HARDWARE Dell Vostro 1500

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[edit] News

Note: This is a work in process. I just waiting for the new laptop. Please consider this is my first wiki article.

[edit] ToDO

[edit] Vostro 1500 Hardware Layout

[edit] Specifications

Processor

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7500 Prozessor (2,2 GHz, 800 MHz, 4 MB L2-Cache)

Memory

2048 MB 667 MHz Dual-Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2 x 1024]

Motherboard Chipset

Intel® 965PM Express-Chipset

Display

15,4" UltraSharp™ Wide Screen WSXGA+ (1680 x 1050) TFT-Display with TrueLife™

Video Card

nVidia® GeForce® 8600M GT with 256 MB

Hard Drive

250GB (5400RPM) SATA Hard Drive (more details when i get the laptop)

Optical Drives

8x DVD+/-RW (more details when i get the laptop)

Sound Cards

(more details when i get the laptop)

Modems

(more details when i get the laptop)

Network Interface

(more details when i get the laptop)

Wireless Networking

Intel® Pro Wireless 3945 802.11a/b/g mini-card
Bluetooth

I/O Ports

4x USB 2.0
Audio Jacks: line-out(external speakers/headphone) external microphone
Video: 15-pin monitor connector
Ethernet: RJ-45 connector
Modem: RJ-11 connector
S-Video connector
Consumer IR

Slots

Connectors: 1x ExpressCard 54
8-in-1 cardreader

Batteries

Primary: 56Whr - 6 cell Lithium Ion Battery


[edit] Starting the Installation

[edit] boot the Ubuntu LiveCD

Warning: The Gentoo Live CD didn't work so I used the Ubuntu LiveCD. But the CD won't boot noraly, just follow this hint
  1. From the main live CD menu press the F6 key to customize the boot command. Add the option break=top to it and boot up your PC.
  2. When you get to the dreaded (initramfs) prompt, type "modprobe piix" and press enter.
  3. Type exit to resume the normal live CD boot.


[edit] Starting the Installation

Follow the instrucktions of the Gentoo Handook.


[edit] Configuring the Compile Options 

CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-march=prescott -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"
CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
MAKEOPTS="-j3"

or 

CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-march=nocona -O2 -pipe"
CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
MAKEOPTS="-j3"

[edit] Setting up the Wireless Network

[edit] Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945

Just follow this howto: HARDWARE ipw3945

[edit] Dell Wireless 1395

Use ndiswrapper with R174291.exe [2].

[edit] Sound (Intel ICH8)

Just follow this howto: Gentoo Alsa Guide, use the alsa-driver ebuild and add the following line

Code: /etc/modules.d/snd_hda_intel 
options snd_hda_intel model=laptop-eapd


[edit] WebCam 

emerge media-video/linux-uvc
Code: /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6 
uvcvideo


[edit] Additional Resources

[edit] other cool things for this laptop

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