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Last updated: 5/7/06
General Hardware Specifications of C840, BIOS A06:
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Hardware Components
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Status under Linux
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Notes
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| Pentium 4m 1.8/1.2GHz | Works | Frequency scaling works out of box |
| 15.1 UXGA+ TFT Display | Works | No special config needed. 1400x1050 is max resolution. |
| nVidia GeForce4 440 go 32MB | Works | sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx |
| 512MB, PC2100 DDR, (2x256MB) | Works | No special procedure required during installation |
| Firewire (TI PCI4451 IEEE-1394 Controller) | not tested | module=ohci1394 |
| Irda | not tested, but shows up with ifconfig | module=smsc_ircc2 |
| Integrated Network Card (3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M) | Work | Module=3c59x |
| Internal 56k Modem (Intel 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Modem Controller) | not tested | unknown module (i dont know what it is) |
| MATSHITA CD-RW UJDA330 | Works | Just install cd burning software |
| Netgear WG511T (pcmcia, bought seperately) | Works out of the box | Able to use wireless during install |
| 65 WHr Lithium-Ion Battery | Works | No special procedure required during installation |
| Sound card (Intel 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Audio Controller) | Works | No special procedure required during installation |
Touchpad/Pointing Stick | Works | No special procedure required during installation |
This laptop is operating under Kernel version 2.6.15
Notes:
I have not gotten suspend to work and there's a 50% chance of unblanking the screen after closing and opening the lid. If it does not unblank, I have to hold the power button until it turns off. I have not found a fix for this.
install i8kutils then modprobe i8k to control fans and monitor temperature
the fn keys work for changing the volume and brightness/contrast with no special configuration.
This laptop has the best linux support of any computer I have ever used!
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Contact Information (Optional)
| description: | Portable Computer | |||||||||
| product: | Latitude C840 | |||||||||
| vendor: | Dell Computer Corporation | |||||||||
| serial: | xxxxxxx | |||||||||
| width: | 32 bits | |||||||||
| capabilities: | smbios-2.3 dmi-2.3 | |||||||||
| configuration: |
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| description: | Motherboard |
| product: | Latitude C840 |
| vendor: | Dell Computer Corporation |
| physical id: | 0 |
| description: | BIOS |
| vendor: | Dell Computer Corporation |
| physical id: | 0 |
| version: | A06 (08/17/2002) |
| size: | 64KB |
| capacity: | 448KB |
| capabilities: | pci pcmcia pnp apm upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect pcmciaboot int13floppy720 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb agp ls120boot zipboot smartbattery biosbootspecification |
| description: | CPU | |||
| product: | Mobile Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 - M CPU 1.80GHz | |||
| vendor: | Intel Corp. | |||
| physical id: | 400 | |||
| bus info: | cpu@0 | |||
| version: | 15.2.7 | |||
| slot: | Microprocessor | |||
| size: | 1800MHz | |||
| capacity: | 2200MHz | |||
| width: | 32 bits | |||
| clock: | 133MHz | |||
| capabilities: | fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe cid cpufreq | |||
| configuration: |
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| description: | L1 cache |
| physical id: | 700 |
| size: | 8KB |
| capacity: | 8KB |
| capabilities: | internal write-back data |
| description: | L2 cache |
| physical id: | 701 |
| size: | 512KB |
| capacity: | 512KB |
| clock: | 66MHz (15ns) |
| capabilities: | pipeline-burst internal varies unified |
| description: | System Memory |
| physical id: | 1000 |
| slot: | System board or motherboard |
| size: | 512MB |
| capacity: | 1GB |
| description: | DIMM DDR Synchronous 266 MHz (3.8 ns) |
| physical id: | 0 |
| slot: | DIMM_A |
| size: | 256MB |
| width: | 64 bits |
| clock: | 266MHz (3.7594ns) |
| description: | DIMM DDR Synchronous 266 MHz (3.8 ns) |
| physical id: | 1 |
| slot: | DIMM_B |
| size: | 256MB |
| width: | 64 bits |
| clock: | 266MHz (3.7594ns) |
| description: | Host bridge | |||
| product: | 82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset Host Bridge | |||
| vendor: | Intel Corporation | |||
| physical id: | e8000000 | |||
| bus info: | pci@00:00.0 | |||
| version: | 04 | |||
| width: | 32 bits | |||
| clock: | 33MHz | |||
| resources: |
