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Full systems

Laptops - Desktops - Servers - Virtual Machines

Components

Bluetooth adapters - Digital cameras - Firewire cards - Floppy drives - Gadgets - IDE + SATA cards - Keyboards - Motherboards - Monitors - Modems - Network adapters (Wired) - Network adapters (Wireless) - Optical media (CD, DVD, Blueray) - Phones, handsets, mobile/cell - Printers - RAID Controllers - Scanners - SCSI adapters - Sound cards - TV cards - UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) - Video cards - Web cameras

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XPS

Model	openSUSE Release	Video ^(A)			Sound ⁽⁴⁾	Network ^(B)			Bluetooth ⁽⁸⁾	Power Management ^(C)			Infra Red ⁽¹²⁾	PCMCIA ⁽¹³⁾	Card Reader ⁽¹⁴⁾	Others ^(*)
Model	openSUSE Release	2D ⁽¹⁾	3D ⁽²⁾	TV-out ⁽³⁾	Sound ⁽⁴⁾	Wired ⁽⁵⁾	Wireless ⁽⁶⁾	Modem ⁽⁷⁾	Bluetooth ⁽⁸⁾	Screen Brightness ⁽⁹⁾	Suspend to RAM ⁽¹⁰⁾	Suspend to Disk ⁽¹¹⁾	Infra Red ⁽¹²⁾	PCMCIA ⁽¹³⁾	Card Reader ⁽¹⁴⁾	Others ^(*)
Gen 1	10.0
Gen 1	10.1
Remark		10.0, 10.1: (2) Using ATI proprietary driver. (6) Using Ndiswrapper. 10.1: (2) You must use the "generate package" feature on the driver installer. You can't run the installer in default mode.
M1210	10.3
Remark		For more information about installation instruction, see this link. (2) Using SDB:NVIDIA proprietary driver. (4) Intel PRO/Wireless 3945abg OK after removing ipw3945 packages. (C) S3 works, S4 not. (*) Build in camera and microphone work.
M1330	11.0
Remark		(2) Using SDB:NVIDIA. (4) alsa-1.0.16 (add `model=3stack` to `/etc/modprobe.d/sound`). (6) Worked with fwcutter. () Built in Webcam: () Fingerprint reader (thinkfinger):
M1530	11.0 64bit
Remark		Detailed description of install and follow up on here. (2) Using SDB:NVIDIA proprietary driver. (6) Using Ndiswrapper and 64bit Windows drivers. (*) Touchpad need `i8042.nomux=1` in kernel parameter.
M2010	10.1
Remark		(2) Using ATI proprietary driver. (4) Line-Out works but internal speakers not. (*) Bundled DELL bluetooth-mouse won't pair.
12 Duo	12.3 Beta
Remark		() Touchpad works single click, see bug 779420 () Touchscreen works.

Inspiron

Inspiron Axxx - Zxxx

Model	openSUSE Release	Video ^(A)			Sound ⁽⁴⁾	Network ^(B)			Bluetooth ⁽⁸⁾	Power Management ^(C)			Infra Red ⁽¹²⁾	PCMCIA ⁽¹³⁾	Card Reader ⁽¹⁴⁾	Others ^(*)
Model	openSUSE Release	2D ⁽¹⁾	3D ⁽²⁾	TV-out ⁽³⁾	Sound ⁽⁴⁾	Wired ⁽⁵⁾	Wireless ⁽⁶⁾	Modem ⁽⁷⁾	Bluetooth ⁽⁸⁾	Screen Brightness ⁽⁹⁾	Suspend to RAM ⁽¹⁰⁾	Suspend to Disk ⁽¹¹⁾	Infra Red ⁽¹²⁾	PCMCIA ⁽¹³⁾	Card Reader ⁽¹⁴⁾	Others ^(*)
B130	10.0
B130	10.1
Remark		(6) Using Ndiswrapper with Broadcom bcmwl5a driver. (*) Add `ACPI=off` to boot parameter.

Inspiron 1xx - 9xx

Model	openSUSE Release	Video ^(A)			Sound ⁽⁴⁾	Network ^(B)			Bluetooth ⁽⁸⁾	Power Management ^(C)			Infra Red ⁽¹²⁾	PCMCIA ⁽¹³⁾	Card Reader ⁽¹⁴⁾	Others ^(*)
Model	openSUSE Release	2D ⁽¹⁾	3D ⁽²⁾	TV-out ⁽³⁾	Sound ⁽⁴⁾	Wired ⁽⁵⁾	Wireless ⁽⁶⁾	Modem ⁽⁷⁾	Bluetooth ⁽⁸⁾	Screen Brightness ⁽⁹⁾	Suspend to RAM ⁽¹⁰⁾	Suspend to Disk ⁽¹¹⁾	Infra Red ⁽¹²⁾	PCMCIA ⁽¹³⁾	Card Reader ⁽¹⁴⁾	Others ^(*)
510M	10.1
	10.2
	10.3
	11.0
Remark		10.1: (A) Highest resolution (1400x1050) and beamer work out of the box. 10.2: () Volume and mute keys (Fn-PageUp, Fn-PageDn, Fn-End): 10.1, 10.2: () All version: need to start your install with `vga=773` to have a vesa usable screen and X starting (buggy bios and vesa mode).
600m	10.0
	10.2
	10.3 rc1
Remark		10.2, 10.3: (2) Using ATI default driver.
630m / XPS M140	10.1
Remark
640m	10.1
640m	10.2
Remark		10.1: () Multimedia/Special Key supported using lineakd. () Microphone .
700m	10.1
Remark

