Questions tagged [dell]
Questions related to Dell hardware and troubleshooting Ubuntu
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Install dial up Conexant modem driver from Dell
I want to setup a dial-up connection on another computer (Ubuntu 12.04) without internet access. I have a Conexant modem and I need to download a driver for this. According to this help page, the ...
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Bluetooth not working after upgrade from 12.04 to 14.04
I upgraded from 12.04 to 14.04. After upgrading the Bluetooth is not working. It shows 'No adapters found'. My laptop is Dell Inspiron 15 R. How can i Get the driver??
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How to lower the resolution of a laptop monitor?
I am using laptop dell inspiron 5421. Now with an accident the 1/3rd of my left side screen is damaged. Now I was wondering is there any way so that I could shrink the screen size to other 2/3rd of my ...
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Fans are always running
Whenever I turn my laptop on my fans are running as if I was playing a game. The air coming out is cool, none of my computer parts are warm. I am running Ubuntu 13.10 and I have a Dell Inspiron 3521.
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Wired connection problem for Ubuntu 13.10 using DELL VOSTRO
I am having a problem using wired connection for Ubuntu 13.10. The problem started suddenly. However I was able to solve it using the answer given in the following post:
Ubuntu 12.04 Dell 6400 no ...
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Wifi stopped working after system update 12.04
The wifi on my Dell XPS 13 stopped working yesterday. It connects, and drops the connection a few seconds later. It was working before, the only thing I can think of that happened was a routine system ...
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Can't find device when trying to install Ubuntu
I am trying to install Ubuntu and when I am presented with the Partitioning menu I have no devices that I can select. however from the "try Ubuntu" area I can see my hard drive mounted.
How can I ...
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Disabling windows only features (Intel SRT, etc) so I can install Ubuntu (Dell XPS 15)
I'm working on installing Xubuntu on a Dell XPS 15 and I trust this guide.
It says I should do the following:
Turn Secure boot off.
Turn Fast boot off.
Turn Intel SRT off.
Remove RAID meta-data from ...
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Can't establish wireless connection in Ubuntu 12.04.3
I have Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS running on Dell Inspiron 15R system. It does not find wireless connections at all. I tried to take help from numerous number of similar threads discussed on this forum(No ...
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Clonezilla SE issues
This is my first go-around with Clonezilla SE. I have it on it's own, private, network where the server is also serving DHCP to the machines that join the network.
Server: Dell Optiplex 790 (SFF)
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Dell 968 All In One Photo Printer
Can I get Ubuntu 12.04 to work with the Dell 968 AIO Printer.
I have a customer who wants to use Ubuntu. But i cant seem to get a driver. Can i use Wine and install the windows 7 driver.
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How to install broadcom LP-PHY drivers?
My Dell Inspirion is equipped with a Broadcom 14e4 4315 Low-Power wifi card. I recently installed Ubuntu 12.04 on my system with hopes of making it my number one OS.
When I booted it up, my wifi ...
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How can I avoid wrecking Dell recovery partitions when installing Ubuntu?
Newbie here. :-)
I've tried reading questions and answers about installing Ubuntu on a SECOND hard drive, and although I haven't done it yet, it looks straight forward and I expect to install Ubuntu ...
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Fan always run with ubuntu 12.04 LTS
My laptop is dell vostro 3560. I have just installed ubuntu 12.04 LTS on it, everything is good except fan. It always run, always makes some noises. It's not normal when comparing with windows 8.1. ...
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WiFi not working on Dell Inspiron 1564
hope you can offer some help!
I'm new to Ubuntu (and Linux for that matter), but I managed to install Ubuntu 12.04 yesterday on an old Dell Inspiron 1564 Laptop. Everything works fine, with the ...
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How to install broadcom driver for Dell Inspiron 1440 in ubuntu 12.04
I'm just install ubuntu 12.04 precise pangolin, but after installing i still need to download broadcom wireless driver.
I don't have a wired connection, can anyone please help me to install it offline?...
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Unable to get wireless to work 12.04 BCM4312 Dell Inspirion 1545
Long story short, I was playing with things that I shouldn't have and had to do a fresh install of 12.04.
