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The Dell Inspiron 1090 (also Dell Inspiron Duo or Dell Duo) is a notebook/tablet convertible with a touchscreen with two-finger multitouch support. The touchscreen (with multitouch), wireless/bluetooth controller, sound system, webcam and CrystalHD chip work without problem. The only component which currently does not work is the #Accelerometer.

Hardware specifications

Official specifications

Processor: Intel® Atom® Dual Core Processor N570 (1.6GHz, 512K L2 Cache).
Memory: 2GB DDR3 SDRAM.
Chipset: Intel® NM10 Express Chipset.
Video card: Intel NM10 Express Video.
Display: 10.1" Widescreen (1366x768) Capacitive Multi Touch.
Audio and speakers: 2 X 1W speakers for total of 2W standard.
Hard drive: Up to 320GB5 SATA hard drive (7200RPM).
Battery: 29Whr 4 cell battery, captive, factory replaceable.
- Battery life: Up to 3 hours and 57 minutes of battery life.
Camera: Built-in 1.3 megapixel Webcam.
Wireless: Wireless 802.11b/g/n.
Bluetooth: Wireless 802.11b/g/n / Bluetooth 3.0 combo Card (Optional).
Ports:
- (1) Microphone.
- (1) Headphone JACK.
- (2) USB 2.0.
- (1) AC adapter connector.
Dimensions and weight:
- Width: 11.22" (285.0mm).
- Height: 1.03" (26.2mm) front – 1.13" (28.7mm) back.
- Depth: 7.66" (194.5mm).
- Starting weight: 3.39 lbs (1.54Kg).

Specifications according to `uname`, `lspci` and `lsusb`

Microarchitecture, processor and platform

uname -mpi

i686 Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N550 @ 1.50GHz GenuineIntel

PCI buses and devices

lspci

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation N10 Family DMI Bridge (rev 02)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation N10 Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation N10 Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 3 (rev 02)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 4 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation NM10 Family LPC Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH7 Family SATA AHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 Multimedia controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM70015 Video Decoder [Crystal HD]
02:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)

USB devices

lsusb

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:58f4 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. 
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 0eef:725e D-WAV Scientific Co., Ltd 
Bus 004 Device 003: ID 0cf3:3005 Atheros Communications, Inc. AR3011 Bluetooth

Hardware configuration

Accelerometer

According to this source, model name is LSM303DLH. Only partial configuration has been achieved so far, athough the cited source claims to have full support of the accelerometer. See STMicroelectronics LSM303DLH Accelerometer/Magenetometer.

Wireless

Works out of the box.

Webcam

Detected by udev as

Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:58f4 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.

Works out of the box. Uses the uvcvideo module, see Kernel Modules and Webcam Setup.

Graphics controller

Install xf86-video-intel, available in the Official Repositories, see Intel.

Touchpad

Install xf86-input-synaptics, available in the Official Repositories.

Bluetooth

Uses bluetooth daemon, see Daemon.

Speakers

Uses snd-hda-intel module, see Kernel modules.

HD video playback

Install crystalhd-git^AUR, available in the Arch User Repository. The new module is located in

/lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/video/broadcom/crystalhd.ko

Unload the staging module crystalhd and load the new one, see Kernel Modules.

Touchscreen

Detected by udev as:

Bus 004 Device 002: ID 0eef:725e D-WAV Scientific Co., Ltd

For configuration, see Multitouch Displays.

Docking Station

A docking station is sold optionally with this computer.

This article or section needs expansion.

Reason: please use the first argument of the template to provide a brief explanation. (Discuss in Talk:Dell Inspiron 1090 (Duo)#)

Tablet Mode

The instructions above make the 1090 a fully-working netbook. To take advantage of this hardware, some tablet-related features need to be configured.

(Un)folding detection

When this computer is folded (or unfolded) into a tablet, it sends a keystroke. You can assign the keys Template:Keypress and Template:Keypress to these keystrokes with the following commands, respectively:

setkeycodes e073 148
setkeycodes e074 149

Tip: Add those commands to /etc/rc.local to execute them when booting.

Transparent cursor

Install xcursor-transparent-theme^AUR, available in the Arch User Repository.

Hide mouse pointer in Gnome 3.x

Run the following commands as a normal user:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface cursor-theme "xcursor-transparent" &
gconftool-2 --type string  --set /desktop/gnome/peripherals/mouse/cursor_theme xcursor-transparent &

Hide mouse pointer in GDM

Warning: This will also hide the pointer in all Qt applications (you can only see the arrow pointer, secondary pointers as hand, beam or move will be invisible).

