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Date posted: 19/09/2006Last updated: 06/11/2006I just started with this page and will continuosly update it with News. |
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Date posted: 19/09/2006Last updated: 06/11/2006I just started with this page and will continuosly update it with News. |
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| Hardware Components | Status Under FC5 Linux | Notes |
| Processor 0,Genuine Intel,T2500,2.00Ghz, Processor 1,Genuine Intel,T2500,2.00Ghz | Works | No special procedures required during installation - SMP is already recognized, running updated kernel 2.6.17-1.2174_FC5.stk16smp |
| 15.4" UltraSharpTM WSXGA+ (1680x1050) display with TrueLifeTM | Works | No special procedures required during installation. Just select generic "LCD Panel 1680x1050" |
| 256MB ATI MOBILITY RADEON X1400 graphics card, PCI-Express x16 | Works | No special procedures required during installation. For accelerated graphics with native driver support see Note 1 |
| 2 GB; 2 x 1024MB 533MHz DDR2 SDRAM | Works | No special procedures required during installation |
| Sound card Intel I/O controller HHDA | Works after kernel upgrade | The original FC5 kernel did not support the chipset, but upgrading the kernel packages to the latest kernel version solved this issue. |
| 120 GB Hard Drive(5,400rpm), Mobile I/O Controller Hub SATA | Works | No special procedures required during installation |
| Integrated Network Card | Works | No special procedures required during installation (it's just a 100MBit Card ;-() |
| Internal 56k Modem | Works | But I had to pay for the commercial Linuxant Driver and had to install also their 16k Kernel Linuxant 16k Kernel |
| Intel Pro WLAN 3945 Internal Wireless (802.11a/b/g 54 Mbps) for Duo Processors | Works | See Note 2 |
| 9-cell (80 WHr) "Smart" Lithium Ion battery: | Works | No special procedures required during installation |
| Dell Wireless 350 Bluetooth Internal ?????????????? | ???? | Not tested, No need for me |
| Dell Front Multimedia Buttons | Work | See Note 3 |
| Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Drive | Works | See Note 4 |
| Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Reader | Doesn't work ;-( | Maybe with a new kernel version, didn't have time to check this out |
* tar -xzf ipw3945-1.1.0.tgz
* cd ipw3945-1.1.0
* Edit Makefile: CONFIG_IPW3945_MONITOR=y, CONFIG_IEEE80211_RADIOTAP=y, CONFIG_IPW3945_PROMISCUOUS=y, CONFIG_IPW3945_SIM_RX=y
* Run: make
* Run: ./load in order to test the WLAN Driver
* for automatic driver loading place a file /etc/modprobe.d/ipw3945 with the following content:
install ipw3945 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install ipw3945 ; sleep 2 ; /sbin/ipw3945d --quiet
remove ipw3945 /sbin/ipw3945d --kill ; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove ieee80211 ipw3945
* configure the device eth1 as a WLAN device with system-config-network -> New -> Wireless connection -> New,
select eth1, and leave Mode: Auto, Networkname (SSID): Auto, Channel: your channel, Transmit rate: Auto, Key: leave it blank for WPA
# ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
# for wpa_cli support
network={
ssid="YOURSSID"
psk="key in plaintext"
pairwise=TKIP
group=TKIP
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
proto=WPA
}
WPA_SUPPLICAT_PID=`ps -aef | grep /usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant | grep -v grep | grep $DEVICE | awk '{ print $2; }'`
if [ ! -z "$WPA_SUPPLICAT_PID" ]; then
kill -9 $WPA_SUPPLICAT_PID
sleep 1
fi
/usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant -D wext -i $DEVICE -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf -wB
[DELL-6400]
brandname = "Dell"
modelname = "Dell Inspiron 6400"
[KEYS]
Mute = 160
Next = 153
Play|Pause = 162
Previous = 144
Stop = 164
VolumeDown = 174
VolumeUp = 176
[END KEYS]
[END DELL-6400]
User specific Configuration /home/$USER/.lineak/lineakd.conf looks like this: