Hi, Thanks a lot for encouraging comments received. The detailed configuration is as below:
Dell Inspiron - 1520: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo Processor T7250 - 2 Ghz 2GB (2 X 1024MB) 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM 160GB SATA Hard Drive Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Combination Drive with dual layer write capabilities 9-cell 85Whr Lithium Ion Primary Battery Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945 Dual Band 802.11a/g 54Mbps Wireless Mini Card Integrated Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 Integrated 10/100 Fast Ethernet Dell(TM) Wireless 355 Bluetooth Module Integrated Stereo Sound - The sound chipset is not given but I assume it will be Intel. I shall be looking forward to further guidance. Thanks and Regards, Randhir Phagura Simon Geard wrote on Mon 07 Jan 2008: On Mon, 2008-01-07 at 02:28 +0000, randhir phagura wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Although I have been installing and using LFS/BLFS on Compaq Presario, >> I have not yet started installing it on my new Dell Inspiron. Has any >> one installed LFS on Dell Inspiron? What are the problemss to be faced >> especially for X org drivers? >> Any guiding tips would be welcome. >> Thanks & Regards >"Dell Inspiron" is a little vague - the name has been used by Dell for >at least 5 years worth of products, including ATI, nVidia, and Intel >video chips. I don't own one myself, but if you can tell us a bit more >detail, someone might be able to help you... > >Simon. On Mon 07 Jan 2008, NP :wrote: >Hello, >Built several LFS/BLFS for my Dell Inspiron 8100 laptop (i815 chipset, >i82801 bridge, nVidia NV11 GeForce2 video, ES1983S sound); last one with >Xorg 7.1. Running fine (althoug if you want video acceleration, you must >use proprietary binary driver from nVidia). > >Also implemented WiFi (with WPA-PSK) with a NetGear GA511 PCMCIA card; >working fine using ndiswrapper and the windows driver. > >Not faced any problems during the build (I have cross-built most of >these systems on a much faster desktop, just to save time). Of course, >you have to identify the components of your hardware (lspci, dmesg) and >select the corresponding kernel and xorg modules. >Enjoy ! -- >Nico / 2454472.80081 On Mon 07 Jan 2008, lists wrote: >Dell's Inspiron series of notebooks has always been Linux friendly. >3 different models of Inspiron [ 3000, 3200 and 4000 ] and only ever had >issues with the sound system, back in the 2.2 and early 2.4 kernel days. >Working with the current versions of LFS/BLFS you should be fine. [ >other than Simon's caveat about the nvidia video card if applicable ] >Jaqui _________________________________________________________________ Post free property ads on Yello Classifieds now! www.yello.in http://ss1.richmedia.in/recurl.asp?pid=219 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
