Thursday, August 31, 2006

Dapper on Dell Precision M65

I'm typing this using the Ubuntu Dapper LiveCD on a Dell Precision M65.

I'm not intending to install Ubuntu on it because it is for someone else.

Quick report, the wired connection works out of the box. Wireless is installed but doesn't seem to register as a wireless connection. It is calling it an eth1 device. Network-manager (nm-applet) doesn't see it.

Here is the lspci output:
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PCI Express Graphics Port (rev 03)
0000:00:1b.0 0403: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)
0000:00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 01)
0000:00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 01)
0000:00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 01)
0000:00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 01)
0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 01)
0000:00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 01)
0000:00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 01)
0000:00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 01)
0000:00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01)
0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e1)
0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01)
0000:00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) Serial ATA Storage Controllers cc=IDE (rev 01)
0000:00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 01)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 01dc (rev a1)
0000:03:01.0 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc.: Unknown device 7135 (rev 21)
0000:03:01.4 FireWire (IEEE 1394): O2 Micro, Inc.: Unknown device 00f7 (rev 02)
0000:09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5752 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02)
0000:0c:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation: Unknown device 4222 (rev 02)

This is the device I think i think is the wireless card (lspci -vv)

0000:0c:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation: Unknown device 4222 (rev 02) Subsystem: Intel Corporation: Unknown device 1020
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 0x10 (64 bytes)
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 177
Region 0: Memory at dcfff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: <available only to root>
I'm not going to spend much time on this but I will try to use fw-cutter to see if I need to download some firmware. Although the bcm43xx driver isn't loaded.

Here is what we purchased using Dell's SKU #'s





















System Summary



















Service Tag:2J9XNB1
System Type:Dell Precision WorkStation M65
Ship Date:8/26/2006
Dell IBU:Americas




















































































































QuantityParts #Part Description
1U9625PROCESSOR, 80539, YONAH, T2400, 1.83, C0
1DF771CORD, POWER, 125, 1M, C7, 2P, DUAL, UNITED STATES
1DF266ASSEMBLY, ADAPTER, ALTERNATING CURRENT, 90W, MOBILE 2007, LEAD FREE, LITEON
1UT879KIT, SOFTWARE, OVERPACK, WXPPSP2, COMPACT DISKETTE W/DOCUMENTATION, ENGLAND/ENGLISH
1RD530CARD (CIRCUIT), WIRELESS, LEAD FREE, INTERNAL, BLUETOOTH, 350
1UC004HARD DRIVE, 60G, 9.5, 7.2K, Serial ATA, HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES, MORAGA PLUS
1RG240KIT, SOFTWARE, MCAFEE, 7, COMPACT DISK DRIVE, ENGLAND/ENGLISH
1NC293CARD (CIRCUIT), NETWORK, MINICARD, 3945ULD, DELL AMERICAS ORGANIZATION
1FD161LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY, 15.4WSXGA+, VIDEO ELEC. STDS. ASSOC., SAMSUNG
1GF120ASSEMBLY, CABLE, COAXIAL, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY, 15.4, BREWSTER/COLOMBO
1NF964BRACKET, SUPPORT, RIGHT, METAL, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY, BREWSTER/COLOMBO
1NF965BRACKET, SUPPORT, LIGHT, METAL, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY, BREWSTER/COLOMBO
1UC172KEYBOARD, 87, UNITED STATES, ENGLAND/ENGLISH, DUAL POINTING, BLACK
2Y9525DUAL IN-LINE MEMORY MODULE, 512MB, 667, 64X64, 8K, 200
1JF155ASSEMBLY, PALMREST, TOUCHPAD, STANDARD, BREWSTER/COLOMBO
1M8281KIT, SOFTWARE, OFFICE, 2K3, READYWARE RETAIL, STANDARD, ENGLAND/ENGLISH
1YC102ASSEMBLY, DVD+/-RW, 8X, IDE (INTEGRATED DRIVE ELECTRONICS), D MODULES
1NG763CASE, CARRYING, NYLON, LARGE, NOTEBOOK, JSL GROUP
1WH304KIT, DOCUMENTATON ON FLOPPY DISK, SOFTWARE, POWERDVD, 5.7
1JF242ASSEMBLY, BASE (ASSEMBLY OR GROUP), DISCRETE, 256, BREWSTER/COLOMBO
1YD623BATTERY, PRIMARY, 85W, 9C, LITHIUM, SIMPLO


Yonah CPU-Z

It looks like the laptop is using Intel's ipw3945 driver.  Everything looks like it is working but network-manager doesn't seem to like it.

1 comment:

  1. The Intel 3945 part requires a binary-only "regulatory daemon" to be running. This is a user-space program that encapsulates the logic required to limit the card to the legally allowed radio spectrum and broadcast power. It's a reasonably elegant workaround to a thorny legal problem, as it allows the kernel side of the driver to remain free software. The daemon itself, however, is not free software and must be installed by the user; Ubuntu will not ship it.

    Thanks for the lspci output. I just ordered one of these things this morning and it was nice to see a few unknowns verified. Any chance you could put up an equivalent lsusb dump?

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