Dell Inspiron 3593
| Hardware | PCI/USB ID | Working? |
|---|---|---|
| Touchpad | Yes | |
| Keyboard | Yes | |
| GPU | 8086:8a56 |
Yes |
| Webcam | 0bda:5675 |
Yes |
| Ethernet | 10ec:8136 |
Yes |
| Bluetooth | 0cf3:e009 |
Yes |
| SD-card reader | ? |
Yes |
| Audio | 8086:34c8 |
Yes |
| Wi-Fi | 168c:0042 |
Yes |
| TPM | Yes |
Installation
RAID mode is enabled by default. AHCI mode must be used, otherwise the disks will be invisible[1]. Using RAID mode will trigger a relevant log message in the journal.
Firmware
fwupd supports this device.
Firmware data path
The BIOS stores logs and recovery images in esp/EFI/Dell.
Recovery images are stored in esp/EFI/Dell/bios/recovery and are 14 MB in size. It appears that there will only be two images at the same time, BIOS_CUR.rcv and BIOS_PRE.rcv.
Those files will be created when the BIOS was updated.
Logs
esp/EFI/dell/logs contains XML files which contain diagnostics data (SupportAssist).
It appears that there will only be two logs at the same time, diags_previous.xml and diags_current.xml.
Those files will be created when an error happened.
Power management
After waking up the device from suspend, input lag will occur for approximately 5-10 seconds.
Function keys
| Key | Visible?1 | Marked?2 | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
Fn+Esc |
Yes | Yes | Enables Fn lock |
Fn+F1 |
Yes | Yes | XF86AudioMute
|
Fn+F2 |
Yes | Yes | XF86AudioLowerVolume
|
Fn+F3 |
Yes | Yes | XF86AudioRaiseVolume
|
Fn+F4 |
Yes | Yes | XF86AudioPrev
|
Fn+F5 |
Yes | Yes | XF86AudioPlay
|
Fn+F6 |
Yes | Yes | XF86AudioNext
|
Fn+F7 |
No | No | |
Fn+F8 |
Yes | Yes | Inputs Super+p
|
Fn+F9 |
Yes | Yes | XF86Search
|
Fn+F10 |
No | No | |
Fn+F11 |
Yes | Yes | XF86MonBrightnessDown
|
Fn+F12 |
Yes | Yes | XF86MonBrightnessUp
|
Fn+Print |
Yes3 | Yes | XF86RFKill, will hard-block Wi-Fi and soft-block Bluetooth. Press again to disable
|
Fn+q, Fn+w, Fn+e |
Yes | No | XF86Launch3
|
Fn+t, Fn+a, Fn+d |
Yes | No | XF86Launch3
|
Fn+f, Fn+g |
Yes | No | XF86Launch3
|
Fn+r |
Yes | No | Print
|
Fn+s |
Yes | No | Scroll_Lock
|
Fn+b |
Yes | No | Pause
|
Fn+Up |
Yes | No | Prior
|
Fn+Down |
Yes | No | Next
|
Fn+Left |
Yes | No | Home
|
Fn+Right |
Yes | No | End
|
Fn+KP_Multiply |
Yes3 | No | XF86RFKill
|
- The key is visible to
xevand similar tools - The physical key has a symbol on it, which describes its function
- systemd-logind handles this by default