Dell Inspiron 3593
| Hardware | PCI/USB ID | Working? |
|---|---|---|
| Touchpad | Yes | |
| Keyboard | Yes | |
| GPU | 8086:8a56 |
Yes |
| Webcam | 0bda:5675 |
Yes |
| Ethernet | 10ec:8136 |
Yes |
| Bluetooth | 0cf3:e009 |
Yes |
| SD-card reader | ? |
Yes |
| Audio | 8086:34c8 |
Yes |
| Wireless | 168c:0042 |
Yes |
Installation
RAID mode is enabled by default. AHCI mode must be used, otherwise the disks will be invisible[1]. Using RAID mode will trigger a relevant log message in the journal.
Firmware
fwupd supports this device.
Firmware data path
The BIOS stores logs and recovery images in esp/EFI/Dell.
Recovery images are stored in esp/EFI/Dell/bios/recovery and are 14 MB in size. It appears that there will only be two images at the same time, BIOS_CUR.rcv and BIOS_PRE.rcv.
Those files will be created when the BIOS was updated.
Logs
esp/EFI/dell/logs contains XML files which contain diagnostics data (SupportAssist).
It appears that there will only be two logs at the same time, diags_previous.xml and diags_current.xml.
Those files will be created when an error happened.
Bluetooth
Bluetooth works out of the box.
Power management
After waking up the device from suspend, input lag will occur for approximately 5-10 seconds.
Function keys
| Key | Visible?1 | Marked?2 | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
Fn+Esc |
Yes | Yes | Enables Fn lock |
Fn+F1 |
Yes | Yes |
XF86AudioMute
|
Fn+F2 |
Yes | Yes |
XF86AudioLowerVolume
|
Fn+F3 |
Yes | Yes |
XF86AudioRaiseVolume
|
Fn+F4 |
Yes | Yes |
XF86AudioPrev
|
Fn+F5 |
Yes | Yes |
XF86AudioPlay
|
Fn+F6 |
Yes | Yes |
XF86AudioNext
|
Fn+F7 |
No | No | |
Fn+F8 |
Yes | Yes | Inputs Super+p
|
Fn+F9 |
Yes | Yes |
XF86Search
|
Fn+F10 |
No | No | |
Fn+F11 |
Yes | Yes |
XF86MonBrightnessDown
|
Fn+F12 |
Yes | Yes |
XF86MonBrightnessUp
|
Fn+Print |
Yes3 | Yes |
XF86RFKill, will hard-block wifi and soft-block Bluetooth. Press again to disable
|
Fn+q, Fn+w, Fn+e
|
Yes | No |
XF86Launch3
|
Fn+t, Fn+a, Fn+d
|
Yes | No |
XF86Launch3
|
Fn+f, Fn+g
|
Yes | No |
XF86Launch3
|
Fn+r |
Yes | No |
Print
|
Fn+s |
Yes | No |
Scroll_Lock
|
Fn+b |
Yes | No |
Pause
|
Fn+Up |
Yes | No |
Prior
|
Fn+Down |
Yes | No |
Next
|
Fn+Left |
Yes | No |
Home
|
Fn+Right |
Yes | No |
End
|
Fn+KP_Multiply |
Yes3 | No |
XF86RFKill
|
- The key is visible to
xevand similar tools - The physical key has a symbol on it, which describes its function
- systemd-logind handles this by default