Linux on the Dell Latitude E6400

Dethredic · 2009-07-27 17:18:05

I have hal, pm-utils and acpid installed. I can suspend/standby with terminal commands, but they don't happen when I close the lid or do Fn+F1

EDIT: powertop estimates that I will get 5.5-6.3 hours. That is with wifi, a reasonable indoor brightness, and firefox, pidgin and skype open.

Last edited by Dethredic (2009-07-27 17:23:58)

setoo · 2009-07-28 11:36:47

loudtiger wrote:

does anyone else get a speaker pop when suspending? i have HD-audio power-saving disabled but it still happens. Happened when i switched to 2.6.28.

I have the same pop sound when suspending,
it disapear if I remove the sound modules before going to sleep

so I added this in a file in /etc/pm/sleep.d/88removesoundmodules :

case $1 in
    suspend|hibernate)
    /sbin/rmmod  snd_hda_intel
    /sbin/rmmod  snd_hda_codec_idt
    /sbin/rmmod  snd_hda_codec
    /sbin/rmmod  snd_pcm_oss
    /sbin/rmmod  snd_pcm
    /sbin/rmmod  snd_seq_midi
    /sbin/rmmod  snd_seq_midi_event
    /sbin/rmmod  snd_seq
    /sbin/rmmod  snd_mixer_oss
    /sbin/rmmod  snd_page_alloc
    /sbin/rmmod  snd_rawmidi
    /sbin/rmmod  snd_seq_device
    /sbin/rmmod  snd_timer
    /sbin/rmmod  snd_hwdep
    /sbin/rmmod  snd


    ;;
    resume|thaw)
    /sbin/modprobe snd-hda-intel
    ;;
    esac

now it seems to works.. but I think it's not the good solution (now suspend fail if an app is currently using the sound module.. like kmix.. so I need to close it first )

If you have a better solution would be helpfull !

--
I am not a arch user but a debian user.. so really sorry if my post is out of subject

golwin · 2009-08-01 10:07:23

Well now I got a combined bluetooth-suspend-problem. Everytime after waking from suspend I have to run

hid2hci

again, although in /etc/rc.d/bluetooth I've got

HID2HCI_ENABLE="true"

Does anyone know where else I could find settings for this? :-)

ataraxia · 2009-08-01 20:43:03

golwin wrote:

Well now I got a combined bluetooth-suspend-problem. Everytime after waking from suspend I have to run
hid2hci
again, although in /etc/rc.d/bluetooth I've got
HID2HCI_ENABLE="true"
Does anyone know where else I could find settings for this? :-)

rc.d scripts don't get run again when waking from suspend. You should put some kind of script in /etc/pm/sleep.d to run this command for you.

sqwishy · 2009-08-16 07:46:11

Sorry to crash the thread, but I can't figure out how to do the two finger scroll thing to work.

sqwishy@nimrod ~ sudo cat /etc/hal/fdi/policy/11-x11-synaptics.fdi
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
        <device>
                <match key="info.product" string="AlpsPS/2 ALPS DualPoint TouchPad">
                        <merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">synaptics</merge>
                        <merge key="input.x11_options.VertTwoFingerScroll" type="string">1</merge>
                        <merge key="input.x11_options.HorizTwoFingerScroll" type="string">1</merge>
                        <merge key="input.x11_options.EmulateTwoFingerMinZ" type="string">90</merge>
                </match>
                <match key="info.product" string="DualPoint Stick">
                        <merge key="input.x11_options.EmulateWheel" type="string">true</merge>
                        <merge key="input.x11_options.EmulateWheelButton" type="string">2</merge>
                        <merge key="input.x11_options.EmulateWheelTimeout" type="string">200</merge>
                </match>
                <match key="input.x11_driver" string="synaptics">
                        <merge key="input.x11_options.SHMConfig" type="string">True</merge>
                </match>
        </device>
</deviceinfo>

Synaptics is loading and I can run synclient. But my xorg seems to indicates it isn't loading the settings from my hal file.

