Linux on the Dell Inspiron 5000e

Preface

If you have questions, comments, additional information that should be included, etc. Please address them to John Spicer (jhs@edg.com).

Introduction

The first thing you should know, and this is very important, is that the 5000e is not the same machine as the Inspiron 5000! The most important difference is that the 5000e uses a different video controller chip.

I first wrote this page when Red Hat 7.0 first came out. At that point, getting X working was difficult. Now, everything works just fine straight out of the box.

APM Crashes - Updated 3/21/01

The A05 BIOS, released on 3/9/01, fixes these problems.

Other News:

• For information about muliple monitor support see this page:

  http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~brians/comp/hardware/inspiron-5000e.html

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