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August 29th, 2014 06:00
Dell Inspiron N5010 is bad for Linux
Hi,
Ive been having a hard time using this dell laptop for Linux. Ive been stuck with this brightness problem for quite a long time now. Its said that the Linux has a problem on how dell bios handles brightness adjustments and it results in computer freeze when the brightness gets adjusted from linux. Why is Dell having such a hard time with Linux ?. Are dell laptops just for people who use windows ?. I know there are certain dell laptops with linux but do they want us to buy such pre-configured laptops ?. Why wouldnt they address these issues ?. Can i just get a refund for my dell laptop if im not so happy about it ?
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speedstep
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August 29th, 2014 08:00
There are no refunds after so many years. 21 days not 2 years.
Joe Ferrante
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August 29th, 2014 10:00
WWW.Bios-Mods.com/forum/index.php If its a bios problem they might be able to help. Plus there are other Bios there for all sorts of Dell products. Some have more than 5 different bios's to choose from. Good luck hope this helps
Joe Ferrante
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August 29th, 2014 10:00
Which linux are you using. I am running linux mint 17 on one computer and Ubuntu on the old dell desktop. Only problem i had was setting it up. is there a bios update to fix the brightness issue and there are custom bios images out there you could throw on it. when i install ubuntu i had issues when it came down to drivers for networking and little things like that however mint had no such problems and was a dream to work with
skirankumars
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September 2nd, 2014 08:00
I have tried ubuntu and fedora. Both have the same problem in the laptop. I have the A15 version of bios installed. Changing brightness just freezes my laptop sometimes. Kindly look at the following thread for thr error. Dell bios is being blamed for this error
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1007765/comments/96