Dell Latitude E4300

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

Installation

Remember to back up the restore partition if you plan to restore it, or leave it. The Official Arch Linux Install Guide 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, Smart Card Reader 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.

pacman -S xf86-video-intel

Audio

To enable microphone and other audio stuff, you need to tell alsa what driver to load.

options snd-hda-intel model=dell-laptop

Wireless

• Broadcom: See Broadcom wireless.
• Intel wireless cards: Installing iwl-5000-ucode should do the trick.

Hotkeys

Install Xbindkeys from extra repo and place the following in ~/.xbindkeysrc This enables the volume(down,up,mute) to function properly.

~/.xbindkeysrc

#VolDown
"amixer set Master 5- unmute"
   m:0x0 + c:122
   XF86AudioLowerVolume

#VolUp
"amixer set Master 5+ unmute"
   m:0x0 + c:123
   XF86AudioRaiseVolume 

#VolMute
"amixer set Master mute"
   m:0x0 + c:121
   XF86AudioMute

Bluetooth

pacman -S bluez

If you'r running *Box and you want a nice GUI, get Blueman from community repo. Everyone else should refeer to the wiki page for Bluetooth.