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E4310 problems with dock and Ubuntu
Hi,
I have a new Latitude E4310 connected to a Dell dock with Ubuntu 10.10. The dock is connected to two monitors (one DVI and one VGA). When I unplug the laptop from the dock and I open the screen it is blank and it is impossible to start it (even with scripts), after that if I plug the laptop in the dock again it look that the laptop don't connect with the monitors, mouse or keyboard and the only thing I can do is turn off the laptop by touching the button for a few seconds.
Do you know what is happens?
Thanks.
robegs
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November 9th, 2010 15:00
nothing??
henry.olegna
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December 1st, 2010 04:00
Reading about BIOS A04 you will find some of the problems about docking should be solved with this update. Which BIOS version are you running?
robegs
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December 1st, 2010 04:00
I'm running the A04 version. I bought my laptop on september and it has this version.
jimmysjolund
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January 14th, 2011 00:00
A bit off topic, but how did you install the new bios? Do I dare run the .exe through Wine?
henry.olegna
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January 14th, 2011 00:00
There is a BIOS A05 out now - it solves the problems (for me at least)!
jimmysjolund
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January 14th, 2011 00:00
I have the same issue with my e4310. I also have the A04 bios. I used to run Ubuntu 10.04, but read that the newer kernel in 10.10 might solve the issue so I upgraded yesterday. However, there was no change to the issue. Very annoying...
TrondHuso
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February 7th, 2011 08:00
Not giving you an answer, but I am also interested in knowing how to update the BIOS. I have a Dell E4310 running Ubuntu 10.10 64-bit.
I am experiensing screen flickers, and the only solution is do use an older kernel (21 or 22). Then you can't use the external monitor :/
The machine does not freeze. If you can SSH into the laptop, you can control it and reboot it like a headless server, but it is not a good solution.
I am also noticing that there isn't a BIOS for my machine (0x0410). Could Dell look at this?
my twitter: @trondhuso
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robegs
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February 7th, 2011 09:00
I updated the BIOS on windows. If I were you I would not try it in Ubuntu.
Also, this new BIOS version does not fix the problem completely. Now I can do hot plugin in the base station, but If I remove the laptop for the base station it is steel freeze.