However, it seems that setting 'Digital' to high reduces the overall quality. Note that both 'Capture' and 'Digital' influence the microphone recording volume. There is also an integrated microphone, you can enable it by setting 'Input Source' to 'Front Mic' * enable capture for the 'Capture' entry (then press space under 'Capture') To get the microphone (plugged to the laptop, not to the docking station) to work with skype: (found in sanify_levels_on_card() of /etc/init.d/alsa-utils - unfortunately not called at boot time) Input/Mic You need to make somewhere after module loading (rc*.d or in a udev rule): $ amixer -c 0 -q set Front '80%' unmute You don't need to have special options in /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base. Sound works with the module snd-hda-intel ( $ modprobe snd-hda-intel). (note that I don't use the BIOS VT for Direct I/O feature). for running Windows under Linux, see report on using kvm for virtualization on linux). You can then use KVM as a virtualization solution (e.g.

* in the BIOS, select Virtualization Support > Virtualization > Enable Intel Virtualization Technology * press F12 at startup, choose Bios setup The processor provides hardware support for virtualization. Note that if the module has been loaded without the firmware during initrd, you have to unload it before ( $ rmmod iwlagn & modprobe iwlagn). Just put in /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-5000-1.ucode and load the iwlagn module. The Intel wireless card (B/G/N) works well with kernel 2.6.27 and the firmware provided by ( here is the download page for iwlwifi-5000-1.ucode). See also dual head with Intel GM45 on Linux. # '1280x800' is to get the WXGA at startup # '1280x1024' is for the external monitor Option 'AccelMethod' 'UXA' # with kernel > 2.6.28 and the new graphics stack of Linux (GEM memory management) I have a nice WXGA widescreen (1280x800), I am able to use a docking station and can switch to a video projector with the powerful randr extension (I recommend to use arandr). Graphics works perfectly with the 'intel' driver of xorg (at least as of X.Org version 1.4.2). (OK with default installation of Ubuntu 8.1 Intrepid)

I currently have a Dell Latitude E5400, and run Linux on it.

Dell latitude e5400 drivers