05 installer snapshot.

Installation

When the installation media has boot, hit TAB in the first entry and add i915.modeset=0 to the options. Then hit ENTER to install.

Configuration

There are different many variants of this notebook. You will notice differences in CPU and Wireless. Some models also have a webcam.

Audio

There are two options to get audio working: ALSA and OSS. With ALSA the sound works well, both headphone jacks work and volume can be set independently. With OSS you will generally get better quality and louder sound.

Video

The notebook comes with the Intel GMA X3100 GPU, which uses the xf86-video-intel driver. See Intel for datails.

Since xf86-video-intel 2.10, using KMS is mandatory, so do not use GRUB Frame Buffer.

Keyboard

Keyboard worked out of the box.

For AZERTY or other layouts, use a HAL policy.

This is /etc/hal/fdi/policy/10-keymap.fdi for Belgian azerty:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <!-- -*- SGML -*- -->
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
 <device>
  <match key="info.capabilities" contains="input.keymap">
   <append key="info.callouts.add" type="strlist">hal-setup-keymap</append>
  </match>
  <match key="info.capabilities" contains="input.keys">
   <merge key="input.xkb.rules" type="string">base</merge>
   <!-- If we're using Linux, we use evdev by default (falling back to keyboard otherwise). -->
   <merge key="input.xkb.model" type="string">keyboard</merge>
   <match key="/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer:system.kernel.name" string="Linux">
    <merge key="input.xkb.model" type="string">evdev</merge>
   </match>
   <merge key="input.xkb.layout" type="string">be</merge>
   <merge key="input.xkb.variant" type="string" />
  </match>
 </device>
</deviceinfo>

Touchpad

Touchpad worked out of the box. To enable scroll and more, install xf86-input-synaptics. With the default configuration file it will work well, but if you want to fine tune the behavior, read Touchpad Synaptics.

Wireless

See Network configuration/Wireless.

Modem

You need hsfmodemAUR package from AUR in order to get modem working. After you install that package you need to:

  1. Run hsfconfig as root to build the module and initialize the modem. A reboot is required before the modem can be initialized. Run hsfconfig again after reboot.
  2. The modules are automatically loaded and a /dev/modem symlink is setup for use with the modem. Now use wvdial or other dialer programs to connect to the internet.

Dialing has not been tested, however the modem device will show in /dev.

USB, SD card slot, ethernet, firewire, VGA, S-video, HDMI, webcam and mediakeys

All work out of the box.

PCMCIA

Not tested.