9370 Ubuntu 18.04

I am also interested. I have used Ubuntu Gnome for a while and since Ubuntu 18.04 is switched to Gnome, it would be very nice to have 9370 with Ubuntu 18.04 preinstalled.

But i have found someone asking the same question before. https://www.dell.com/community/Sputnik/Ubuntu-16-04/m-p/4766612

Hope the team will have the energy to do it this time.

I also would like to have a Dell customized update to Ubuntu 18.04. Let's hope Dell is going to support this Linux distro .

I am also interested in running Ubuntu 18.04 on my xps 13 developer edition asap after release.

I have downloaded the installer ISO and plan on trying it on my XPS 13 DE tomorrow. I am not sure what version I have, but I know it came with 12.04 pre-installed on it years ago. It upgraded to 14.04 and 16.04 without issue.

I do not know if the new Gnome UI will have issues or not.

It installed without issue as a fresh install on a wiped drive.

I did not test Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, so no feedback on those.

The touch pad seemed to be jerky. It would move some then stop. I would then need to wait a few seconds and try again, and it would move some more. I did not try to resolve this other than to turn the track pad off as I prefer a Logitech Track Man.

My network dongle work fine.

My laptop is more than 4 years old. It had 12.04 pre-installed on it when I bought it, so it is not one of the newer models.

I am happy. I like how you can set the task bar to the bottom of the window with just changing Settings -> Dock -> Position on screen. Getting used to the new workspaces with its CTRL+ALT+[up or down arrows] is ok.

Hi,

I got the new XPS 9370. I just upgraded from 17.10 to 18.04 and I have only one (but major) problem. The UHD 620 intel graphics card is not recognized, it uses instead virtual drivers. This results in a CPU load between 1 to 3 CPUs to run the desktop GUI.  So I would definitely wait!  I will post when fixed.  Everything else is fine, but this is a mayor problem, e.g. watching Netflix in HD uses 4 CPUs at max!  That said, this is an impressive machine, not many could pull a HD video with no native 3D acceleration!

Does anybody have the same problem? Currently looking for a fix.

To verify if you have the same problem, go to settings, about and see if the graphics are descrived as LLVM, then the Intel HD card is not recognized.

Cheers

Hi there!

If you look here:

http://dell.archive.canonical.com/updates/dists/

There are a few bionic xxx directories. Not if and how it can help? 

Does anybody has some information? 

Intel Graphics 620 is recognized correctly on my 9370 that originally came with Windows 10 Home and which I now dual boot with Ubuntu 18.04

I'm not in any kind of hurry to upgrade, because the XPS works and I need to do work. On the other hand, 18.04 is special. The usual way is that you might expect Dell to work on it, submit fixes to the kernel and it shows up in the first point release in July. I was just fishing to see if that is indeed the plan. I wouldn't rush it because you never know what is in there. Even if everything works, what if the battery life tweaks are lost? I like the battery life, as opposed to other laptops that I put linux on. Anyway, it sounds like that's what will happen, but I think we really won't know until July. Hope that it is announced on the forum. (or the blog) I think that companies just don't like to talk about anything in public, let alone special sauce.

At the moment I have a lot of issues with 18.04:

- bluetooth stops working after some time (adapter gone completely)

- sometimes networkmanager crashes completely and I cannot connect via anything

- webcam stops working after some time

- sometimes with a Dell 32 inch display attached (with USB and DisplayPort through USB-C) supend does not work at all

On my Ubuntu 18.04 installation of my XPS13, the Graphics under the About is Intel® UHD Graphics 620 (Kabylake GT2). However, I'm seeing some OOPS on the dmesg:

