Dell Inspiron N5010 - ArchWiki

# Dell Inspiron N5010

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## Intro

### Summary

### To do

- eSata test
- HDMI test

## Hardware

### Working

#### Ethernet

Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 02) Works out of the box.

#### DVDRW

ATAPI: TSSTcorp DVD+/-RW TS-L633J, D200, max UDMA/100

CD-ROM TSSTcorp DVD+-RW TS-L633J D200 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5

Using driver: scsi3-mmc

Supported extensions:

24x/24x writer dvd-ram cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray

Successfully burns both cd mediums and dvd mediums, tested using K3B 2.0.2-1.

#### Touchpad

It is using the synaptic driver.

Works ok after installing the package xf86-input-synaptics.

Todo: Needs tweaking, cause it is too anoying.

Use this script to disable the touch pad when you do not like it:

    #!/bin/bash

    if [ $(synclient -l | grep TouchpadOff | gawk -F '= ' '{ print $2 }') -eq 0 ]; then
        synclient TouchpadOff=1
    else
        synclient TouchpadOff=0
    fi

#### Wireless

Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller (rev 01) In kernel 2.6 it works out of the box, but in kernel 3.0 there is no wlan0, we have to blacklist some modules.

So open "/etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf" and append the following line:

blacklist bcma

now, reboot or restart the kernel.

When we issue iwconfig, it should now list wlan0:

    lo        no wireless extensions.

    eth0      no wireless extensions.

    wlan0     IEEE 802.11bgn  ESSID:"*******"
              Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.427 GHz  Access Point: XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
              Bit Rate=72.2 Mb/s   Tx-Power=19 dBm
              Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
              Power Management:off
              Link Quality=70/70  Signal level=-32 dBm
              Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
              Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:968   Missed beacon:0

#### Bluetooth

Both pairing, sending files and receiving files works out of the box, tested with blueman.

#### VGA

Tested on an external CRT monitor, works out of the box on KDE 4.7.

#### Graphic adapter

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5600 working out of the box.

#### Audio

Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio

#### Display

Available sizes:

    1366x768       60.0*+
    1280x720       59.9
    1152x768       59.8
    1024x768       59.9
    800x600        59.9
    848x480        59.7
    720x480        59.7
    640x480        59.4

Brightness controls work out of the box.

#### Suspending to disk (Hibernation)

works out of the box - tested on KDE 4.7

#### Suspending to ram (Sleep)

works out of the box - tested on KDE 4.7

#### Sensors

We got 3 sensors:

- radeon-pci-0100
- acpitz-virtual-0
- acpi termal zone 0 Temperature

They work out of the box.

### Partially Working

### Not Working

#### Processor frequency control

- says unsupported I think:

    :: Setting cpufreq governing rules                                                                                     [BUSY]
    grep: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu* /cpufreq/scaling_available_governors: No such file or directory, cpu 0 wrong, unknown or unhandled CPU?
    Error setting new values. Common errors:
    - Do you have proper administration rights? (super-user?)
    - Is the governor you requested available and modprobed?
    - Trying to set an invalid policy?
    - Trying to set a specific frequency, but userspace governor is not available,
      for example because of hardware which cannot be set to a specific frequency
      or because the userspace governor is not loaded?
                                              1wrong, unknown or unhandled CPU?
    Error setting new values. Common errors:
    - Do you have proper administration rights? (super-user?)
    - Is the governor you requested available and modprobed?
    - Trying to set an invalid policy?
    - Trying to set a specific frequency, but userspace governor is not available,
       for example because of hardware which cannot be set to a specific frequency
       or because the userspace governor is not loaded?
                                                2wrong, unknown or unhandled CPU?
    Error setting new values. Common errors:
    - Do you have proper administration rights? (super-user?)
    - Is the governor you requested available and modprobed?
    - Trying to set an invalid policy?
    - Trying to set a specific frequency, but userspace governor is not available,
       for example because of hardware which cannot be set to a specific frequency
       or because the userspace governor is not loaded?
                                                  3wrong, unknown or unhandled CPU?
    Error setting new values. Common errors:
    - Do you have proper administration rights? (super-user?)
    - Is the governor you requested available and modprobed?
    - Trying to set an invalid policy?
    - Trying to set a specific frequency, but userspace governor is not available,
       for example because of hardware which cannot be set to a specific frequency
       or because the userspace governor is not loaded?
                                                                                                                          [DONE]

### Unknown / Untested

#### HDMI Video

#### Redwood HDMI Audio 5600

#### eSata port

## Installation

Normal installation with no issues to report.

### Kernel

### ATI Mobility Raedon 5600

To do: Synaptic guide

### Troubleshoot

- On boot the following error is printed:

boot error message:

intel ips 0000:00:1f.6: failed to get i915 symbols, graphics turbo disabled

Workaround:

Blacklist the intel_ips module, open configuration file "/etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf" and add:

blacklist intel_ips

## Links

### General

- Archlinux bug report
- Ubuntu bug report

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