Inspiron 1xxx

Model	openSUSE Release	Video ^(A)			Sound ⁽⁴⁾	Network ^(B)			Bluetooth ⁽⁸⁾	Power Management ^(C)			Infra Red ⁽¹²⁾	PCMCIA ⁽¹³⁾	Card Reader ⁽¹⁴⁾	Others ^(*)
Model	openSUSE Release	2D ⁽¹⁾	3D ⁽²⁾	TV-out ⁽³⁾	Sound ⁽⁴⁾	Wired ⁽⁵⁾	Wireless ⁽⁶⁾	Modem ⁽⁷⁾	Bluetooth ⁽⁸⁾	Screen Brightness ⁽⁹⁾	Suspend to RAM ⁽¹⁰⁾	Suspend to Disk ⁽¹¹⁾	Infra Red ⁽¹²⁾	PCMCIA ⁽¹³⁾	Card Reader ⁽¹⁴⁾	Others ^(*)
1000	10.3
Remark		(6) Using MadWifi.
1100	10.2
1110 (Inspirion 11z)	11.2
Remark		(3) Did not test HDMI output (6) Must use Broadcom driver from PackMan, b43-fwcutter does NOT work for this card (8) Bluetooth should work they are BCM USB modules.
1300	10.0
1300	10.1
Remark		(6) Using Ndiswrapper with Broadcom bcmwl5 driver. (*) Need `ACPI=off` to boot.
1420	10.3
1420	11.0
Remark		10.3: (4) After updating driver with PCI ID's for the hda card. (6) Using Ndiswrapper or bcm43xx-fwcutter (recommended). (10) Works using `s2ram --force --vbe_post --vbe_mode`. (*) Touchpad scroll does not work (fixed in Kernel 2.6.24). 11.0: (2) Using SDB:NVIDIA proprietary driver. (10) Works using `s2ram --force --vbe_post --vbe_mode`.
1440	11.2
Remark		11.2: (2) Running KWin compositing; effects are smooth and fast. (6) Using broadcom-wl from Packman Notes: Very few issues other than installing the broadcom-wl package. Screen resolution is detected automatically; under KDE 4.4 multi-display configuration is a snap! All multimedia/brightness keys work out of the box (under KDE 4) with the exception of the CD-Eject key.
1501	10.2
	11.0
	11.1
Remark		10.2: (6) Using 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</boot> to boot parameters when installing openSUSE.` 11.0: (2) Using ATI proprietary drivers. (6) Using `install_bcm43xx_firmware`. 11.1: (2) Using ATI proprietary drivers. (6) Using `install_bcm43xx_firmware`.
1520	10.3
1520	11.0
Remark		10.3: (C) Standby does not work. (4) Some games have problems with simultaneous sound output. (6) Wireless kill-switch events are not properly handled by networkmanager. (8) If you have removed Windows and bluetooth was deactivated, reinstall Windows and reacivate it by installing this patch. (9) Adjusting the screen brightness by software is not supported. (10) After suspend to ram only one cpu core is available and changing cpu policy doesn't work. 11.0: (2) Using SDB:NVIDIA proprietary driver. (*) Dell keys works under KDE 3.5.9.
1525	10.3
1525	11.1
Remark		10.3: (for more information see [1]) (4) Sound partially with 1.0.16 alsa. (5) Ethernet works with kernel >= 2.6.23. (6) Wireless works with iwlwifi-kmp-default >= 1.2.0_2.6.23.17_ccj64-0.1.
1526	11.1
Remark		(A) ATI Radeon Xpress 1250. (4) in `/etc/modprobe.d/sound`, need a correct options for `snd-hda-intel model=` . Model for `laptop`, `dell-laptop`, and `dell-bios` work partially but correct value for the STAC92xx HD card has not been found. (4) Volume low.

