Dell XPS 14z (L412Z) Core i7 Nvidia GT520M Optimus

[crweedon]

Compatible BT5-R2 KDE 64 bit/Gnome 64 bit

wifi injection works
bluetooth works
sound works (Master channel needs to be manually set under Kmix)
encrypted installation works as well
Dell hot keys and backlit keyboard detected and work (the eject button needs to have it's action mapped manually, and the wifi kill switch spits the following out)
iwlwifi 0000:08:00.0: RF_KILL bit toggled to disable radio.
iwlwifi 0000:08:00.0: Not sending command - RF KILL
iwlwifi 0000:08:00.0: Error sending REPLY_RXON: enqueue_hcmd failed: -5
iwlwifi 0000:08:00.0: Error clearing ASSOC_MSK on BSS (-5)
iwlwifi 0000:08:00.0: Not sending command - RF KILL
iwlwifi 0000:08:00.0: Error sending REPLY_LEDS_CMD: enqueue_hcmd failed: -5

so i'll need to figure that out.


here are the steps i took to get the video working, note these ppa's are not supported by the backtrack team. if you follow these steps and have problems, the support you receive from them will be limited if any, they have better things to do. but generally you can revert back to stock by (apt-get install ppa-purge, ppa-purge <name of ppa>)

apt-add-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates
apt-add-repository ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa
apt-add-repository ppa:bumblebee/stable
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade

nano /etc/default/grub

"i915.modeset=1 i915.i915_enable_rc6=1 i915.lvds_downclock=1 i915.i915_enable_fbc=1 pcie_aspm=force"

nano /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

add "blacklist nouveau"

nano /etc/modules

add "i915'

update-initramfs -u -k all

//also we're gonna need to install bumblebee, i tried using the distro without it and was chewing through my battery fast.

apt-get install bumblebee

//you should not need to add yourself to the bumblebee group unless you are a user that's not root

//also, i suggest you don't try to "optirun" programs, as doing so generally ends in a crash or reboot.

reboot

ANOTHER NOTE: while this isn't the most stable solution, it will get you your desktop cube or whatever other kwin effects you use. we might just have to wait until updated X packages or BT6 comes out to get a real fix for this.

good luck

update-- upgrading to the A.05 Bios will break this fix... and pretty much any i915 support that backtrack 5 kernel 3.2.6 has. if you want the shiny new Bios you'll need to downgrade the kernel