Thank you for the quick reply.
The native Broadcom module is preferable for me. Has anyone compiled/built an extension for the module? I didn't see the "wl" module listed anywhere.
I will try xvesa first (before xorg).
I am going to keep the Dell diagnostics partition, in case I need to flash the BIOS again.
In regards to my Mini 9 hardware, here is the result of lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
02:00.0 System peripheral: JMicron Technologies, Inc. Unknown device 2382
02:00.2 SD Host controller: JMicron Technologies, Inc. Unknown device 2381
02:00.3 System peripheral: JMicron Technologies, Inc. Unknown device 2383
03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g (rev 01)
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 02)
Here are some of the results from hardinfo:
Summary
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-Computer-
Processor : 2x Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N270 @ 1.60GHz
Memory : 505MB (238MB used)
Operating System : Ubuntu 8.04.1
User Name : --- ()
Date/Time : Sun 12 Apr 2009 11:28:49 AM PDT
-Display-
Resolution : 1024x600 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : Mesa DRI Intel(R) 945GME 20061017
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Multimedia-
Audio Adapter : HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
-Input Devices-
Power Button (FF)
Lid Switch
Power Button (CM)
Sleep Button (CM)
Video Bus
PC Speaker
AT Translated Set 2 keyboard
SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad
-Printers (CUPS)-
PDF
-IDE Disks-
-SCSI Disks-
ATA STEC ATA DISK vS
Operating System
----------------
-Version-
Kernel : Linux 2.6.24-19-lpia (i686)
Compiled : #1 SMP Mon Nov 3 15:25:26 UTC 2008
C Library : GNU C Library version 2.7 (stable)
Distribution : Ubuntu 8.04.1
-Current Session-
Computer Name : ---
User Name : --- ()
Home Directory : /home/---
Desktop Environment : GNOME 2.22 (session name: Default)
-Misc-
Uptime : 32 minutes
Load Average : 1.27, 1.31, 0.72
Kernel Modules
--------------
-Loaded Modules-
wl
parport_pc : PC-style parallel port driver
ppdev
parport
uvcvideo : USB Video Class driver
compat_ioctl32
videodev : Device registrar for Video4Linux drivers v2
v4l1_compat : v4l(1) compatibility layer for v4l2 drivers.
v4l2_common : misc helper functions for v4l2 device drivers
dcdbas : Dell Systems Management Base Driver (version 5.6.0-3.2)
rfcomm : Bluetooth RFCOMM ver 1.8
l2cap : Bluetooth L2CAP ver 2.9
hci_usb : Bluetooth HCI USB driver ver 2.9
bluetooth : Bluetooth Core ver 2.11
i915 : Intel Graphics
acpi_cpufreq : ACPI Processor P-States Driver
cpufreq_userspace : CPUfreq policy governor 'userspace'
cpufreq_powersave : CPUfreq policy governor 'powersave'
cpufreq_stats : 'cpufreq_stats' - A driver to export cpufreq stats through sysfs filesystem
cpufreq_conservative : 'cpufreq_conservative' - A dynamic cpufreq governor for Low Latency Frequency Transition capable processors optimised for use in a battery environment
drm : DRM shared core routines
intel_agp
agpgart : AGP GART driver
snd_seq_midi : Advanced Linux Sound Architecture sequencer MIDI synth.
snd_seq_oss : OSS-compatible sequencer module
snd_seq_dummy : ALSA sequencer MIDI-through client
snd_pcm_oss : PCM OSS emulation for ALSA.
snd_hda_intel : Intel HDA driver
snd_seq_midi_event : MIDI byte <-> sequencer event coder
snd_rawmidi : Midlevel RawMidi code for ALSA.
snd_hwdep : Hardware dependent layer
snd_pcm : Midlevel PCM code for ALSA.
snd_page_alloc : Memory allocator for ALSA system.
snd_mixer_oss : Mixer OSS emulation for ALSA.
snd_seq : Advanced Linux Sound Architecture sequencer.
snd_timer : ALSA timer interface
snd_seq_device : ALSA sequencer device management
snd : Advanced Linux Sound Architecture driver for soundcards.