Inspiron 4xxx

Model	openSUSE Release	Video ^(A)			Sound ⁽⁴⁾	Network ^(B)			Bluetooth ⁽⁸⁾	Power Management ^(C)			Infra Red ⁽¹²⁾	PCMCIA ⁽¹³⁾	Card Reader ⁽¹⁴⁾	Others ^(*)
Model	openSUSE Release	2D ⁽¹⁾	3D ⁽²⁾	TV-out ⁽³⁾	Sound ⁽⁴⁾	Wired ⁽⁵⁾	Wireless ⁽⁶⁾	Modem ⁽⁷⁾	Bluetooth ⁽⁸⁾	Screen Brightness ⁽⁹⁾	Suspend to RAM ⁽¹⁰⁾	Suspend to Disk ⁽¹¹⁾	Infra Red ⁽¹²⁾	PCMCIA ⁽¹³⁾	Card Reader ⁽¹⁴⁾	Others ^(*)
4150	10.2
Remark		(A) Video - ATI Mobility 32MB - Shared. (2) 3D acceleration by software only XGL non-working.

Inspiron 5xxx

Model	openSUSE Release	Video ^(A)			Sound ⁽⁴⁾	Network ^(B)			Bluetooth ⁽⁸⁾	Power Management ^(C)			Infra Red ⁽¹²⁾	PCMCIA ⁽¹³⁾	Card Reader ⁽¹⁴⁾	Others ^(*)
Model	openSUSE Release	2D ⁽¹⁾	3D ⁽²⁾	TV-out ⁽³⁾	Sound ⁽⁴⁾	Wired ⁽⁵⁾	Wireless ⁽⁶⁾	Modem ⁽⁷⁾	Bluetooth ⁽⁸⁾	Screen Brightness ⁽⁹⁾	Suspend to RAM ⁽¹⁰⁾	Suspend to Disk ⁽¹¹⁾	Infra Red ⁽¹²⁾	PCMCIA ⁽¹³⁾	Card Reader ⁽¹⁴⁾	Others ^(*)
5000	10.1
Remark		(6) Using Ndiswrapper on pcmcia card. (*) PCMCIA credit card modem, Novell-ZMD must be shut off for dial-up to work.
5100	10.1
Remark
5150	10.0
Remark		(6) Using Ndiswrapper. (C) Needs `acpi=off` to boot, so no power management.

Inspiron 6xxx

Model	openSUSE Release	Video ^(A)			Sound ⁽⁴⁾	Network ^(B)			Bluetooth ⁽⁸⁾	Power Management ^(C)			Infra Red ⁽¹²⁾	PCMCIA ⁽¹³⁾	Card Reader ⁽¹⁴⁾	Others ^(*)
Model	openSUSE Release	2D ⁽¹⁾	3D ⁽²⁾	TV-out ⁽³⁾	Sound ⁽⁴⁾	Wired ⁽⁵⁾	Wireless ⁽⁶⁾	Modem ⁽⁷⁾	Bluetooth ⁽⁸⁾	Screen Brightness ⁽⁹⁾	Suspend to RAM ⁽¹⁰⁾	Suspend to Disk ⁽¹¹⁾	Infra Red ⁽¹²⁾	PCMCIA ⁽¹³⁾	Card Reader ⁽¹⁴⁾	Others ^(*)
6000	10.0
	10.1
	10.2
	10.3
	Remark		10.0, 10.1: (6) except the LED that show whether wifi is on or not. 10.2: (6) except the wifi LED comes on sporadically. 10.3: (A) fglrx drivers are hit and miss. Default radeon drivers work well. (6) except the wifi LED comes on sporadically.
6400 / E1505	10.1 RC3
	10.2
	10.3
	11.0
	11.1
	11.2
	Remark		10.1: (6) MiniPCI (Dell Wireless 1390) via ndiswrapper. () Special function keys work (including the sound keys). 10.2: (A) With fglrx drivers, Tested with 8.33.6 ATI drivers. (4) Add `model=w810` in `/etc/modprobe.d/sound`. () Special keys work. () Issues with movie viewing, needs to specify gl2 drivers in MPlayer. 10.3: (6) Need to install bcmxx driver from dvd. () Special keys works. 11.0: (C) Suspend & hibernate work via key-combos as well. (C) The display-brightness buttons are rather aggressive and hard to use. Recommend not dimming display for 'on battery' events, as getting it brighter again is tricky. 11.1: (6) Wireless works after driver downloaded (b43 and b43-legacy). 11.2: (3) External monitor works only either with same resolution as laptop's or with native resolution when laptop's is switched off. () Special keys don't work. () All hardware works out of the box. (*) Suspend to RAM and Disk work.

