Fwd: Debian "Sarge" on DELL precision M50 laptop

[Darren Weber <darrenleeweber@gmail.com>]

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From: Darren Weber <darrenleeweber@gmail.com>
Date: Nov 13, 2005 11:50 AM
Subject: Debian "Sarge" on DELL precision M50 laptop
To: linux-precision@dell.com


I have a successful installation of Debian 3.1 rev0a "Sarge" on a DELL
precision M50 laptop.  This system has an nvidia Quadro4 700GoGL
video card.  To install the linux drivers for this card, see this
really handy web page:

http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/Debian-nVidia/installation.html

by Andrew E. Schulman, thanks Andrew!

To setup the /etc/X11/XF86config-4 file, I've used the config below
without the nvidia driver (in case you can't get the driver installed
with your kernel).  If you get the nvidia driver installed, then
comment out the "GLcore" and "dri" modules and switch to the "Nvidia
card" setup in the 'Section "Screen"'.  There are many options for
configuring the card that are not listed here (I saw a good list on the
nvidia linux mail archives somewhere).

I would really appreciate some technical specifications on the LCD
display screen.  I found some values on the net related to some
DELL LCD screen, but I can't be sure it is the screen on the DELL
precision M50 laptop.  I don't see any technical specifications on
the DELL website and I can't get them off the drivers CD that came with
the system (all of those driver files are designed for windoze). 
I would like to define the correct specifications for the monitor
section:

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier "Dell Flat Panel WXUGA"
    HorizSync 31.5-110.0
    VertRefresh 30.0-90.0
    DisplaySize 330 210
    Modeline "1600x1200" 162 1600 1984 2176 2480 1200 1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync
    Option "DPMS"
EndSection



Thanks, Darren


#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the XF86Config-4 manual page.
# (Type "man XF86Config-4" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xfree86 package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xfree86
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following commands as root:
#
#   cp /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.custom
#   md5sum /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 >/var/lib/xfree86/XF86Config-4.md5sum
#   dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86

Section "Files"
    FontPath   
"unix/:7100"            #
local font server
    # if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these
    FontPath    "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
    FontPath    "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
    FontPath    "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath    "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath    "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
    FontPath    "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID"
    FontPath    "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
    FontPath    "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
    FontPath    "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load    "GLcore"
    Load    "bitmap"
    Load    "dbe"
    Load    "ddc"
    Load    "dri"
    Load    "extmod"
    Load    "freetype"
    Load    "glx"
    Load    "int10"
    Load    "record"
    Load    "speedo"
    Load    "type1"
    Load    "vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier    "Generic Keyboard"
    Driver        "keyboard"
    Option        "CoreKeyboard"
    Option        "XkbRules"    "xfree86"
    Option        "XkbModel"    "pc104"
    Option        "XkbLayout"    "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier    "Configured Mouse"
    Driver        "mouse"
    Option        "CorePointer"
    Option        "Device"        "/dev/psaux"
    Option        "Protocol"        "PS/2"
    Option        "Emulate3Buttons"    "true"
    Option        "ZAxisMapping"        "4 5"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier    "Generic Mouse"
    Driver        "mouse"
    Option        "SendCoreEvents"    "true"
    Option        "Device"        "/dev/input/mice"
    Option        "Protocol"        "ImPS/2"
    Option        "Emulate3Buttons"    "true"
    Option        "ZAxisMapping"        "4 5"
EndSection


Section "Device"
    Identifier    "Generic Video Card"
    Driver        "nv"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier    "NVidia Card"
    Driver        "nvidia"
EndSection


Section "Monitor"
    Identifier "Dell Flat Panel WXUGA"
    HorizSync 31.5-110.0
    VertRefresh 30.0-90.0
    DisplaySize 330 210
    Modeline "1600x1200" 162 1600 1984 2176 2480 1200 1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync
    Option "DPMS"
EndSection


Section "Screen"
    Identifier    "Default Screen"
    Device        "Generic Video Card"
    Monitor        "Dell Flat Panel WXUGA"
    DefaultDepth    24
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth        1
        Modes   
    "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864"
"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth        4
        Modes   
    "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864"
"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth        8
        Modes   
    "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864"
"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth        15
        Modes   
    "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864"
"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth        16
        Modes   
    "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864"
"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth        24
        Modes   
    "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864"
"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier    "Default Layout"
    Screen        "Default Screen"
    InputDevice    "Generic Keyboard"
    InputDevice    "Configured Mouse"
    InputDevice    "Generic Mouse"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
    Mode    0666
EndSection