Comments on: Linux on the Dell XPS M1210 http://www.serpentine.com/blog/2006/10/18/linux-on-the-dell-xps-m1210/ Bryan O'Sullivan's blog Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:41:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Arkangel http://www.serpentine.com/blog/2006/10/18/linux-on-the-dell-xps-m1210/comment-page-1/#comment-108901 Arkangel Wed, 26 Dec 2007 00:55:16 +0000 http://home.serpentine.com/blog/2006/10/18/linux-on-the-dell-xps-m1210/#comment-108901 I have Fedora 8 in my Dell XPS M1210... its cool...all works fine. I have Fedora 8 in my Dell XPS M1210… its cool…all works fine.

]]> By: Moses http://www.serpentine.com/blog/2006/10/18/linux-on-the-dell-xps-m1210/comment-page-1/#comment-96837 Moses Wed, 07 Nov 2007 21:33:06 +0000 http://home.serpentine.com/blog/2006/10/18/linux-on-the-dell-xps-m1210/#comment-96837 Hello, i have a Dell Xps M1210 Laptop i bought not quite long and i formatted it but i could not get the driver for the webcam. i know the webcam was a logitec webcam b/4 i formatted it. please anyone who can help me with the driver or how and where i can get it? thanks Hello,
i have a Dell Xps M1210 Laptop i bought not quite long and i formatted it but i could not get the driver for the webcam. i know the webcam was a logitec webcam b/4 i formatted it. please anyone who can help me with the driver or how and where i can get it?
thanks

]]> By: Ben http://www.serpentine.com/blog/2006/10/18/linux-on-the-dell-xps-m1210/comment-page-1/#comment-75552 Ben Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:31:14 +0000 http://home.serpentine.com/blog/2006/10/18/linux-on-the-dell-xps-m1210/#comment-75552 If you consider getting a Dell, check out this website: http://www.dell-m1330-info.com It covers almost everything regarding the Dell m1330. If you consider getting a Dell, check out this website: http://www.dell-m1330-info.com It covers almost everything regarding the Dell m1330.

]]> By: Bill http://www.serpentine.com/blog/2006/10/18/linux-on-the-dell-xps-m1210/comment-page-1/#comment-74830 Bill Sun, 26 Aug 2007 08:15:47 +0000 http://home.serpentine.com/blog/2006/10/18/linux-on-the-dell-xps-m1210/#comment-74830 I have another guide about the Dell XPS M1210 which you can find at: http://www.linlap.com/wiki/Dell+XPS+M1210 I have another guide about the Dell XPS M1210 which you can find at:
http://www.linlap.com/wiki/Dell+XPS+M1210

]]> By: Sebastian http://www.serpentine.com/blog/2006/10/18/linux-on-the-dell-xps-m1210/comment-page-1/#comment-73262 Sebastian Mon, 20 Aug 2007 13:59:46 +0000 http://home.serpentine.com/blog/2006/10/18/linux-on-the-dell-xps-m1210/#comment-73262 Have the 1210 either but have big problems by getting my wireless card up and running in Ubuntu. I ve the n Series wlan card. Any suggestions? Greats S. Have the 1210 either but have big problems by getting my wireless card up and running in Ubuntu. I ve the n Series wlan card. Any suggestions?

Greats
S.

]]> By: Harald Meling http://www.serpentine.com/blog/2006/10/18/linux-on-the-dell-xps-m1210/comment-page-1/#comment-58035 Harald Meling Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:17:19 +0000 http://home.serpentine.com/blog/2006/10/18/linux-on-the-dell-xps-m1210/#comment-58035 Have the M1210 with the webcam. Not alive though, and see no drivers installed. Suggestions? Have the M1210 with the webcam.
Not alive though, and see no drivers installed.
Suggestions?

