Dell Inspiron 14 3420
| Hardware | PCI/USB ID | Working? |
|---|---|---|
| Touchpad | Yes | |
| Keyboard | Yes | |
| GPU | 8086:0166 |
Yes |
| Webcam | 0c45:6473 |
Yes |
| Ethernet | 10ec:8136 |
Yes |
| Bluetooth | 0a5c:21d7 |
Yes |
| SD-card reader | Yes | |
| Audio | 8086:1e20 |
Yes |
| Wireless | 14e4:4365 |
Yes |
This is an install and configuration guide for the Dell Inspiron 3420 laptop, testing with the 2016.09.03 version.
See the Laptop/Dell chart for information on other Dell laptops.
Audio
There are two options to get audio working: ALSA and PulseAudio. With ALSA the sound works well, both headphone jacks work and volume can be set independently. With Pulse Audio you will generally get better quality and louder sound.
Video
The notebook comes with the Intel HD 4000 GPU, which uses the xf86-video-intel driver. See Intel for details.
Toggle between HDMI/Monitor
See xrandr.
Touchpad
To enable scroll and more, install xf86-input-synaptics. With the default configuration file it will work well, but if you want to fine tune the behavior.
See: Touchpad Synaptics.
Wireless
This laptop comes Broadcom Corporation BCM43142 wireless card, which requires broadcom-wl-dkms