To follow up on my original posting of this bug and Rocko's comments:
I was successful in installing Ubuntu (11.04, 64 bit AMD version) using the USB stick. Once installed it seems to be working just fine with no other changes. Additionally, the B-Ray/DVD/CD drive appears to work as well. ActiveSonar ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rocko" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 7:04:57 AM Subject: [Bug 774599] Re: Ubuntu 11.04 fails to install on new Dell XPS-15 @Benoit: Did you try the USB stick in the USB connector on the right- hand side? The ones on the left and back are USB3 and I think they do not work with the kernel on the installer. Also, once you have finished installing you may need to remove the nvidia driver manually. To do this, you should boot into recovery mode and do: sudo apt-get remove nvidia-current and then reboot. To update my previous comment: now that 11.04 is installed, everything is working nicely on the XPS15 now, including the CD/DVD reader and the USB3 ports (except watch out for the 2.6.39 kernel, which ironically comes with USB3 hub support but which also has a regression that means USB3 devices no longer work). I can use an HDMI monitor via a mini- display-port-to-HDMI adapter plugged into the mini display port. And nvidia card acceleration works if you install bumblebee (see https://github.com/MrMEEE/bumblebee). -- You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of the bug. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/774599 Title: Ubuntu 11.04 fails to install on new Dell XPS-15 Status in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Problem Summary: Unable to boot from 11.04 Ubuntu CD on NEW Dell XPS-15 Laptop. A few notes: - The install CD does work on a HP Desktop (circa 2008 system). Therefore, CD image is good. - Ubuntu 10.10 CD also fails on Dell XPS-15 Laptop. - The Dell XPS-15 Laptop is brand new (April, 2011) (likely hardware changes since previous models). - ISO image on CD is: ubuntu-11.04-desktop-i386 using ubuntu-11.04-desktop-i386.iso.torrent - Also tried: 11.04 AMD64 version, and 11.04 AMD64 Alternate version. Same results. - Windows 7 (installed by Dell) works with no issues. - Failure is complete repeatable. Dell XPS-15 Laptop system details: Processor: Intel Core i7-2620M 2.7 GHZ, turbo 2.0 up to 3.4 GHZ Memory: 8GB Shared Dual channel DDR3 Graphics: nVidia GeForce GT-540M, 2 GB HD = 640 GB, 7200 RPM SATA LCD: 15.6 FHD (1920x1080) CD ROM: Reads BD, Read/Write CD, DVD Dell calls this laptop a "XPS L502X" model. On Ubuntu version 11.04, the failure message on boot up attempt (from CD) is: [2.993731] Kernel panic - not Syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block (8,1) [2.993662] pid:1, comm:swapper Not tainted 2-6.38_8_generic #42-ubuntu Call Trace: C1507054- ?panic + 0x5C/0x157 C178dc26- mount_block_root + 0x1c2/0x25b C1002931- handle_signal + 0x131/0x1d0 C113475c- sys_mknod + 0x2c/0x30 C178de37- mount_root + 0x59/0x5f C178df8b- prepare_namespace + 0x14e/0x192 C1125eb5- sys_access + 0x25/0x30 C178d9a1- kernel_init + 0x1b0/0x1c8 C178d7e8- kernel_init + 0x00/0x1c8 C100367e- kernel_thread_helper + 0x06/0x010 On Ubuntu version 10.10, the failure message on boot up attempt (from CD) is: modprobe:FATAL: Could not load /lib/modules/2_6.35-22-generice/modules_dep: No such file or directory To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/774599/+subscribe -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/774599 Title: Ubuntu 11.04 fails to install on new Dell XPS-15 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
