DellInspiron9100
* Contact: Eric Krichinsky, JeremyBoyd or Xorax
- Make: Dell
- Brand: Inspiron
- Model: 9100
- Website:
- S/N:
- Kernel: 2.6.17-10-generic
Current Issues
- need better driver for video card, works as ATI Mobility 9600 but card is 9700 which has more features. With ATI 9800, the x-server will cause a bad crash on system. See note.
internal wireless card not detected Dell TrueMobile
- 3D Acceleration enabled with current ATI drivers (as of 30 feb 2006)
- Recovery from sleep doesn't reactivate screen (OK with last ATI driver)
- Hardware audio controls work (control PCM), but mute button does not
Hardware details
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in Hoary? |
in Breezy? |
in Edgy (current stable)? |
Installation works? |
Untested |
Yes |
Yes |
See notes for installation if you have the graphic card ATI Mobility Radeon 9800.
Hardware Information |
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Screen & Monitors |
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Device |
Works? |
Bug # |
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in Hoary? |
in Breezy? |
in Edgy (current stable)? |
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Screen |
Untested |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Correct resolution? |
Untested |
Yes |
Yes |
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Correct refresh rate? |
Untested |
Yes |
Yes |
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3D Acceleration |
Untested |
No |
Yes |
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External monitor works? |
Untested |
No |
Untested |
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External monitor - mirrors |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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External monitor - extend desktop |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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Power Management |
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Battery detected? |
Untested |
Yes |
Yes |
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Hibernates? |
Untested |
Untested |
Yes |
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Sleep |
Untested |
Untested |
Yes |
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Dim monitor on battery |
Untested |
Yes |
No |
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Blank monitor on inactivity |
Untested |
Untested |
Yes |
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Lid Close |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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Cpu frequency scaling |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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Sound |
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Sound works? |
Untested |
Yes |
Yes |
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Correct volume? |
Untested |
Yes |
Yes |
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Hardware volume switch |
Untested |
No |
Yes |
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Headphone jack |
Untested |
Yes |
Yes |
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Mic jack |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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Woofer |
Untested |
Untested |
Yes |
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Networking |
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Wired NIC |
Untested |
Yes |
Untested |
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Wireless NIC |
Untested |
No |
Untested |
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PCMCIA NIC |
Untested |
Untested |
No |
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Firewire |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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Bluetooth |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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Modem |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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Infrared |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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Touchpad & Mice |
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Touchpad |
Untested |
Yes |
Yes |
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Touchpad - Doubletap = double click |
Untested |
Yes |
Yes |
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Touchpad - Scroll down side |
Untested |
No |
Yes |
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External mouse - USB |
Untested |
Yes |
Yes |
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External mouse - Serial |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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Docking Station/Port Replicator |
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AC through replicator |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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USB |
Untested |
Untested |
Yes |
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Serial |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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Parallel |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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External Monitor - VGA |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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External Monitor - DVI |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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Modem |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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NIC |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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PS/2 |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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Additional Hardware |
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Fingerprint reader |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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CD/DVD drive |
Untested |
Yes |
Yes |
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PCMCIA cards |
Untested |
Yes |
Yes |
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Parallel Ports |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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Card reader(s) |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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Function and other keys |
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Fn key |
Operation |
Keycode |
Works? |
Bug # |
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in Hoary? |
in Breezy? |
in Edgy (current stable?) |
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+ Space |
None apparent |
|
Untested |
Yes |
Untested |
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+ Esc |
Sleep |
|
Untested |
Yes |
Yes |
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+ F1 |
None |
|
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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+ F2 |
Toggle wireless |
|
Untested |
Untested |
No |
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+ F3 |
Show battery |
|
Untested |
Untested |
Yes |
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+ F4 |
None |
|
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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+ F5 |
None |
|
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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+ F6 |
None |
|
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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+ F7 |
None |
|
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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+ F8 |
Toggle external display |
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Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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+ F9 |
None |
|
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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+ F10 |
Eject optical tray |
|
Untested |
Untested |
Yes |
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+ F11 |
None |
|
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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+ F12 |
None |
|
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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Notes
With the ATI Mobility Radeon 9800 graphic card, you could not launch the x-server because the default driver is unfunctionnal with it. So you could not launch Live-CD for installation. You must install Ubuntu with the Alternate CD and run in recovery mode for installed the proprietary driver fglrx or last official ATI driver.
LaptopTestingTeam/Old/DellInspiron9100 (last edited 2010-02-24 14:45:02 by host58-172-dynamic)