Dell Latitude E6400
Debian Squeeze i386 - Kernel
2.6.28-bigmem
KUbuntu Intrepid Ibex 8.10 i386 - Kernel 2.6.27-11-server
KUbuntu Jaunty Jackalope 9.04 i386 - Kernel
2.6.28-16-server
KUbuntu Karmic Koala 9.10 i386 - Kernel
2.6.31-**-generic-pae
Advantages [+]
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Disadvantages [-]
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- Heavy weight
- Very racous fan
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System information report, generated by Sysinfo - http://sourceforge.net/projects/gsysinfo
CPU INFORMATION
GenuineIntel, Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P8600 @ 2.40GHz
Number of CPUs: 2
CPU clock currently at 800.000 MHz with 3072 KB cache
Numbering: family(6) model(23) stepping(6)
MEMORY INFORMATION
Total memory: 4001 MB
STORAGE INFORMATION
SCSI device - scsi0
Vendor: ATA
Model: WDC WD2500BEVT-7
SCSI device - scsi1
Vendor: TSSTcorp
Model: DVD+-RW TS-U633A
HARDWARE INFORMATION
MOTHERBOARD
Host bridge
Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev 07)
Subsystem: Dell Device 0233
PCI bridge(s)
Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 03)
Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93) (prog-if 01)
Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 03)
Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93) (prog-if 01)
USB controller(s)
Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 03)
Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03) (prog-if 20)
Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03) (prog-if 20)
Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 03)
Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03) (prog-if 20)
Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03) (prog-if 20)
ISA bridge
Intel Corporation ICH9M-E LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: Dell Device 0233
GRAPHIC CARD
VGA controller
Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
Subsystem: Dell Device 0233
SOUND CARD
Multimedia controller
Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: Dell Device 0233
NETWORK
Network controller
Intel Corporation Wireless WiFi Link 5100
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 1321
Ethernet controller
Intel Corporation 82567LM Gigabit Network Connection (rev 03)
Subsystem: Dell Device 0233
lspci (partly):
CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev ba)
FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 04)
SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host
Adapter (rev 21)
BIOS Update:
Before starting with Linux installation, flash the BIOS. Download the
upgrade-files from Dell.
Flash your BIOS with installed Linux operating system:
On January 2010
the latest verion is A19.
Download the *.exe-Bios file from Dell website.
Extract the HDR file with: wine E6400A19.EXE -writehdrfile
modprobe dell_rbu
Now run the dellBiosUpdate utility, that comes with libsmbios, you
should have installed on your notebook:
dellBiosUpdate -u -f E6400A19.hdr
Reboot your machine (with plugged battery and power line) and the BIOS
will be updated.
You
can enter the BIOS configuration pressing F2 at startup.
Debian installation procedure:
I decided to install
the 32 bit version (i386) of Debian, due to stay functional with some
needed software.
- First download the Debian Stable Version Lenny 5.0 - http://www.debian.org/releases/lenny/debian-installer/
- Edit the /etc/apt/sources.list File and change there any
word lenny to squeeze (or from stable to testing) and save it.
- Do a apt-get update as root.
- Type apt-get dist-upgrade as root.
Now you can install the needed wireless-tools.
Debian
Wiki Intel WiFi Link 5100, 5300, 5350 devices
Supposably you need to change also from Squeeze to Experimental, to get
the Intel GMA X4500MHD on a reasonable resolution of 1440 x 900. You
need the package xserver-xorg-video-intel 2.6.1 or above.
Mind to use always the Bigmem-Kernel, due to exhaust the full memory of
4 GB.
After that you will have the microphon issue. The microphone did not
work and I gave up!
ALSA bugtracking system
Ubuntu
installation procedure:
Ubuntu
8.10 Intrepid Ibex Guide
Install and use the 2.6.**-**-server Kernel. It complies with
bigmem-Kernels under Debian.
With Jaunty Alpha version I had the same problems with the microphone
as with Debian. So I decided to install KUbuntu Intrepid Ibex, version
8.10 with KDE 4. Furthermore headphones even do not work!
Latitude
E6500 microphone issue
snd_hda_intel (Latitude E6400) no mic
It is necessary to adjust your soundmixer (kmix), if you want use the
microphone according to this snapshot:
Try also these settings in Skype:
Bluetooth, webcam, Synaptics touchpad, hotkeys and SD-card-slot all
works fine.
3D acceleration is slow with Intrepid:
Possible solution: Add deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/xorg-edgers/ubuntu
intrepid main to sources.list.
Install xserver-xorg-video-intel
2:2.4.97.0+git20081129.5f347020-0ubuntu0t, libgl1-mesa-dri
7.3~git20081204.39091cc6-0ubuntu0tormod1 A free
implementation of the OpenGL API -- DRI
modules, libgl1-mesa-glx
7.3~git20081204.39091cc6-0ubuntu0tormod1 A free
implementation of the OpenGL API -- GLX runtime, libglu1-mesa
7.3~git20081204.39091cc6-0ubuntu0tormod1 The OpenGL utility library
(GLU), mesa-utils 7.3~git20081204.39091cc6-0ubuntu0tormod1
Miscellaneous Mesa GL utilities.