[44494.280734] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[44494.280735] Unknown pixelformat 0x00000000
[44494.280762] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 858 at /build/linux-5s7Xkn/linux-4.15.0/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c:1291 v4l_fill_fmtdesc+0xf41/0x1250 [videodev]
[44494.280763] Modules linked in: livepatch_livepatch_Ubuntu_4_15_0_20_21_generic_(OEK) rfcomm ccm msr thunderbolt ipt_MASQUERADE nf_nat_masquerade_ipv4 nf_conntrack_netlink nfnetlink xfrm_user xfrm_algo cdc_ether usbnet cmac r8152 mii razermouse(OE) bnep arc4 btusb btrtl btbcm btintel bluetooth uvcvideo videobuf2_vmalloc videobuf2_memops ecdh_generic cdc_acm videobuf2_v4l2 videobuf2_core videodev media iptable_nat nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 nf_nat_ipv4 xt_addrtype iptable_filter xt_conntrack nf_nat nf_conntrack libcrc32c br_netfilter bridge stp llc overlay hid_multitouch snd_hda_codec_hdmi dell_smbios_smm dcdbas snd_soc_skl dell_laptop snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_soc_skl_ipc snd_hda_codec_generic snd_hda_ext_core snd_soc_sst_dsp snd_soc_sst_ipc snd_soc_acpi snd_soc_core snd_compress ac97_bus snd_pcm_dmaengine
[44494.280798]  intel_rapl x86_pkg_temp_thermal intel_powerclamp coretemp kvm_intel kvm irqbypass crct10dif_pclmul crc32_pclmul ghash_clmulni_intel pcbc aesni_intel aes_x86_64 crypto_simd glue_helper cryptd intel_cstate intel_rapl_perf nls_iso8859_1 joydev input_leds serio_raw dell_wmi dell_smbios_wmi idma64 virt_dma dell_smbios dell_wmi_descriptor wmi_bmof intel_wmi_thunderbolt snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hda_core snd_hwdep ath10k_pci snd_pcm ath10k_core snd_seq_midi snd_seq_midi_event ath snd_rawmidi snd_seq mac80211 snd_seq_device snd_timer snd cfg80211 rtsx_pci_ms soundcore memstick mei_me intel_lpss_pci processor_thermal_device mei shpchp intel_pch_thermal intel_soc_dts_iosf intel_lpss intel_hid sparse_keymap int3403_thermal int340x_thermal_zone tpm_crb int3400_thermal acpi_pad mac_hid acpi_thermal_rel
[44494.280833]  sch_fq_codel parport_pc ppdev lp parport ip_tables x_tables autofs4 hid_generic usbhid rtsx_pci_sdmmc i915 i2c_algo_bit drm_kms_helper psmouse syscopyarea sysfillrect sysimgblt nvme fb_sys_fops nvme_core drm rtsx_pci wmi i2c_hid hid pinctrl_sunrisepoint video
[44494.280850] CPU: 0 PID: 858 Comm: cheese Tainted: G        W  OE K  4.15.0-20-generic #21-Ubuntu
[44494.280851] Hardware name: Dell Inc. XPS 13 9370/0F6P3V, BIOS 1.3.2 05/07/2018
[44494.280856] RIP: 0010:v4l_fill_fmtdesc+0xf41/0x1250 [videodev]
[44494.280857] RSP: 0018:ffffadd244f97c30 EFLAGS: 00010282
[44494.280858] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffadd244f97d68 RCX: 0000000000000006
[44494.280859] RDX: 0000000000000007 RSI: 0000000000000086 RDI: ffff969f2e416490
[44494.280860] RBP: ffffadd244f97c40 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000783
[44494.280861] R10: ffff969f18e7d200 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff969c859d2800
[44494.280862] R13: ffffffffc0dcd900 R14: ffff969f18e7d240 R15: ffff969c859d2800
[44494.280863] FS:  00007f85cb70a700(0000) GS:ffff969f2e400000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[44494.280864] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[44494.280865] CR2: 00007f85c400e8a8 CR3: 00000003859c8004 CR4: 00000000003606f0
[44494.280866] Call Trace:
[44494.280873]  v4l_enum_fmt+0x74/0x110 [videodev]
[44494.280878]  __video_do_ioctl+0x370/0x380 [videodev]
[44494.280881]  ? terminate_walk+0x8e/0xf0
[44494.280886]  video_usercopy+0x24d/0x640 [videodev]
[44494.280890]  ? video_ioctl2+0x20/0x20 [videodev]
[44494.280895]  video_ioctl2+0x15/0x20 [videodev]
[44494.280898]  v4l2_ioctl+0xc8/0xf0 [videodev]
[44494.280901]  do_vfs_ioctl+0xa8/0x630
[44494.280903]  ? putname+0x4c/0x60
[44494.280905]  ? do_sys_open+0x13e/0x2c0
[44494.280908]  SyS_ioctl+0x79/0x90
[44494.280911]  do_syscall_64+0x73/0x130
[44494.280914]  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x3d/0xa2
[44494.280916] RIP: 0033:0x7f85ecf965d7
[44494.280916] RSP: 002b:00007f85cb709898 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
[44494.280918] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f85c400b240 RCX: 00007f85ecf965d7
[44494.280919] RDX: 00007f85c4016460 RSI: 00000000c0405602 RDI: 0000000000000014
[44494.280920] RBP: 00007f85ef663768 R08: 00007f85c4016460 R09: 0000000000000000
[44494.280921] R10: 00007f85c40008d0 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
[44494.280921] R13: 00007f85c4009bd0 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: 00007f85c4016460
[44494.280923] Code: 30 0f 84 b4 01 00 00 3d 4a 4c 32 30 0f 84 97 01 00 00 3d 4d 33 31 30 0f 84 7a 01 00 00 89 c6 48 c7 c7 d7 d2 d6 c0 e8 df 21 f3 fb <0f> 0b 80 7b 0c 00 0f 85 e2 f3 ff ff 8b 43 2c 48 c7 c1 7e c6 d6 
[44494.280953] ---[ end trace 46df57c2aa217d40 ]---