]]> By: Pieter http://www.serpentine.com/blog/2006/10/18/linux-on-the-dell-xps-m1210/comment-page-1/#comment-55575 Pieter Fri, 15 Jun 2007 03:53:39 +0000 http://home.serpentine.com/blog/2006/10/18/linux-on-the-dell-xps-m1210/#comment-55575 Hey, I have an xps 1210 and installed Fedora 7, everything installed perfect except for a few issues. I used the DVD iso to install Boot: Device froze on startup on first install on "uncompressing kernel", I then edited my grub.conf via pressing a key in blue screen when device is starting, selected kernel, pressed 'e' then scroll to second line and press 'e' and add the following to the end "clocksource=acpi_pm" and press enter to save and then "b" to boot. This was not necessary after "yum -y update" and new kernel was loaded Sound: I had a problem with the sound when it started but using the admin sound Gui in KDE i was able to select the "Intel" as my primary device which sorted that Now the issues I cant get around and need help: please note i am not very good with this OS yet and might need step by step instructions. Built in Web cam: I installed the video4linux and the uvcvideo packages/drivers but my webcam is not responding to it. If anyone has ANY ideas. I can see it when i run /sbin/lsusb: Bus 005 Device 003: ID 046d:08c6 Logitech, Inc. but no it wont work, if anyone has got this working let me know? Suspend: It has worked for me once, the first time i tried it with 'KPowerSave' but since then it just hangs on telling me that is in process of suspending my device Graphics: I have installed all the required nvidia drivers but my display appears "wobly/shaky". I am running it with the "correct" default fedora drivers and set to 1200x800 resolution with milllions of colors. Any ideas? Hey,

I have an xps 1210 and installed Fedora 7, everything installed perfect except for a few issues. I used the DVD iso to install

Boot:
Device froze on startup on first install on “uncompressing kernel”, I then edited my grub.conf via pressing a key in blue screen when device is starting, selected kernel, pressed ‘e’ then scroll to second line and press ‘e’ and add the following to the end “clocksource=acpi_pm” and press enter to save and then “b” to boot. This was not necessary after “yum -y update” and new kernel was loaded

Sound:
I had a problem with the sound when it started but using the admin sound Gui in KDE i was able to select the “Intel” as my primary device which sorted that

Now the issues I cant get around and need help:
please note i am not very good with this OS yet and might need step by step instructions.

Built in Web cam:
I installed the video4linux and the uvcvideo packages/drivers but my webcam is not responding to it. If anyone has ANY ideas.
I can see it when i run /sbin/lsusb:
Bus 005 Device 003: ID 046d:08c6 Logitech, Inc.
but no it wont work, if anyone has got this working let me know?

Suspend:
It has worked for me once, the first time i tried it with ‘KPowerSave’ but since then it just hangs on telling me that is in process of suspending my device

Graphics:
I have installed all the required nvidia drivers but my display appears “wobly/shaky”. I am running it with the “correct” default fedora drivers and set to 1200×800 resolution with milllions of colors. Any ideas?

]]> By: XZen http://www.serpentine.com/blog/2006/10/18/linux-on-the-dell-xps-m1210/comment-page-1/#comment-32892 XZen Tue, 03 Apr 2007 09:03:30 +0000 http://home.serpentine.com/blog/2006/10/18/linux-on-the-dell-xps-m1210/#comment-32892 Hello, I have installed Fedora 6 on my new DELL XPS M1210 but I have a quite serious problem. The machine do a very disturbing noise. A strident whistle : "Gzzziiiiiiiii gziiiiiiiiiiiii". The noise stop when the machine is in sleep mode. The only solution I have found is to disable ACPI but it is not useful because I have not battery support and only one core of my CPU is recognized. I hope you have an idea ... I am a newbie with Linux .... Thank you Florent Hello,

I have installed Fedora 6 on my new DELL XPS M1210 but I have a quite serious problem.

The machine do a very disturbing noise. A strident whistle : “Gzzziiiiiiiii gziiiiiiiiiiiii”. The noise stop when the machine is in sleep mode.

The only solution I have found is to disable ACPI but it is not useful because I have not battery support and only one core of my CPU is recognized.

