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Dell Latitude E6320
Introduction
This is a compatibility guide to running Linux with the Dell Latitude E6320 laptop. If you have the Dell Latitude E6320 and are running Linux on it please consider editing this page or adding a comment below with your compatibility details. By contributing you will help other people running this laptop or trying to make a decision on whether to buy it or not.
This page is just for discussing using Linux on the Dell Latitude E6320. For a general discussion about this laptop you can visit the Dell Latitude E6320 page on LapWik.
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Specifications
For full specifications see the Dell Latitude E6320 specifications page.
| Name | Dell Latitude E6320 |
| Processor | Intel® CoreTM i7 (2620M) Intel® CoreTM i5 (2540M, 2520M) Intel® CoreTM i3 (2310M) |
| Screen | 13.3” (1366×768) Widescreen |
| RAM | Up to 8GB |
| HDD | up to 320GB |
| Optical Drive | DVD+-RW |
| Graphics | Intel® HD Graphics 3000 |
| Network | 10/100/1000 Ethernet Intel® Centrino® Advanced-N 6205 Intel® Centrino® Advanced -N + WiMAX 6250 Intel® Centrino® Ultimate-N 6300 Dell Wireless 1501 (802.11 b/g/n 1×1) Dell Wireless 1530 (802.11 a/g/n 2×2) |
Linux Compatibility
| Device | Compatibility | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | Works | |
| Screen | Works | |
| HDD | Works | |
| Optical Drive | Works | |
| Graphics | Works | |
| Sound | Works | |
| Ethernet | Works | |
| Wireless | Works | |
| Bluetooth | Not Tested | |
| USB | Works | |
| Card Reader | Not Tested | |
| ExpressCard Slot | Not Tested | |
| Fingerprint Reader | Not Tested | |
| Webcam | Not Tested |
Notes
Kernel 3.2.0 or later recommended.
Summary
As long as you use an up to date Linux distributions then the Dell Latitude E6320 works well.
Discussion
Had to add reboot=pci to grub.conf to enable reboot
mid 2012. Ubuntu 12.04. Everything works fine, but shortcuts and other customization made with ubuntu tweak are regularly forgotten when pc is turned off.
mid 2011, Couldn't do a Debian netinstall, because neither the wireless nor the ethernet interfaces were correctly detected during the base system install (maybe just a Debian problem? not sure). I had to separately download the wireless firmware and install it after installing the base system from usb, then apt-get everything else.
http://packages.debian.org/stable/firmware-iwlwifi
http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/pool/non-free/f/firmware-nonfree/firmware-iwlwifi_0.28_all.deb
Also manually copied over wpa_supplicant deb and deps and had to edit /etc/network/interfaces
There was some other trickery needed due to having an e1000e ethernet but I can't recall what.