I did give it a try. But it hangs when the laptop restarts. If it is shutdown and then started again it works. During booting there is a message the the hard drive isn't ready yet but it works. This freezing made me switch to Dell's Ubuntu flavor because maybe there are some tweaks in Dell's version that are not in 10.04.
I did give it a try. But it hangs when the laptop restarts. If it is shutdown and then started again it works. During booting there is a message the the hard drive isn't ready yet but it works. This freezing made me switch to Dell's Ubuntu flavor because maybe there are some tweaks in Dell's version that are not in 10.04.
Fabian
Hi, Mint 11 has also been released, and it's not bad either.
Ubuntu 11.04 plays quite nicely with the Latitude machines, however there are some minor issues that have to be fixed manually. As for the reboot problem, try this:
- edit /etc/default/grub as root: add "reboot=pci" to the option GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT
The best distro I actually have encountered these days, is a 'fork' of Ubuntu, called Pinguy. Check it out on pinguy-os.sourceforge.net.
It comes with all media types preinstalled, Java and flash support and lots more. Out of the box, no hassle. Since 6 months I have been using it at work and at home. Really, just give it a try - I think (hope) that you will be amazed as I was seeing it for the first time.
I resolved my ubuntu 10.10 and 11.04 reboot hang issues by disabling VT for Direct I/O in the BIOS. This setting is found under Virtualization Support category. This change works on all 5 revs of Dell BIOS the E6520. I'm up and running on 9 E6520 with Ubuntu 11.04.
Don't try with USB stick that is not work. try with ubuntu bootable CD. but u can't solve ur problem. that's don't have dirvers for Linux os. U can install ubunu but some hadware not work currently.
ieee488
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Just create a bootable USB stick and give 11.04 a try. You don't even have to install.
olfab23
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I did give it a try. But it hangs when the laptop restarts. If it is shutdown and then started again it works. During booting there is a message the the hard drive isn't ready yet but it works. This freezing made me switch to Dell's Ubuntu flavor because maybe there are some tweaks in Dell's version that are not in 10.04.
Fabian
RobinBredin
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May 27th, 2011 06:00
Hi, Mint 11 has also been released, and it's not bad either.
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June 11th, 2011 01:00
Ubuntu 11.04 plays quite nicely with the Latitude machines, however there are some minor issues that have to be fixed manually. As for the reboot problem, try this:
- edit /etc/default/grub as root: add "reboot=pci" to the option GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT
example: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash reboot=pci"
- update your bootloader config with "sudo update-grub"
- shutdown, reboot. Now your system should reboot without hanging.
masticator
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The best distro I actually have encountered these days, is a 'fork' of Ubuntu, called Pinguy. Check it out on pinguy-os.sourceforge.net.
It comes with all media types preinstalled, Java and flash support and lots more. Out of the box, no hassle. Since 6 months I have been using it at work and at home. Really, just give it a try - I think (hope) that you will be amazed as I was seeing it for the first time.
rmattb1
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July 9th, 2011 22:00
Where did you get Dell's version?
Thanks!
rmattb1
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July 9th, 2011 23:00
Ahh, here it is: support.dell.com/.../driverslist.aspx
abram7544
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I resolved my ubuntu 10.10 and 11.04 reboot hang issues by disabling VT for Direct I/O in the BIOS. This setting is found under Virtualization Support category. This change works on all 5 revs of Dell BIOS the E6520. I'm up and running on 9 E6520 with Ubuntu 11.04.
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August 28th, 2011 09:00
Don't try with USB stick that is not work. try with ubuntu bootable CD. but u can't solve ur problem. that's don't have dirvers for Linux os. U can install ubunu but some hadware not work currently.
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May 29th, 2018 12:00
Cannonical Non-dell customised UBUNTU 18.04 Bionic LTS (stable)
Link with latest updates pre-installed:
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/bionic/daily-live/
U will see a folder with today's date, open it (DONT OPEN YESTERDAY"S FOLDER)
Download file : bionic-desktop-amd64.iso
These are generic ISOs released by Canonical, and works pretty well on my system.
Dell customised Ubuntu images are not listed in their servers, hence u will be unable to dwnld ( even if u had ubuntu out of the box)
I am in contact with Advanced Resolution Team & they're on it!!
For now, satisfy ur thirst with the link I gave^