| Model
| SUSE Linux version
| Hardware Support
| Remark:
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| Video
| Sound
| Ethernet
| Wireless
| Bluetooth
| Power Management
| Other
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| Inspiron 1420
| 11.0
| AIGLX works by enabling 3D effects. needs only the graphics driver(nvidia) to be installed
| works out of the box
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| works out of the box
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| Suspend works using "s2ram --force --vbe_post --vbe_mode"
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| Inspiron 1420
| 10.3
| XGL and AIGLX works activating 3d.
| After updating driver with PCI ID's for the hda card.
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| Works with NDISWrapper or bcm43xx-fwcutter(recomended)
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| Suspend works using "s2ram --force --vbe_post --vbe_mode"
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- Scrolling: Touchpad scroll does not work ( fixed in Kernel 2.6.24)
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| Inspiron B130
| 10.0, 10.1
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- Wireless: Broadcom bcmwl5a via NDISwrapper
- ACPI=off to boot. No power management
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| Inspiron 510M
| 10.1 and 10.2
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- 10.1: highest res. (1400x1050) and beamer work out of the box.
- 10.2: suspend to disk works well. Network, sound, X-session, all resume properly. Did not test under 10.1.
- 10.2: volume and mute keys (Fn-PageUp, Fn-PageDn, Fn-End) work.
- 10.1|10.2: Bluetooth work like a charm with mouse and my phone Sony K800i
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| Inspiron 600m
| 10.0
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| Wireless: Intel PRO/Wireless 2200bg
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| Inspiron 600m
| 10.2
| Default driver supports 3d. Running XGL, Compiz and Beryl!
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| Wireless: Intel Pro works right out of the box.
| ATI default driver allows for 3d and works with compiz and beryl! When install is done make sure to enable 3d. That's it! Beryl runs a little slow but is usable.Compiz is probably better for this laptop. Do not install ATI Drivers from the ATI site. No modem test.
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| Inspiron 600m
| 10.3 rc1
| Default driver supports 3d. Running XGL, Compiz Fusion
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| Wireless: Intel Pro works right out of the box.
| ATI default driver allows for 3d and works with compiz fusion. No modem test.
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| Inspiron 630m / XPS M140
| 10.1
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| Didn't test modem; dual-head appears supported, did not test.
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- Wireless: Intel PRO/Wireless 2200bg
- Audio buttons worked after gnome-keybinding- properties
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| Inspiron 640m | 10.1 | out of the Box | out of the Box | out of the Box | ipw3945d included in extra CD | out of the box, use kbluetooth to transfer files | out of the Box | Did not test Memory Card Reader although detected. | Should be support for TV out (S-Video) and external monitor. Tried with sax2 but did not succeed. Tough time Multimedia/Special Key support, use lineakd. The keys should be detected and supported out of the box like in Ubuntu |
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| Inspiron 640m
| 10.2
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| SD card reader works out of box.
| mic jack: "options snd_hda_intel model=ref" doesn't works, still looking for a solution. s-video out doesn't work.
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| Inspiron 700m
| 10.1
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| Inspiron 1000
| 10.3
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| Wireless required madwifi
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| Inspiron 1100
| 10.2
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| NA
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| No built in wireless. Used a Linksys card instead with ndis wrapper. Setup was 1,2,3
| Everything worked out of the box. No modem test.
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| Inspiron 1300 | 10.0 Final, 10.1 Final | Widescreen with 915resolution | | | Broadcom bcmwl5 via NDISwrapper | | . Needs ACPI=off to boot | Modem not tested | |
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| Inspiron 1501
| 10.2
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| Wireless: MiniPCI (Dell Wireless 1390 & 1490) via ndiswrapper. If using 64bit version of openSUSE, ensure that you obtain 64bit Vista drivers from Dell website. Also disable wireless card hotkey in BIOS to ensure that wireless networking stays on, or ndiswrapper will have problems.
| Add pci=nomsi to boot parameters when installing openSUSE.
