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XPS 15 9570 and Ubuntu
I am running Ubuntu 18.04 and I initially had several problems that I finally figured out how to solve (so far). I thought some people might appreciate a synopsis of the issues I've experienced and my methods of solving them.
- The issue with Killer WiFi is well documented and I found that simply installing the latest linux firmware did the trick quite nicely. In the link provided, be sure to examine the list of available firmware downloads. Be warned: they are not sorted in any clear order so you will need to carefully examine the dates posted to find the most current driver.
- Installing the latest Nvidia drivers was necessary to get my desktop GUI up and running. I had to boot into the terminal and then follow the process detailed here.
- My biggest issue came with the advanced power management. First, my XPS would randomly shut down either when running on battery or plugged in with the simple adapter but not when plugged in to the TB16 dock. Second, booting up and shutting down was taking for ever and third, the fans would randomly come on at full blast under very light processing load. I've listed all these issues in a single bullet point because the resolution was tied together. After some investigation I found that by removing the "quiet splash" and adding "acpi_osi=Linux" to the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT line both provided a very useful output of all the processes being run and resolved all my issues with boot and power management.
I'm bummed Project Sputnik only had 13 inch XPS laptops with native Ubuntu installed otherwise I might have gone that direction. But things seem to be working well and I'm getting the performance I want. I'm hopeful that new Linux kernels and maybe some firmware updates from Dell can help optimize my experience further.
luposlip
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September 28th, 2018 09:00
Hi there,
I run Ubuntu Budgie, works perfect, except for long startup/shutdown times, and no standby/hibernate.
Best,
Henrik
jsalatas
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September 30th, 2018 15:00
Got my XPS 15 9570 last week. I installed ubuntu 18.04 (actually KDE Neon) and after the installation I run the following tweak script. I'm using my laptop for almost a week and everything is working without issues.
What Works
- Atheros Wifi
- Audio
- Audio on HDMI
- HDMI ( even on lid closed )
- Nvidia/Intel graphic cards switch
- Keyboard backlight
- Display brightness
- Sleep/wake on Intel
- Sleep/wake on nVidia
What Doesn't Work
- Fingerprint sensor
https://github.com/JackHack96/dell-xps-9570-ubuntu-respin/blob/master/xps-tweaks.sh
miximmiximixim
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October 27th, 2018 09:00
Hi,
same here, KDE Neon (based on Ubuntu 18.04) dual boot with Win 10, everything works good,
except for the fingerprint reader, but the fan constantly is turning off/on every few seconds,
very annoying ... anybody out there who can help me ?
Thx in advance,
MiXiM
NilsTheWizzard
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November 5th, 2018 04:00
Hey Dell,
Please keep Sputnik flying and Support New xps 15! I am happy to throw my money at you if you help is to have a proper OS running on xps 15.
:-)
And thanks to everyone for the hints in here!
bayareadude
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November 21st, 2018 07:00
What wifi speed are you getting with speedtest.net? I tried killer 1535, intel 9260, intel 8265, and they all work but I can never get more than 25 mbp/s. Even though my 5 year old macbook can get 80 mbp/s, and on the same laptop with windows i can get 80 mbp/s also. Does everyone settle for less optimal speed or not notice it, or is there something wrong with my setup?
oddbjornk
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December 4th, 2018 12:00
I have installed Ubuntu 18.10 on the 9570 this evening and this is what I had to do to make it work:
The computer now runs nicely with 5-7W power dissipation on light surfing with screen brightness at 30% (aka couch-mode), all keyboard function keys work and I get 6 ms ping + 300Mbit/s up and down from speedtest.net( (basically identical to Windows) using the Killer 1535, no instability issues so far. There seems to be issues with Bluetooth (dmesg says "Bluetooth: hci0: last event is not cmd complete (0x0f)"), I look into that later. I will also try connecting to my TB16 tomorrow at work and report back how that fares.
Update: Everything works on the TB16 except audio and sometimes flaky(?) ethernet.
Update: Bluetooth audio to external speaker works well.
Aak2
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January 22nd, 2019 00:00
Also experiencing unstable ethernet connection with the XPS 15, Ubuntu 18.04 and Tb16 combination.
At startup ethernet works fine, notification shows 3 connected blocks . But after a while a questionmark shows up in the icon although everything still works fine. Then sometimes the connection fails and won't come back only after rebooting.
Another small issue is that at startup, after about 30 seconds after logging in, the screen goes black for a couple of minutes, 2 to 3 times.
Windows (dualboot) works fine with the thunderbolt, updated all drivers, bios etc.
Anybody a suggestion?
oddbjornk
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January 22nd, 2019 01:00
Aak2
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January 22nd, 2019 04:00
@oddbjornk thanks for the reply.
I installed latest kernel available (4.20.3-042003-generic) which seems to have solved both issues. The screen doesn't turn black short after startup any more and the ethernet-connection seems stable as well so far.
Only the icon still shows a disconnected ethernet (
) , no problem, just a bit confusing:.
Mikey63
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February 6th, 2019 05:00
Make sure that you set the wired connection to 100 Mb/sec - the Gb interface is the one that has an issue.
nikh1508
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March 10th, 2019 23:00
Make sure that Secure Boot is disabled in BIOS since the drivers are unsigned. I was getting the same error in my case.
pirinto
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March 12th, 2019 03:00
Does one still have to append the lines:
nouveau.modeset=0
in /etc/default/grub
Even though one is not using noveau as the graphics driver for the 1050Ti card on the 9570?
pirinto
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March 12th, 2019 03:00
Could anyone verify that the computer can be put to sleep without issues on Linux with a running BIOS is higher than version 1.3 (Dell removed S3 after 1.3)?
svizcarr
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July 18th, 2019 18:00
How is your setup holding up? I am considering doing the same...
RyeinGoddard
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September 3rd, 2019 17:00
I'm running ubuntu 19.04 on the XPS 15 with no issues except the fingerprint sensor. I do need to do some more testing.
It would be nice if Nvidia helped out with the automatic GPU switching. I am going to test an eGPU soon and my Dell dock sometime this week when I get back to the office.