Jaunty Jackalope
(9.04) Guide
Due to a very unstable KDE4 and Plasma I decided on April, 29th
2009, Birthday of the stunning, queenlike Lady L., to upgrade my
KUbuntu installation to Jaunty Jackalope 9.04.
Ubuntu
Jaunty Jackalope known issues
Your Intel graphic card shows you some strange
fragmented
portions of the display and your x-server will reboot, if you start the
integrated camera.
Solution for this issue: After doing the upgrade as described change
the repository source in
/etc/apt/sources.list from »jaunty« back to »intrepid«.
Remove xserver-xorg-video-intel, version 2.6.3-0ubuntu9 (Jaunty) and
suggested other xserver-xorg-* packages.
Install the xserver-xorg-video-intel version 2.4.1-1ubuntu10.4 (and
other recommended xserver-xorg-* packages the OS wants) from Intrepid.
Change /etc/apt/souces.list back to »jaunty«.
Lock these old packages to avoid permanent notifications from
update-manager.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReinhardTartler/X/RevertingIntelDriverTo2.4
The network-manager does not show the habitually
taskbar symbol
and you can't connect to WiFi access points.
Solution: Download (before removing the new version!) and install the
network-manager from Intrepid.
KDE4 Plasma will hangup your xserver very often.
Solution: Remove the files ~/.kde/share/config/plasmarc and
~/.kde/share/config/plasma-appletsrc.
Reconfigure your desktop after restarting the xserver.
Kaddressbook ask you to choose email addresses,
if there are more than one in an addressbook entry. This is an annoying
bug!
Installing the Intrepid version of kaddressbook will help, but you will
get odd other problems (e. g. you can't access to categories).
Fixed with KDE update from September 2009!
Karmic Koala
(9.10) Guide
On Samhain (Halloween) 2009 I decided to upgrade my KUbuntu Jaunty
Jackalope, version 9.04, to the released KUbuntu Karmic Koala,
version 9.10.
I warn you intend to do just that. ;-)
It won't work to start the CD life system. But I have done an upgrade.
After rebooting the system, KDE
4.3 quitted. You have to move ~/.kde and let the system generate a
new one. You can do that by using text console # 1, before you try to
login graphically! Copy your personal configuration files later by hand.
Due the Intel graphic card issue, you have to add these repositories
and upgrade xserver, xorg:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/siretart/ppa/ubuntu karmic main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/siretart/ppa/ubuntu karmic main
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/xorg-edgers/ppa/ubuntu karmic main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/xorg-edgers/ppa/ubuntu karmic main
If you don't, it is impossible to use the text console and you can't
activate KDE4/Plasma
desktop effects.
After that you will be faced with the Sound issue. Karmic uses
pulseaudio and it's ... odd!
Switching to other Linux Kernels is no use. It is incredible to release
a version with this worst sound behavior though the HDA Intel® STAC92xx
sound card is very common.
Read this bug report: Regression
- No sound in Karmic
First remove the folder and file ~/.pulse and ~/.pulse-cookie.
Open the System Settings and go to Multimedia (Sound and Video
Configuration), Backend. The good, old gstreamer backend won't work.
You have to choose Xine.
The Device Preference should looks like that:
To make the microphone usable configure KMix like that. If you further
on want to use Skype™ you can find also
the appropriate snapshot:
If you have Mplayer installed, you will notice that the new version
1.0~rc3 can't play some *.rm and *.mkv videos, even though all codecs
are in place (/usr/lib/codecs). The downgrade to version 1.0~rc2 is
refused due to dependencies. I recommend you to install KMPlayer
instead of MPlayer. KMPlayer is a fine media player.
You want to install Mplayer manually? Go there: Ubuntu
Tips/アプリケーション/最新版 MPlayer を JauntyJackalope に導入するには[翻訳中]
As use of Kaffeine
media player you will determine the poor features of the Karmic
version. Remove it and install the latest Jaunty version of Kaffeine! Search
and download it from here: Ubuntu
Packages Search
May be you want also download kgrubeditor
from Ubuntu Packages Search.
Karmic not includes this GUI for editing Grub any more.
Apparmor issue with Firefox profile
If Firefox decline to open other programs (Okular, Citrix ...) remove
the Firefox Apparmor profile – usr.bin.firefox-3.5 from: /etc/apparmor.d
http://www.ubuntulinux.org/testing/karmic/beta#AppArmor
AppArmor in Ubuntu 9.10 Beta features an improved parser that uses
cache files, greatly speeding up AppArmor initialisation on boot.
AppArmor also now supports 'pux' which, when specified, means a process
can transition to an existing profile if one exists or simply run
unconfined if one does not.
