HARDWARE Dell Inspiron 5000

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[edit] Introduction

The purpose of this article is to explain how to setup and configure gentoo and linux in general on a Dell Inspiron 5000. The following are the specific components configured.

Much of this information applies to the Dell Inspiron 7500 as well.

[edit] Overview

[edit] Hardware Configuration

[edit] Intel Celeron (Coppermine) 500Mhz

The processor supports MMX and SSE, but it does not support CPU frequency scaling.

Linux Kernel Configuration: Processor type and features 
Processor family (Pentium-III/Celeron(Coppermine)/Pentium-III Xeon)  --->
 [ ] Generic x86 support
 [ ] HPET Timer Support
 [ ] Symmetric multi-processing support
     Premption Model (Preemptible Kernel (Low-Latency Desktop))  --->
 [*] Preemp The Big Kernel Lock
 [ ] Local APIC support on uniprocessors
 [*] Machine Check Exception
      < > Check for non-fatal errors on AMD Athlon/Duron / Intel Pentium 4
 < > Toshiba Laptop support
 <*> Dell laptop support
 [ ] Enable X86 board specific fixups for reboot
     High Memory Support (off)  --->
 [ ] Math emulation
 [*] MTRR (Memory Type Range Register) support

Note: Turn High Memory Support to 4GB if you have more than 800MB of RAM

File: /etc/make.conf 
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -msse"

[edit] ATI Rage Mobility P/M AGP

In order to get this card to work with Xorg, the CVS Mesa driver for the Mach64 must be built.

Linux Kernel Configuration: Device Drivers->Character devices 
<*> /dev/agpgart (AGP Support)
     <*> Intel 440LX/BX/GL, I8xx and E7x05 chipset support
< > Direct Rendering Manager (XFree86 4.1.0 and higher DRI support)

Warning: Do NOT build Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) support into the kernel!

[edit] ESS Technology ES1978 Maestro 2E

Linux Kernel Configuration: Device Drivers->Sound->Advanced Linux Sound Architecture->PCI devices 
<*> ESS ES1968/1978 (Maestro-1/2/2E)

[edit] Intel 440 Host/AGP Bridge

Build into the kernel. Disregard other chipset options.

Linux Kernel Configuration: Device Drivers->ATA/ATAPI/MFM/RLL support 
<*> Intel PIIXn chipsets support

[edit] PC Card

See this guide. The TI PCI1225 Cardbus Bridge is yenta compatible.

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