Inspiron 7xxx

Model	openSUSE Release	Video ^(A)			Sound ⁽⁴⁾	Network ^(B)			Bluetooth ⁽⁸⁾	Power Management ^(C)			Infra Red ⁽¹²⁾	PCMCIA ⁽¹³⁾	Card Reader ⁽¹⁴⁾	Others ^(*)
Model	openSUSE Release	2D ⁽¹⁾	3D ⁽²⁾	TV-out ⁽³⁾	Sound ⁽⁴⁾	Wired ⁽⁵⁾	Wireless ⁽⁶⁾	Modem ⁽⁷⁾	Bluetooth ⁽⁸⁾	Screen Brightness ⁽⁹⁾	Suspend to RAM ⁽¹⁰⁾	Suspend to Disk ⁽¹¹⁾	Infra Red ⁽¹²⁾	PCMCIA ⁽¹³⁾	Card Reader ⁽¹⁴⁾	Others ^(*)
7000	10.0
Remark

Inspiron 8xxx

Model	openSUSE Release	Video ^(A)			Sound ⁽⁴⁾	Network ^(B)			Bluetooth ⁽⁸⁾	Power Management ^(C)			Infra Red ⁽¹²⁾	PCMCIA ⁽¹³⁾	Card Reader ⁽¹⁴⁾	Others ^(*)
Model	openSUSE Release	2D ⁽¹⁾	3D ⁽²⁾	TV-out ⁽³⁾	Sound ⁽⁴⁾	Wired ⁽⁵⁾	Wireless ⁽⁶⁾	Modem ⁽⁷⁾	Bluetooth ⁽⁸⁾	Screen Brightness ⁽⁹⁾	Suspend to RAM ⁽¹⁰⁾	Suspend to Disk ⁽¹¹⁾	Infra Red ⁽¹²⁾	PCMCIA ⁽¹³⁾	Card Reader ⁽¹⁴⁾	Others ^(*)
8100	9.1
	11.0
	11.1
	11.2
Remark		9.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2: (6) Both firmware and Ndiswrapper. (*) Media and volume keys works.
8200	9.3
8200	10.0
Remark
8500	10.0
8500	10.1
Remark		10.0, 10.1: (6) Using Ndiswrapper.
8600	10.0
	10.1
	11.1
Remark		10.0: (6) By installing firmware from RPM. (10) Suspend to RAM only with vbetool.

Inspiron 9xxx

Model	openSUSE Release	Video ^(A)			Sound ⁽⁴⁾	Network ^(B)			Bluetooth ⁽⁸⁾	Power Management ^(C)			Infra Red ⁽¹²⁾	PCMCIA ⁽¹³⁾	Card Reader ⁽¹⁴⁾	Others ^(*)
Model	openSUSE Release	2D ⁽¹⁾	3D ⁽²⁾	TV-out ⁽³⁾	Sound ⁽⁴⁾	Wired ⁽⁵⁾	Wireless ⁽⁶⁾	Modem ⁽⁷⁾	Bluetooth ⁽⁸⁾	Screen Brightness ⁽⁹⁾	Suspend to RAM ⁽¹⁰⁾	Suspend to Disk ⁽¹¹⁾	Infra Red ⁽¹²⁾	PCMCIA ⁽¹³⁾	Card Reader ⁽¹⁴⁾	Others ^(*)
9100	10.0 beta 1
Remark
9300	10.0 RC 1
9300	10.0
Remark		10.0 RC 1: (6) Copy firmware for ipw2200 to `/lib/firmware`. () Special function keys : 10.0: (2) Using SDB:NVIDIA drivers (NVidia Geforce Go 6800). (6) Intel PRO/Wireless 2915ABG. () Special function keys:
9400	10.0 RC
	10.1
	10.2
	11.0
Remark		10.0 RC: (6) ipw3945 driver must be download from intel. 10.1: (2) Using SDB:NVIDIA driver. (6) ipw3945 driver must be download from intel. 10.2: (2) Using SDB:NVIDIA driver for NVidia 7900 GS chipset, or (2) Using ATI driver for ATI X1400 chipset. (4) Subwoofer does not work. 11.0: (6) iwl3945 worked with WPA/TKIP. (7) Modem with smartlink-softmodem. (12) MCE Remote Control with Lirc. (*) Special function keys:

Inspiron Mini

Model	openSUSE Release	Video ^(A)			Sound ⁽⁴⁾	Network ^(B)			Bluetooth ⁽⁸⁾	Power Management ^(C)			Infra Red ⁽¹²⁾	PCMCIA ⁽¹³⁾	Card Reader ⁽¹⁴⁾	Others ^(*)
Model	openSUSE Release	2D ⁽¹⁾	3D ⁽²⁾	TV-out ⁽³⁾	Sound ⁽⁴⁾	Wired ⁽⁵⁾	Wireless ⁽⁶⁾	Modem ⁽⁷⁾	Bluetooth ⁽⁸⁾	Screen Brightness ⁽⁹⁾	Suspend to RAM ⁽¹⁰⁾	Suspend to Disk ⁽¹¹⁾	Infra Red ⁽¹²⁾	PCMCIA ⁽¹³⁾	Card Reader ⁽¹⁴⁾	Others ^(*)
Mini9 (910)	11.1
Remark		(4) add `option=dell` to `/etc/modprobe.d/sound`. An earphone terminal does not work normally, but there is no problem after employed the latest driver. (6) Using Ndiswrapper. (*) Webcam: .
1018	11.4
Remark		(6) Using [RTL8192CE] rtl8192ce_linux_2.6.0005.1116.2010.tar.gz. (*) Webcam: .
1018	12.1
Remark		(6) Using [RTL8192CE] 92ce_se_de_linux_mac80211_0005.1230.2011.tar.gz (*) Webcam: .