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| Inspiron 1520
| 10.3
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| , some games have problems with simultaneous sound output
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- Wireless kill-switch events are not properly handled by networkmanager
- Suspend to disc does not work properly
- Standby does not work
- After suspend to ram only one cpu core is available and changing cpu policy doesn't work
- Adjusting the screen brightness by software is not supported
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| Inspiron 1525
| 10.3
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| partially
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| Sound partially with 1.0.16 alsa; Ethernet works with kernel >=2.6.23; wireless works with iwlwifi-kmp-default >=1.2.0_2.6.23.17_ccj64-0.1;
| suspend to disk partial; suspend to ram NO http://en.nothingisreal.com/wiki/GNU/Linux_on_a_Dell_Inspiron_1525
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| Inspiron 4150
| 10.2
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| Wireless: MiniPCI - 2915ABG
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- Video - ATI Mobility 32MB - Shared
- 3D acceleration by software only XGL non-working
- PCMCIA USB 2.0 works flawlessly.
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| Inspiron 5000
| 10.1
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| Wireless: DWG650
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- Wireless with ndiswrapper and pcmcia card
- No bluetooth, too old
- PCMCIA credit card modem, Novell-ZMD must be shut off for dial-up to work
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| Inspiron 5100
| 10.1
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| Inspiron 5150
| 10.0
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- Wireless: MiniPCI (Dell Wireless 1350) via ndiswrapper.
- Needs acpi=off to boot, so no power management.
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| Inspiron 6000 | 10.0 Final, 10.1 | | | | , except the LED that shows whether wifi is on or not | |  | Built-in SD Card reader does not work | |
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| Inspiron 6000 | 10.2 | | | | , except the wifi LED comes on sporadically | | Will suspend, but not resume | SD Card reader works | |
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| Inspiron 6000 | 10.3 | | | | , except the wifi LED comes on sporadically |
| | fglrx drivers are hit and miss. Default radeon drivers work well. | |
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| Inspiron 6400 | 10.1 RC3 | | | | , MiniPCI (Dell Wireless 1390) via ndiswrapper. | |  | Modem not tested. Special function keys work (including the sound keys) | |
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| Inspiron 6400 | 10.2 x86_64 | with fglrx drivers | | |  | |  | Modem, bluetooth not tested. Special keys, SD card reader, suspend work. Sound needs to be configured manually by specifying model=w810 in /etc/modprobe.d/sound. Issues with movie viewing, needs to specify gl2 drivers in MPlayer | Requires some manual tweaking. Tested with 8.33.6 ATI drivers |
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| Inspiron 6400 | 10.3 x86_32 | 3d working (intel 945) | | |  | |  | Modem not reconigzed, bluetooth working fine. Also special keys, SD card reader, wireless (need to install bcmxx driver from dvd. |
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| Inspiron 7000 | 10.0 final | | | | ,pcmcia of Ralink (rt2500) workes OK | | | | |
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| Inspiron 8200 | 9.3 | | | | , PC Card - Cisco 340 Series | | Will suspend, but not resume | | |
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| Inspiron 8200 | 10.0 Final | | | | , PC Card - Cisco 340 Series | | Will suspend, but not resume | | |
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| Inspiron 8500 | 10.0 Final, 10.1 Final | | | | , using ndiswrapper | | | | |
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| Inspiron 8600 | 10.0 final | | | | , installing firmware RPM | | suspend to RAM only with vbetool | | |
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| 10.1 | | | | | | Hibernate | | |
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| Inspiron 9100 | 10 beta 1 |  | | Needed to be fooled around with. | Sadly no :( Is very important to me so I took 10.0 Beta 1 off. Did not fool around to much. | | | | Very happy for a beta release |
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| Inspiron 9300 | 10.0 OSS | 3D enabled (NVidia GeForce Go 6800) |  |  | (Intel PRO/Wireless 2915ABG) |  |  | Special function keys: | I just installed the ipw2200 with YaST2 |
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| Inspiron 9300 | 10 RC 1 | but no 3D (ATI M300) | | | Copy firmware for ipw2200 to /lib/firmware | | | Special function keys : | Looks good ... Just need the 3D graphics and wireless eth to work out of the box |
