I received the XPS 13 a few days ago and experienced a lot of problems with you should expect from a laptop which costs over 1500 euro's.
The following issues I could fix myself. Maybe this feedback helps other users.
I couldn't connect with a WPA2 Enterprise AP with the OEM installation. Had to upgrade all packages first using a different AP.
apt-get update && apt-get upgrade ended up in a conflict. I had to remove libc6-dbg:amd64 first to continue the upgrade.
on boot network manager didn't start. It tried to configure a non-exsting interface eth0. I removed /etc/network/interfaces.d/eth0.cfg to solve this problem.
The following problems still exist:
It is impossible to list and connect to an access point on channel 12 or 13
Trackpad glitches I could fix, but right click doesn't work anymore.
Suspend errors on boot
Especially the wifi problem is pretty annoying. On one location I depend on an access point which is configured on channel 12. Is this a configuration problem or a driver problem?
Part of this is a driver problem. This new hardware has drivers in the 3.19 kernel which isn't yet available for 14.04. This is especially true for your trackpad issues. You can, however, install the 3.19 kernel using the Beta Kernel Enablement repositories. The next thing I would try doing is just that. I have a write up/thread about it here:
gshulegaard@ronin:~$ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS Release: 14.04 Codename: trusty gshulegaard@ronin:~$ uname -a Linux ronin 3.19.0-18-generic #18~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed May 20 09:38:33 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux gshulegaard@ronin:~$
On the 3.19 kernel I do not have WiFi issues, suspend issues, or trackpad issues. I don't use suspend that much, so it's possible that the suspend issue is still a problem and I just haven't hit it yet.
I am based in the US so I don't really use channel 12 and 13, however, it would appear that the Broadcom drivers I am using do support channels 12 and 13:
Regarding the right-click issue: The downloadable files at the below link should be updated next week. This update should include a fix for the right-click issue.
Thanks @DantesRequiem. After I updated to the 3.19 kernel the trackpad problems were gone. However I had to disable "Tap to click" as it triggers while I use the keyboard ("Disable while typing" setting doesn't solve it).
@DELL-Justin C. Very good you guys are working on it. But it would be a good thing if you somehow list the known issues on that page for new users.
The Wifi problem I can't reproduce now as I am not near the channel 12 router the couple of days. @DantesRequiem, I can list all those channels as well, but when the AP's on channel 12 do not show up when I run "sudo iwlist wlan0 scanning" But as mentioned earlier, I think it is a driver problem but hope it gets solved soon.
@DELL-Justin C, I am suffering the same Channel 12/13 and resume from suspend issues. Since you're trying to get Dell Ubuntu experts in touch with people would you do the same for me? I was told someone from ProSupport would be in touch about my support case raised (911303407) but that's sitting with no response. Also, when is the knowledge base going to materialise? It looks like people have gone off on completely different directions (kernel upgrade in situ, upgrade to 15.04, backporting patches into kernel, replacing broadcom drivers, etc.) so I think it's time to get an official statement from Dell even if it's just "sit tight with 14.04, it's broken but we're going to get 14.04 working fully". I don't want to upgrade to 15.04 only to find it's more work to get any patches you produce deployed.
The trackpad cursor fixes were posted on May 12, not yesterday. This is confirmed on the download page which shows the upload date as May 12.
The resume from suspend fix is broken. The downloaded file does not have a proper file format ending and ends up being seen by Ubuntu as a "BIN" file. Double clicking on it tries to open Archive Manager which then spits out an error. Appending a ".deb" file ending opens Package Manager, but it reports an error.
Some users have reported that flashing to BIOS A04 doesn't quite resolve the keyboard repeats fully. I have A04 and seem to notice a repeated character here or there. Although BIOS A04 did resolved 99% of the issues, so the system is usable.
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Part of this is a driver problem. This new hardware has drivers in the 3.19 kernel which isn't yet available for 14.04. This is especially true for your trackpad issues. You can, however, install the 3.19 kernel using the Beta Kernel Enablement repositories. The next thing I would try doing is just that. I have a write up/thread about it here:
http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/os-applications/f/4613/t/19632562
Here is my system info for reference:
gshulegaard@ronin:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS
Release: 14.04
Codename: trusty
gshulegaard@ronin:~$ uname -a
Linux ronin 3.19.0-18-generic #18~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed May 20 09:38:33 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
gshulegaard@ronin:~$
On the 3.19 kernel I do not have WiFi issues, suspend issues, or trackpad issues. I don't use suspend that much, so it's possible that the suspend issue is still a problem and I just haven't hit it yet.