Create/edit the file /usr/share/icons/default/index.theme with the following contents:

[Icon Theme]
Inherits=xcursor-transparent

On-screen keyboard

Generic

Install florence^AUR, available in the Arch User Repository.

Gnome 3.2.x

Install caribou, available in the Official Repositories.

Gesture recognition

Install easystroke-mt^AUR, available in the Arch User Repository. It has multitouch support.

Note: easystroke^AUR (also available in the Arch User Repository does not work properly with multitouch. When the screen is touched with two fingers it is interpreted at a gesture given by the line defined between the two points of contact.

Screen rotation

The screen can be rotated with xrandr, but the coordinates of the touchscreen are not rotated accordingly. You can fix this with xinput by running the following commands:

Warning: This commmands depend on the output of xinput --list, which may change on driver updates for the touchscreen.

xrandr -o left

xinput set-prop "eGalax Inc. USB TouchController" 'Coordinate Transformation Matrix' 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
xinput set-prop "eGalax Inc. USB TouchController" 'Evdev Axis Inversion' 0 1
xinput set-prop "eGalaxTouch Virtual Device for Multi" 'Coordinate Transformation Matrix' 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
xinput set-prop "eGalaxTouch Virtual Device for Multi" 'Evdev Axis Inversion' 0 1
xinput set-prop "eGalaxTouch Virtual Device for Single" 'Coordinate Transformation Matrix' 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
xinput set-prop "eGalaxTouch Virtual Device for Single" 'Evdev Axis Inversion' 0 1

xrandr -o right

xinput set-prop "eGalax Inc. USB TouchController" 'Coordinate Transformation Matrix' 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
xinput set-prop "eGalax Inc. USB TouchController" 'Evdev Axis Inversion' 1 0
xinput set-prop "eGalaxTouch Virtual Device for Multi" 'Coordinate Transformation Matrix' 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
xinput set-prop "eGalaxTouch Virtual Device for Multi" 'Evdev Axis Inversion' 1 0
xinput set-prop "eGalaxTouch Virtual Device for Single" 'Coordinate Transformation Matrix' 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
xinput set-prop "eGalaxTouch Virtual Device for Single" 'Evdev Axis Inversion' 1 0

xrandr -o inverted

xinput set-prop "eGalax Inc. USB TouchController" 'Coordinate Transformation Matrix' 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
xinput set-prop "eGalax Inc. USB TouchController" 'Evdev Axis Inversion' 1 1
xinput set-prop "eGalaxTouch Virtual Device for Multi" 'Coordinate Transformation Matrix' 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
xinput set-prop "eGalaxTouch Virtual Device for Multi" 'Evdev Axis Inversion' 0 0
xinput set-prop "eGalaxTouch Virtual Device for Single" 'Coordinate Transformation Matrix' 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
xinput set-prop "eGalaxTouch Virtual Device for Single" 'Evdev Axis Inversion' 0 0

xrandr -o normal

xinput set-prop "eGalax Inc. USB TouchController" 'Coordinate Transformation Matrix' 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
xinput set-prop "eGalax Inc. USB TouchController" 'Evdev Axis Inversion' 0 0
xinput set-prop "eGalaxTouch Virtual Device for Multi" 'Coordinate Transformation Matrix' 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
xinput set-prop "eGalaxTouch Virtual Device for Multi" 'Evdev Axis Inversion' 0 0
xinput set-prop "eGalaxTouch Virtual Device for Single" 'Coordinate Transformation Matrix' 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
xinput set-prop "eGalaxTouch Virtual Device for Single" 'Evdev Axis Inversion' 0 0

Observe that the transformation matrix is the same for normal and inverted orientations, and for left and right orientations. Therefor the corresponding commands need to be applied only when changing between orientations with different transformation matrix.

Examples of use

Script for rotating the screen

The commands above can be used to make a simple shell script for toggling the screen orientation between landscape and portrait as follows, see also #Screen rotation:

~/toggle_orientation.sh

#!/bin/bash

rotation="$(xrandr -q --verbose | grep 'connected' | egrep -o  '\) (normal|left|inverted|right) \(' | egrep -o '(normal|left|inverted|right)')"

