[Dell Latitude E7240] Accelerometer was not detected

Bug #1278270 reported by Po-Hsu Lin
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
linux-lts-trusty (Ubuntu)
Expired
Low
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Bug Description

CID: 201304-13407 Dell Latitude E7240

According to the datasheet [0] provided by Dell, this system should have a
"Dell Fast Response Free Fall sensor" on the motherboard.

But it cannot be found in /proc/bus/input/devices

[0] http://partnerdirect.dell.com/sites/channel/Documents/Dell-Latitude-7000-Series-Ultrabooks-Spec-Sheet.pdf

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: linux-image-3.11.0-15-generic 3.11.0-15.25~precise1 [modified: boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-15-generic]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-15.25~precise1-generic 3.11.10
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-15-generic x86_64
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version k3.11.0-15-generic.
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.6
Architecture: amd64
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 1: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC292 Analog [ALC292 Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC1: ubuntu 1497 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC0: ubuntu 1497 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'MID'/'HDA Intel MID at 0xf7e34000 irq 65'
   Mixer name : 'Intel Haswell HDMI'
   Components : 'HDA:80862807,80860101,00100000'
   Controls : 21
   Simple ctrls : 3
Card1.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:1 'PCH'/'HDA Intel PCH at 0xf7e30000 irq 64'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC292'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0292,102805ca,00100001'
   Controls : 28
   Simple ctrls : 13
Date: Sun Feb 9 23:03:42 2014
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=88b6917b-05a2-4e50-9884-bc52522c47a4
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20140204)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude E7240
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-15-generic root=UUID=c942dec6-e8d5-41b7-baf8-f3f81bd493d8 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-3.11.0-15-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-3.11.0-15-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.79.9
SourcePackage: linux-lts-saucy
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 10/05/2013
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A05
dmi.board.name: 0G05MN
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: X01
dmi.chassis.type: 9
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA05:bd10/05/2013:svnDellInc.:pnLatitudeE7240:pvr01:rvnDellInc.:rn0G05MN:rvrX01:cvnDellInc.:ct9:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Latitude E7240
dmi.product.version: 01
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

Revision history for this message
Po-Hsu Lin (cypressyew) wrote :
tags: added: 201304-13407 accelerometer certification-grey taipei-lab
Changed in linux-lts-saucy (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Anthony Wong (anthonywong)
Revision history for this message
Po-Hsu Lin (cypressyew) wrote :
Changed in linux-lts-saucy (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux-lts-saucy (Ubuntu):
assignee: Anthony Wong (anthonywong) → nobody
Revision history for this message
penalvch (penalvch) wrote :

Po-Hsu Lin, as the Saucy enablement kernel is EoL as per https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack , could you please test the Trusty enablement stack and advise to the results?

tags: added: bios-outdated-a10
affects: linux-lts-saucy (Ubuntu) → linux-lts-trusty (Ubuntu)
Changed in linux-lts-trusty (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for linux-lts-trusty (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in linux-lts-trusty (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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