Dell Inspiron 9300 + Debian
I have a few questions.
I have Debian Sarge running on my Inspiron 9300. There are no problems with the install, everything is running very smoothly (nothing I can't fix) but I am looking to basically add a few things. 1- X will not recognize my custom resolution. The reason for this is because the horizontal sync is out of range. My question here is, does anyone either know what the Hsync ranges should be on this particular model of a Dell? The display is an UltraSharp TFT ActiveMatrix 17" Widescreen. The native resolution is 1440x900. I know the proper X setup and everything, I just don't know what the hsync should be, and the Dell documentation is less than enough. 2- My touchpad. How can I get it working? I have a USB mouse that I am using at the moment, at /dev/input/mouse0. I don't know the first thing about getting my touch pad working, however. Links or instructions are appreciated. I am running: Code:
XFree86 Version 4.3.0.1 (Debian 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14 20050601051219 fabbione@fabbion$Release Date: 15 August 2003 Thank you in advance for any help. |
To configure your screen resolutoin, you may want to check out this link and look at the 5.4.2 section. I know it's from the FreeBSD docs, but it still works! About your Hsync, you may need to contact Dell and just ask them...
Debian on Dell Inspiron 9300 - found this in Google! You can find everything you need to do in there - from resolution, to hsync, to Synaptic touchpad! :D Quote:
J_K9 |
Thanks for the reply, most helpful!
The second link was useful in getting my X configured properly. However, the instructions were slightly *off* because they were using a different resolution. The solution I used was: Code:
Section "Monitor" Still wasn't able to get the touch pad working, though. upon loading X, if the touchpad is set to the CorePointer, then it can't be loaded because it can't find the device. I look through /dev/input and there is no device detected aside from mouse0, which is my USB mouse. For the multimedia keyboard (i know i didn't post this originally, but it is in the link you posted)The link you gave referenced lineak, which only has support up to the Inspiron 9100 (he apparently used the 9200 and "faked" it, but when I installed using the testing flags, there was no 9200 model, only 9100, and the revisions were to great to be able to pretend). Do you know of any other method to make hte multimedia keys function? Also, for some reason I can't seem to make my wireless connection work. But in all honesty I haven't really tried, so I'll google a bit then get back here if need be. The final problem I'm having is that my scroll wheel doens't work. My x config is "right" but it doesn't work: Code:
Section "InputDevice" |
Hmm...to tell you the truth my touchpad and scroll wheel worked out of the box (in Ubuntu), so I don't know how to fix those, but for your wireless have you checked the HCL? If it's not there, then post back stating the chipset and we'll try to help you out! As for the link, no problem! ;) Try searching Google for the other stuff, you're bound to find something about it!
J_K9 |
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josh@betsy:~$ lspci I need to install the ipw2200 module before the kernel will recognize the interface, but the source won't come up in dselect. I haven't had a chance to download the .tar and manually enter the modprobe. Thanks again EDIT: Also, I checked the HCL and the chipset is here but that still doesn't help me all that much. but, again... i havne't tried to manually download the drivers, i've only used apt-get, where the package could not be found. |
Download the .tar and do the modprobe, and see if that works...What's wrong with the HCL entry for your card? Try doing exactly the same but using apt-get instead of rpm (I don't think this will work, because they are quite remote packages, but if you've added the extra repositories you might be able to get them - worth a shot).
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J_K9 edit: Searching Google, there were quite a few results for ipw2200 deb - for example, this site has .deb packages for a few versions of ipw2200. |
Tried that, and apt-get couldn't find the module :(
i downloaded the archive from ipw2200.sf.net and followed hte readme: Code:
betsy:/home/josh/ipw2200-1.0.6# make So i downloaded and installed the IEEE80211: Code:
betsy:/home/josh/Downloads/ieee80211-1.0.3# make Thanks for all your help so far, now i'm off to bed to finish this tomorrow. You've been most helpful, thank you. It is much appreciated. |
Sorry to all for bumping old thread, but I just did a bit more research (this took a backseat for a bit because of work) and it appears as though for the wireless, one MUST use kernel version > 2.6, and I have 2.4. Not sure if this is the case for the touch pad/multimedia keyboard....b ut I haven't been able ot get those working yet either.
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trouble with the install
i am attempting to install debian on my dell inspiron 9300, using the network install disk, and it will not recognize my harddrive/controler card (PCMCIA).
what arguments can i use to facilitate this? |
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