I think that l401x also has HM57 chipset based motherboard which does have the intel graphics chip integrated on it. Pls recheck that. If it has graphics on board then the nVIDIA gpu won't work in linux.
On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 11:07 AM, Rahul Ramesh <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, > > Mine is XPS L401X. So does that mean I cant install linux, or simply i > wont be able to use the graphics card? > > Thanks again for helping out. > > Regards, > Rahul > > > On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 7:56 PM, bapi <[email protected]> wrote: > > Are you going for XPS L501X? Just don't go for that if you can't live > > without linux. > > > > The configurations above 501x i.e 701x,etc. are fine as there is no > > HYBRID-GRAPHICS i.e. intel graphics chip on board alongwith nVIDIA > discrete > > graphics. But don't go for the configurations below it, which has both > > nVIDIA and intel. At present it is not possible to get graphics working > on > > those configuration with Linux. > > Yo > u should check once more if your configuration has intel > > onboard graphics alongwith nvidia gpu. Visit this url : > > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1618801 and read the posts, i > think > > all your queries should be solved. > > > > BTW, i'm using xps l501x-i5460m,4gb,nvidia 420m 1gb and am not able to > get > > nvidia card working in Ubuntu. Also the sound does not work in older > > versions of ubuntu. > > > > Best, > > > > On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 10:07 PM, Rahul Ramesh <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> Hi All, > >> > >> I'm planning to buy a Dell XPS laptop, with the following configuration. > >> > >> Intel® Core™ i7-740QM Processor(1.73GHz,4Core/8Threads,turbo boost up to > >> 2.93Ghz,6M cache) > >> Memory 4GB 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM > >> 2GB NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 425M > >> > >> Does anyone own a XPS with the following configuration? Are there any > know > >> issues with Linux usage or installation on XPS? > >> > >> Any help is appreciated. > >> > >> Regards, > >> Rahul > >> > >> -- > >> LUG@IITD - http://lug-iitd.org/Footer > > > > -- > > LUG@IITD - http://lug-iitd.org/Footer > > > > -- > LUG@IITD - http://lug-iitd.org/Footer > -- LUG@IITD - http://lug-iitd.org/Footer
