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Running Ubuntu.Linux on Alienware 17x
Hi
I am thinking about buying an Alienware M17x machine and running Linux on it, I not that interested in having a gaming platform, but much more interested in having a high spec laptop.
Are there any known pitfalls or problems doing this type of thing?
Are there any known heat issues on the M17??
Does anybody known how long it takes for Dell to actual supply a Alienware machine in the UK/Endland or would I be better off buying it from Amazon instead off dell direct?
charles.terstee
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September 24th, 2011 07:00
i did this and 11.04 seemed to work fine except for sound
fix sound alienware
/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
add this line at the bottom.
options snd-hda-intel index=0 model=alienware
i did not test the camera but wifi(abgn), bluetooth did work out of the box.
archenroot
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December 28th, 2011 05:00
I use Gentoo Linux on my M17x R3, everything works except the integrated speakers, could you charles post complete lspci -k -nn and lshw output, so I can make diff with my current configuration where I have some issues, thank you.