Dell Inspiron M5030

Natty Narwhal 11.04

system-manufacturer (dmidecode -s system-manufacturer):

Dell Inc.

system-product-name (dmidecode -s system-product-name):

Inspiron M5030

system-version (dmidecode -s system-version):

A03

Natty Narwhal 11.04

System

Video

Audio

Input / Output

Networking

Known hardware

lshw -short

H/W path         Device       Class       Description
=====================================================
                              system      Portable Computer
/0                            bus         Inspiron M5030
/0/5                          memory      128KiB L1 cache
/0/6                          memory      512KiB L2 cache
/0/1d                         memory      3GiB System Memory
/0/1d/0                       memory      2GiB SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1333 MHz (0,8 ns)
/0/1d/1                       memory      1GiB SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1333 MHz (0,8 ns)
/0/1d/2                       memory      SODIMM [empty]
/0/0                          memory      64KiB BIOS
/0/4                          processor   AMD V160 Processor
/0/4/0                        memory      128KiB L1 cache
/0/4/1                        memory      512KiB L2 cache
/0/100                        bridge      RS880 Host Bridge
/0/100/1                      bridge      Dell
/0/100/1/5                    display     M880G [Mobility Radeon HD 4200]
/0/100/4                      bridge      RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 0)
/0/100/4/0       wlan5        network     AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)
/0/100/5                      bridge      RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 1)
/0/100/5/0       eth8         network     AR8152 v2.0 Fast Ethernet
/0/100/11        scsi0        storage     SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
/0/100/11/0      /dev/sda     disk        320GB WDC WD3200BPVT-7
/0/100/11/0/1    /dev/sda1    volume      298GiB Extended partition
/0/100/11/0/1/5  /dev/sda5    volume      29GiB Linux filesystem partition
/0/100/11/0/1/6  /dev/sda6    volume      264GiB Linux filesystem partition
/0/100/11/0/1/7  /dev/sda7    volume      4000MiB Linux swap / Solaris partition
/0/100/11/1      /dev/cdrom3  disk        DVD+-RW TS-L633J
/0/100/11/1/0    /dev/cdrom3  disk        
/0/100/12                     bus         SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller
/0/100/12.2                   bus         SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller
/0/100/13                     bus         SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller
/0/100/14                     bus         SBx00 SMBus Controller
/0/100/14.2                   multimedia  SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
/0/100/14.3                   bridge      SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 LPC host controller
/0/100/14.4                   bridge      SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge
/0/100/16                     bus         SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller
/0/100/16.2                   bus         SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller
/0/101                        bridge      Family 10h Processor HyperTransport Configuration
/0/102                        bridge      Family 10h Processor Address Map
/0/103                        bridge      Family 10h Processor DRAM Controller
/0/104                        bridge      Family 10h Processor Miscellaneous Control
/0/105                        bridge      Family 10h Processor Link Control
/1                            power       DELL JXFRP11

lsusb (without any external device)

Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0c45:6422 Microdia 
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

keycodes

Notes There is still problem with bootable disk on this laptop. Unlike with previous releases of Ubuntu, with 11.04 this PC boots, but when you choose "try without install" you get only blank screen. People on Ubuntu forum claim that you you have to pass "acpi=off" into kernel after pressing Shift at boot time. They way I did it is booted with Linux Mint 11 disk and un-TAR'ed file system from other laptop. As this is cheap laptop there are some limitation with it: * no possibility to change hard drive or RAM without opening whole laptop * no HDMI * single core CPU * low resolution web cam To get full 3D support you have to use ATI proprietary drivers through "additional drivers" As listed in report laptop doesn't suspend or hibernate. When you try to suspend or hibernate, laptop doesn't crash but after few minutes it only locks screen. It is disappointing that not everything works on this machine, because as I can read on Internet this model was also shipped with Ubuntu. I have raised bug report at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/846749 Webcam, wifi and some of FN keys work fine.

You have get used to using any F1-F12 keys, as you have to use it with Fn key. Without it they work as function keys for brightness, volume, battery information, wifi switch, external monitor switch, multimedia control. It is especially annoying when you try to use well known shortcut "Alt-F4" to close application. On this laptop you have to press "Alt-Fn-F4" to do so.