XPS 15 9570 and Ubuntu

You might need to try a somewhat earlier version.  Here's the output I get from running nvidia-smi

nvidia-smi
Sat Jun 16 11:41:58 2018
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 390.67 Driver Version: 390.67 |
|-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
| GPU Name Persistence-M| Bus-Id Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan Temp Perf Pwr:Usage/Cap| Memory-Usage | GPU-Util Compute M. |
|===============================+======================+======================|
| 0 GeForce GTX 105... Off | 00000000:01:00.0 Off | N/A |
| N/A 37C P8 N/A / N/A | 575MiB / 4042MiB | 3% Default |
+-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes: GPU Memory |
| GPU PID Type Process name Usage |
|=============================================================================|
| 0 1085 G /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg 28MiB |
| 0 1179 G /usr/bin/gnome-shell 47MiB |
| 0 1477 G /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg 225MiB |
| 0 1677 G /usr/bin/gnome-shell 180MiB |
| 0 2748 G ...-token=8F6496536DA042B70CBA563BC37B5AAC 79MiB |
| 0 11014 G ...2.2/exec/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/octave-gui 12MiB |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+

If you can't get nvidia-driver-390 to work try some of the more involved steps detailed here.  

i followed the link for installing the nvidia drivers, i can't seem to get it to work.

driver   : nvidia-driver-396 - third-party free recommended

I installed 396, but when i run nvidia-settings:

ERROR: NVIDIA driver is not loaded


ERROR: Unable to load info from any available system

Hi Copper.

Could you provide some info on how you managed to run Ubuntu on your xps? I have recently tried Ubuntu 16 and 17 and neither worked (after choosing the usb with ubuntu as boot preference and rebooting there was only the black screen with some error messages appearing/disappearing and no further progress).

Given that I also experienced an issue with noizy fans (essentially straight after purchase), I called the tech support and they told me that this model (9570) does not support linux at all at the hardware level (something related to the motherboard)... So now I wonder whether this is true. Hoping to get some info from the enthusiasts.

Might it be the issue of the older versions of Ubuntu? If you have any ideas, they would be more than welcome.

Thanks,

Daniel.

hi @Supermanzer, sorry to bother but your first link doesn't work for me now, can you fix it somehow? thaks anyway

The one about Killer WIFI?  It's launching for me just fine.

Try this.

Test this: https://github.com/JackHack96/dell-xps-9570-ubuntu-respin

Is working great for me and other people.

Here's a quick video on how to replace the Killer wifi card with a less buggy Intel wifi card.  Super easy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewAsqzAwXvI

Any suggestions getting suspend to work again after S3 was removed from the 1.3.x BIOS? My laptop nearly caught on fire in my backpack earlier this week. I'm now having to shut it down before packing it away l.

Update your kernel to the latest. I'm running 4.18.3, also make sure you have nouveau.modeset=0 in your /etc/default/grub. I had the same issue and the kernel was going into a endless panic trying to sleep the processor cores. Disabling nouveau driver fixed this issue.

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@pwaterz wrote:

Update your kernel to the latest. I'm running 4.18.3, also make sure you have nouveau.modeset=0 in your /etc/default/grub. I had the same issue and the kernel was going into a endless panic trying to sleep the processor cores. Disabling nouveau driver fixed this issue.

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Thanks for the suggestion @pwaterz - I've done what you suggested, but without luck. My machine now goes to sleep but then doesn't wake up anymore. I've tried a number of other variations without success. Have since downgraded back to 1.2.2 BIOS (I use this machine for work and cannot afford downtime) but things are just a mess. WiFi and Bluetooth cards randomly stop working after waking, etc. 

Could you maybe share your Grub lines with me? I will go back to 1.3.1 at some point and try again.

Do this:

- Open terminal

- sudo journalctl -f

- Close your laptop

- Wait 30 seconds

- Re open your laptop

- Stop the journalctl command with ctl c

- Scroll back through the logs and look for any errors. You might have to scroll back quite a bit. Mine was throwing a kernel panic endlessly. You can see my error log I was seeing in this post https://askubuntu.com/questions/1042414/trying-to-install-ubuntu-on-dell-xps-15-9570/1062891#1062891

Also check out my post on how to install 18.04 on the XPS 9570 here https://medium.com/@pwaterz/how-to-dual-boot-windows-10-and-ubuntu-18-04-on-the-15-inch-dell-xps-9570-with-nvidia-1050ti-gpu-4b9a2901493d

Thanks for your help @pwaterz - a combination of your post and also scripts from JackHack96 now means I have a working system again.

* is the battery life under linux much worse than under windows 10?

* is there a place where we can petition dell to support 18.04 on ths xps 15 9570?  with the demise of sanity on the macbook pro 15 (keyboard, OLED bar, pricing), they have a good opportunity to pick off many developers from macos with good ubuntu support w/o tweaking required.

I did manage to install ubuntu 18.04 with JackHack96's modifications.  kudos.  thanks 

it seems stable now.

the only issue now is that the fan comes on every 5 seconds or so.