Dell Inspiron 1420

Dell Inspiron 1420 general configuration and driver information.

Kernel Configurations
Please follow the Intel Core article which provides many kernel configurations that applies to this laptop.

Multimedia Hotkeys in XFCE
To get the multimedia hotkeys to work in XFCE, follow this procedure:

Get XModMap

Type the following as root in a console :

Create a Keymap

Create a file named .Xmodmap in your home folder that contains the following :

Create a xmodmap autorun

Create a file named .Xmodmap.sh in your home folder that contains the following :

Make the script executable

Execute :

Add the script to startup

In the XFCE menu, add your .sh script autorun script ( ~/.Xmodmap.sh ).

Add effects as keyboard shortcuts

In the XFCE keyboard configuration, under the Shortcuts tab, add shortcuts toward your audio mixer or player with corresponding parameters, for example, if you use amixer :

You can add your shortcut to your prefered player.