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I have one of the current Dell Ubuntu laptops, the XPS 13. I really like it! Except. Except the thing literally freezes - completely locks up - several times a
by memset 14y ago
I have one of the current Dell Ubuntu laptops, the XPS 13. I really like it! Except.
Except the thing literally freezes - completely locks up - several times a day. I've upgraded the BIOS and I've updated the kernel from the Sputnik repositories. No luck. (Has anyone else had this experience? Or suggestions?)
It is very frustrating, for what is otherwise a pretty decent, durable, nice to use laptop where the hardware Just Works. But my current experience leaves me very wary of wanting to purchase another one of these!
- fdr 14y agoI have been using the current-generation XPS-13 (bought with Ubuntu pre-installed) and have not had hard lockups. I did have one kind of bug that seemed to make X completely lose its mind, but the virtual terminals still worked. I have upgraded to Quantal. I'd ask Dell for a swap.
- ramate 14y agoMore likely it's a software issue.
- girvo 14y agoHey, my HP DM1z does this too. Try this: in the grub boot options, type: thermal.off=1 At the second last line (I forget what its called, but basically its the options for the kernel). That fixed it on my HP, try it and let me know.
- memset 14y agounfortunately, this was a no-go for me! (fascinating reading on this particular option, though, so thank you!)
- EwanToo 14y agoI'd be sending it back for a hardware replacement, CPU, memory, who knows what, but complete lockups shouldn't be happening.