soundcore : Core sound module
ieee80211_crypt_tkip : Host AP crypt: TKIP
r8169 : RealTek RTL-8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver
ieee80211_crypt : HostAP crypto
iTCO_wdt : Intel TCO WatchDog Timer Driver
iTCO_vendor_support : Intel TCO Vendor Specific WatchDog Timer Driver Support
serio_raw : Raw serio driver
psmouse : PS/2 mouse driver
fuse : Filesystem in Userspace
ahci : AHCI SATA low-level driver
squashfs : squashfs 3.3, a compressed read-only filesystem
unionfs : Unionfs 1.4 (http://unionfs.filesystems.org/)
ehci_hcd : 10 Dec 2004 USB 2.0 'Enhanced' Host Controller (EHCI) Driver
isofs
zlib_inflate
Filesystems
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-Mounted File Systems-
/dev/sda2 : 3.4 GiB total, 679.2 MiB free
proc : 0.0 B total, 0.0 B free
/sys : 0.0 B total, 0.0 B free
varrun : 246.6 MiB total, 246.5 MiB free
varlock : 246.6 MiB total, 246.6 MiB free
udev : 246.6 MiB total, 246.6 MiB free
devshm : 246.6 MiB total, 246.6 MiB free
devpts : 0.0 B total, 0.0 B free
lrm : 246.6 MiB total, 245.2 MiB free
gvfs-fuse-daemon : 3.4 GiB total, 679.2 MiB free
Shared Directories
------------------
-SAMBA-
-NFS-
Display
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-Display-
Resolution : 1024x600 pixels
Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
Version : 1.4.0.90
-Monitors-
Monitor 0 : 1024x600 pixels
-Extensions-
BIG-REQUESTS
Composite
DAMAGE
DOUBLE-BUFFER
DPMS
Extended-Visual-Information
GLX
MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
MIT-SHM
MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
RANDR
RECORD
RENDER
SECURITY
SGI-GLX
SHAPE
SYNC
TOG-CUP
X-Resource
XAccessControlExtension
XC-APPGROUP
XC-MISC
XFIXES
XFree86-Bigfont
XFree86-DGA
XFree86-DRI
XFree86-Misc
XFree86-VidModeExtension
XINERAMA
XInputExtension
XKEYBOARD
XTEST
XVideo
-OpenGL-
Vendor : Tungsten Graphics, Inc
Renderer : Mesa DRI Intel(R) 945GME 20061017
Version : 1.3 Mesa 7.0.3-rc2
Direct Rendering : Yes
Network Interfaces
------------------
-Network Interfaces-
lo : Sent 0.06MiB, received 0.06MiB (127.0.0.1)
eth0 : Sent 0.06MiB, received 0.81MiB (76.168.237.238)
eth1 : Sent 0.00MiB, received 0.00MiB
Processor
---------
-Processors-
Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N270 @ 1.60GHz : 1600.00MHz
Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N270 @ 1.60GHz : 1600.00MHz
Memory
------
-Memory-
Total Memory : 505080 kB
Free Memory : 32952 kB
Buffers : 21148 kB
Cached : 234436 kB
Cached Swap : 0 kB
Active : 260556 kB
Inactive : 121140 kB
High Memory : 0 kB
Free High Memory : 0 kB
Low Memory : 505080 kB
Free Low Memory : 32952 kB
Virtual Memory : 0 kB
Free Virtual Memory : 0 kB
Dirty : 0 kB
Writeback : 244 kB
AnonPages : 126096 kB
Mapped : 41416 kB
Slab : 23108 kB
SReclaimable : 14836 kB
SUnreclaim : 8272 kB
PageTables : 2028 kB
NFS_Unstable : 0 kB
Bounce : 0 kB
CommitLimit : 252540 kB
Committed_AS : 440960 kB
VmallocTotal : 516088 kB
VmallocUsed : 4856 kB
VmallocChunk : 509272 kB
PCI Devices
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-PCI Devices-
Host bridge : Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Memory Controller Hub
VGA compatible controller : Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller
Display controller : Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller
Audio device : Intel Corporation 82801G
PCI bridge : Intel Corporation 82801G
PCI bridge : Intel Corporation 82801G
PCI bridge : Intel Corporation 82801G
USB Controller : Intel Corporation 82801G
USB Controller : Intel Corporation 82801G
USB Controller : Intel Corporation 82801G
USB Controller : Intel Corporation 82801G
USB Controller : Intel Corporation 82801G
PCI bridge : Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
ISA bridge : Intel Corporation 82801GBM
IDE interface : Intel Corporation 82801G
SMBus : Intel Corporation 82801G
System peripheral : JMicron Technologies, Inc. Unknown device 2382
SD Host controller : JMicron Technologies, Inc. Unknown device 2381
System peripheral : JMicron Technologies, Inc. Unknown device 2383
Network controller : Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g
Ethernet controller : Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
USB Devices
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Battery
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-Battery: BAT1-
State : charged (load: 0 mA)
Capacity : 3200 mAh / 3200 mAh (100.00%)
Battery Technology : rechargeable (Lion)
Model Number
Serial Number : 11
Sensors
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-ACPI Thermal Zone-
TZ01 : 46°C
Input Devices
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-Input Devices-
Power Button (FF)
Lid Switch
Power Button (CM)
Sleep Button (CM)
Video Bus
PC Speaker
AT Translated Set 2 keyboard
SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad
Storage
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-IDE Disks-
-SCSI Disks-
ATA STEC ATA DISK vS
Thanks!