On my Ubuntu 18.04 installation of my XPS13, the Graphics under the About is Intel® UHD Graphics 620 (Kabylake GT2). However, I'm seeing some OOPS on the dmesg:

[44494.280734] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[44494.280735] Unknown pixelformat 0x00000000
[44494.280762] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 858 at /build/linux-5s7Xkn/linux-4.15.0/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c:1291 v4l_fill_fmtdesc+0xf41/0x1250 [videodev]
[44494.280763] Modules linked in: livepatch_livepatch_Ubuntu_4_15_0_20_21_generic_(OEK) rfcomm ccm msr thunderbolt ipt_MASQUERADE nf_nat_masquerade_ipv4 nf_conntrack_netlink nfnetlink xfrm_user xfrm_algo cdc_ether usbnet cmac r8152 mii razermouse(OE) bnep arc4 btusb btrtl btbcm btintel bluetooth uvcvideo videobuf2_vmalloc videobuf2_memops ecdh_generic cdc_acm videobuf2_v4l2 videobuf2_core videodev media iptable_nat nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 nf_nat_ipv4 xt_addrtype iptable_filter xt_conntrack nf_nat nf_conntrack libcrc32c br_netfilter bridge stp llc overlay hid_multitouch snd_hda_codec_hdmi dell_smbios_smm dcdbas snd_soc_skl dell_laptop snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_soc_skl_ipc snd_hda_codec_generic snd_hda_ext_core snd_soc_sst_dsp snd_soc_sst_ipc snd_soc_acpi snd_soc_core snd_compress ac97_bus snd_pcm_dmaengine
[44494.280798]  intel_rapl x86_pkg_temp_thermal intel_powerclamp coretemp kvm_intel kvm irqbypass crct10dif_pclmul crc32_pclmul ghash_clmulni_intel pcbc aesni_intel aes_x86_64 crypto_simd glue_helper cryptd intel_cstate intel_rapl_perf nls_iso8859_1 joydev input_leds serio_raw dell_wmi dell_smbios_wmi idma64 virt_dma dell_smbios dell_wmi_descriptor wmi_bmof intel_wmi_thunderbolt snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hda_core snd_hwdep ath10k_pci snd_pcm ath10k_core snd_seq_midi snd_seq_midi_event ath snd_rawmidi snd_seq mac80211 snd_seq_device snd_timer snd cfg80211 rtsx_pci_ms soundcore memstick mei_me intel_lpss_pci processor_thermal_device mei shpchp intel_pch_thermal intel_soc_dts_iosf intel_lpss intel_hid sparse_keymap int3403_thermal int340x_thermal_zone tpm_crb int3400_thermal acpi_pad mac_hid acpi_thermal_rel
[44494.280833]  sch_fq_codel parport_pc ppdev lp parport ip_tables x_tables autofs4 hid_generic usbhid rtsx_pci_sdmmc i915 i2c_algo_bit drm_kms_helper psmouse syscopyarea sysfillrect sysimgblt nvme fb_sys_fops nvme_core drm rtsx_pci wmi i2c_hid hid pinctrl_sunrisepoint video
[44494.280850] CPU: 0 PID: 858 Comm: cheese Tainted: G        W  OE K  4.15.0-20-generic #21-Ubuntu
[44494.280851] Hardware name: Dell Inc. XPS 13 9370/0F6P3V, BIOS 1.3.2 05/07/2018
[44494.280856] RIP: 0010:v4l_fill_fmtdesc+0xf41/0x1250 [videodev]
[44494.280857] RSP: 0018:ffffadd244f97c30 EFLAGS: 00010282
