Dell Latitude D531
The Laptop
Manufacturer: Dell
Model: Latitude
CPU: AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-56
RAM: 1GB
Hard drive capacity: 80GB
Hardware
CD/DVD read: works
CD/DVD write: (not tested)
LAN: works
Wireless: works (needs Broadcom firmware, see below)
Sound: works
Video: works (ATI drivers for ATI Radeon X1200 Series)
USB:
Firewire: not tested
Media card reader: not tested
Touchpad or other pointing device: works
Accelerator buttons (music, DVD, web, other): none
Adaptive CPU speed: works (800MHz/1.8GHz)
Sense battery level: works
Suspend (manual): not tested
Suspend (close lid): not tested
Additional information
Wireless interface needs installation of proprietary firmware from Broadcom. See http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43, section about deprecated bcm43xx driver.
Comments
Wi-Fi card works fine with WPA2/PSK authentication. If cable is connected, nm-applet switches eyh0/eth1 automatically on, if not, it tries to connect wireless.