Latitude

Latitude Cxxx

Model	openSUSE Release	Video ^(A)			Sound ⁽⁴⁾	Network ^(B)			Bluetooth ⁽⁸⁾	Power Management ^(C)			Infra Red ⁽¹²⁾	PCMCIA ⁽¹³⁾	Card Reader ⁽¹⁴⁾	Others ^(*)
Model	openSUSE Release	2D ⁽¹⁾	3D ⁽²⁾	TV-out ⁽³⁾	Sound ⁽⁴⁾	Wired ⁽⁵⁾	Wireless ⁽⁶⁾	Modem ⁽⁷⁾	Bluetooth ⁽⁸⁾	Screen Brightness ⁽⁹⁾	Suspend to RAM ⁽¹⁰⁾	Suspend to Disk ⁽¹¹⁾	Infra Red ⁽¹²⁾	PCMCIA ⁽¹³⁾	Card Reader ⁽¹⁴⁾	Others ^(*)
C600	11.1
Remark		(6) Intel ipw2200.
C610	10 beta 3
Remark		(C) Standby (7) Modem requires nongpl driver slamr.ko and smartlink-softmodem.
C840	10.2
Remark		(6) Using Ndiswrapper with Broadcom driver.
CPxJ	10.0
CPxJ	10.3
Remark		10.0: (1) manual changes are necessary to get resolutions different from 800x600 (see Dell Latitude CPx J-Series).

Latitude Dxxx

Model	openSUSE Release	Video ^(A)			Sound ⁽⁴⁾	Network ^(B)			Bluetooth ⁽⁸⁾	Power Management ^(C)			Infra Red ⁽¹²⁾	PCMCIA ⁽¹³⁾	Card Reader ⁽¹⁴⁾	Others ^(*)
Model	openSUSE Release	2D ⁽¹⁾	3D ⁽²⁾	TV-out ⁽³⁾	Sound ⁽⁴⁾	Wired ⁽⁵⁾	Wireless ⁽⁶⁾	Modem ⁽⁷⁾	Bluetooth ⁽⁸⁾	Screen Brightness ⁽⁹⁾	Suspend to RAM ⁽¹⁰⁾	Suspend to Disk ⁽¹¹⁾	Infra Red ⁽¹²⁾	PCMCIA ⁽¹³⁾	Card Reader ⁽¹⁴⁾	Others ^(*)
D500	10.2
Remark		(2) Intel 855GM - sluggish 3D support. (6) You must install ipw-firmware to get the wireless working.
D505	11.2 11.3 11.4
Remark		(1) Intel 855GM - NO Desktop Effects (Google-Earth works fine). (6) You must install b43legacy-firmware to get the wireless working. Using an Internet connection (ethernet cable) from Terminal: sudo /usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware DETAILS: http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43?highlight=%28b43%29%7C%28opensuse%29
D510	10.2
	11.2
	11.3
	11.4
	12.1
Remark		(2) Intel 915GM - good 3D support. (6) You must install ipw-firmware to get the wireless working. (8) Bluetooth module from Latitude D8xx series works
D520	10.3
Remark		(A) Video can be unstable at times coming out of standby or switching to console and back to X - installing Xorg 7.3 fixed this. (2) Intel 945GM - good 3D support. (6) You must install a newer ipw3945 driver to get the wireless working.
D530	11.3
D531	11.0
Remark		(2) Using ATI propietary driver. (6) With b43 firmware installed. (*) Touchpad needed some tweaking (delete the various "LeftEdge" lines in Xorg.conf).
D600	11.1
	11.2
	12.1
Remark		(A) ATI Mobility Radeon 9000. (6) For some D600 models you must install ipw-firmware to get the wireless working. Other D600 models need BCM Wireless Broadcom firmware from the Packman repository. 11.2: (*) Some keys on the keyboard do not work (Ctrl), touchpad does not work.
D610	10.0
	11.0
	11.1
Remark		all: (A) ATI Radeon Mobility M300 both radeon driver and ATI proprietary. (C) Suspend is flakey. It has worked and fails sometimes too. (6) Please Note this.
D620	10.2
	10.3
	11.0
Remark		10.3: (4) Update to a newer ALSA packages. (11) Suspend to disk works ok but when it wakes up it doesnt restore power to usb devices. 11.0: (6) Using the "install_bcm43xx_firmware" script. (*) Synaptics/ALPS touchpad doesn't work, seems to be buggy.
D630	10.3
	11.1
	11.2
Remark		10.3, 11.1: (6) 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. 11.2: (2) Compiz works (Intel 965). Compiz with extended desktop (nb+20" monitor) can use only 75% of all (remaining 25% is freezing, unusable).
D800	10.0 RC1
	10.2
	10.3
Remark		(C) Not with bios version a05. (6) After putting the contents of firmware v2.3 [2] in /lib/firmware.
D820	10.2
	10.3
	11.1
Remark		10.3, 11.1: (6) 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.
D830	10.3
	11.0
	11.2
	11.3
	11.4
Remark		10.3: (10) Suspend to RAM with "-f -p -m". () Media key mute did not work. Possible fix: select 'Front' instead of 'PCM' as the main channel by right-clicking on KMix. 11.0: General note: installation very good, most hardware and features supported out of the box. (6) Dell Wireless card is a Broadcom BCM4310 USB Controller (rev 01) (/sbin/lspci). Downloaded Broadcom Linux Native driver (64bit) from \| Broadcom supposed to work with BCM4311,12,21,22, but also works with BCM4310. There is a bug though: on ssh-connecting to/from another computer, login works, but no shell. () Mouse: select PS/2 mouse with Yast, otherwise default is way too slow, unusable. 11.2: General note: installation very good, most hardware and features supported out of the box. (6) Broadcom BCM4310 wireless card (see above) sort of works with broadcom-wl and broadcom-wl-kmp-desktop (64bit) downloaded from Packman repository. Remember to blacklist ssb and b43 modules (which do not work) before installing broadcom-wl. (11) Suspend to disk also OK, but a bit slow.

