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# Dell Vostro 1000

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## Hardware

Device | Status | Modules
Ati Radeon Xpress | Working | fglrx (cataylst), radeon
Ethernet | Working | b44
Wireless | Working | broadcom-wl, b43, ndiswrapper
Audio | Working | snd_hda_intel
Modem | Untested |
PCMCIA Slot | Untested |
Card Reader | Working |

## Problems

### "Unknown Key Pressed"

- You may occasionally run across an error (occurring in an extremely high frequency) in your messages.log/dmesg:

     atkbd.c: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0xee on isa0060/serio0).
     atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e06e <keycode>' to make it known.

- The fix for this issue is fairly simple. Power down your dell laptop, and reseat the battery.
- Another possible cause may be due to your AC adapter being unplugged from the outlet, yet attached to the back of your laptop.
- Yet another suggested fix for the problem is updating your BIOS.. but since this is an extreme measure (found on the ubuntu forums.. so take it with a grain of salt), try the first two solutions before moving on to this potentially dangerous measure.

### High Temperature

After the installation you will see that the temperature is around 60°C (Too High). You can get the temperature through:

    cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM/temperature

or

    cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THM/temperature

This is because the CPU frequency is at full usage always... so before continuing with the install process install cpufrequtils, you can see further details on Cpufrequtils

- Note: using lm_sensors 'sensors' utility, k8temp-pci-00c3 reports much more reasonable temperatures (more along the lines of what windows reports) compared to this Virtual Thermal Zone. I have noticed no issues running without cpu scaling while on AC.

## Installation

Follow the Installation guide.

## Xorg

Follow Xorg, Touchpad Synaptics and Extra keyboard keys.

## Wireless

Follow Wireless network configuration and Broadcom wireless.

### Resume not working after suspend to RAM

To workaround this issue edit the file

    /boot/grub/menu.lst

and add the following to the kernel boot line:

    hpet=disable

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