Dell Latitude D820

[PrairieFire]

This post will be edited as more stuff is checked.

- USB Boots

- When using Nvidia Compiz parameter title bars will (may) not appear by default
Workaround:

nvidia-xconfig --add-argb-glx-visuals
nvidia-xconfig -d 24
Ctrl + Alt + Backspace

- Nvidia Drivers needed for compiz!
Put it in your BT3/optional dir on the USB stick. Next you need to adapt your syslinux.config file on the /boot dir of your USB stick. Just change the NVIDIA option so the load=nvidia,cubez


-IPW3945 throws error msg:

"/bin/sh: ./unload: No such file or directory
/bin/sh: ./load: No such file or directory
ERROR: Module ipwraw does not exist in /proc/modules"

Muts has commented this is not a problem just error messages not being sent to /dev/null

Fix:
-Drivers:
Iwlwifi-1.0.0

#Load
cd /usr/src/drivers/iwlwifi-1.0.0/
./load
#Unload
cd /usr/src/drivers/iwlwifi-1.0.0/
./unload

IPWRAW

#Load
modprobe ipwraw
#Unload
rmmod ipwraw

- Internal Bluetooth and external USB Bluetooth both work.

[keule]

What have you done to boot from USB?
I get a blackscreen after selecting the bootoptions...

[darth davidious]

Thanks for the load=nvidia,compiz tip. I can now load BT3 using compiz (Nvidia)

I am having the familiar problem with the missing title bars

Where do you put the code pasted below? Thanks

Code:
nvidia-xconfig --add-argb-glx-visuals
nvidia-xconfig -d 24
Ctrl + Alt + Backspace

[PrairieFire]

Open a konsole and type it in one line at a time. Then you will be asked for username / password (root / toor) finally type startx and your finished.

[darth davidious]

I tried that earlier but BASH says no files were found. I saw another post saying that you need to install nvidia drivers. Is this the case even though I am selecting compiz (with nvidia) from the lilo menu? Thanks again Prarie

[EDIT]I did get the nVidia drivers and was able to install and run those commands. Others may find it hard to do anything in the X shell as it is impossible to type in a konsole. I just did the ctrl alt backspace to log out and install the driver off my usb and ran those 2 xconfig commands in text mode. Once done, i did the startx and was able to load compiz. It is pretty cool, and beats the Vista Aero interface. Thanks again.