[44494.280858] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffadd244f97d68 RCX: 0000000000000006
[44494.280859] RDX: 0000000000000007 RSI: 0000000000000086 RDI: ffff969f2e416490
[44494.280860] RBP: ffffadd244f97c40 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000783
[44494.280861] R10: ffff969f18e7d200 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff969c859d2800
[44494.280862] R13: ffffffffc0dcd900 R14: ffff969f18e7d240 R15: ffff969c859d2800
[44494.280863] FS:  00007f85cb70a700(0000) GS:ffff969f2e400000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[44494.280864] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[44494.280865] CR2: 00007f85c400e8a8 CR3: 00000003859c8004 CR4: 00000000003606f0
[44494.280866] Call Trace:
[44494.280873]  v4l_enum_fmt+0x74/0x110 [videodev]
[44494.280878]  __video_do_ioctl+0x370/0x380 [videodev]
[44494.280881]  ? terminate_walk+0x8e/0xf0
[44494.280886]  video_usercopy+0x24d/0x640 [videodev]
[44494.280890]  ? video_ioctl2+0x20/0x20 [videodev]
[44494.280895]  video_ioctl2+0x15/0x20 [videodev]
[44494.280898]  v4l2_ioctl+0xc8/0xf0 [videodev]
[44494.280901]  do_vfs_ioctl+0xa8/0x630
[44494.280903]  ? putname+0x4c/0x60
[44494.280905]  ? do_sys_open+0x13e/0x2c0
[44494.280908]  SyS_ioctl+0x79/0x90
[44494.280911]  do_syscall_64+0x73/0x130
[44494.280914]  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x3d/0xa2
[44494.280916] RIP: 0033:0x7f85ecf965d7
[44494.280916] RSP: 002b:00007f85cb709898 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
[44494.280918] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f85c400b240 RCX: 00007f85ecf965d7
[44494.280919] RDX: 00007f85c4016460 RSI: 00000000c0405602 RDI: 0000000000000014
[44494.280920] RBP: 00007f85ef663768 R08: 00007f85c4016460 R09: 0000000000000000
[44494.280921] R10: 00007f85c40008d0 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
[44494.280921] R13: 00007f85c4009bd0 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: 00007f85c4016460
[44494.280923] Code: 30 0f 84 b4 01 00 00 3d 4a 4c 32 30 0f 84 97 01 00 00 3d 4d 33 31 30 0f 84 7a 01 00 00 89 c6 48 c7 c7 d7 d2 d6 c0 e8 df 21 f3 fb <0f> 0b 80 7b 0c 00 0f 85 e2 f3 ff ff 8b 43 2c 48 c7 c1 7e c6 d6 
[44494.280953] ---[ end trace 46df57c2aa217d40 ]---

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@edmonddc wrote:

On my Ubuntu 18.04 installation of my XPS13, the Graphics under the About is Intel® UHD Graphics 620 (Kabylake GT2). However, I'm seeing some OOPS on the dmesg: 

---

The module 

v4l2-core

is crashing. This should be the webcam that's gone with this kernel error. 

Hi,

I tried to install Ubuntu 18 in Dual boot with Win10. I created a partition in Win10 by shrinking the C drive. However, I do not see this partition or any partition when installing Ubuntu 18 (No partition also when using GParted). Any idea? Thanks