Re: [gentoo-user] Determining hardware on Dell Vostro 1520

[Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>]

Yoav Luft wrote:
> Hi,
> I got a Dell Vostro 1520 laptop as a present, and I am trying to build
> a kernel for it. I can't determine what hardware I've got on it, since
> the specs (http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/vos1520/en/SM/specs.htm)
> say it could be installed in a few different configurations. What
> drivers do I need the bluetooth (connected by a mini-card, don't know
> what it means), touchpad, camera and fingerprint (if there are any, of
> course)?
> I tried 'lspci', it gave me no clue regarding the above hardware and
> is as follow:
>  00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Unknown device 2a40 (rev 07)
> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Unknown device
> 2a42 (rev 07)
> 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Unknown device 2a43 (rev 07)
> 00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
> 00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
> 00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 03)
> 00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
> 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
> 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
> 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
> 00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation PCI Express Port 3 (rev 03)
> 00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation PCI Express Port 4 (rev 03)
> 00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation PCI Express Port 5 (rev 03)
> 00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation PCI Express Port 6 (rev 03)
> 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
> 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
> 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
> 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
> 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93)
> 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Unknown device 2919 (rev 03)
> 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Mobile SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03)
> 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation SMBus Controller (rev 03)
> 08:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
> RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 03)
> 0e:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4310 USB Controller (rev 01)
> 1a:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): O2 Micro, Inc. Unknown device 10f7 (rev 01)
> 1a:00.1 Class 0805: O2 Micro, Inc. Unknown device 8120 (rev 01)
> 1a:00.2 Mass storage controller: O2 Micro, Inc. Unknown device 8130 (rev 01)
>
> any help would be appreciated.
>
>
>   

Try the command lspci -v from the install CD and see what drivers the CD
uses.  That is assuming you can boot the CD and it works  of course.

If the output is to large, most likely it will be, try this:  lspci -v |
less .  You can replace less with more if you prefer. 

Hope that helps.

Dale

:-)  :-)