Right now the only thing I cannot get working is he Intel GPU so I could enable optimus. otherwise it is running great. Not a great laptop but this is more about being a portable desktop replacement. so it is viable. Just trying to decide if it is viable enough to make the switch. On Sat, Sep 15, 2018 at 11:44 AM Michael Butash wrote: > I have not had great luck so far with 18.04 on my xps15 with graphics, > particularly it having both intel and nvidia, but the os seemed sort of > shoddy so far. So far kubuntu/kde refuses to load at all, just crashing, > same with cinnamon/mate. The only thing that works reliably so far is > ubuntu gnome shell, which I hate, but sort of stuck with, and still gets > like an hour of battery life if lucky. I should take some time to try and > fix it, but I'm usually not too mobile with it unless doing wireless survey > work. > > You might do well to try 16.04 for grins and just load a newer kernel (I > did so for the tb16 dock enhancements), which worked fine under 16.04 on my > xps and kde or any de. Everything worked solidly there prior, again 18.04 > just seems shoddy/broken. I've considered reinstalling 16.04. > > Even better, I'd love to go back and get arch on that thing... Arch has > been great for me on my desktop, I don't even remember why arch was being > weird on the xps15 (I think the nvme disks and boot disk kernel...). > > I looked at the razor blade laptops ala alienware for pretty factor, but > worried about the hardware compat like this too. Like I mentioned in > another thread about the pretty asus, not all that glitters, particularly > mingling linux. > > -mb > > On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 9:54 AM, Stephen Partington > wrote: > >> I have set myself a small challenge/puzzle. >> >> So far it is going well Aside from the alienware effects and whatnot >> everything is working really well. >> >> Except the intel GPU. the nvidia gpu is up and running nicely, but the >> intel gpu is not lighting up. given that this is coffee lake the uhd 630 is >> super new, but it is supposed to be supported within kernel 4.13 and i have >> 4.15 and the i915 driver is also supposed to work with some kernel params, >> but none of them seem to be cooperating. >> >> i can still see the hardware is there. and all the driver and kernel >> module components seem to be there. >> >> Any resource suggestions would be greatly appreciated. if anyone has ever >> tacked this scenario or something like it i would love to hear your >> insights. >> >> -- >> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from >> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. >> >> Stephen >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen