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misc:xps_13 [2018-03-23 17:30] – [Wifi] jensmisc:xps_13 [2018-05-21 19:36] jens
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-This is a work in progress and not finished yet!\\ The text should be finished by now, but I am still taking some pictures. 
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 ====== Dell XPS 13 ====== ====== Dell XPS 13 ======
 Recently I got myself a Dell XPS 13 9370 (early 2018) Develper Edition with Ubuntu preinstalled. Well, Ubuntu is surely not my favourite so one of the first things I did was to delete Ubuntu and (try to) install Debian. Here I try to summarize my struggles and several solutions I found for the various problems. Also, I will give my humble opinion on this machine. Recently I got myself a Dell XPS 13 9370 (early 2018) Develper Edition with Ubuntu preinstalled. Well, Ubuntu is surely not my favourite so one of the first things I did was to delete Ubuntu and (try to) install Debian. Here I try to summarize my struggles and several solutions I found for the various problems. Also, I will give my humble opinion on this machine.
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 > If your graphic card is etc. 2007 and newer, try uninstalling xserver-xorg-video-intel and use the builtin modesetting driver instead. > If your graphic card is etc. 2007 and newer, try uninstalling xserver-xorg-video-intel and use the builtin modesetting driver instead.
  
-So, in the end, simply doing a ''apt-get purge xserver-xorg-video-intel'' solved the problem and I can happily use hardware acceleration. Every now and then there is still some flickering, but this happens about once a week to me (and I use this notebook on a daily basis). A simple reboot will fix this.+So, in the end, simply doing a ''apt-get purge xserver-xorg-video-intel'' solved the problem and I can happily use hardware acceleration. Every now and then there is still some flickering, for example after waking up from sleep. A simple reboot will fix this
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 +Lately however, after some Plasma updates, the xserver-xorg-video-intel package is doing a better job again. You should try both to determine what works better for you.
misc/xps_13.txt · Last modified: 2019-11-09 08:37 by jens