[gentoo-user] Determining hardware on Dell Vostro 1520

[gentoo-user] Determining hardware on Dell Vostro 1520

[Yoav Luft]

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.

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

[Dale]

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

:-)  :-) 

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

[Paul Hartman]

On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 3:16 PM, Yoav Luft<yoav.luft@gmail.com> 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)?

Luckily, I think all of those (except for fingerprint reader -- no
idea about that) are very generic kinds of devices.

Bluetooth has its issues in Linux but drivers are not one of them. In
a laptop it's probably a part of the wifi card, and you've probably
got a button to turn bluetooth off and on. How to actually use the
bluetooth is another story (I still haven't gotten it to work in
KDE4). Basically enable the bluetooth stuff in kernel and emerge
"bluez"... beyond that is very dependent on what you actually intend
to use it for (wireless headphones? input devices? file transfer from
cell phone? modem? etc)

Your webcam most likely is UVC so you can use that driver (in v4l
section of kernel config).

Touchpad should work in X.org with x11-drivers/xf86-input-synaptics
package, and there are Gnome & KDE config programs for setting up all
the features.

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

[Paul Hartman]

On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 3:42 PM, Dale<rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.

Or "lspci -k" which will tell you which kernel module is in use by
each device. :)

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

[Dale]

Paul Hartman wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 3:42 PM, Dale<rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> 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:
>>> << SNIP >>
>>>
>>> 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.
>>     
>
> Or "lspci -k" which will tell you which kernel module is in use by
> each device. :)
>
>
>   

Heck with that, the output is MUCH shorter.  -v can get pretty long
sometimes. 

< Dale makes a note of this in hope he won't forget >  < Dale is not
holding his breath tho >   ;-)

Dale

:-)  :-) 

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

[Alan McKinnon]

On Thursday 20 August 2009 22:44:10 Paul Hartman wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 3:16 PM, Yoav Luft<yoav.luft@gmail.com> 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)?
>
> Luckily, I think all of those (except for fingerprint reader -- no
> idea about that) are very generic kinds of devices.

Thinkfinger deals with the fingerprint reader, the docs tell you which module 
to use. It's easy to set up and use, it's very hard to configure it *exactly* 
right - it always involves getting low down with PAM.

For instance, I have one and it logs me in fine. But I run a local IMAP server 
for my mail (to use multiple mail clients) and dovecot uses PAM auth. Every 
minute when kmail checks the inbox, dovecot (pam actually) silently waits for 
a finger swipe.

I reckoned it was much easier to unload the reader module and type a password 
once into a wallet than to deal with pam. Everyone I know has to re-learn 
everything about pam all over again every time they go near it...

-- 
alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com