DellInspiron5100

  • Contact: LoicPefferkorn: I no longer have this laptop / ZebX / BenWilliams

  • Make: Dell
  • Brand: Inspiron
  • Model: 5100 (bios: A32 / A29 for Hoary / A32 for Dapper)
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Current Issues

Hardware details

in Hoary (current stable)?

in Breezy (current development)?

in Dapper Beta2?

Installation works?

yes

yes

yes

Hardware Information

Screen & Monitors

Device

Works?

Bug #

in Hoary (current stable)?

in Breezy (current development)?

in Dapper Beta2?

Screen

Untested

yes

yes

Correct resolution?

yes, 1024x768

yes, 1024x768

yes, 1400x1050

Correct refresh rate?

yes (lcd panel)

yes (lcd panel)

yes (lcd panel)

3D Acceleration

yes (direct rendering ok)

yes (direct rendering ok)

yes (direct rendering ok)

External monitor works?

Untested

Yes

No

External monitor - mirrors

Untested

Yes

No

External monitor - extend desktop

Untested

Untested

No

Power Management

Battery detected?

yes

yes

yes

Hibernates?

Untested

yes

No, system powers down but reboots when power button is pressed

Sleep

Untested

Untested

yes

Dim monitor on battery

Untested

no (min bright, plug out power cable, screen becomes brighter, max bright, plug out power cable -> min bright

yes

Blank monitor on inactivity

Untested

Untested

No

Lid Close

Untested

no (nothing happens)

No

Cpu frequency scaling

Untested

N/A

No

Sound

Sound works?

yes

yes

yes

Correct volume?

Untested

too high ?

yes

Hardware volume switch

Untested

N/A

Keyboard volume Fn keys work

Headphone jack

Untested

yes

yes

Mic jack

Untested

Untested

Untested

Networking

Wired NIC

Untested

yes

yes

Wireless NIC

N/A

N/A

N/A

PCMCIA NIC

Untested

N/A

yes, orinoco gold wireless nic

Firewire

N/A

N/A

N/A

Bluetooth

N/A

N/A

N/A

Modem

Untested

Untested

Untested

Infrared

N/A

N/A

N/A

Touchpad & Mice

|| Touchpad || yes || Untested || yes || ||

Touchpad - Doubletap = double click

yes

yes

yes

Touchpad - Scroll down side

no

yes

yes

External mouse - USB

yes

Untested

yes

External mouse - Serial

N/A

N/A

N/A

Docking Station/Port Replicator

AC through replicator

Untested

Untested

Untested

USB

Untested

Untested

Untested

Serial

Untested

Untested

Untested

Parallel

Untested

Untested

Untested

External Monitor - VGA

Untested

Untested

Untested

External Monitor - DVI

Untested

Untested

Untested

Modem

Untested

Untested

Untested

NIC

Untested

Untested

Untested

PS/2

Untested

Untested

Untested

Additional Hardware

Fingerprint reader

Untested

N/A

N/A

CD/DVD drive

yes

yes

yes

PCMCIA cards

yes

yes

yes

Parallel Ports

N/A

N/A

N/A

Card reader(s)

N/A

N/A

N/A

Function and other keys

Fn key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug #

in Hoary (current stable)?

in Breezy (current development)?

in Dapper Beta2?

+ Space

none

Untested

Untested

Untested

+ Esc

"Sleep mode"/mode veille

generate no keycode in xev

no

Untested

no

+ F1

none

Untested

Untested

Untested

+ F2

none

Untested

Untested

Untested

+ F3

none

Untested

Untested

Untested

+ F4

none

Untested

Untested

Untested

+ F5

none

Untested

Untested

Untested

+ F6

none

Untested

Untested

Untested

+ F7

none

Untested

Untested

| Untested

+ F8

crt/lcd

generates no keycode in xev

Untested

Untested

No

+ F9

none

Untested

Untested

Untested

Untested

+ F10

eject cdrom

generates no keycode in xev

no

Untested

yes

+ F11

verr num

77 (keysym 0xff7f, Num_Lock)

yes

Untested

yes

+ F12

scroll lock

78 (keysym 0xff14, Scroll_Lock

no

Untested

no

+ Page Up

Volume Up

No

Untested

Yes

+ Page Dn

Volume Down

No

Untested

Yes

+ End

Mute

No

Untested

Yes

+ Up Arrow

Brighten LCD

212

Yes

Untested

Yes

+ Down Arrow

Dim LCD

Yes

Untested

Yes

+ Insert

Print screen

Yes

Untested

Yes

Other special keys

Key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug #

in Hoary (current stable)?

in Breezy (current development)?

in Dapper Beta2?

Key

Untested

Untested

Untested

Notes

Lid requires some extra tweaking to get working on a 5100. The radeontool package needs to be installed, uncomment the "RADEON_LIGHT=true" line in /etc/default/acpi-support, and add the "acpi_irq_balance" option to the Ubuntu entry in GRUB.

SergioZanchetta/Old/DellInspiron5100 (last edited 2010-02-26 16:57:52 by host226-241-dynamic)