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| description: | PCI bridge |
| product: | 82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset AGP Bridge |
| vendor: | Intel Corporation |
| physical id: | 1 |
| bus info: | pci@00:01.0 |
| version: | 04 |
| width: | 32 bits |
| clock: | 66MHz |
| capabilities: | pci normal_decode bus_master |
| description: | VGA compatible controller | |||||||||||||||||||||
| product: | NV17 [GeForce4 440 Go] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| vendor: | nVidia Corporation | |||||||||||||||||||||
| physical id: | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| bus info: | pci@01:00.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| logical name: | /dev/fb0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| version: | a3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| size: | 128MB | |||||||||||||||||||||
| width: | 32 bits | |||||||||||||||||||||
| clock: | 66MHz | |||||||||||||||||||||
| capabilities: | vga bus_master vga_palette cap_list fb | |||||||||||||||||||||
| configuration: |
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| description: | USB Controller | ||||||
| product: | 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub #1) | ||||||
| vendor: | Intel Corporation | ||||||
| physical id: | 1d | ||||||
| bus info: | pci@00:1d.0 | ||||||
| version: | 02 | ||||||
| width: | 32 bits | ||||||
| clock: | 33MHz | ||||||
| capabilities: | uhci bus_master | ||||||
| configuration: |
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| product: | UHCI Host Controller | ||||||||||||
| vendor: | Linux 2.6.15-21-386 uhci_hcd | ||||||||||||
| physical id: | 1 | ||||||||||||
| bus info: | usb@1 | ||||||||||||
| logical name: | usb1 | ||||||||||||
| version: | 2.06 | ||||||||||||
| capabilities: | usb-1.10 | ||||||||||||
| configuration: |
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| description: | USB Controller | ||||||
| product: | 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub #3) | ||||||
| vendor: | Intel Corporation | ||||||
| physical id: | 1d.2 | ||||||
| bus info: | pci@00:1d.2 | ||||||
| version: | 02 | ||||||
| width: | 32 bits | ||||||
| clock: | 33MHz | ||||||
| capabilities: | uhci bus_master | ||||||
| configuration: |
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| product: | UHCI Host Controller | ||||||||||||
| vendor: | Linux 2.6.15-21-386 uhci_hcd | ||||||||||||
| physical id: | 1 | ||||||||||||
| bus info: | usb@2 | ||||||||||||
| logical name: | usb2 | ||||||||||||
| version: | 2.06 | ||||||||||||
| capabilities: | usb-1.10 | ||||||||||||
| configuration: |
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| description: | PCI bridge |
| product: | 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge |
| vendor: | Intel Corporation |
| physical id: | 1e |
| bus info: | pci@00:1e.0 |
| version: | 42 |
| width: | 32 bits |
| clock: | 33MHz |
| capabilities: | pci normal_decode bus_master |
| description: | Ethernet interface | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| product: | 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| vendor: | 3Com Corporation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| physical id: | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| bus info: | pci@02:00.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| logical name: | eth0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| version: | 78 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| serial: | xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| size: | 10MB/s | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| capacity: | 100MB/s | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| width: | 32 bits | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| clock: | 33MHz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| capabilities: | bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegociation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| configuration: |
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| description: | CardBus bridge | ||||||
| product: | PCI4451 PC card Cardbus Controller | ||||||
| vendor: | Texas Instruments | ||||||
| physical id: | 1 | ||||||
| bus info: | pci@02:01.0 | ||||||
| version: | 00 | ||||||
| width: | 32 bits | ||||||
| clock: | 33MHz | ||||||
| capabilities: | pcmcia bus_master cap_list | ||||||
| configuration: |
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| description: | CardBus bridge | ||||||
| product: | PCI4451 PC card Cardbus Controller | ||||||
| vendor: | Texas Instruments | ||||||
| physical id: | 1.1 | ||||||
| bus info: | pci@02:01.1 | ||||||
| version: | 00 | ||||||
| width: | 32 bits | ||||||
| clock: | 33MHz | ||||||