Latitude Exxxx

Model	openSUSE Release	Video ^(A)			Sound ⁽⁴⁾	Network ^(B)			Bluetooth ⁽⁸⁾	Power Management ^(C)			Infra Red ⁽¹²⁾	PCMCIA ⁽¹³⁾	Card Reader ⁽¹⁴⁾	Others ^(*)
Model	openSUSE Release	2D ⁽¹⁾	3D ⁽²⁾	TV-out ⁽³⁾	Sound ⁽⁴⁾	Wired ⁽⁵⁾	Wireless ⁽⁶⁾	Modem ⁽⁷⁾	Bluetooth ⁽⁸⁾	Screen Brightness ⁽⁹⁾	Suspend to RAM ⁽¹⁰⁾	Suspend to Disk ⁽¹¹⁾	Infra Red ⁽¹²⁾	PCMCIA ⁽¹³⁾	Card Reader ⁽¹⁴⁾	Others ^(*)
E5400	11.1
Remark		(6) With non-OSS broadcom-wl driver.
E6400	11.1
E6400	11.2
Remark		(*) Volume buttons: 11.2: Installation very good, hardware and features support is excellent. (9) Bios auto-brightness works. (11) Pro/Wireless 5300 AGN "Shiloh" works out of the box.
E6500	11.1 RC1
Remark

| E6510 | 11.4 | || || | | || || | | || || | || || || |- !colspan=2 | Remark |colspan=15 style="text-align:left; font-size: 12px;"| |} (*) Touchpad works only tapping, scroll does't works:

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Model	openSUSE Release	Video ^(A)			Sound ⁽⁴⁾	Network ^(B)			Bluetooth ⁽⁸⁾	Power Management ^(C)			Infra Red ⁽¹²⁾	PCMCIA ⁽¹³⁾	Card Reader ⁽¹⁴⁾	Others ^(*)
Model	openSUSE Release	2D ⁽¹⁾	3D ⁽²⁾	TV-out ⁽³⁾	Sound ⁽⁴⁾	Wired ⁽⁵⁾	Wireless ⁽⁶⁾	Modem ⁽⁷⁾	Bluetooth ⁽⁸⁾	Screen Brightness ⁽⁹⁾	Suspend to RAM ⁽¹⁰⁾	Suspend to Disk ⁽¹¹⁾	Infra Red ⁽¹²⁾	PCMCIA ⁽¹³⁾	Card Reader ⁽¹⁴⁾	Others ^(*)
120L (Brazil)	10.1
Remark		(6) Wi-Fi needs either specific Intel drivers (for 2200/2915) or Windows drivers and Ndiswrapper.
ATGD630	10.3
Remark		(6) Using Ndiswrapper.
LS	10.1
Remark
X1	10.0 Beta 3
X1	10.0
Remark		10.0 Beta 3, 10.0: (6) with download of firmware rpms. (*) Installation requires much know-how more info.

