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DebianOn is an effort to document how to install, configure and use Debian on some specific hardware. Therefore potential buyers would know if that hardware is supported and owners would know how get the best out of that hardware.

The purpose is not to duplicate the Debian Official Documentation, but to document how to install Debian on some specific hardware.

If you need help to get Debian running on your hardware, please have a look at our user support channels where you may find specific channels (mailing list, IRC channel) dedicated to certain types of hardware.

Models covered
Dell Inspiron 14 (5410) 2 in 1

Sub-models options :
- Processor: 11th Generation Intel (R) Core (TM) i7-1165G7 Processor (12MB Cache, up to 4.7 GHz)
- video card: NVIDIA(R) ?GeForce(R) MX350 memory 2GB GDDR5
- wireless: Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6 2x2 (Gig+) and Bluetooth 5.1 9462/AX201
- audio: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-LP Smart Sound Technology Audio Controller [8086:a0c8] (rev 20)
- screen: 14.0-inch FHD (1920x1080) Truelife Touch Narrow Border WVA Display
- RAM: 16GB DDR4 3200MHz
- Disk: 512GB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD

Overall Status

Core Components

[ATTACH]

Boot Standard Kernel:

{OK}

LAN network card:

-

Detect CD/DVD:

-

Detect hard drives:

{OK}

Secure boot:

{OK}

Extra Features

CPU Frequency Scaling

-

Hibernation

-

Sleep / Suspend

{OK}

Xorg

[?]

- OpenGL

[?]

- Resize-and-Rotate(randr)

{OK}

Switch to External Screen

[?]

Mouse

- Built-in (Trackpoint)

-

- Built-in (Touchpad)

{OK}

Modem

-

Wireless/Wifi

X-(

Keyboard's Hotkeys

{OK}

Legend :
{OK} = OK ; {X} Unsupported(No Driver) ; /!\ = Error (Couldn't get it working); [?] Unknown, Not Test ; [-] Not-applicable
{i} = Configuration Required; X-( = Only works with a non-free driver and or firmware

Important Note

Wireless doesn't work with the packages available in the default installation DVD. Before installing Debian I downloaded the .deb packages
firmware-iwlwifi_*_all.deb
In windows I disable fast boot
All the installation works fine with secure boot on UEFI active. After the installation of NVIDIA driver has been necessary to switch off the secure boot otherwise the driver are not loaded properly. NVIDIA driver should be signed by myself

Configuration

Display

Inspiron 5410 has an NVIDIA ?GeForce MX350 discrete video card in addition to Intel Integrated Graphics. NVIDIA card works without problem after installed the nvidia driver
nvidia-driver and firmware-misc-non-free

Audio

It works after installed the package Firmware-sof-signed

Mouse

Works out of the box, configuration of mouse right click emulation it works with gnome tweaks tools

Power Management

WiFi

Requires iwiwifi pakage installation. Unable to install it during installation because there isn’t ethernet card. Installed package firmware-iwlwifi from USB drive
dpkg -install firmware-iwlwifi_20210315-3_all.deb

Modem

SSD

Ottimization for SSD disk
on fstab added option relatime
activated systemctl services fstrim and fstrim.timer with the two command
systemctl enable fstrim.timer
systemctl start fstrim.timer

added a configuration file local.conf in /etc/sysctl.d with the lines
#settings to optimize the swap use for SSD disk
#vm.swappines=0
vm.swappines=1