if [ $rotation = "normal" ] ;
then
    xrandr -o left
    xinput set-prop "eGalax Inc. USB TouchController" 'Coordinate Transformation Matrix' 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
    xinput set-prop "eGalax Inc. USB TouchController" 'Evdev Axis Inversion' 0 1
    xinput set-prop "eGalaxTouch Virtual Device for Multi" 'Coordinate Transformation Matrix' 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
    xinput set-prop "eGalaxTouch Virtual Device for Multi" 'Evdev Axis Inversion' 0 1
    xinput set-prop "eGalaxTouch Virtual Device for Single" 'Coordinate Transformation Matrix' 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
    xinput set-prop "eGalaxTouch Virtual Device for Single" 'Evdev Axis Inversion' 0 1
else
    xrandr -o normal
    xinput set-prop "eGalax Inc. USB TouchController" 'Coordinate Transformation Matrix' 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
    xinput set-prop "eGalax Inc. USB TouchController" 'Evdev Axis Inversion' 0 0
    xinput set-prop "eGalaxTouch Virtual Device for Multi" 'Coordinate Transformation Matrix' 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
    xinput set-prop "eGalaxTouch Virtual Device for Multi" 'Evdev Axis Inversion' 0 0
    xinput set-prop "eGalaxTouch Virtual Device for Single" 'Coordinate Transformation Matrix' 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
    xinput set-prop "eGalaxTouch Virtual Device for Single" 'Evdev Axis Inversion' 0 0
fi
exit 0

Tip: For an improved user experience you can:

Associate this script to a gesture using easystroke-mt^AUR, see #Gesture recognition.
Create a desktop launcher/system tray icon to run this script.

Script for toggling tablet mode ON and OFF (Gnome 3.x)

The following shell script hides the mouse pointer and activates Gnome 3.x's on-screen keyboard, caribou, when the netbook is fold into a tablet. It detects the current mode based on the current cursor theme (if the cursor is hidden, then the computer is in tablet mode). When you unfold the computer, it returns the screen to the default orientation.

Note: It assumes xcursor-transparent-theme^AUR and caribou are installed, see #Transparent cursor and #On-screen keyboard; and that Adwaita, Gnome 3.x's default cursor theme is in use. See also #Screen rotation.

~/toggle_tabletmode.sh

#!/bin/bash

if [ $(echo $(gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.interface cursor-theme) | cut -c2- | sed 's/\(.*\)./\1/') = "xcursor-transparent" ] ;
then
    gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface cursor-theme "Adwaita" &
    gconftool-2 --type string  --set /desktop/gnome/peripherals/mouse/cursor_theme Adwaita &
    dconf write /org/gnome/desktop/a11y/applications/screen-keyboard-enabled false &
    xrandr -o normal
    xinput set-prop "eGalax Inc. USB TouchController" 'Coordinate Transformation Matrix' 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
    xinput set-prop "eGalax Inc. USB TouchController" 'Evdev Axis Inversion' 0 0
    xinput set-prop "eGalaxTouch Virtual Device for Multi" 'Coordinate Transformation Matrix' 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
    xinput set-prop "eGalaxTouch Virtual Device for Multi" 'Evdev Axis Inversion' 0 0
    xinput set-prop "eGalaxTouch Virtual Device for Single" 'Coordinate Transformation Matrix' 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
    xinput set-prop "eGalaxTouch Virtual Device for Single" 'Evdev Axis Inversion' 0 0
else
    gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface cursor-theme "xcursor-transparent" &
    gconftool-2 --type string  --set /desktop/gnome/peripherals/mouse/cursor_theme xcursor-transparent &
    dconf write /org/gnome/desktop/a11y/applications/screen-keyboard-enabled true &
fi
exit 0

Tip: You can run this script when (un)folding the netbook associating it to the keys Template:Keypress and Template:Keypress, see #(Un)folding detection.