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| Inspiron 9400 | 10 RC 1 | but no 3D (Intel 945GM) | | | ipw3945 must be download from intel | | | | |
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| Inspiron 9400 | 10.1 | with 3D with NVIDIA drivers (7900 GS) | | | ipw3945 must be download from intel | | | | |
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| Inspiron 9400 | 10.2 | with 3D with NVIDIA drivers (7900 GS) | Subwoofer doesn't work | | | | | | |
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| Inspiron 9400 | 10.2 | with 3D with ATI Drivers (X1400) | Built-in subwoofer not funcioning though | | Intel wireless, worked out of the box | Not installed on my system | | | Followed the guide for the ATI drivers [1] |
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| Inspiron XPS Gen 1 | 10.0 Final | Yes, but requires ATI proprietary driver (ATI 9800 Mobility) |  |  | Yes, but need to use ndiswrapper (Broadcom 1450ABG) |  |  | | |
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| Inspiron XPS Gen 1 | 10.1 GM | Yes, but requires ATI proprietary driver (ATI 9800 Mobility). This one is a tad trickier, you must use the "generate package" feature on the driver run installer. You can't run the installer in default mode. |  |  | Yes, but need to use ndiswrapper (Broadcom 1450ABG) |  |  | | |
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| Latitude 120L (Brazil) | 10.1 |  | |  | Intel 2200 fully supported, Broadcom/Dell cards need NDISwrapper | | Full power management, CPU throttling on Pentium M-equipped configurations. | Built-in modem not tested | Works with 10.1 out of the box, however, Wi-Fi needs either specific Intel drivers (for 2200/2915) or Windows drivers and NDISWrapper (for Dell wireless cards). |
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| Latitude C600 | 10 beta 2 | | | | | | Not fully. Suspend to disk results in garbage on screen. Reboot required to fix. | | No wireless or bluetooth to test. |
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| Latitude C610 | 10 beta 3 |  | | | | | suspend2disk works suspend2ram doesn't work standby works | Modem requires nongpl driver slamr.ko and smartlink-softmodem | Tested with FlashBIOS A16. Could not test modem due to missing smartlink-softmodem. |
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| Latitude C840 | 10.2 |  |  |  | BroadCom NDISWrapper |  |  | |
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| Latitude CPxJ | 10.0 OSS | , manual changes are necessary to get resolutions different from 800x600 (see Dell Latitude CPx J-Series). | | | | | , only Suspend-to-Disk. After resuming from any other mode, the screen remains black. | | |
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| Latitude CPxJ | 10.3 | | | | | | | | |
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| Latitude D500 | 10.2 | Intel 855GM - sluggish 3D support | | | You must install ipw-firmware to get the wireless working | | | | |
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| Latitude D520 | 10.3 | Intel 945GM - good 3D support | | | You must install a newer ipw3945 driver to get the wireless working - can be installed using Software Management | | | | Video can be unstable at times coming out of standby or switching to console and back to X - installing Xorg 7.3 fixed this |
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| Latitude D600 | 10.2 | ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 - no 3D support though | | | You must install ipw-firmware to get the wireless working | | | | Haven't tested bluetooth |
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| Latitude D610 | 10.0 OSS final | ATI Technologies Inc M22 [Radeon Mobility M300] both radeon driver and ati proprietary | Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03) | Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5751 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 01) | Intel 2200BG (rev 05) Please Note This | | Suspend is flakey. It has worked and fails sometimes too. | | |
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| Latitude D620 | 10.2 OSS final, 10.3 | nVidia Corporation Quadro NVS 110M / GeForce Go 7300 | Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller [10.3: playback works, the internal mic works (update alsa)] | Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5752 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02) | Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network ConnectionPlease Note This | 10.3 | 10.2: It`s working without any problems. [10.3: works partly] | | Bluetooth works perfectly. [10.3 Power Management details: suspend to disk works ok but when it wakes up it doesnt restore power to usb devices. suspend to RAM it does not work] |
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| Latitude D630 | 10.3 Final |  | | | make sure all ipw3945 drivers & firmware (esp. non-oss) selected during install. Otherwise, post install ipw-firmware and ipw3945d packages from non-oss repository or Extras CD. Also, be sure the wireless kill switch is not turned off, it is near the IR port. ipw3945 kernel module bug in 10.3: go to HCL/Network Adapters (Wireless) for fix.. | | | | |