In addition to the above changes to AppArmor itself, several profiles
were added. Enforcing profiles for ntpd, the GNOME document viewer
(evince), and libvirt are enabled by default. Complain mode profiles
for Dovecot are now available in the apparmor-profiles package. A new
profile is provided for Firefox as well, though it is disabled by
default. Users can enable AppArmor sandboxing of their browser by
running:
$ sudo aa-enforce /etc/apparmor.d/usr.bin.firefox-3.5
Please see the SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase
for a full listing of readily available profiles in Ubuntu.
Further annoying disfigurement:
The behavior of sound (pulseaudio?) and knotify remained odd.
The KDE notifying system do not play *.wav sound files. I converted all
wav-sound-files on /usr/share/sounds to *.ogg by soundkonverter.
If you found a solution for this issues, pleases let me know.
I removed many of the issues, because most of them are fixed now
(December 2009).
Updates on Borbeth Celebrations:
Install the latest kernel 2.6.31-16-generic-pae.
Now you can remove pulseaudio completely. Nearly everything should be
work fine with sound now. Unfortunately Firefox crashes if you linked
sound files (*.wav) for some events (for example
extensions.secureLogin* or noscript.sound.block). I decided to waive
the sound notification of Mozilla Firefox and removed pulseaudio.
Pulseaudio takes 95 - 99 % of CPU time approximately every hour and the
fan howls until you kill the pulseaudio process [CTRL-Esc].
Optional you can install a newer version of Alsa and Pulseaudio.
Follow these instructions:
http://www.webupd8.org/2009/11/ubuntu-karmic-upgrade-alsa-to-1021-from.html
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ricotz/unstable
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
http://www.webupd8.org/2009/11/upgrade-pulseaudio-to-version-0921-in.html
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-audio-dev/ppa
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
Kmix Mixer Window optimized configuration:
Skype Sound Settings without pulseaudio:
From January 26th, 2010 Update Manager offers these 2 updates:
libcairo2 1.8.8-2ubuntu1.1 (karmic-updates)
xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.10.0+git20100125.197cb08a-0ubuntu0sarvatt~karmic (karmic-updates)
Beware of installing it!
If you already installed it, your display remains black, after starting xserver or - at best - you are able to see fragments.
I pinned the previous versions, after restoring my .kde backup.
Cellular Device
UMTS / Dell Wireless 5530 HSPA Mobile Broadband Minicard Device
Ideally your laptop comes with integrated Cellular Device.
Unfortunately the configuration can be very tricky and there seems to
be no helpful guide. The Network-Manager does not work with this
device. Likewise the Vodafone
Mobile Connect Card Driver partially work.
Dell Wireless 5530 HSPA Mobile Broadband Minicard Device
idVendor 0x413c Dell Computer Corp.
idProduct 0x8147
http://hardware4linux.info/component/38117
The modules usbserial and option should be loaded [only Intrepid!]:
modprobe usbserial vendor=0x413c product=0x8147
modprobe option
(Ubuntu already done this ...)
From Kernel 2.6.28 (Jaunty) you don't need this userspace module,
because the kernel itself has this integrated!
Set the permission for pppd:
chmod u+s usr/sbin/pppd
Register the Modem-Device:
/usr/bin/gcom -d /dev/ttyACM0
[Intrepid: /usr/bin/gcom -d /dev/ttyUSB2]
Connection via wvdial:
wvdial hsdpa
Sample of /etc/wvdial.conf for Vodafone Germany (without PIN!):
[Dialer Defaults]
Init1 = ATZ
Username =
Password =
New PPPD = yes
[Dialer hsdpa]
## Vodafone Germany
Modem = /dev/ttyACM0
Init1 = ATH
Init2 = ATE1
Init3 = AT+CGDCONT=1, "IP", "web.vodafone.de", "0.0.0.0", 0, 0
# Init3 = AT+CGDCONT=1, "IP", "event.vodafone.de", "0.0.0.0", 0, 0
Dial Command = ATD
Phone = *99***1#
Carrier Check = no
Username = " "
Password = " "
Sample of /etc/wvdial.conf for A1 Austria (without PIN):
[Dialer Defaults]
Init1 = ATZ
Username =
Password =
New PPPD = yes
[Dialer hsdpa]
## Mobilkom A1 Austria
Modem = /dev/ttyACM0
Init1 = ATH
Init2 = ATE1
# Init3 = AT+CGDCONT=1, "IP", "A1.net", "0.0.0.0", 0, 0
Dial Command = ATD
Phone = *99#
Carrier Check = no
Username = "ppp@a1plus.at"
Password = "ppp"
Links & Hints:
Tuxmobil.org - Linux Compatibility Guides for 3G (WCDMA, UMTS, HSDPA,
HSUPA) Laptops, Notebooks & Adapters
Mobile
APN Setting to use GPRS
Access
Configuration / Zugangsdaten Provider (APN)
NetworkManager/Hardware/3G
(Mobile Broadband cards)
UMTS
and HSPA Linux
Vodafone
Mobile Connect Card Driver Howto
Vodafone
Mobile Connect Card Driver Download
UMTS-Karte
einrichten (german)
Linux-User
Magazin: UMTS-Geräte unter Linux benutzen (german)
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further
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