Vostro

Model	openSUSE Release	Video ^(A)			Sound ⁽⁴⁾	Network ^(B)			Bluetooth ⁽⁸⁾	Power Management ^(C)			Infra Red ⁽¹²⁾	PCMCIA ⁽¹³⁾	Card Reader ⁽¹⁴⁾	Others ^(*)
Model	openSUSE Release	2D ⁽¹⁾	3D ⁽²⁾	TV-out ⁽³⁾	Sound ⁽⁴⁾	Wired ⁽⁵⁾	Wireless ⁽⁶⁾	Modem ⁽⁷⁾	Bluetooth ⁽⁸⁾	Screen Brightness ⁽⁹⁾	Suspend to RAM ⁽¹⁰⁾	Suspend to Disk ⁽¹¹⁾	Infra Red ⁽¹²⁾	PCMCIA ⁽¹³⁾	Card Reader ⁽¹⁴⁾	Others ^(*)
1000	10.3
Remark		(C) Suspending and Hibernation works only on 64 bit version. (2) Using ATI proprietary drivers. See HCL/Radeon Xpress 1150. (6) With bcm43xx driver and broadcom firmware from Packman repository. (6) Works with lower performance with Ndiswrapper. (10) S2ram works with the options s2ram -f -a 3. (11) s2disk works but you need to disable the option of locking the screen when returning on the options of kpowersave.
1220	11.1
Remark		(4) Had to uninstall pulseaudio. (6) Broadcom 4312: Works with broadcom-wl (tested with V5.10.92) from Packman. May need to adjust select-timeout to 10 (or more) in /etc/dhclient.conf. Ndiswrapper / Windows driver very unreliable.
1400	10.3
	11.0 x86_64
	11.1 x86_32
	11.1 x86_64
	11.2 x86_64
Remark		All: (A) Using NVidia proprietary driver. (4) Mic is detected, but doesn't work. () Integrated webcam works. () Media keys work. () Horizontal & vertical scrolling on the ALPS touchpad work 10.3: (4) Had to use `model=3stack` to get sound working. (6) Via ndiswrapper & Broadcom driver bcmwl5, or by installing the package "bcm43xx-fwcutter" & running "install_bcm43xx_firmware". () Horizontal & vertical scrolling on the ALPS touchpad work with a kernel patch which should soon get upstream.
1500	10.3
1500	11.0
Remark		10.3, 11.0: (A) Using Nvidia proprietary driver. (4) To use mic go to this link, use method B. (6) Via ndiswrapper & Broadcom driver bcmwl5, or replace with intel1394abg (Check this HowTo. () Integrated webcam works (video4linux2). () Media keys work.
1510	11.1
Remark		(A) Intel 965 Mobile (GMA X3100): there is a problem with compiz support, this card is blacklisted and have problems when is used gnome with desktop effects activated (X freezes). (6) If you have a dell wireless card (Broadcom chip) see Ndiswrapper. (14) Card Reader only works with SD and SDHC cards, MMC cards are not supported. () Integrated webcam works (video4linux2). () Media keys works.

Precision

Model	openSUSE Release	Video ^(A)			Sound ⁽⁴⁾	Network ^(B)			Bluetooth ⁽⁸⁾	Power Management ^(C)			Infra Red ⁽¹²⁾	PCMCIA ⁽¹³⁾	Card Reader ⁽¹⁴⁾	Others ^(*)
Model	openSUSE Release	2D ⁽¹⁾	3D ⁽²⁾	TV-out ⁽³⁾	Sound ⁽⁴⁾	Wired ⁽⁵⁾	Wireless ⁽⁶⁾	Modem ⁽⁷⁾	Bluetooth ⁽⁸⁾	Screen Brightness ⁽⁹⁾	Suspend to RAM ⁽¹⁰⁾	Suspend to Disk ⁽¹¹⁾	Infra Red ⁽¹²⁾	PCMCIA ⁽¹³⁾	Card Reader ⁽¹⁴⁾	Others ^(*)
M65	10.3
M65	11.1
Remark		(10) need S2R_OPTS="-f" and blacklist intel_agp module.
M2300	11.1
	11.2
	11.4
Remark		(3) There's no TV output (4) After installation sound was broken, running `alsaconf` solved the problem (6) Wireless card -Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5755M- is not working with 5GHz, when used with access point with both 2.4G and 5G, choose always 2.4G channels.<> 11.4: wireless works out of the box or don't waste your time! You're warned! Forget hidden ESSID
M4300	10.3
	11.0
	11.1
	11.2
	11.3
	11.4
Remark		All: (A) Work all with nvidia driver. (6) Wifi using iwl3945 need the latest iwldriver from intel. From 11.3 Work out of the box Actual smolt profile ([3])
M4400	11.1
	12.1
	12.2
Remark		(C) Some 64bit users may require steps on SDB:NVidia suspend on 11.x. Works fine since 12.1. (2) Using Nvidia proprietary driver. (6) Intel Pro Wireless 5300. (6) Dell Wireless 1510: (8) KBluetooth4 v0.3: Devices are recognized, OBEX-Receive works, but OBEX-Push fails. () Built-in webcam: () Switching displays with Fn-F8 works. () Ambient light sensor works, and also controls keyboard backlight. (Keyboard backlight brightness can only be set using Dell Control Point under Windows, but the setting is remembered.) () DualPoint Touchstick/Touchpad works (including horizontal scrolling) works fine for 12.2, but for 11.x requires adjustment of /etc/X11/xorg.conf -> AccelFactor. Touchpad scrolling ceases to work after switching resolution with NVidia tool. (*) Built-in microphone and docking station audio works fine since 12.1, but for 11.x requires ALSA Driver 1.0.20-git20090805 or later. (Earlier versions might work after adding "options snd-hda-intel model=dell-m4-3" to /etc/modprobe.d/sound).
M4500	11.4
	12.1
	12.2
Remark		(A) Using Nvidia proprietary driver. (3) TV-Out works using a DisplayPort to HDMI cable, but transmits only Stereo (despite recognition of surround sound capabilities) () Scrolling by sliding finger at the side of the touchpad works since 12.2 () Touchstick works out of the box. () Built-in fingerprint reader does not work. () Built-in webcam and mic (dual digital mic array) works out of the box since 11.4
M6500	12.1
Remark		(A) Using Nvidia proprietary driver. () Scrolling using synaptiks; multiple touch not working. () Keyboard illumination works and can be turned off. () Built-in fingerprint reader does not work (HW defect from factory). () Built-in webcam and mic (dual digital mic array) work, but only since 11.4

