Latitude D630 with Feisty

[apel_2804]

Hi,

I'm running Ubuntu 7.04 on my new D630. Intel 965 chipset and X3100. After a little trouble with the integrated Intel X3100 graphics card it's now up and running. (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...ighlight=X3100)

But there are still several issues:

- Image is clear and crisp but i still think its not running with 24bit color depth
- Sound comes from internal speaker and headphone at same time, or if I boot with headphones plugged there is only sound on headphone even if I unplug it.
- NetworkManager shows "No network devices found" after suspend/hibernate - I already tried to put the network card 3945 in the acpi whitelist but stil same issue
- DVD drive is not working after installation, but there is a workaround with generic ide-drivers (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=477516)

Now I want to know if there any other D630 users with similar issues, or if there users with other notebooks but same chipset with similar problems. And I also hope someone has a solution for these problems.

[cnshzj007]

yes, I also doubt that My D630 is not running with 24bit color depth.The big evidence for this is the image of the login shows the color block as 16bit color depth.

[susan_1890]

I'm also trying to get a D630 up and running. I'm setting up a dual boot system.

I'm pretty new to Linux, so it's been a bit of a challenge. I was able to get the basic video working using the alternate CD, but I haven't been able to install the patch mentioned in the thread you linked to, apel_2804. I get an error saying it can't find the package source when I try to install xserver-xorg-video-intel from source. I assume this is because the right repository is missing from /etc/apt/sources.list. Do you know what I need to add to get it?

My screen is definitely not displaying 24bit even though it says it is. There's a link to a color test in this article and I clearly get bands of color.

http://www.leppik.net/david/blog/?p=58

I'm also having an issue with my wireless card (Intel 4965). I can connect to an unsecured network but not a secured one. I used ndiswrapper and the xp driver downloaded from the dell site.

Any advice would be appreciated!

[paris-unmatch]

I tried today to install Ubuntu Desktop 7.04 on my new D630.
( as a dual boot with Vista basic )

1. the Server version of Ubuntu installed perfectly, then I tried the desktop version...

2. Desktop: I got initially this strange error "Cant Access tty, job control turned off" after 45" of install.
The casper.log showed "init: 1 / cannot open /dev/sda"

I fixed this by plugging a 2nd DVD drive (USB port) loaded with a copy of the distro (!).

3. Now, while the process lasts for at least 2' it says it cannot open a Xserver... the GM965 driver is not present seemingly (?!).

Did you guys have these problems?
How can I fix the gdm problem, do I need a special driver for the D630 ? Where can I find it and how can I provide it during install?

Thanks

[susan_1890]

You're going to have install from the alternate CD. There's a problem with the driver for the new graphics card in the D630 (I'm assuming you have the integrated graphics, right?)

I found a bunch of useful threads that helped me get this working.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=47614
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=468918
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=477516

Here are the notes I made on the steps I took.

1. Installed Ubuntu from alternate CD. Graphics don't work.
-Booted into safe mode.
-Ran sudo apt-get update
-Ran sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
-Ran sudo apt-get install-xserver-xorg-video-intel
-Ran sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg (could also directly edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf so the video card driver says "intel". Do NOT enter a memory value if using dpkg-reconfigure. Also, the first time I ran this it hung with trying to auto-detect monitor settings so the second time I skipped this.

After that, you'll probably need to do some other work to get your wireless card and your DVD drive working.

[apel_2804]

Hi,

my sources.list:

deb http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty main restricted
deb-src http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty main restricted

deb http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-updates main restricted
deb-src http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-updates main restricted

deb http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty universe
deb-src http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty universe

deb http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty multiverse
deb-src http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty multiverse

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security multiverse

0. be shure you installed all updates - reboot
1. then install xserver-xorg-video-intel with aptitude...
2. install the patch: http://ubuntuforums.org/attachment.p...7&d=1182089873
3. reboot or restart xserver
4. use dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg and choose intel as driver, dont try to auto find monitor this occures a blank screen, also it is indifferent which monitor settins you use, the driver will detect the required settings and ignore the lines in your xorg.conf

[susan_1890]

Thanks! My display looks SOO much better. I hadn't actually realized how blurry it was until I fixed it. It's definitely still 18 bit color though.

I do have the same issue with the headphones. I hadn't tried them yet, but figured I would just to see what happens.

I don't know if you run into this, but I also found that the default touchpad behavior was way too slow, so I changed it following these directions http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=229302

[apel_2804]

Yes the touchpad issue is on many machines not only the D630!

Ok, so we all have the same issues:
- not 24bit color
- sound on speakers and headphone same time and
- DVD drive not recognized and with the generic ide workaround you cant play DVDs... (no DMA-Mode)
- No network devices after suspend/hibernate

[paris-unmatch]

Thanks for the valuable info.
Does somebody know when we can expect a new Desktop version including a newer kernel?

[apel_2804]

Yes in september/oktober 7.10. But I really hope there will be an kernel update in next days/weeks. I installed the beta from gutsy last week, but there are so much other problems with the beta I can't determine which are D630 related!