Dell Inspiron n4010 and Linux

Question

I have just purchased Dell Inspiron n4010 and installed RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.3 on it. After installing I have found that there are some hardware (including VGA, Ethernet, Wireless and more) which is not supported by RHEL 5.3. I have used "lspci" command and found the following output

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Unknown device 0044 (rev 12)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Unknown device 0046 (rev 12)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak HECI Controller (rev 06)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak High Definition Audio (rev 06)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 06)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev 06)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak PCI Express Root Port 6 (rev 06)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev a6)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak LPC Interface Controller (rev 06)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak 6 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 06)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak SMBus Controller (rev 06)
00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak Thermal Subsystem (rev 06)
03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation Unknown device 4727 (rev 01)
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Attansic Technology Corp. Unknown device 2060 (rev c1)
ff:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Unknown device 2c62 (rev 02)
ff:00.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Unknown device 2d01 (rev 02)
ff:02.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Unknown device 2d10 (rev 02)
ff:02.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Unknown device 2d11 (rev 02)
ff:02.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Unknown device 2d12 (rev 02)
ff:02.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Unknown device 2d13 (rev 02)

I have also visited to dell download center for drivers/help for this but not found :(.

Please help me on this ASAP.

Regards

Sunil KC
from NEPAL

sunilskc · Answer

Best would be to contact RedHat - which will probably tell you to upgrade to Version 6.

But final version of RedHat Enterprise Linux 6 is not released yet and I don't want to install beta version if possible.

ejn63 · Answer

Best would be to contact RedHat - which will probably tell you to upgrade to Version 6.

ieee488 · Answer

I have just purchased Dell Inspiron n4010 and installed RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.3 on it. After installing I have found that there are some hardware (including VGA, Ethernet, Wireless and more) which is not supported by RHEL 5.3. I have used "lspci" command and found the following output

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Unknown device 0044 (rev 12)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Unknown device 0046 (rev 12)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak HECI Controller (rev 06)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak High Definition Audio (rev 06)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 06)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev 06)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak PCI Express Root Port 6 (rev 06)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev a6)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak LPC Interface Controller (rev 06)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak 6 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 06)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak SMBus Controller (rev 06)
00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak Thermal Subsystem (rev 06)
03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation Unknown device 4727 (rev 01)
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Attansic Technology Corp. Unknown device 2060 (rev c1)
ff:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Unknown device 2c62 (rev 02)
ff:00.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Unknown device 2d01 (rev 02)
ff:02.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Unknown device 2d10 (rev 02)
ff:02.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Unknown device 2d11 (rev 02)
ff:02.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Unknown device 2d12 (rev 02)
ff:02.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Unknown device 2d13 (rev 02)

I have also visited to dell download center for drivers/help for this but not found :(.

Please help me on this ASAP.

Regards

Sunil KC
from NEPAL

Since you paid for RHEL 5, contact them for support.

sunilskc · Answer

But I have not purchased support license from Redhat.

ejn63 · Answer

You're either going to need to do that, or search for drivers on your own -- and it may in fact be necessary to get the Version 6 or a different distribution if there are no rpms with the drivers for the version you've got. RH5 is relatively old now.

ieee488 · Answer

But I have not purchased support license from Redhat.

Well, RHEL comes with web support when you buy it. I suggest you buy it if you insist on using RHEL5.

If you don't choose to pay for support, then try other flavors of Linux.

fedora.my · Answer

If you need Linux..try fedora 14 or ubuntu. My N4010 is dual-boot and running well with Fedora 14, just need to install wifi driver for BCM4313 after OS installation. The driver can be downloaded from http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php. Also Win XP SP3 work fine in my N4010 but lack of battery status..doesn't matter.

Did you purchased N4010 with Intel i5? Mine is i3..

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