| capabilities: | pcmcia bus_master cap_list | ||||||
| configuration: |
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| resources: |
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| description: | AR5001-0000-0000 | |||
| product: | Wireless LAN Reference Card | |||
| vendor: | Atheros Communications, Inc. | |||
| physical id: | 0 | |||
| version: | 00 | |||
| slot: | Socket 1 | |||
| resources: |
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| description: | FireWire (IEEE 1394) | |||||||||
| product: | PCI4451 IEEE-1394 Controller | |||||||||
| vendor: | Texas Instruments | |||||||||
| physical id: | 1.2 | |||||||||
| bus info: | pci@02:01.2 | |||||||||
| version: | 00 | |||||||||
| width: | 32 bits | |||||||||
| clock: | 33MHz | |||||||||
| capabilities: | ohci bus_master cap_list | |||||||||
| configuration: |
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| resources: |
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| description: | ISA bridge |
| product: | 82801CAM ISA Bridge (LPC) |
| vendor: | Intel Corporation |
| physical id: | 1f |
| bus info: | pci@00:1f.0 |
| version: | 02 |
| width: | 32 bits |
| clock: | 33MHz |
| capabilities: | isa bus_master |
| description: | IDE interface | |||||||||
| product: | 82801CAM IDE U100 | |||||||||
| vendor: | Intel Corporation | |||||||||
| physical id: | 1f.1 | |||||||||
| bus info: | pci@00:1f.1 | |||||||||
| version: | 02 | |||||||||
| width: | 32 bits | |||||||||
| clock: | 33MHz | |||||||||
| capabilities: | ide bus_master | |||||||||
| configuration: |
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| description: | IDE Channel 0 |
| physical id: | 0 |
| bus info: | ide@0 |
| logical name: | ide0 |
| clock: | 33MHz |
| description: | ATA Disk | ||||||
| product: | IC25N040ATCS04-0 | ||||||
| vendor: | Hitachi | ||||||
| physical id: | 0 | ||||||
| bus info: | ide@0.0 | ||||||
| logical name: | /dev/hda | ||||||
| version: | CA4OA72A | ||||||
| serial: | CSH405DCGEA88B | ||||||
| size: | 37GB | ||||||
| capacity: | 37GB | ||||||
| capabilities: | ata dma lba iordy smart security pm apm partitioned partitioned:dos | ||||||
| configuration: |
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| description: | HPFS/NTFS partition |
| physical id: | 1 |
| bus info: | ide@0.0,1 |
| logical name: | /dev/hda1 |
| capacity: | 18GB |
| capabilities: | primary bootable |
| description: | Linux filesystem partition |
| physical id: | 2 |
| bus info: | ide@0.0,2 |
| logical name: | /dev/hda2 |
| capacity: | 17GB |
| capabilities: | primary |
| description: | Extended partition |
| physical id: | 3 |
| bus info: | ide@0.0,3 |
| logical name: | /dev/hda3 |
| capacity: | 815MB |
| capabilities: | extended partitioned partitioned:extended |
| description: | CD-R/CD-RW writer |
| product: | MATSHITA CD-RW UJDA330 |
| physical id: | 1 |
| bus info: | ide@0.1 |
| logical name: | /dev/hdb |
| version: | 1.05 |
| capabilities: | packet atapi cdrom removable nonmagnetic dma lba iordy audio cd-r cd-rw |
| physical id: | 0 |
| logical name: | /dev/hdb |
| description: | Multimedia audio controller | |||||||||
| product: | 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Audio Controller | |||||||||
| vendor: | Intel Corporation | |||||||||
| physical id: | 1f.5 | |||||||||
| bus info: | pci@00:1f.5 | |||||||||
| version: | 02 | |||||||||
| width: | 32 bits | |||||||||
| clock: | 33MHz | |||||||||
| capabilities: | bus_master | |||||||||
| configuration: |
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| description: | Modem | |||||||||
| product: | 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Modem Controller | |||||||||
| vendor: | Intel Corporation | |||||||||
| physical id: | 1f.6 | |||||||||
| bus info: | pci@00:1f.6 | |||||||||
| version: | 02 | |||||||||
| width: | 32 bits | |||||||||
| clock: | 33MHz | |||||||||
| capabilities: | generic | |||||||||
| resources: |
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| description: | Wireless interface | ||||||||||||||||||
| product: | AR5212 802.11abg NIC | ||||||||||||||||||
| vendor: | Atheros Communications, Inc. | ||||||||||||||||||
| physical id: | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| bus info: | pci@07:00.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| logical name: | ath0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| version: | 01 | ||||||||||||||||||
| serial: | xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx | ||||||||||||||||||
| width: | 32 bits | ||||||||||||||||||
| clock: | 33MHz | ||||||||||||||||||
| capabilities: | bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless | ||||||||||||||||||
| configuration: |
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| resources: |