After going through How to Install Broadcom Wireless Drivers with no luck. Then, became sort ...
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Ubuntu 12.04. How to set up dual monitor with Intel 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ Processors
I have a Dell XPS15 l502x dual-booting Win8 and Ubuntu 12.04.
When I try to connect my second monitor through the HDMI port, the second monitor just says there's no signal.
When I run lspci -v, I ...
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Ubuntu on Dell 6430u 256 SSD
I am new to Ubuntu and looking for a suitable Laptop to run it. Could anyone give me his/her experience with a
Dell Latitude 6430u Intel Core i3 256 SSD and Ubuntu 12.04? I would like to run it in ...
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Installing Ubuntu on a Dell with windows 8 for dual booting
I realize many such questions have been asked and answered. BUT the answers are STILL above most peoples heads (at least mine!)
I'm new to this and when the prompt says no OS detected that is where ...
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XPS 13 without Ubuntu. Can I take it to an OEM state?
I'm considering buying a refurbished XPS 13. The problem is that it doesn't come with Ubuntu pre-installed.
Can I get it to a point where is similar to the OEM version?
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Why is my laptop keyboard malfunctioning after running boot-repair?
So, after using boot-repair to fix (reinstall) a Grub issue, some of the keys on my laptop have ceased to work. The specific keys are ;,',/,0,-,= and p. I tried swapping back to the live CD I ran boot-...
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Dell Inspiron custom buttons
I have a Dell Inspiron 14R that out of the box came out with Ubuntu 11.1. Ass suggested here, I upgraded it to Ubuntu 12.04.
My laptop keyboard has three funny buttons in the upper-left corner. ...
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Dell display problem Ubuntu 13.04
Since I upgrade from ubuntu 12.10 to 13.04 I can't change the brightness of the display, it remain in the darkest possible mode. I have a Dell 3721 laptop. Any advice?
@Dell:~$ lspci -nn | grep VGA
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Screen brightness very dim on a Dell XPS 13 (2013)
I just installed Xubuntu 13.04 on a new Dell XPS 13 Ultrabook. When I boot up the screen brightness is EXTREMELY dim. Adjusting the screen brightness doesn't do anything. This is obviously a very new ...
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Wireless not visible in Dell Vostro 2520, in Ubuntu 12.10?
I have executed the following commands:
sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installer
sudo apt-get remove bcmwl-kernel-source
When I run lspci, I found "broadcom" as "bcm43142 chip".
I downloaded ...
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How to turn down the brightness on my Dell mini laptop?
The keys that show the brightness symbols are 9 and 0, but when I hold down Shift and press these, it only shows ( and ). Help!
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Dell Studio 1749 i5 overheats with Ubuntu
I've Dell 1749 with Intel i5 430M, ATI 5000HD and 8GB Ram, so I thought that Ubuntu would work without problems but temperature is about 70-80c when I'm normally using (firefox, thunderbird). During ...
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Wireless failed after ubuntu 12.04 updating
I am working on a Dell precision M4700 laptop with Ubuntu 12.04 and KDE desktop.
After a "suggested" system updating, my wireless connection has stopped working. KNetWorkManager sees the wireless and ...
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Dual monitor flickers and resets periodically
I have a Lenovo thinkpad T530 with Ubuntu 12.10 installed. When I connect an external monitor (Acer 23') to my laptop it works fine, but both screens flicker periodically and gets reset. The ...
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No fan control for CPU fan
I am using a Dell Inspiron 15 Laptop, with Ubuntu Installed on my WD Passport partition as a portable installation.
On the CPU Fan, it never looks like it has any control over itself. At a constant ...
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How can I get media keys working on my Dell Vostro 2520?
Some of combinations with Fn on my Dell Vostro 2520 don't seem to work.
Fn+F8 (rewind back)
Fn+F9 (play/stop)
Fn+F10 (rewind forward)
I think that these keys need to be set up system-wide. I looked ...
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'Disable Touchpad' Keyboard Shortcut doesn't work
I have a Dell Inspiron 5110 laptop. When I press the keyboard shortcut to disable the touchpad (Fn+F3) it shows this in the corner of the screen:
But it does not actually disable the touchpad. This ...
