I’m very happy with my new D620, but of course I couldn’t use FC6 out of the box (the iso in fact). I had some troubles with the Xorg resolution but google is my friend and I was able to have 1440×900 using the 915resolution program.
The laptop is able to run Compiz, so everything is nice in the best world… but (there is always a but) using a dual head configuration crashes always my X 🙁
I found that it’s due to Compiz (or beryl) so I guess it’s something to do with AIXGL… if somebody as a solution…
I had the same X problems (using the 945GM Intel Graphics card). Using FC 5, this xorg.conf file works for me (you will have to select which layout to use when you start X):
# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display
Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "fbdevhw"
Load "glx"
Load "record"
Load "freetype"
Load "type1"
# Load "dri"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
Option "LeftEdge" "120"
Option "RightEdge" "830"
Option "TopEdge" "120"
Option "BottomEdge" "650"
Option "FingerLow" "14"
Option "FingerHigh" "15"
Option "MaxTapMove" "110"
Option "VertScrollDelta" "20"
Option "HorizScrollDelta" "20"
Option "MinSpeed" "0.3"
Option "MaxSpeed" "0.75"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "LCD Intern"
ModeLine "1440×900" 108.84 1440 1472 1880 1912 900 918 927 946
Option "dpms"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "LCD Extern"
# ModeLine "1280x1024_75" 151.83 1280 1360 1544 1888 1024 1024 1027 1072 -HSync +Vsync
HorizSync 28.0 – 80.0
VertRefresh 48.0 – 75.0
Option "dpms"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard Intern"
Driver "i810"
BusID "0:2:0"
Screen 0
# i915 Monitor layout is Pipe A, Pipe B…
Option "MonitorLayout" "CRT, CRT+LFP"
# Option "MonitorLayout" "DFP, DFP+LFP"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard Extern"
Driver "i810"
BusID "0:2:0"
Screen 1
Option "MonitorLayout" "CRT, CRT+LFP"
# Option "MonitorLayout" "DFP, DFP+LFP"
Option "DevicePresence" "yes"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Intern"
Device "Videocard Intern"
Monitor "LCD Intern"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1440×900" "1280×1024" "1024×768" "800×600" "640×480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1440×900" "1280×1024" "1024×768" "800×600" "640×480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Extern"
Device "Videocard Extern"
Monitor "LCD Extern"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280×1024" "1024×768" "800×600" "640×480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280×1024" "1024×768" "800×600" "640×480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
#################### 2 Screen layouts : laptop and xinerama ############
# use:
# startx — -layout laptop
# startx — -layout xinerama
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "laptop"
Screen 0 "Intern"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Synaptics" "CorePointer"
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "xinerama"
Screen 0 "Intern"
Screen 1 "Extern" RightOf "Intern"
# Screen 1 "Extern" LeftOf "Intern"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Synaptics" "CorePointer"
Option "Xinerama" "true"
EndSection
#Section "DRI"
# Group 0
# Mode 0666
#EndSection
The laptop is cool. I purchase a new from dell. However, The battery of running time is too low. I bought new one from http://www.batterygoshop.co.uk/dell/latitude-d620-battery.htm . Does anyone have this problem?