sqwishy@nimrod ~ sudo cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep -i alps      
(II) config/hal: Adding input device AlpsPS/2 ALPS DualPoint TouchPad
(II) AlpsPS/2 ALPS DualPoint TouchPad: x-axis range 0 - 1023
(II) AlpsPS/2 ALPS DualPoint TouchPad: y-axis range 0 - 767
(II) AlpsPS/2 ALPS DualPoint TouchPad: pressure range 0 - 127
(II) AlpsPS/2 ALPS DualPoint TouchPad: finger width range 0 - 0
(II) AlpsPS/2 ALPS DualPoint TouchPad: buttons: left right middle
(--) AlpsPS/2 ALPS DualPoint TouchPad: touchpad found
(**) AlpsPS/2 ALPS DualPoint TouchPad: always reports core events
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "AlpsPS/2 ALPS DualPoint TouchPad" (type: TOUCHPAD)
(**) AlpsPS/2 ALPS DualPoint TouchPad: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
(**) AlpsPS/2 ALPS DualPoint TouchPad: (accel) filter chain progression: 2.00
(**) AlpsPS/2 ALPS DualPoint TouchPad: (accel) filter stage 0: 20.00 ms
(**) AlpsPS/2 ALPS DualPoint TouchPad: (accel) set acceleration profile 0
(--) AlpsPS/2 ALPS DualPoint TouchPad: touchpad found

Also, xf86-input-synaptics is installed. How did everyone here get their touchpad working nicely so easliy?

hightower · 2009-09-16 17:29:08

Hi,

as you can read in the comments to the bug report concerning the popping problem, the issue is fixed with the latest changes in the sound.git tree. This tree incorporates kernel 2.6.31. I compiled and tested this tree and can confirm that the pop has vanished. So powersave and suspending work as they should.

Hopefully these changes make it into 2.6.32

hightower

Last edited by hightower (2009-09-16 17:29:55)

loudtiger · 2009-09-17 05:03:59

hightower wrote:

Hi,
as you can read in the comments to the bug report concerning the popping problem, the issue is fixed with the latest changes in the sound.git tree. This tree incorporates kernel 2.6.31. I compiled and tested this tree and can confirm that the pop has vanished. So powersave and suspending work as they should.
Hopefully these changes make it into 2.6.32
hightower

awesome, that's good to hear (pun intended).

does anyone know how to get the console to show up on an external VGA monitor? i'm blind until i get into X. the buttons for switching the display don't seem to work until after X (i thought they might be a hardware thing but I guess not). i know it defaults to the external screen if it's on the dock. i may just break down and get it.

jeepee · 2009-09-17 19:27:48

golwin wrote:

Well now I got a combined bluetooth-suspend-problem. Everytime after waking from suspend I have to run
hid2hci
again, although in /etc/rc.d/bluetooth I've got
HID2HCI_ENABLE="true"
Does anyone know where else I could find settings for this? :-)

Put it in /etc/conf.d/bluetooth:

DAEMON_ENABLE="true"
HID2HCI_ENABLE="true"
#...

golwin · 2009-09-17 20:31:02

jeepee wrote:

Put it in /etc/conf.d/bluetooth:
DAEMON_ENABLE="true"
HID2HCI_ENABLE="true"
#...

It's already in there but doesn't help.

@ataraxia: Thx, I'll give it a try :-)

jeepee · 2009-09-17 21:08:14

Noticed the "/etc/conf.d/bluetooth" instead of yours "/etc/rc.d/bluetooth"?

Maybe I don't fully get your problem, it works for me when I want to :-p I'll have a look at my bluetooth after suspend.

Last edited by jeepee (2009-09-17 21:10:29)

golwin · 2009-09-18 13:28:58

jeepee wrote:

Noticed the "/etc/conf.d/bluetooth" instead of yours "/etc/rc.d/bluetooth"?

Yes, I noticed that :-)

Anyway: I switched from Xfce to Awesome and suddenly the problem seems to be gone

jeepee · 2009-09-18 19:38:21

And suddenly problems appeared at my side. When I run "hid2hci" it succeeds, but I get following error in dmesg:

usb 2-1.2: usbfs: process 4955 (hid2hci) did not claim interface 0 before use

The gnome-bluetooth applet won't appear either...

