DellLatitudeD810

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I ask all the D810 users to consult me by e-mail, before editing this wiki page!

Current Issues

Breezy

For the ATI 8.18.6 driver there is a HOWTO wich works flawlessly on the D810 so you can enable 3D acceleration. Hopefully another HOWTO will appear in the near future wich will tell us what to do for the 8.18.8 drivers.

Hibernate with the docking station is working fine, however after restoring the USB devices are not recognised. (Thanks to Per Arne Nilssen) [http://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=14877 #14877]

Touchpad scrolldown side can be enabled following this forum post: [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=78904&highlight=ALPS Howto]

  • First of all you must do this: cat /proc/bus/input/devices, then you get something like this:
  • I: Bus=0011 Vendor=0002 Product=0008 Version=6337
  • N: Name="AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint"

  • P: Phys=isa0060/serio1/input0
  • H: Handlers=mouse1 event2 ts2
  • B: EV=f
  • B: KEY=420 0 70000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  • B: REL=3
  • B: ABS=1000003

Search for the "H: Handlers=mouse1 event2 ts2" and append your /etc/X11/xorg.conf like this:

  • Section "InputDevice"

  • Identifier "ALPS"
  • Driver "synaptics"
  • Option "AlwaysCore"

  • Option "Device" "/dev/input/event2"
  • Option "Protocol" "event"

NOTE THE "/dev/input/event2" LINE, THAT'S THE KEY TO THE SUCCESS. If you did everything in the howto above, restart X and try the scrolling. You can adjust the scrolling area of the touchpad in xorg.conf, refer to the forum Howto above.

Dapper

Hardware details

in Breezy

in Dapper (current development)?

Installation works?

Yes

Yes

Hardware Information

Screen & Monitors

Device

Works?

Bug #

in Breezy

in Dapper (current development)

Screen

Yes

Yes

Correct resolution?

Yes

Yes

Correct refresh rate?

Yes

Yes

3D Acceleration

No

No

External monitor works?

Yes

Yes

External monitor - mirrors

Yes

Yes

External monitor - extend desktop

No

No

Power Management

Battery detected?

Yes

Yes

Hibernates?

Yes, but without hotkeys

No

[https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+bug/29358 #29358]

Sleep

Yes

Yes

Dim monitor on battery

Yes

Yes

Blank monitor on inactivity

Yes

Yes

Lid Close

Yes

Yes

Cpu frequency scaling

Yes

Yes

Sound

Sound works?

Yes

Yes

Correct volume?

Yes

Yes

Hardware volume switch

Yes

Yes

Headphone jack

Yes

Yes

Mic jack

Yes

Yes

Networking

Wired NIC

Yes

Yes

Wireless NIC

Yes

Yes

PCMCIA NIC

Untested, don't have a hardware to test it

Untested

Firewire

N/A

N/A

Bluetooth

N/A, on Bluetooth models it's working (added by Nikratio)

N/A

Modem

No (proprietary driver)

No

Infrared

Yes

Untested

Touchpad & Mice

Touchpad

Yes

Yes

Touchpad - Doubletap = double click

Yes

Yes

Touchpad - Scroll down side

Yes, with a little tweeking (see above)

No (needs tweaking, see above)

External mouse - USB

Yes

Yes

External mouse - Serial

Untested, don't have a hardware to test it

Untested

Trackpoint

Yes

Yes

Docking Station/Port Replicator

AC through replicator

Yes, thanks to Per Arne Nilssen

Untested

USB

Yes, thanks to Per Arne Nilssen

Untested

Serial

Untested

Untested

Parallel

Untested

Untested

External Monitor - VGA

Yes, thanks to Per Arne Nilssen

Untested

External Monitor - DVI

No, Boot messages ok, GDM "black" screen. Thanks for Per Arne Nillsen

Untested

Modem

Untested, the manufacturer doesn't provide drivers

No

NIC

Yes, thanks to Per Arne Nilssen

Untested

PS/2

Yes, thanks to Per Arne Nilssen

Untested

Additional Hardware

Fingerprint reader

N/A

N/A

CD/DVD drive

Yes

Yes

PCMCIA cards

Untested, don't have a hardware to test it

Untested

Parallel Ports

N/A

N/A

Card reader(s)

Untested, don't have a hardware to test it

Untested

Function and other keys

Fn key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug #

in Breezy

in Dapper (current development)?

+ Esc

Stand by

none

Yes

Yes

+ F1

Hibernate

none

No

No

+ F2

Togle wireless

none

Yes, but the Led doesn't light up

Yes, but the Led doesn't light up

+ F3

Battery

none

No

No

+ F8

CRT/LCD

none

No

No

+ F10

Eject CD/DVD

none

No

Yes

Other special keys

Key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug #

in Breezy

in Dapper (current development)?

+ End

Mute

160

Yes

Yes

+ Page Up

Volume increase

176

Yes

Yes

+ Page Down

Volume decrease

174

Yes

Yes

+ Up Arrow

Contrast increase

none

Yes

Yes

+ Down Arrow

Contrast decrease

none

Yes

Yes

Notes

Per Arne Nilssen from Norway also helps me with his D810 machine. His his laptop has better specs than mine, and he also has a docking station, so many thanks to him!

My hardware specs:

  • Intel Pentium-M 1.6Ghz processor
  • ATI Mobility Radeon X300 graphics card
  • 40GB Harddisk
  • 256MB 400MHZ DDR Ram
  • DVD-ROM
  • 15", WXGA (1280x800) screen
  • Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Wi-Fi network controller (rev 05)
  • Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5751 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 01)

  • Texas Instruments Smartcard Reader (Unknow device 8083 by lspci)


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