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Dell Vostro 3700 Laptop

 

Hey everyone,

I've been monitoring this group for a while now.

Although I've been using Linux as my main OS for a year and a half (glad to be rid of Windows ;D), I have yet to learn to do any useful programing with this... I only have dabbled with some bash and sh scripting.

I am willing to test as requested. I am continually working on bettering my linux knowledge by way of installing and testing various linux distros. Thus far I've tested:
    CentOS
    Fedora
    Mandriva
    LinuxMint LXDE/Gnome/XFCE
    Lubuntu
    Ubuntu
    Xubuntu (Current OS)

Model:     Dell Vostro 3700
Processor: Intel Core i5 460M x2 Cores @ 2.53 GHz each
Video:     Integrated GMA 4500MHD
           Discrete nVidia GT 330M w/ 1GB Memory

Requested Command Information:
sudo dmidecode -s system-product-name
    Vostro 3700
sudo dmidecode -s system-version
    A10
lspci -vnnn | perl -lne 'print if /^\d+\:.+(\[\S+\:\S+\])/' | grep VGA
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0046] (rev 18) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation GT216 [GeForce GT 330M] [10de:0a29] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])

Some other info (maybe useful)) from the following commands:
lspci -v
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 18) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
    Subsystem: Dell Device 044f
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 48
    Memory at fb400000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4M]
    Memory at b0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
    I/O ports at f080 [size=8]
    Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: i915
    Kernel modules: i915
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GT216 [GeForce GT 330M] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
    Subsystem: Dell Device 044f
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
    Memory at fa000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
    Memory at c0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
    Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
    I/O ports at e000 [size=128]
    Expansion ROM at fb000000 [disabled] [size=512K]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: nouveau
    Kernel modules: nouveau, nvidiafb

sudo lshw
    description: Portable Computer
    product: Vostro 3700
    vendor: Dell Inc.
    version: A10
    serial: 3681QP1
    width: 32 bits
    capabilities: smbios-2.6 dmi-2.6 smp-1.4 smp
configuration: boot=normal chassis=portable cpus=2 uuid=44454C4C-3600-1038-8031-B3C04F515031
  *-core
       description: Motherboard
       product: 07VWR8
       vendor: Dell Inc.
       physical id: 0
       version: A10
       serial: .3681QP1.CN70166133005I.
       slot: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
     *-cpu:0
          description: CPU
          product: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU       M 460  @ 2.53GHz
          vendor: Intel Corp.
          physical id: 4
          bus info: cpu@0
          version: 6.5.5
          serial: 0002-0655-0000-0000-0000-0000
          slot: CPU 1
          size: 1197MHz
          capacity: 2793MHz
          width: 64 bits
          clock: 533MHz
capabilities: boot fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx rdtscp x86-64 constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt lahf_lm ida arat tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid cpufreq
          configuration: id=5
    *-firmware
          description: BIOS
          vendor: Dell Inc.
          physical id: 0
          version: A10 (10/25/2010)
          size: 64KiB
          capacity: 1984KiB
capabilities: mca pci upgrade shadowing escd cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb zipboot biosbootspecification
     *-pci
          description: Host bridge
          product: Core Processor DRAM Controller
          vendor: Intel Corporation
          physical id: 100
          bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
          version: 18
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
          configuration: driver=agpgart-intel
          resources: irq:0
        *-pci:0
             description: PCI bridge
             product: Core Processor PCI Express x16 Root Port
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0
             version: 18
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pm msi pciexpress normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:40 ioport:e000(size=4096) memory:fa000000-fb0fffff ioport:c0000000(size=301989888)
           *-display
                description: VGA compatible controller
                product: GT216 [GeForce GT 330M]
                vendor: nVidia Corporation
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
                version: a2
                width: 64 bits
                clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
                configuration: driver=nouveau latency=0
resources: irq:16 memory:fa000000-faffffff memory:c0000000-cfffffff memory:d0000000-d1ffffff ioport:e000(size=128) memory:fb000000-fb07ffff
        *-display
             description: VGA compatible controller
             product: Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
             version: 18
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
             configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
resources: irq:48 memory:fb400000-fb7fffff memory:b0000000-bfffffff ioport:f080(size=8)

If there is anything I can help with... please let me know.

I have not tested the acpi_call. Although will running LinuxMint 10 Gnome I did have vga_switcheroo installed, although it didn't work as far as switching off either graphics card.

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Thank you,
Johnathan

Email:		johnathan_morlock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Website:	http://www.tsgcomputers.net

Linux User ID:	498415

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