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Dell Inspiron 1100
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2 4498 10-15-2005
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100% of reviewers $700.00 8.5
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Description: Intel P4 2.4G w/ 384M RAM
Intel Corp. 845 Graphics VGA compatible controller (shared memory)
30G HD
2-port USB Controller
Sound: AC'97 Audio Controller
Modem: Intel
Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401 100Base-T
PCMCIA: Texas Instruments PCI1510 PC card Cardbus Controller (1 slot occupied by HD)
Keywords: Dell 1100 Intel 845 Synaptics Broadcom
/sbin/lspci output: 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE/PE DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface (rev 03)
0000:00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp. 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device (rev 03)
0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 82)
0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL (ICH4/ICH4-L) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801DB (ICH4) IDE Controller (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 02)
0000:02:01.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401 100Base-T (rev 01)
0000:02:04.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1510 PC card Cardbus Controller


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Old 01-13-2005, 01:36 PM   #1
gmontjr
 
Registered: Nov 2004
Distribution: Fedora, Gentoo
Posts: 2
Thanked: 0
Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid?: $700.00 | Rating: 8

Kernel (uname -r): 2.6.9-gentoo-r9
Distribution: Fedora Core 2, then switched to Gentoo



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Fedora install went well, with the exception of the framebuffer., which needed the <A HREF="http://home.alltel.net/msdanieljax/features/845patch.tar.gz">845 patch</A> to overcome the limitations of the Dell display. The need for the patch went away with the 2.6.9 Gentoo kernel.
With Gentoo installed, I've had no problems with the laptop itself, just the usual stuff with adding a wireless pcmcia card, a USB scanner, etc.
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Old 10-15-2005, 07:18 PM   #2
cddesjar
 
Registered: Jan 2004
Distribution: Debian Sid
Posts: 125
Thanked: 0
Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 9

Kernel (uname -r): 2.6.12-1-686
Distribution: Debian Testing (But works on Slackware, Fedora, and Ubuntu as well)


As mentioned by the previous review, you'll need to get the 845patch. Get it from here http://www.chzsoft.com.ar/855patch.html
If you're running a debian system or debian-derivate, I recommend getting the RPM file and using alien to convert it to a .deb...i.e. alien *.rpm
Then invoke the patch: 845patch 16000
Then reconfigure X and give it 16000 kb where it asks for memory.
The ethernet controller works as does everything else. The only thing that doesn't work (i.e. why it doesn't get a 10) is the stupid winmodem. But hell who uses modems now a days anyways?
If you're looking for a pretty cheap computer and you want to be sure it will work on linux I strongly recommend the Dell Inspiron 1100.
I've tested in on Slackware, Fedora, Ubuntu, Knoppix, and Debian. Works great on all of these, though I've had some issues where xfree86 flickers, so upgrading to xorrg is highly recommended when running Debian and I think all the other distros are already using it in there release distributions.
There are some great websites to follow.
http://www.google.ca/search?q=dell+inspiron+1100+linux&start=0&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:unofficial
Good Luck!
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