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-[[Category:Dell (English)]]
+[[Category:Dell]]
+The Dell Inspiron 1090 (also Dell Inspiron Duo or Dell Duo) is a notebook/tablet convertible with a touchscreen with two-finger multitouch support. The touchscreen (with multitouch), wireless/bluetooth controller, sound system, webcam and CrystalHD chip work without problem. The only component which currently does not work is the [[#Accelerometer]].
-The Dell Inspiron 1090 is a notebook/tablet convertible with a touchscreen with two-finger multitouch support. The aim is to get the most out of this hardware, both as a netbook and as a tablet.
 ==Hardware specifications==
@@ Line 30: / Line 29: @@
 **Starting weight: 3.39 lbs (1.54Kg).
-===Specifications according to the Linux Kernel===
+===Specifications according to {{ic|uname}}, {{ic|lspci}} and {{ic|lsusb}}===
 ====Microarchitecture, processor and platform====
@@ Line 72: / Line 71: @@
 ===Accelerometer===
-It is a {{ic|lsm303dlh}} manufactured by STMicroelectronics. I did not succeed to make it work as of kernel version 3.1.6.
+According to [http://lukeross.name/dell/ this source], model name is {{ic|LSM303DLH}}. Only partial configuration has been achieved so far, athough the cited source claims to have full support of the accelerometer. See [[STMicroelectronics LSM303DLH Accelerometer/Magenetometer]].
-*There is a driver available at [https://lkml.org/lkml/2010/12/1/3 lkml.org], but there is a [http://lukeross.name/dell/ claim] that it does not work.  There is a patch [http://lukeross.name/dell/lukeross-fixes-lsm303dlh_a.diff here]. There are instructions on that website, which I have not been able to follow.
-*There are also some instructions for enabling the accelerometer available at the [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1658480 Ubuntu Forums].
-{{Expansion}}
 ===Wireless===
@@ Line 106: / Line 101: @@
 Detected by {{ic|udev}} as:
   Bus 004 Device 002: ID 0eef:725e D-WAV Scientific Co., Ltd
-Install the driver from the [http://home.eeti.com.tw/web20/eGalaxTouchDriver/linuxDriver.htm eGalax website]. Since version 1.01.1014, the driver supports (two finger) multitouch input. Requires reboot.
+For configuration, see [[Multitouch Displays]].
-====Invert Y-axis====
-If after installing the eGalax driver the Y-axis of the touchscreen is inverted, edit the file {{ic|/etc/eGTouchd.ini}} an change the value of {{ic|Direction}} from 0 to 2:
-{{hc|/etc/eGtouchd.ini|...
-DetectRotation 0
-'''Direction 2'''
-Orientation 0
-...}}
 ===Docking Station===
@@ Line 132: / Line 119: @@
 setkeycodes e074 149
 }}
+{{Tip|Add those commands to {{ic|/etc/rc.local}} to execute them when booting.}}
 ===Transparent cursor===
@@ Line 146: / Line 135: @@
 ====Hide mouse pointer in GDM====
-{{Warning|This will also hide the pointer in ''all'' Qt applications (you can only see the arrow cursor).}}
+{{Warning|This will also hide the pointer in ''all'' Qt applications (you can only see the arrow pointer, secondary pointers as hand, beam or move will be invisible).}}
 Create/edit the file {{ic|/usr/share/icons/default/index.theme}} with the following contents:
@@ Line 165: / Line 154: @@
 ===Gesture recognition===
-Install {{AUR|easystroke-mt}}, available in the [[Arch User Repository]]. It supports multitouch.
+Install {{AUR|easystroke-mt}}, available in the [[Arch User Repository]]. It has multitouch support.
+{{Note|{{AUR|easystroke}} (also available in the [[Arch User Repository]] does not work properly with multitouch. When the screen is touched with two fingers it is interpreted at a gesture given by the line defined between the two points of contact.}}
 ===Screen rotation===
 The screen can be rotated with {{ic|xrandr}}, but the coordinates of the touchscreen are not rotated accordingly. You can fix this with {{ic|xinput}} by running the following commands:
+{{Warning|This commmands depend on the output of {{ic|xinput --list}}, which may change on driver updates for the touchscreen.}}
 {{hc|xrandr -o left|
@@ Line 213: / Line 205: @@
 ===Script for rotating the screen===
-The commands above can be used to make a simple shell script for toggling the screen orientation between landscape and portrait as follows:
+The commands above can be used to make a simple shell script for toggling the screen orientation between landscape and portrait as follows, see also [[#Screen rotation]]:
 {{hc|~/toggle_orientation.sh|<nowiki>
@@ Line 247: / Line 239: @@
 ===Script for toggling tablet mode ON and OFF (Gnome 3.x)===
-The following shell script hides the mouse pointer and activates Gnome 3.x's on-screen keyboard, {{Pkg|caribou}}, when the netbook is fold into a tablet. It detects the current mode based on the current cursor theme (if the mouse is hidden, then the computer is in tablet mode). When you unfold the computer, it returns the screen to the default orientation.
+The following shell script hides the mouse pointer and activates Gnome 3.x's on-screen keyboard, {{Pkg|caribou}}, when the netbook is fold into a tablet. It detects the current mode based on the current cursor theme (if the cursor is hidden, then the computer is in tablet mode). When you unfold the computer, it returns the screen to the default orientation.
-{{Note|It assumes {{AUR|xcursor-transparent-theme}} and {{Pkg|caribou}} are installed, see [[#Transparent cursor]] and [[#On-screen keyboard]]; and that {{ic|Adwaita}}, Gnome 3.x's default cursor theme is in use.}}
+{{Note|It assumes {{AUR|xcursor-transparent-theme}} and {{Pkg|caribou}} are installed, see [[#Transparent cursor]] and [[#On-screen keyboard]]; and that {{ic|Adwaita}}, Gnome 3.x's default cursor theme is in use. See also [[#Screen rotation]].}}
 {{hc|~/toggle_tabletmode.sh|<nowiki>