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December 27th, 2018 21:00
m15, BIOS update for Linux compatibility?
Since I spend most of the time on Linux if I am not gaming, I really want to install Linux (Ubuntu etc.) in my Alienware m15. I tried Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 14.04 and CentOS 7 but all of them failed. I got a bunch of ACPI Errors during booting and then the machine freeze (unable to boot into the system). Although I can ignore them by setting 'acpi=off' and boot into the system, the machine will then freeze at shutting down/rebooting. I succeeded in installing Linux on other machines having two GPUs (Intel and Nvidia) so I assume the issue is that the current Alienware-m15 BIOS (version 1.2.5) is optimized for Windows 10 but not compatible with Linux. Please let me know if I am correct. And I would like to know. Would the next Alienware-m15 BIOS update be compatible with Linux?
Thanks
(Attached: ACPI Errors on screen when booting into Ubuntu 18.04)
ACPI Error: [_GTP] Namespace lookup failure, AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20170031/dswload-378)
ACPI Expection: AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, During name lookup/catalog (20170831/psobject-252)
ACPI Expection: AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, (SSDT: SataTab1) while loading table (20170831/tbxfload-228)
ACPI Error: 1 table load failures, 13 successful (20170831/tbxfload-246)
letaiv
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July 20th, 2019 01:00
After upgrading to BIOS version 2.1.1 Ubuntu 19.04 can't detect fans
With previous version of BIOS everything was working smoothly.
skmacha
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September 24th, 2019 16:00
Heyy. Could you tell me the steps you followed to install Ubuntu on the m15 machine
DMottaB
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January 17th, 2020 21:00
For 2020 will possible to have a solution "Run Linux on Alienware m15"?
Cryen
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January 2nd, 2021 16:00
Did you manage to fix it?
I was using Linux on this machine for over a year now and I was unable to fix the fan controls.
My bios version is 2.5.0 and there's a new version 2.6.0 available.
Will the new version work or should I try to downgrade?