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Like the others, jumping around shooting "it's fine" is not going to help. I'm writting this from an Ubuntu 16.04 on an XPS 13. Sometime it wakes up from sleep

Like the others, jumping around shooting "it's fine" is not going to help. I'm writting this from an Ubuntu 16.04 on an XPS 13. Sometime it wakes up from sleep modes with no wifi or bluetooth, and I have to force a reboot. Bluetooth doesn't work out of the box, I have to use blueman just to have a working mouse. But even with these, headphones won't work. I had a XPS 15 before. It was not better.

maccam94 8y ago
I have the 2018 XPS 13, running Ubuntu. It worked pretty well on 16.04, until I upgraded past kernel 4.15. Now there's a bug where it either won't stay asleep, or when it wakes up the WiFi and Bluetooth devices are non-functional (even reloading the modules does nothing). I have recently discovered that disabling BT+WiFi via the keyboard function key before suspending avoids the problem, but it's annoying. I think it's also related to Intel making firmware changes for a Windows sleep mode that stays connected to WiFi. I think this bug report is tracking the issue: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1799988 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1799988
mixmastamyk 8y ago
Precision 5520 (similar to XPS 15), 18.04.2, everything working perfectly.
whalabi 8y ago
I often use Linux on various laptops and have never had Bluetooth, wifi, or suspend problems. And I'm not even using ThinkPad or Dells. People talk about those issues like they happen to everyone or are very common but they aren't in my experience.
dnr 8y ago
I'm not trying to deny your experiences, but sometimes you just have to accept the way the world is: there's no big company behind Linux support on laptops, so you have to go where the most users are. If you want to use OSX, you buy macbooks. If you want to use Linux, you buy thinkpads. It's sad, I wish I had more hardware choice, but I accept that I don't. Windows users are the only ones that do. For the record, I'm current using Ubuntu on an X1 carbon 4th gen and it has worked literally flawlessly since day 1, no issues with wifi, bluetooth, or sleep, and it has great battery life. My X220 before that was 98% perfect. Thank you for reporting bugs, though!

maccam94 8y ago

I have the 2018 XPS 13, running Ubuntu. It worked pretty well on 16.04, until I upgraded past kernel 4.15. Now there's a bug where it either won't stay asleep, or when it wakes up the WiFi and Bluetooth devices are non-functional (even reloading the modules does nothing). I have recently discovered that disabling BT+WiFi via the keyboard function key before suspending avoids the problem, but it's annoying. I think it's also related to Intel making firmware changes for a Windows sleep mode that stays connected to WiFi. I think this bug report is tracking the issue: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1799988 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1799988

mixmastamyk 8y ago

Precision 5520 (similar to XPS 15), 18.04.2, everything working perfectly.

whalabi 8y ago

I often use Linux on various laptops and have never had Bluetooth, wifi, or suspend problems. And I'm not even using ThinkPad or Dells. People talk about those issues like they happen to everyone or are very common but they aren't in my experience.

dnr 8y ago

I'm not trying to deny your experiences, but sometimes you just have to accept the way the world is: there's no big company behind Linux support on laptops, so you have to go where the most users are. If you want to use OSX, you buy macbooks. If you want to use Linux, you buy thinkpads. It's sad, I wish I had more hardware choice, but I accept that I don't. Windows users are the only ones that do. For the record, I'm current using Ubuntu on an X1 carbon 4th gen and it has worked literally flawlessly since day 1, no issues with wifi, bluetooth, or sleep, and it has great battery life. My X220 before that was 98% perfect. Thank you for reporting bugs, though!