First the basic hardware specs:
| Processor / Cache / Bus | 2.16 GHz, 2 MB L2 cache, 667 MHz FSB |
| Screen | 17″ UltraSharp Wide Screen WUXGA (1920 x 1200) Display |
| Drive | 100GB (7,200 rpm) SATA Hard Drive |
| DVD | Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Drive |
| Graphics | 256MB NVIDIA GeForce7800 Go graphics card, PCI- Express x16 |
| Sound | Intel High Definition Audio: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) |
| WLAN | Intel ipw3945 |
Installation:
The installation worked out of the box for all main features.
Problems and Solutions
| Display |
to get high-resolution and 3D support use nvidia’s latest driver:
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| Sound |
Did not work at all;Download latest alsa driver, libs and utilities: currently everything works except the microphone; update soon UPDATE: update to Suse 10.1 (includes newer alsa version) solves the problem |
| WLAN |
There is a intel based public project at sourcefourge:
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| Card-Reader |
There is a multi-card reader: does not work so far; did notinvestigate mor time so far. |
| PC-Card Type II | Due to the lack of an appropriate card, I could not test it |
| java - update Suse 10.0 -> 10.1 | The links in /etc/alternatives directory to the jce policies are wrong. Simply replace the wrong dir names of the java directory by the correct ones of your system. |
update: Installation of ubuntu on the same machine ubuntu 8.04 on Inspiron
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