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Title: Dell laptops' ST Microelectronics Free Fall Sensor (accelerometer) [pnp:8810] cannot be detected at all Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: CID: 201201-10339 Dell Latitude E6530 [1] CID: 201307-13941 Dell Latitude E5440 [2] According to the information provided by Dell, these systems should have an accelerometer on the motherboard (Free-Fall sensor), but it cannot be detected at all (cannot be found in /proc/bus/input/devices) If using windows, it shows ACPI/SMO8810 in device manager If you run "lspnp", you can see: 00:0c SMO8810 (unknown) [1] http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/latit/dell_latitude_e6530_spec_sheet.pdf [2] http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/latitude-e5440-laptop/pd This issue has also been verified with 12.04.4, see bug 1310879 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: linux-image-3.5.0-23-generic 3.5.0-23.35~precise1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-23.35~precise1-generic 3.5.7.2 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-23-generic x86_64 AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.25. AplayDevices: **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1 Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: ubuntu 1635 F.... pulseaudio CRDA: country TW: (2402 - 2472 @ 40), (3, 27) (5270 - 5330 @ 40), (3, 17), DFS (5735 - 5815 @ 40), (3, 30) Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'PCH'/'HDA Intel PCH at 0xf7e30000 irq 49' Mixer name : 'IDT 92HD93BXX' Components : 'HDA:111d76df,10280535,00100203 HDA:14f12c06,14f1000f,00100000' Controls : 20 Simple ctrls : 10 Date: Tue Jul 9 11:09:52 2013 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=8ee31955-e727-4041-b013-ddde9c2533a6 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20130213) MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude E6530 MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb 1 nouveaufb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-23-generic root=UUID=81b802b0-1e06-43e7-8c92-b241adf7768c ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.5.0-23-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.5.0-23-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.79.1 SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 09/19/2012 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A06 dmi.board.name: 07Y85M dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: X03 dmi.chassis.type: 9 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA06:bd09/19/2012:svnDellInc.:pnLatitudeE6530:pvr01:rvnDellInc.:rn07Y85M:rvrX03:cvnDellInc.:ct9:cvr: dmi.product.name: Latitude E6530 dmi.product.version: 01 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1199217/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp