|
|
|
|
|
Reviews
|
Views
|
Date of last review
|
|
8
|
4770
|
10-04-2007
|
|
 |
|
Recommended By
|
Average Price
|
Average Rating
|
|
100% of reviewers
|
$1,925.00
|
8.8
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
|
Dell Inspiron 5150 laptop with Nvidia network card display set at 1400x1200
|
|
Keywords:
|
Inspiron 5150 Dell laptop
|
|
/sbin/lspci output:
|
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82852/855GM Host Bridge (rev 02)
00:00.1 System peripheral: Intel Corp. 855GM/GME GMCH Memory I/O Control Registe rs (rev 02)
00:00.3 System peripheral: Intel Corp. 855GM/GME GMCH Configuration Process Regi sters (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 855GME GMCH Host-to-AGP Bridge (Virtual PCI-to-P CI) (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB (ICH4) USB UHCI #1 (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB (ICH4) USB UHCI #2 (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB (ICH4) USB UHCI #3 (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB (ICH4) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BAM/CAM PCI Bridge (rev 81)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801DBM LPC Interface Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801DBM (ICH4) Ultra ATA Storage Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB (ICH4) AC'97 Audio Cont roller (rev 01)
00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corp. 82801DB (ICH4) AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 01)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0324 (rev a1)
02:01.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401 100Base-T (rev 01)
02:04.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI4510 PC card Cardbus Controller (re v 02)
02:04.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments PCI4510 IEEE-1394 Controller
|
|
|
|
07-04-2004, 10:59 PM
|
#1
|
Registered: Apr 2004
Distribution: Fedora
Posts: 82
|
Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid?: $1,400.00 | Rating: 10
|
Kernel (uname -r):
|
2.6.7 Custom
|
|
Distribution:
|
Fedora Core 2
|
[ Log in to get rid of this advertisement]
I compiled a kernel to get around the 4k-stack issue with Fedora stock kernels, but this is no longer necessary with the 6106 version of the nVidia drivers.
Out the box, everything ran fine, with the following additions:
Touchpad driver:
http://w1.894.telia.com/~u89404340/touchpad/index.html
nVidia driver:
http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp
Access to NTFS drives (if you don't add it into your own compiled kernel):
http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/rpm/fedora2.html
Access to Firewire drives (if not supported by your kernel version):
http://www.ic.unicamp.br/~oliva/snapshots/FC2-firewire/
http://people.redhat.com/aoliva/snapshots/FC2-firewire/
The built-in Broadcom Ethernet card worked fine with nothing special. Same for the built-in soundcard. I have not tried the built-in modem (Conexant) at all so I can't report on that, and I have not gotten to fooling with the TrueMobile 1300 mini-PCI wireless (Broadcom) card yet, but that will need ndiswrapper or a Linuxant driver loader, apparently.
Overall, everything was easy to get working, easy to find, and runs great. My screen is the 1400 x 1050 and the nVidia FX Go 5200 card is the 32 meg version.
|
|
|
|
|
11-29-2004, 11:18 PM
|
#2
|
Registered: Mar 2004
Posts: 10
|
Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 9
|
Kernel (uname -r):
|
2.4.23
|
|
Distribution:
|
Suse 9.0
|
I have not been able to get the modem to work.
All download of module from web and various attempt have failled.
The linmodem replies to the AT command but does not actually dials.
Everything else works strait out of the box with Suse 9.0.
|
|
|
|
|
|
12-20-2004, 11:44 AM
|
#3
|
Registered: Dec 2004
Distribution: Mandrake 10.1
Posts: 9
|
Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 8
|
Kernel (uname -r):
|
2.6.8.1-12mdk
|
|
Distribution:
|
Mandrake 10.1
|
My only problem so far is ascpi, have to force noacpi.
I got ndiswrapper to work beautifully with the Truemobile 1400 wirless card. you need kernel 2.6 or better. I couldnt get it to work till I upgraded to Mandrake 10.1 I finally saw the card.still didnt have a module, but it was easy to compile ndiswrapper after that.
Havent tried to run the modem, I dont really need it.
Havent tried the firewire, but looks like loaded ok.
Sound and video great.
cd burner great
|
|
|
|
|
|
12-29-2004, 04:37 AM
|
#4
|
Registered: May 2004
Distribution: gentoo 2004.3
Posts: 135
|
Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid?: $2,800.00 | Rating: 9
|
Kernel (uname -r):
|
2.6.9-r13
|
|
Distribution:
|
Gentoo 2004.3
|
Steadily I'm getting everything to work just fine as a first time linux user! Gentoo went up super easy on the first install. I had to recompile the kernel once to add some compatibility since I used genkernel the first time, but I'd definately recommend installing linux on your Inspiron 5150!
|
|
|
|
|
|
08-20-2005, 02:21 PM
|
#5
|
Registered: Dec 2002
Distribution: Mandriva, Ubuntu,
Posts: 12
|
Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid?: $1,500.00 | Rating: 9
|
Kernel (uname -r):
|
2.6.8.1-25mdksmp
|
|
Distribution:
|
Mandrake 10.1
|
I had no installation problems.
Had to install the Nvidia drivers for the FX5200 grafics card.
http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html
Using Orinoco gold classic for wireless.
|
|
|
|
|
|
10-30-2005, 12:12 PM
|
#6
|
Registered: Oct 2005
Posts: 3
|
Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 9
|
Kernel (uname -r):
|
2.6.13-15-default
|
|
Distribution:
|
Suse 10
|
Power management did not work by default.
Otherwise excellent support.
|
|
|
|
|
|
11-26-2005, 05:56 AM
|
#7
|
Registered: Nov 2005
Distribution: Slack
Posts: 0
|
Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid?: $2,000.00 | Rating: 9
|
Kernel (uname -r):
|
2.6.13
|
|
Distribution:
|
Slackware 10.2
|
great hardware for linux
slack work perfectly (starting from 9.0)
some minor issue with acpi and alsa (...work in progress...)
display 1600x1200
|
|
|
|
|
|
10-04-2007, 10:49 PM
|
#8
|
Registered: May 2007
Distribution: Slackwars 12.1
Posts: 356
|
Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 7
|
Kernel (uname -r):
|
2.6.21
|
|
Distribution:
|
Slackware 12
|
Install was good. Since I am new to Linux, I have lots to learn.
Nvida driver works well
FUSE/NTFS-3g works well to read/write on windows.
USB printer and external hard drive work well.
Problems:
Conextant modem was a nightmare. You have to pay $20.00 for the driver :(
Lots of problems getting the modem to fax.
Computer tends to overheat. I have a program call dellfand which works well to control the fan. That is the first thing I untar after slackware install.
I was never able to get ndiswrapper to work properly. So I bought a netgear card which works beautifully.
|
|
|
|
|
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 03:40 PM.
|
|
|
LinuxQuestions.org is looking for people interested in writing
Editorials, Articles, Reviews, and more. If you'd like to contribute
content, let us know.
|
|
 Latest Threads
LQ News
LQ Podcast
LQ Radio
|
|
