Dell Latitude D630
with Debian Lenny/Sid/Testing AMD64 - Kernel 2.6.23
and Debian Lenny/Sid/Testing i386 - Kernel 2.6.24
This notebook was installed with LINUX
™ Debian Lenny
(testing state) AMD64 (64 Bit) and due to multimedia issues with LINUX
™ Debian Lenny
(testing state) i386 (32 Bit). Various packages has been installed from SID repository.
This is
the actual guide for Dell Latitude D630 with Linux.
Specific
configuration and
information about the implemented devices:
= Operates
= Does not
work
= Works
partially
= I did not
try it yet
= Under
development
=
Hardware information (lspci)
Debian installation procedure:
To
get KDE and some laptop features automatically type on boot-prompt:
installgui
desktop=kde tasks="kde-desktop, laptop"
I
recommend you to use "installgui" instead of "install", due to display
flickering while installing (you can't see anything at the end of
installation procedure).
To install KDE after
first booting, install these packages:
apt-get install
x-window-system-core
apt-get install kde-core kdeaddons
kdeadmin kdeartwork kdegraphics kdemultimedia kdenetwork
apt-get
install kdepim kdeutils kdewebdev gtk-qt-engine
apt-get
install kdm
A Debian
installation with option »expert« or »expertgui« allows you to prevent
root login. Root tasks have to execute with prefix »sudo« as known from
Ubuntu. See: Enabel
and Disable Ubuntu Root Password
Caution, your
desktop-links will getting unusable.
You will get problems with these programs on an AMD64 machine:
Java
(The 64-bit installation still does not include a mozilla plugin;
Install sun-java5-jre and sun-java5-bin, if you want use Frostwire!)
Skype
Ubuntu
installation procedure:
Basic information about Ubuntu Feisty Fawn
by german Magazine LinuxUser
Ubuntu 7.04
(Feisty Fawn) Starter Guide
Support
& Help for Ubuntu 7.04
Audio
problems with Gutsy Gibbon (Sound works with Kernel 2.6.20-16 Feisty
Fawn)
I did get audio to work now with the Ubuntu Feisty kernel
(vmlinuz-2.6.20-16-generic; installed in Fedora). I'm investigating now
what they are doing differently (it does not work with a Fedora Core 7
kernel based on 2.6.20). But seems Ubuntu has the same problem these
days, as audio with kernel vmlinuz-2.6.22-7-generic (the one prepared
for Gutsy Gibbon afaik) does not work.
Debugging
Sound Problems
Motherboard
Latitude
D630
ACPI
& Battery
6 Cell
56 WHr Primary Battery
65W A/C Adapter
Running
time ~ 2 h (workload)
Saving
Power with with Linux on Intel® Platforms
Check
your temperature with: acpi -V
I recommend You to install kpowersave,
powernowd
and klaptopdaemon
[apt-get
install kpowernowd klaptopdaemon].
For monitoring
install gkrellm
and some gkrellm
builtins & plugins, like gkrellm-i8k
(Dell Inspiron and Latitude module for GKrellM2 - i8krellm). This
GKrellM2 plugin monitors the temperature, fans and power status of
Dell Inspiron and Latitude laptops. It also controls the fans and
allows the user to set temperature
thresholds separately for battery and AC powered operation.
Audio
/ Sound
Sigmatel 9205 Audio Controller
You have to install the latest Alsa drivers to get sound working. Debian Lenny now includes the latest driver.
If you want to use Debian Etch or older Debian Lenny builds, please follow these instructions:
Get drivers from http://alsa-project.org. You need the development versions from Alsa-Driver, Alsa-Lib and Alsa-Utils:
ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/driver/alsa-driver-1.0.16.tar.bz2
ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/lib/alsa-lib-1.0.16.tar.bz2
ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/utils/alsa-utils-1.0.16.tar.bz2
Save these drivers on hard disc; for example to /tmp/alsa. Become Root and type some commands:
mkdir -p /usr/src/alsa
cd /usr/src/alsa
cp /tmp/alsa/alsa* .
tar xjf alsa-driver*
tar xjf alsa-lib*
tar xjf alsa-utils*
cd alsa-driver*
./configure --with-cards=hda-intel
make
make install
cd ../alsa-lib*
./configure
make
make install
cd ../alsa-utils*
./configure
make
make install
alsaconf
[reboot]
cat /proc/asound/cards 0 [Intel ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
HDA Intel at 0xfebfc000 irq 20
head -n 1 /proc/asound/card0/codec* ==> /proc/asound/card0/codec#0 <==
Codec: SigmaTel STAC9205
==> /proc/asound/card0/codec#1 <==
Codec: Conexant ID 2c06
Tip:
Install XMMS
instead of Amarok
or install amarok-arts package instead
of amarok-xine package. Otherwise you can't play wave-files probably.
Unintelligibly Debian developers decided to orphan and remove XMMS from distribution. Please follow the instructions at http://blog.sartek.net/2008/04/install-xmms-on-ubuntu-804-hardy-heron.html to install XMMS manually.
BIOS
You
can enter the BIOS configuration pressing F2 at startup.