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| product: | LIP8120DLP | |||
| vendor: | Sony Corp. | |||
| physical id: | 1 | |||
| slot: | Right Module Bay | |||
| capacity: | 65120mWh | |||
| configuration: |
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lspci
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset Host Bridge (rev 04)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset AGP Bridge (rev 04)
0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub #1) (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub #3) (rev 02)
0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 42)
0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801CAM ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801CAM IDE U100 (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 02)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV17 [GeForce4 440 Go] (rev a3)
0000:02:00.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] (rev 78)
0000:02:01.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI4451 PC card Cardbus Controller
0000:02:01.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI4451 PC card Cardbus Controller
0000:02:01.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments PCI4451 IEEE-1394 Controller
0000:07:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212 802.11abg NIC (rev 01)
Module Size Used by
sg 37920 0
nls_cp437 5888 0
isofs 37688 0
udf 88452 0
wacom 15232 0
binfmt_misc 12296 1
rfcomm 40216 0
l2cap 26244 5 rfcomm
bluetooth 49892 4 rfcomm,l2cap
speedstep_ich 5260 0
speedstep_lib 4484 1 speedstep_ich
cpufreq_userspace 4696 1
cpufreq_stats 5636 0
freq_table 4740 2 speedstep_ich,cpufreq_stats
cpufreq_powersave 1920 0
cpufreq_ondemand 6428 0
cpufreq_conservative 7332 0
video 16260 0
tc1100_wmi 6916 0
sony_acpi 5516 0
pcc_acpi 12416 0
hotkey 11556 0
dev_acpi 11140 0
container 4608 0
button 6672 0
acpi_sbs 19980 0
ipv6 265600 20
battery 9988 1 acpi_sbs
ac 5252 1 acpi_sbs
i2c_acpi_ec 5120 1 acpi_sbs
smsc_ircc2 22428 0
irda 186940 1 smsc_ircc2
crc_ccitt 2304 1 irda
dm_mod 58936 1
af_packet 22920 4
md_mod 72532 0
i8k 6808 0
sr_mod 16932 0
sbp2 24196 0
scsi_mod 139240 3 sg,sr_mod,sbp2
lp 11844 0
wlan_wep 6912 1
ath_pci 80540 0
ath_rate_sample 17160 1 ath_pci
wlan 144924 4 wlan_wep,ath_pci,ath_rate_sample
ath_hal 148816 3 ath_pci,ath_rate_sample
ohci1394 35124 0
ieee1394 299832 2 sbp2,ohci1394
pcmcia 40508 0
floppy 62148 0
joydev 10048 0
tsdev 8000 0
3c59x 45608 0
mii 5888 1 3c59x
yenta_socket 27916 3
rsrc_nonstatic 13440 1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core 42640 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
parport_pc 35780 1
parport 36296 2 lp,parport_pc
snd_intel8x0 33820 2
snd_ac97_codec 92704 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_ac97_bus 2304 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss 53664 0
snd_mixer_oss 18688 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 89736 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
pcspkr 2180 0
nvidia 4545076 30
i2c_core 21904 2 i2c_acpi_ec,nvidia
snd_timer 25220 1 snd_pcm
snd 55268 14 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
psmouse 36228 0
serio_raw 7300 0
soundcore 10208 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 10632 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
rtc 13492 0
shpchp 45632 0
pci_hotplug 29236 1 shpchp
intel_agp 22940 1
agpgart 34888 2 nvidia,intel_agp
evdev 9856 2
ext3 135688 1
jbd 58772 1 ext3
ide_generic 1536 0
uhci_hcd 33680 0
usbcore 129668 3 wacom,uhci_hcd
ide_cd 33028 0
cdrom 38560 2 sr_mod,ide_cd
ide_disk 17664 3
piix 11012 1
generic 5124 0
thermal 13576 0
processor 23360 1 thermal
fan 4868 0
capability 5000 0
commoncap 7296 1 capability
vesafb 8476 1
fbcon 42784 75
tileblit 2816 1 fbcon
font 8320 1 fbcon
bitblit 6272 1 fbcon
softcursor 2304 1 bitblit
# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi"
# path to defoma fonts
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "i2c"
Load "bitmap"
Load "ddc"
# Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "type1"
Load "vbe"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "HorizScrollDelta" "0"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV17 [GeForce4 440 Go]"
Driver "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic Monitor"
Option "DPMS"
HorizSync 28-70
VertRefresh 43-60
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "NVIDIA Corporation NV17 [GeForce4 440 Go]"
Monitor "Generic Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
SubbSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1400x1050"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1400x1050"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "Synaptics Touchpad"
EndSection
#Section "DRI"
# Mode 0666
#EndSection
