Dell Latitude E6520

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Specifications

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Name	Dell Latitude E6520
Processor	Intel® CoreTM i7 (2720QM, 2620M) Intel® CoreTM i5 (2540M, 2520M, 2410M) Intel® CoreTM i3 (2310M)
Screen	15.6” 1366×768 or 1600×900 or 1920×1080 Widescreen
RAM	Up to 8GB
HDD	up to 500GB
Optical Drive	DVD+-RW
Graphics	Intel® HD Graphics 3000 NVIDIA® NVSTM 4200M
Network	10/100/1000 Ethernet Intel® Centrino® Advanced-N 6205 Intel® Centrino® Ultimate-N 6300 Dell Wireless 1501 (802.11 b/g/n 1×1) Dell Wireless 1530 (802.11 a/g/n 2×2)

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Discussion

milan, 2012/05/14 18:38

I've installed Debian Squeeze and I have added the backports. Everything works out of box.

Milan, 2011/12/28 12:11

I have tested Lubuntu 11.10 and everything works out of box.

Milan, 2011/12/28 00:27

I have fixed the problem about vertical scrolling. The solution is here:
http://wiki.debian.org/SynapticsTouchpad

I edited the file 50-synaptics in /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d by adding this:
Section “InputClass”

      Identifier      "Touchpad"                      # required
      MatchIsTouchpad "yes"                           # required
      Driver          "synaptics"                     # required
      Option          "MinSpeed"              "0.5"
      Option          "MaxSpeed"              "1.0"
      Option          "AccelFactor"           "0.075"
      Option          "TapButton1"            "1"
      Option          "TapButton2"            "2"     # multitouch
      Option          "TapButton3"            "3"     # multitouch
      Option          "VertTwoFingerScroll"   "1"     # multitouch
      Option          "HorizTwoFingerScroll"  "1"     # multitouch
      Option          "VertEdgeScroll"        "1"
      Option          "CoastingSpeed"         "8"
      Option          "CornerCoasting"        "1"
      Option          "CircularScrolling"     "1"
      Option          "CircScrollTrigger"     "7"
      Option          "EdgeMotionUseAlways"   "1"
      Option          "LBCornerButton"        "8"     # browser "back" btn
      Option          "RBCornerButton"        "9"     # browser "forward" btn

EndSection

instead of this:

Section “InputClass”

      Identifier "touchpad catchall"
      Driver "synaptics"
      MatchIsTouchpad "on"

# This option is recommend on all Linux systems using evdev, but cannot be
# enabled by default. See the following link for details:
# http://who-t.blogspot.com/2010/11/how-to-ignore-configuration-errors.html
# MatchDevicePath ”/dev/input/event*”
EndSection

Milan, 2011/12/27 22:48

I've got recently a Dell E6520. I have installed wheezy and almost everything works out of box i.e ethernet card, wireless n6300 card, SD card reader, dvi output, HDMI output, CD/DVD device, the wifi switch. I am using the kernel 3.1.0-1-686-pae.

However, the touchpad is recongnized as a simple PS/mouse device and therefore the scrolling is not available. The hotkeys for increasing or decreasing the screen brightness work well but the others hotkeys don't work. I still haven't fixed those problems.

I have installed LXDE and some softwares that I use for my studies. The PC is really fast and agreable to use. I'm really satisfied.

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