Edit:
Solved, the message doesn't matter and the applet has returned.
Had some fun fiddling with bluetooth headset. Works with pulseaudio, but only after alsa has initialized the connection for a2dp . Other difference: pulseaudio only gives telephone-quality, while alsa supports a2dp.

Last edited by jeepee (2009-09-18 22:13:20)

golwin · 2009-10-17 08:42:41

Bluetooth again...

Several system updates later I rebooted an now there is no hci-device after resuming from suspend. I've still got HID2HCI="true" in rc.d/bluetooth and conf.d/bluetooth.

New (and strange to me):

$ hid2hci 

ERROR: Vendor ID, Product ID, and Switching Method must all be defined.

Usage:
    hid2hci [options]

Options:
    -h, --help           Display help
    -q, --quiet          Don't display any messages
    -r, --mode=          Mode to switch to [hid, hci]
    -v, --vendor=        Vendor ID to act upon
    -p, --product=       Product ID to act upon
    -m, --method=        Method to use to switch [csr, logitech, dell]

So I tried to find my device:

$lsusb
...
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0a5c:4500 Broadcom Corp. BCM2046B1 USB 2.0 Hub (part of BCM2046 Bluetooth)

That's the closest I get. Unfortunately the BCM2046 Bluetooth itself doesn't appear in the list, so I cannot feed the information to hid2hci.

Any ideas anyone?

Ah btw: I works all fine after rebooting. The problem only occurs after suspending (I'm now using pm-suspend).

edit: Problem gone. Although I don't really know why und when Oo

Last edited by golwin (2009-10-22 09:35:39)

mcanes · 2009-10-24 13:03:12

Any body know how to active the free fall sensor of the HDD?
I can't use the HDAPS module because "I think" that i don't have the driver support for this sensor.
Any idea if the free fall sensor is supported ?

jeepee · 2009-11-30 23:10:54

In reply to Golwin's problem with hid2hci: I had the same problem, and found the solution elsewhere on this forum.

Add the following code to /etc/udev/rules.d/97-bluetooth-hid2hci.rules

#broadcom
ACTION=="add", ENV{ID_VENDOR}=="0a5c", ENV{ID_MODEL}=="4500" RUN+="/usr/sbin/hid2hci -v $env{ID_VENDOR} -p $env{ID_MODEL} --mode hci"

loudtiger · 2009-12-04 21:39:46

here's a preliminary fix on the touchpad deal:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sour … mments=all

i just compiled it and it seems to not lose sync anymore, but i'll need to use it more to know for sure.

MkFly · 2010-01-16 09:21:36

Overall, how is the touchpad? I've been hearing very bad things about the Latitude E6400 touchpad (jerky, imprecise, etc.), on Windows and Linux, suggesting it's a hardware issue.

Can I do tap-to-click with it? Can I use the vertical scroll-zone?

Last edited by MkFly (2010-01-16 09:32:41)

loudtiger · 2010-01-16 19:22:27

without the patch, poor. it skips around and sometimes the buttons get "stuck" (not physically, but the computer thinks it is). these issues are mitigated by the Alps driver in Windows.

Yes, tap to click works, and the scroll zones work. It's just a bit quirky.

MkFly · 2010-01-17 08:39:45

loudtiger wrote:

without the patch, poor. it skips around and sometimes the buttons get "stuck" (not physically, but the computer thinks it is). these issues are mitigated by the Alps driver in Windows.
Yes, tap to click works, and the scroll zones work. It's just a bit quirky.

How is it so far with that patch? Is everything working as expected without "quirkiness?"

I'd hate to buy an E6400 and be annoyed by something simple like the touchpad.

Also, is it possible to disable the trackpoint but leave the touchpad enabled? Or even just disable them both (in case I want to use an external mouse).

Elvish Legion · 2010-05-10 13:24:42

Bumping this to see if there is any updates on this thread. Specifically the Smartcard reader

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