Dell Latitude E4300

= Introduction = This article will tell you how to get the basic components of the laptop running with Gentoo.

= Installation = Remember to back up the restore partition if you plan to restore it, or leave it. The Handbook should get you running without a problem. = Hardware = The Dell E4300 comes with the following hardware:
 * CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo SP9300 (2.26GHz) or SP9400 (2.40GHz)
 * Screen size: 13.3" TFT WXGA WLEDMonitor (1280x800)
 * Memory: 2GB DDR3-1066MHz SDRAM SO-DIMM
 * Audio: Intel G45 DEVCTG
 * Video: Intel x4500MHD
 * Wireless: Dell Wireless 1397, Dell Wireless 1510, Intel® WiFi Link 5100, Intel WiFi Link 5300
 * Harddisk: 80GB or 160GB 5200rpm, 160GB or 250GB 7200RPM w/free-fall sensor
 * Battery: 6 cell (60Whr) or
 * Optional: Modem, Bluetooth, Webcam, SSD, and WWAN card

[serrghi@arch ~ ]lspci -nn 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub [8086:2a40] (rev 07) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a42] 00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a43] 00:19.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82567LM Gigabit Network Connection [8086:10f5] (rev 03) 00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:2937] (rev 03) 00:1a.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 [8086:2938] (rev 03) 00:1a.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 [8086:2939] (rev 03) 00:1a.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 [8086:293c] (rev 03) 00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller [8086:293e] (rev 03) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:2940] (rev 03) 00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 [8086:2942] (rev 03) 00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 4 [8086:2946] (rev 03) 00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:2934] (rev 03) 00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:2935] (rev 03) 00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:2936] (rev 03) 00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 [8086:293a] (rev 03) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev 93) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation ICH9M-E LPC Interface Controller [8086:2917] (rev 03) 00:1f.2 RAID bus controller [0104]: Intel Corporation Mobile 82801 SATA RAID Controller [8086:282a] (rev 03) 00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:2930] (rev 03) 02:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller [1180:0832] (rev 05) 02:01.1 SD Host controller [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter [1180:0822] (rev 22) 0c:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4322 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:432b] (rev 01)

[serrghi@arch ~ ]cat /proc/cpuinfo processor	: 0 vendor_id	: GenuineIntel cpu family	: 6 model		: 23 model name	: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU    P9300  @ 2.26GHz stepping	: 6 cpu MHz	: 800.000 cache size	: 6144 KB physical id	: 0 siblings	: 2 core id	: 0 cpu cores	: 2 apicid		: 0 initial apicid	: 0 fpu		: yes fpu_exception	: yes cpuid level	: 10 wp		: yes flags		: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm sse4_1 lahf_lm tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority bogomips	: 4523.36 clflush size	: 64 cache_alignment: 64 address sizes	: 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: processor	: 1 vendor_id	: GenuineIntel cpu family	: 6 model		: 23 model name	: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU    P9300  @ 2.26GHz stepping	: 6 cpu MHz		: 800.000 cache size	: 6144 KB physical id	: 0 siblings	: 2 core id		: 1 cpu cores	: 2 apicid		: 1 initial apicid	: 1 fpu		: yes fpu_exception	: yes cpuid level	: 10 wp		: yes flags		: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm sse4_1 lahf_lm tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority bogomips	: 4523.40 clflush size	: 64 cache_alignment	: 64 address sizes	: 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management:

= Configuration =

Video
The laptop comes with integrated Intel graphics. xf86-video-intel Also do not forget to enable the I915 module and KMS_HELPER in kernel:

CONFIG_AGP=y CONFIG_AGP_INTEL=y CONFIG_DRM=y CONFIG_DRM_KMS_HELPER=m CONFIG_DRM_I915=m CONFIG_DRM_I915_KMS=y

Dell
If you have the Dell wireless card you need to You also need to blacklist the following modules And you also need to load the following modules:
 * b43
 * b44
 * ssb
 * lib80211
 * wl

If you've done this correctly, a new interface should pop up in ifconfig(most likely eth1). The next step is to rename the interface to wlan0. This is done using

For more information about this driver please look at

Intel
If you have the Intel wireless cards, then installing iwl-5000-ucode should do the trick.

Touchpad
Configuring the touchpad (disable tapping, scrolling, etc) requires the SHMConfig variable to be enabled. The gsynaptics configuration tool will complain if it isn't. The guides Googling give you do not work, since they set options for Synaptics touchpads, while the E4300 actually has an Alps touchpad. Put the following in /etc/hal/fdi/policy/shmconfig.fdi to enable SHMConfig. You need to reboot after that.

Hotkeys
Install XBindkeys and place the following in ~/.xbindkeysrc This enables the volume(down,up,mute) to function properly.

Bluetooth
emerge bluez If you'r running *Box and you want a nice GUI, get net-wireless/blueman. Everyone else should refeer to the wiki page for Bluetooth.

ACPI
You need to enable "Deprecated power /proc/acpi directories" (CONFIG_ACPI_PROCFS_POWER). Otherwise the ACPI functions will not work.

SmartCard reader
Have a look at Dell Latitude E6x00

Upgrading BIOS
I used [this method] to upgrade to A24 (E4300A24.EXE -- latest as of 2012-09-18). Everything looked fine except the screen will flicker crazy after waking up from sleep. This flickering would not stop until a reboot. Reproduced the problem with OpenSUSE 12.2. Not available on the Dell website anymore, but I was able to revert to A19 because I had it on my harddisk from the previous upgrade.

Just in case, I found but not tested [this alternate method].