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Dell studio xps 1647 BIOS update
Short question. Does anybody managed to update BIOS on Dell studio xps 1647 from Ubuntu?
I have A01 and want to update to A11. I read a lot of stuff on the web and around how to do this and failed. ...
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Lucid Install on Dell R320
I'm looking for some specific help installing Lucid-64 on a Dell R320 Server. Having never touched a Dell Server I am a LOT lost here.
Goal is to install company proprietary software on the server. ...
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wifi not detected in dell inspiron
i have ubuntu 12.04 installed in my dell inspiron 15R laptop but the wifi is not enabled
i have tried some solutions but it has not worked till now
when i use the lspci -vvv comand i get
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Dual monitor setup with Intel graphics and Nvidia Geforce GT 425M on 12.04
I have a Dell XPS L401x and just installed 12.04. I have a mini-display and an HDMI output, and I could hook up two Dell UltraSharp monitors to each port on Windows 7, and get a triple monitor setup.
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No wireless internet connection Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
I just installed Ubuntu on my Dell Latitude D820. My "wired" network is working but I have no option for "wireless" connections. My computer has a "Nextreme BCM5752 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express" by ...
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Desktop installation fails on Dell Precision T1600 with Nvidia Quadro card?
I'm trying to install Ubuntu 12.04 Desktop on a Dell Precision T1600, however, I get a blank screen with only a blinking cursor in the top left hand corner (this is after the grey screen with the ...
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Dell vostro 1310 touchpad doesn't wotk!
I just installed Ubuntu on my Windows 7 system. Touchpad and wireless don't work. Can anyone help me?
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Alps Loaded but PS/2 mouse also loaded!
i have Dell Inspiron 15R and i installed psmouse-alps package, it successfully recognized my Touchpad and i can see touchpad option under mouse properties as well, but my touchpad doesn't works at all....
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Poor video performance with a Dell D800
I upgraded my Dell D800 from 8x to 10x with very poor results to my video. Everything on the display seemed do be poorly rendered. I upgraded to 11.10 and some of the items are rendered properly but ...
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I can't configure my Dell V515w AIO printer
I tried downloading the driver from dell, but their updates only go up to Ubuntu 9.04....I don't know if that is the issue.
I downloaded it and unzipped, went to install it then it asked for an ...
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How to remove background noise with DELL UC 150 Headset
I connected my DELL headset UC 150 with Lenovo E480 Laptop Ubuntu 18.04.
On Windows the sound is clear without any noise. On Ubuntu I have constant background noise, which makes it hard to use it at ...
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SSD disk errors waking up from suspend
The computer is a Dell Inspiron 15 16GB with SSD 512MB, running Ubuntu 20.04. From time to time, when i put the computer to suspend, either closing the lid or selecting 'suspend' in the power off ...
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Bluetooth turning on automatically after everytime I boot my laptop with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
I have Dell Inspiron 14 5402 and I installed Ubuntu 20.04 on it. Even after turning off bluetooth, on next boot, it turns on automatically. I am worried about battery draining caused by it. Earlier I ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 on Dell XPS 15 desktop lags
I'm running Ubuntu 20.04 on Dell XPS 15:
i7-9750H
16GB
15.6" 4K UHD (3840 x 2160) OLED
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650
But I have lags on scrolling, feel like lost FPS, also video lags (tested on ...
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Dual monitors not working on Dell xps 13 9350 with Ubuntu 18
Recently I installed Ubuntu 18.04.2 along side windows on my xps. I use a thunderbolt to HDMI to connect to a second display. When I boot into windows both displays work, but on Ubuntu my monitor does ...
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Abnormal cooling fan speed
My laptop is a Dell Inspiron 3521, dual booted Windows 7 with Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
Two days ago I installed Ubuntu, when I start Ubuntu the fan speed is at 0 RPM. It eventually increases when the ...
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Dual monitors not working after upgrade
I upgraded to ubuntu 17.10 yesterday, and now my dual monitor setup is not working. The screen is detected, and I can move my cursor over to the second screen, but it is completely black save for the ...
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