I hope you have an idea … I am a newbie with Linux ….

Thank you

Florent

]]> By: Eddy Diaz http://www.serpentine.com/blog/2006/10/18/linux-on-the-dell-xps-m1210/comment-page-1/#comment-32648 Eddy Diaz Mon, 02 Apr 2007 15:57:45 +0000 http://home.serpentine.com/blog/2006/10/18/linux-on-the-dell-xps-m1210/#comment-32648 Hi, I installed Fedoara core 6 in my dell XPS 1210, when I start, the sound doesn´t works, I logged as root and run ¨sound card detection¨, click in ¨reload audio drivers¨ and the sound works fine. The modprobe.conf is this alias scsi_hostadapter ata_piix alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel options snd-card-0 index=0 options snd-hda-intel index=0 remove snd-hda-intel { /usr/sbin/alsactl store 0 >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; }; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-hda-intel alias eth1 b44 How do I to load the audio drivers when I start the computer. Hi, I installed Fedoara core 6 in my dell XPS 1210, when I start, the sound doesn´t works, I logged as root and run ¨sound card detection¨, click in ¨reload audio drivers¨ and the sound works fine.

The modprobe.conf is this

alias scsi_hostadapter ata_piix
alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel
options snd-card-0 index=0
options snd-hda-intel index=0
remove snd-hda-intel { /usr/sbin/alsactl store 0 >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; }; /sbin/modprobe -r –ignore-remove snd-hda-intel
alias eth1 b44

How do I to load the audio drivers when I start the computer.

]]> By: Michel Salim http://www.serpentine.com/blog/2006/10/18/linux-on-the-dell-xps-m1210/comment-page-1/#comment-29768 Michel Salim Thu, 22 Mar 2007 17:51:29 +0000 http://home.serpentine.com/blog/2006/10/18/linux-on-the-dell-xps-m1210/#comment-29768 Five hours! Did you use the standard battery or the extended one? And from your description, I gather there's no way to switch between the built-in Intel and nVidia graphics? (The Intel GMA controller should, after all, come with the package anyway. I believe on some high-end Sony one could choose which to use). My HP L2000 laptop is pushing two years, and while all the Linux issues are getting sorted out, it has a noisy optical drive (makes watching movies painful -- I rip my CDs before listening to them so that's less of a problem), and worse, running yum on a large update set, or leaving Firefox running after visiting a Flash site, or basically anything that would push CPU usage to maximum over a long period of time, would semi-reliably cause the hardware thermal protection to kick in and shut the CPU. It seems that the ACPI driver on Windows is more pro-active in clocking down the CPU .. and they said the Turion 64 is a laptop chip, heh. Interested to know what your impression of the M1210 is, after almost half a year of use. I might wait for the Santa Rosa platform to be released, just in case Dell would release a thinner model with a 13.3 or 14" screen (doubtful on the former -- for some reason only Asus, Sony and Apple seems to still use that dimension) Thanks! Five hours! Did you use the standard battery or the extended one? And from your description, I gather there’s no way to switch between the built-in Intel and nVidia graphics? (The Intel GMA controller should, after all, come with the package anyway. I believe on some high-end Sony one could choose which to use).

My HP L2000 laptop is pushing two years, and while all the Linux issues are getting sorted out, it has a noisy optical drive (makes watching movies painful — I rip my CDs before listening to them so that’s less of a problem), and worse, running yum on a large update set, or leaving Firefox running after visiting a Flash site, or basically anything that would push CPU usage to maximum over a long period of time, would semi-reliably cause the hardware thermal protection to kick in and shut the CPU. It seems that the ACPI driver on Windows is more pro-active in clocking down the CPU .. and they said the Turion 64 is a laptop chip, heh.

Interested to know what your impression of the M1210 is, after almost half a year of use. I might wait for the Santa Rosa platform to be released, just in case Dell would release a thinner model with a 13.3 or 14″ screen (doubtful on the former — for some reason only Asus, Sony and Apple seems to still use that dimension)

Thanks!

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