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| Latitude D800 | 10RC1, 10.2, 10.3 |  | | | after putting the contents of firmware v2.3 [2] in /lib/firmware. | external Cellink BTA-3100 usb works fine. | Not with bios version a05; will test with bios version a12 | | |
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| Latitude D820 | 10.3 Final |  | | | make sure all ipw3945 drivers & firmware (esp. non-oss) selected during install. Otherwise, post install ipw-firmware and ipw3945d packages from non-oss repository or Extras CD. Also, be sure the wireless kill switch is not turned off, it is near the IR port. ipw3945 kernel module bug in 10.3: go to HCL/Network Adapters (Wireless) for fix.. | | | | |
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| Latitude LS | 10.1 |  | with a little work | | | | | | still working on the ethernet but install was easy and most hardware works fine. |
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| XPS M1210 | 10.3 KDE-CD | Intel Centrino Duo, 1280x800 widescreen supported | Audio buttons work | | Intel PRO/Wireless 3945abg OK after removing ipw3945 packages |  | S3 works, S4 not | dual-head with NVIDIA driver | info about the install. Build in camera and microphone work |
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| Inspiron XPS M2010 | 10.1 GM | Yes, but requires ATI proprietary driver (ATI Mobility Radion X1800). | Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller, Line-Out works but internal speakers do not | Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5752 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02) | Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network ConnectionPlease Note This |  |  | | bundled DELL bluetooth-mouse won't pair |
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| Latitude X1 | 10 beta3, 10.0 | * |  |  | with download of firmware rpms | | | | *Installation requires much know-how more info |
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| Latitude D820 | 10.2 |  |  |  |  | | Suspend works most of the time | | Didn't test the modem or smart-card reader. Rest of the components worked with a default install |
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| Vostro 1000 | 10.3 x86_64 | Yes, but requires ATI proprietary driver (ATI Radeon Xpress Series). See: HCL/Radeon Xpress 1150 |  |  | Works great with bcm43xx driver and broadcom firmware from Packman repository. PS.: Works with lower performance with Ndiswrapper | | S2ram works with the options s2ram -f -a 3 & s2disk works but you need to disable the option of locking the screen when returning on the options of kpowersave FYI: Suspending and Hibernation works only on 64 bit version | | Smart-Reader works with no configuration. Rest of the components worked with a default install |
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| Vostro 1400 | 10.3 | Works with the NVIDIA proprietary driver (NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS. | Had to use "model=3stack" to get sound working |  | via ndiswrapper & Broadcom driver bcmwl5 or by installing the package "bcm43xx-fwcutter" & running "install_bcm43xx_firmware" | | Suspend to RAM doesn't work. Suspend to disk works, but still has some issues. | Modem and smart card reader not tested. Integrated webcam works. Mic is detected, but doesn't work. | Media keys work. Horizontal & vertical scrolling on the ALPS touchpad work with a kernel patch which should soon get upstream. |
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| Vostro 1500 | 10.3, 11.0 | Works with the NVIDIA proprietary driver (NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT. | sound works. To use mic go to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Gutsy_Intel_HD_Audio_Controller use method B. |  | via ndiswrapper & Broadcom driver bcmwl5 or replace with intel1394abg | | Suspend to RAM doesn't work. Suspend to disk works, but still has some issues. | Modem not tested. card reader works. Integrated webcam works (video4linux2). | Media keys work. |
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| Latitude ATGD630 | 10.3 |  |  |  | Wireless using ndiswrapper. | | | | Didn't test the modem. Rest of the components worked with a default install. Compiz-fusion works great |
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| Latitude ATGD630 | 10.3 |  |  |  | Wireless using ndiswrapper. | | | | Didn't test the modem. Rest of the components worked with a default install. Compiz-fusion works great |
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| Latitude D830 | 10.3 | | | | Intel PRO/Wireless 4965 Intel PRO/Wireless 3945 | | Suspend to RAM with "-f -p -m" | Modem not tested. | Media key mute did not work. (possible fix: select 'Front' instead of 'PCM' as the main channel by right-clicking on KMix, then it works as expected in my case!) |
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| Precison M65 | 10.3 | | |