So, you have a Dell Vostro 1510, and you want to run Linux on it? Good man! Read on. Read first. If you plan on completely wiping Windows, especially read the ethernet card section before you repartition.
Handy dual booting guide
I wanted to install Ubuntu and Vista with equal parts of the hard drive. Unfortunately, Vista is smack dab in the middle of the drive, so I had to reinstall it after partitioning and installing Ubuntu. Make sure you go to Dell's website and get drivers *before* reinstalling, if you don't have a secondary internet box.
http://apcmag.com/how_to_dualboot_vista_with_linux_linux_is_already_installed.htm
Getting the Dell Wifi card to work
lspci entry:
06:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4310 USB Controller (rev 01)
This guide worked for me. The stripped down drivers did not. Just use the XP drivers in the 86mb driver bundle file Dell has on their website. bcmwl5.inf, NOT bcmwl6.inf (the latter are Vista drivers). Everything else is golden, though.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx/Feisty_No-Fluff
Getting the Ethernet card to work
from: http://www.stupent.at/2008/06/22/ubuntu-linux-on-a-dell-vostro-1510-a-review/
Giuseppe Says:
July 11th, 2008 at 09:02
Hi there, I’m currently using ubuntu 8.04. I had serious problems with the Realtek RTL8111/8168B Gigabit Ethernet controller (all packets dropped). The module name is r8169. I would like to report that I was able to fix the issue by passing the pci=nomsi parameter to the kernel at boot time. (edit /boot/grub/menu.lst)
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Additionally, I had to disable the option in Windows Vista which allowed the hardware to be disabled to conserve power.
Getting the screen brightness to work
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=5460167#post5460167
Sound dies after suspend
Gaming issues
- Savage locks up with a white screen. (Recoverable, hit ctrl-alt-f1 to switch to console and kill the process.)
- Running WarCraft III in wine and changing to 16-bit color mode causes the entire system to lock up (unrecoverable).
- Running Guild Wars makes the mouse pointer change to the game's mouse pointer and the entire system to lock up (unrecoverable).
Minor issues
- If the machine is rebooted with headphones plugged in, they must be replugged to prevent sound from coming out of the main speakers.
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