Dell Inspiron 1420

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Dell Inspiron 1420 general configuration and driver information.

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[edit] Hardware

Note: Possible hardware configurations
15.4 inch display @ 1280x800 or 1440x900 or 1680x1050
Intel Core 2 Duo or Celeron processors
Intel 965GM chipset (ICH8M) or NVIDIA Geforce 8400M GS
Up to 2 GB RAM  	
ALPS GlidePoint touchpad
Hard Drive (120GB or bigger)
DVD+/-RW or Blue-Ray optical drive
Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet
Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG / 4965AGN or Dell Wireless 1390 / 1490 / 1505 wifi
Connexant Modem
Dell Wireless 355 Bluetooth (optional)
Dell Wireless 5520 HSDPA or Dell Wireless 5720 EVDO card  (optional)
Intel High Definition Audio  with Sigmatel STAC9228 codec and built-in microphone
USB 2.0
ExpressCard slot
Ricoh R5C832 Firewire controller
Ricoh R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro adapter
Ricoh R5C592 Memory Stick adapter
Ricoh xD-Picture Card controller
OmniVison webcam  (optional)

[edit] Support in Linux

Type Device Usability Driver
Processor Intel Celeron or Core2Duo works
Drives and Storage Harddrive works ahci
Optical Drive works ata_piix
Firewire works ohci1394
SD and MMC card readers works sdhci
xD card reader untested
USB USB works uhci, ehci
Graphics Intel GMAX3100 works i915 in kernel and xf86-video-intel X.org driver
NVIDIA Geforce 8400 GS / 8600M GT works nvidia-drivers X.org driver (proprietary)
Input devices Keyboard works
Touchpad works synaptics (optional)
Hotkeys works pbbuttonsd or Xmodmap (see further)
Networking Ethernet works tg3 (see further)
Wireless (Intel) works iwl3945 (see further)
Wireless (Dell) works Ndiswrapper
Modem works hsfmodem
Bluetooth works hci_usb
Sound Intel HD Audio works snd_hda_intel
Other ExpressCard works pciehp
Webcam works uvcvideo
Suspend to RAM works s2ram
Suspend to Disk works tuxonice

[edit] Kernel Configurations

Please follow the Intel Core article which provides many kernel configurations that applies to this laptop.

[edit] Selecting only the needed HD Audio codecs

Linux Kernel Configuration: Intel HD Audio codecs 
Device Drivers  --->
 <*> Sound card support  --->
  <*>   Advanced Linux Sound Architecture  --->
   [*]   PCI sound devices  --->
    <*>   Intel HD Audio
    [*]     Build hwdep interface for HD-audio driver
    [*]     Build IDT/Sigmatel HD-audio codec support

[edit] Selecting Wired Network Driver

Linux Kernel Configuration: Wired Network Driver 
[*] Networking support  --->
    Device Drivers  --->
 [*]   Network device support  --->
  [*]   PCI sound devices  --->
   [*]   Ethernet  (1000 Mbit)  --->
    <*>    Broadcom Tigon3 support

[edit] Selecting Wireless (Intel) Network Driver

Linux Kernel Configuration: Wireless (Intel) Network Driver 
[*] Networking support  --->
      Wireless  --->
  <*>   Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack (mac80211)
    Device Drivers  --->
 [*]   Network device support  --->
  [*]   PCI sound devices  --->
         Wireless LAN  --->
    [*]    Wireless LAN (IEEE 802.11)
    <*>    Intyutill support
    <*>    Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG/BG Network Connection
    [*]      Enable RF kill support in iwl3945 driver
    [*]      Enable Spectrum Mesurement in iwl3945 driver
    [*]      Enable LEDS features in iwl3945 driver

[edit] Multimedia Hotkeys in XFCE

To get the multimedia hotkeys to work in XFCE, follow this procedure:

Get XModMap

Type the following as root in a console :

emerge -av xmodmap

Create a Keymap

Create a file named .Xmodmap in your home folder that contains the following :

keycode 160=XF86AudioMute keycode 162=XF86AudioPlay keycode 176=XF86AudioRaiseVolume keycode 174=XF86AudioLowerVolume keycode 153=XF86AudioNext keycode 144=XF86AudioPrev keycode 164=XF86AudioStop

Create a xmodmap autorun

Create a file named .Xmodmap.sh in your home folder that contains the following :

#!/bin/bash xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap exit

Make the script executable

Execute :

chmod +x ~/.Xmodmap.sh

Add the script to startup

In the XFCE menu, add your .sh script autorun script ( ~/.Xmodmap.sh ).

Add effects as keyboard shortcuts

In the XFCE keyboard configuration, under the Shortcuts tab, add shortcuts toward your audio mixer or player with corresponding parameters, for example, if you use amixer :

Command Shortcut
amixer -q set Master 3+ unmute XF86AudioRaiseVolume
amixer -q set Master 3- XF86AudioLowerVolume
amixer -q set Master toggle XF86AudioMute

You can add your shortcut to your prefered player.

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