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On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 3:16 PM, Yoav Luft<yoav.luft@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> I got a Dell Vostro 1520 laptop as a present, and I am trying to build |
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> a kernel for it. I can't determine what hardware I've got on it, since |
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> the specs (http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/vos1520/en/SM/specs.htm) |
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> say it could be installed in a few different configurations. What |
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> drivers do I need the bluetooth (connected by a mini-card, don't know |
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> what it means), touchpad, camera and fingerprint (if there are any, of |
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> course)? |
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Luckily, I think all of those (except for fingerprint reader -- no |
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idea about that) are very generic kinds of devices. |
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Bluetooth has its issues in Linux but drivers are not one of them. In |
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a laptop it's probably a part of the wifi card, and you've probably |
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got a button to turn bluetooth off and on. How to actually use the |
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bluetooth is another story (I still haven't gotten it to work in |
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KDE4). Basically enable the bluetooth stuff in kernel and emerge |
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"bluez"... beyond that is very dependent on what you actually intend |
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to use it for (wireless headphones? input devices? file transfer from |
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cell phone? modem? etc) |
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Your webcam most likely is UVC so you can use that driver (in v4l |
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section of kernel config). |
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Touchpad should work in X.org with x11-drivers/xf86-input-synaptics |
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package, and there are Gnome & KDE config programs for setting up all |
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the features. |
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