The latest BIOS version is A09 (May 2008).
Tip: Set "AHCI" instead of "ATA" under [Onboard Devices], [SATA Operation] before installing the operating system!
Bluetooth
I inactivated Bluetooth in BIOS.
Cellular Device
None.
CPU
Intel®
Core™ 2 Duo T7300 (2.00GHz) 4M L2 Cache, 800MHz Dual Core
Dimensions
and weight
337.1 mm x 238 mm
x 32 mm
2.45 kilogram (~ 0.5 kg more as quoted in manufacturers specification)
Display
/ Monitor - LCD / CRT
14.1
inch Wide Screen WXGA LCD Panel
Resolution: 1440 x 900 Pixel
DVD
/ CD-RW
CDRW/DVD,
8X DVD+/-RW
Review the performance:
hdparm -T -t /dev/cdrom
Check using of DMA: hdparm -d1 /dev/cdrom
Fan
& Loudness 
Racous fan!
Noise
intensity without processor load = <0.3 Sone / Noise intensity with
processor load = 1.4 Sone (which is unfortunately a high value)
HDD = 0.3 Sone / DVD-Drive = 0.7 Sone
Graphic /
VGA
Intel®
Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator GMA X3100
No special procedure required during installation.
Add
the
following subsection to your /etc/X11/xorg.conf, if you want to
hamstring the enforced restart of X-server:
Section "ServerFlags"
# Ignore ALT-CTRL-BACKSPACE
option "DontZap"
EndSection
Tip: Boot messages will shown
clearly, by adding »vga=791« as Kernel option to /boot/grub/menu.lst.
Harddrive
120GB Hard Drive SATA, 9.5MM, 7200RPM
Tip:
Don't buy the 120 GB HDD with 5400 RPM; it's noisier! And don't buy the
hybrid HDD with flash memory; it's more expensive and worse off.
Review
the performance: hdparm -T -t /dev/sda
SlashDot: Ubuntu May Be Killing Your Laptop's Hard Drive.
Bug #59695 in acpi-support (Ubuntu)
Please see for yourself how often your drive is load cycling: smartctl -d ata -a /dev/sda
I/O
Ports / Interfaces
4 USB (USB 2.0); IEEE1394 (4pin, 400 Mbps);
PCMCIA Type I+II
PC card; RJ11; RJ45;
Headphone-out; Mic-in; 1 x VGA; 1 x Serial
Keyboard
Hot Keys
The notebook uses hotkeys or
key combinations for the following:
Fn-F1 = Suspend/Standby
Fn-F3 = Battery state control
Fn-F7 = ?
Fn-F8 = Display toggle, switches display output between display screen
and external monitor or to dual view
Fn-Scroll = Scroll
(rogue with graphical X11-mode)
Fn-↑ = Screen brightness up
Fn-↓ = Screen brightness down
♪→ = Loudness up [xmodmap -e 'keycode 176 = XF86AudioRaiseVolume']
♪← = Loudness down [xmodmap -e 'keycode 174 = XF86AudioLowerVolume']
Mute = Mute; speaker on/off [xmodmap -e 'keycode 160 = XF86AudioMute']
It could be recommendable to set the variable LANG=en_IE@euro in
/etc/default/locale and /etc/environment. Older data with special
charakters are displayed correctly with this variable.
To
use the »Tux-key« on your keyboard generate the file ~/.Xmodmap with
this row:
keycode 116 = <wanted key>
<wanted key with shift>
While starting KDE the
.Xmodmap will be loaded, if you add a small script (link to ~/.Xmodmap)
to: ~/.kde/Autostart
Modem
Conexant RD02-D330 / HDA D330 MDC
Onboard
Modem 56Kbps
/ V.92 with
RJ11
Unfortunately the modem does not work for a lack of AMD64 drivers.
Guide for Dell Latitude D630 with Modem hints: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Dell_Latitude_D630
Howto setup a Dialup Connection
NIC
/ Ethernet
Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5755M Gigabit Ethernet PCI
PCMCIA
PCMCIA Typ I und II
RAM/Memory
2.0GB, DDR2-667
SDRAM, 2 DIMMS
USB
4 x USB 2.0
Sometimes the mouse hangs. To fix this, change to a terminal (e. g. CTRL+ALT+F2) and back to X-server on terminal 7 (ALT+F7).
To
see usb drives data with the correct encoding/charset, add this row to
/etc/fstab:
/dev/sdb1
/media/sdb1 vfat
user,noauto,codepage=850,iocharset=iso8859-15
0 0
Wireless
LAN
Intel® 3945ABG
802.11a/g or Intel® 4965AGN
Install firmware-iwlwifi (and firmware-ipw3945, if necessary).
Undefinably the WiFi led do not lit.
May
be, you wont use NetworkManager
for wireless networking (easy to configure and connect). NetworkManager
should be installed by default. Inexplicable NetworkManager
will do a reconnect from time to time and you have to wait a few
seconds.
Der
NetzwerkManager by Suzan (in German)
While using the NetworkManager,
the file /etc/network/interfaces should consist of these 2 rows:
auto
lo
iface lo inet loopback
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further
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