Studio

Model	openSUSE Release	Video ^(A)			Sound ⁽⁴⁾	Network ^(B)			Bluetooth ⁽⁸⁾	Power Management ^(C)			Infra Red ⁽¹²⁾	PCMCIA ⁽¹³⁾	Card Reader ⁽¹⁴⁾	Others ^(*)
Model	openSUSE Release	2D ⁽¹⁾	3D ⁽²⁾	TV-out ⁽³⁾	Sound ⁽⁴⁾	Wired ⁽⁵⁾	Wireless ⁽⁶⁾	Modem ⁽⁷⁾	Bluetooth ⁽⁸⁾	Screen Brightness ⁽⁹⁾	Suspend to RAM ⁽¹⁰⁾	Suspend to Disk ⁽¹¹⁾	Infra Red ⁽¹²⁾	PCMCIA ⁽¹³⁾	Card Reader ⁽¹⁴⁾	Others ^(*)
Studio 15	11.1, 11.2, 11.3
Remark		(A) Graphics Radeon 3450 @ 1440 x 900 with opengl radeonhd driver. ATI proprietary driver also works well. Dual Head mode to VGA-out works. (4) On 11.1 - Using Alsa 1.0.18a. Integrated mic has poor quality. Mic quality good with 1.0.21 of alsa () Webcam: () Firewire:
Studio 1555-4380	11.2, 11.3, 11.4, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3
Remark		(A) Graphics ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570 (M92) @ 1920 x 1080 with the fglrx driver on 11.2 and 11.3/64-bit. 3D acceleration also works with the open source driver. The latest fglrx driver doesn't support openSUSE 12.3 (6) The Dell Wireless 1397 WLAN Mini-Card (BCM4312 802.11b/g) works with broadcom-wl (Packman) or b43 (requires a 2.6.32+ kernel). (*) Webcam:
Studio 15 - 1558	11.2
Remark		(1,2) Intel video needs a 2.6.32 or newer kernel (1,2) ATI Catalyst driver work fine with HD 4570, just install the requiered dependencies and update your kernel. (4) The speakers work fine, for headphones jack add: "options snd-hda-intel model=dell-m6" below the second line in /etc/modprobe.d/50-sound.conf (4) None audio input recognized (6) Intel Wireless card requires firmware for 6000 series device d/led to /lib/firmware. (6) Dell Wireless works fine with broadcom-sta driver one-click-installer (9) Brightness buttons aren't recognized by kernel, may change by 2.6.34. () Webcam works out the box with v4l () Eject button don't work, a solution is add your user to audio group, and execute "eject" command
Studio 17	11.1
Remark		(1) Default screen resolution was not optimal. Used Yast to optimize to 1440x900. (4) Updating ALSA and adjusting volume levels with KMix solved the problem. (6) Wireless modules (b43 & wl) did not install automatically. Installed using Yast.
Studio 17	11.2
Remark		(2) 3D acceleration works with the ATI proprietary driver. Dual-head video output works well. (4) Updating ALSA and adjusting volume levels with KMix solved the problem. (4) Add options snd-hda-intel model=dell-m6 as the second line of /etc/modprobe.d/50-sound.conf for optimal operation. (10) Suspend to RAM works but after resume the CPU fan doesn't start anymore causing CPU overheating (the problem is common to other distros). (*) Built-in camera:
Studio XPS 16	11.1
Remark		(A) Default screen resolution was not optimal. Used Yast to optimize to 1920x800. (C) Hibernates in 20 sec when unplugged, but no problems if started/woken while unplugged. (4) Updating ALSA and adjusting volume levels with KMix solved the problem. () Keyboard settings for volume controls refuse to save at shut-down/start-up. () Built-in camera:
Studio XPS 16	11.3
Remark		(*) Built-in camera:

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