Dell Latitude E5500

Tested on 11.2-RELEASE.

CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P8700 @ 2.53GHz (2527.05-MHz 686-class CPU)
Memory: 3GB
Wireless: Intel WiFi Link 5100 (iwn(4)).

Component		Status	Details

Graphics	Graphical sessions	✔	Works better with the Intel driver.

Backlight	✔
Input devices	Touchpad		Model: GlidePoint. Neither two-finger nor side scrolling work. I'm yet to figure out how to configure it.

Media keys	Brightness	✔
Media keys	Volume keys	✔	Everything works although the mute button does not unmute (at least when using x11-wm/dwm).
Network	Ethernet
Network	Wi-Fi	✔	No need to load any firmware manually. It works better when using `SYNCDHCP` instead of `DHCP` in `ifconfig_wlan0` in /etc/rc.conf.
Other	Battery	✔
	Bluetooth
	SD-card reader
	Smart-card reader
	Suspend & resume	✔	When using zzz(8) I am able to restore my X window sessions although I have to switch to other TTY consoles back and forth. It looks like it works much better if I use the media key with a moon on it (Fn+F1). This way everything just works flawlessly.
Ports	FireWire
	USB
	VGA
Sound	Headphone jack	✔
Sound	Speakers	✔

2018-07-12 15:11:46+0200

Legend
- ✔ OK
- Somewhat OK: requires additional tweaking or works worse than expected
- Status unknown, untested
- ✘ Does not work

Add kld_list=“i915kms” to /etc/rc.conf in order to increase font size in the console (this kernel module is loaded automatically anyway when you start the X server). kms is short for kernel mode-switching, it lets the kernel do the modeswitching instead of it being done in userspace - this means that it applies to both console, Xorg, Wayland and any programs that set custom resolutions.

Problem: the machine does not boot from a USB stick. Tested with 10.4-RELEASE and 11.2-RELEASE.

In the bootloader escape to the loader prompt and enter:

set hw.vga.textmode=1

Touchpad

Two-finger scrolling does not work out of the box.

I've tried adding the following mouse configuration into /usr/local/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-mouse.conf but to no avail:

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Mouse0"
        Driver      "mouse"
        Option      "CorePointer"
        Option      "Protocol" "auto"
        Option      "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"
        Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
        Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "false"
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