System Summary

lspci

$ lspci -knn
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 11th Gen Core Processor Host Bridge/DRAM Registers [8086:9a14] (rev 01)
0000:00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation TigerLake GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics] [8086:9a49] (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Dell Iris Xe Graphics [1028:0a89]
        Kernel driver in use: i915
        Kernel modules: i915
0000:00:04.0 Signal processing controller [1180]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:9a03] (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0a89]
        Kernel driver in use: proc_thermal
        Kernel modules: processor_thermal_device
0000:00:06.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 11th Gen Core Processor PCIe Controller [8086:9a09] (rev 01)
        Kernel driver in use: pcieport
0000:00:07.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-LP Thunderbolt 4 PCI Express Root Port #0 [8086:9a23] (rev 01)
        Kernel driver in use: pcieport
0000:00:0a.0 Signal processing controller [1180]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:9a0d] (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0a89]
0000:00:0d.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-LP Thunderbolt 4 USB Controller [8086:9a13] (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Dell Tiger Lake-LP Thunderbolt USB Controller [1028:0a89]
        Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
        Kernel modules: xhci_pci
0000:00:0d.2 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-LP Thunderbolt 4 NHI #0 [8086:9a1b] (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Dell Tiger Lake-LP Thunderbolt NHI [1028:0a89]
        Kernel driver in use: thunderbolt
        Kernel modules: thunderbolt
0000:00:0e.0 RAID bus controller [0104]: Intel Corporation Volume Management Device NVMe RAID Controller [8086:9a0b]
        Subsystem: Dell Volume Management Device NVMe RAID Controller [1028:0a89]
        Kernel driver in use: vmd
        Kernel modules: vmd
0000:00:12.0 Serial controller [0700]: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-LP Integrated Sensor Hub [8086:a0fc] (rev 20)
        Subsystem: Dell Tiger Lake-LP Integrated Sensor Hub [1028:0a89]
        Kernel driver in use: intel_ish_ipc
        Kernel modules: intel_ish_ipc
0000:00:14.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-LP USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 xHCI Host Controller [8086:a0ed] (rev 20)
        Subsystem: Dell Tiger Lake-LP USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 xHCI Host Controller [1028:0a89]
        Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
        Kernel modules: xhci_pci
0000:00:14.2 RAM memory [0500]: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-LP Shared SRAM [8086:a0ef] (rev 20)
        Subsystem: Dell Tiger Lake-LP Shared SRAM [1028:0a89]
0000:00:14.3 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Wi-Fi 6 AX201 [8086:a0f0] (rev 20)
        Subsystem: Intel Corporation Wi-Fi 6 AX201 [8086:4070]
        Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi
        Kernel modules: iwlwifi
0000:00:15.0 Serial bus controller [0c80]: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-LP Serial IO I2C Controller #0 [8086:a0e8] (rev 20)
        Subsystem: Dell Tiger Lake-LP Serial IO I2C Controller [1028:0a89]
        Kernel driver in use: intel-lpss
        Kernel modules: intel_lpss_pci
0000:00:15.1 Serial bus controller [0c80]: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-LP Serial IO I2C Controller #1 [8086:a0e9] (rev 20)
        Subsystem: Dell Tiger Lake-LP Serial IO I2C Controller [1028:0a89]
        Kernel driver in use: intel-lpss
        Kernel modules: intel_lpss_pci
0000:00:16.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-LP Management Engine Interface [8086:a0e0] (rev 20)
        Subsystem: Dell Tiger Lake-LP Management Engine Interface [1028:0a89]
        Kernel driver in use: mei_me
        Kernel modules: mei_me
0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-LP LPC Controller [8086:a082] (rev 20)
        Subsystem: Dell Tiger Lake-LP LPC Controller [1028:0a89]
0000:00:1f.3 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-LP Smart Sound Technology Audio Controller [8086:a0c8] (rev 20)
        Subsystem: Dell Tiger Lake-LP Smart Sound Technology Audio Controller [1028:0a89]
        Kernel driver in use: sof-audio-pci
        Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel, snd_sof_pci
0000:00:1f.4 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-LP SMBus Controller [8086:a0a3] (rev 20)
        Subsystem: Dell Tiger Lake-LP SMBus Controller [1028:0a89]
        Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus
        Kernel modules: i2c_i801
0000:00:1f.5 Serial bus controller [0c80]: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-LP SPI Controller [8086:a0a4] (rev 20)
        Subsystem: Dell Tiger Lake-LP SPI Controller [1028:0a89]
0000:01:00.0 3D controller [0302]: NVIDIA Corporation GP107M [GeForce MX350] [10de:1c94] (rev a1)
        Subsystem: Dell GP107M [GeForce MX350] [1028:0a89]
        Kernel driver in use: nvidia
        Kernel modules: nvidia
10000:e0:1c.0 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:09ab]
10000:e0:1c.4 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:a0bc] (rev 20)
        Kernel driver in use: pcieport
10000:e1:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller [0108]: Kingston Technology Company, Inc. OM3PDP3 NVMe SSD [2646:500d] (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Kingston Technology Company, Inc. OM3PDP3 NVMe SSD [2646:500d]
        Kernel driver in use: nvme
        Kernel modules: nvme

lsusb

$ sudo lsusb -v 2>/dev/null | grep -E '\<(^Bus|iProduct|bDeviceClass|bDeviceProtocol)'
 
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
  bDeviceClass            9 Hub
  bDeviceProtocol         3 
  iProduct                2 xHCI Host Controller
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 0c45:6725 Microdia Integrated_Webcam_HD
  bDeviceClass          239 Miscellaneous Device
  bDeviceProtocol         1 Interface Association
  iProduct                1 Integrated_Webcam_HD
      (Bus Powered)
  (Bus Powered)
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 27c6:639c Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co.,Ltd. Goodix USB2.0 MISC
  bDeviceClass          239 Miscellaneous Device
  bDeviceProtocol         0 
  iProduct                2 Goodix USB2.0 MISC
      (Bus Powered)
  (Bus Powered)
Bus 003 Device 004: ID 8087:0026 Intel Corp. 
  bDeviceClass          224 Wireless
  bDeviceProtocol         1 Bluetooth
  iProduct                0 
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
  bDeviceClass            9 Hub
  bDeviceProtocol         1 Single TT
  iProduct                2 xHCI Host Controller
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
  bDeviceClass            9 Hub
  bDeviceProtocol         3 
  iProduct                2 xHCI Host Controller
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
  bDeviceClass            9 Hub
  bDeviceProtocol         1 Single TT
  iProduct                2 xHCI Host Controller

USB Host controllers entries (without OHCI, UHCI, EHCI) are removed too.

Resources

Attachments

Some configuration files and sample outputs.

Other reports

Credits