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the problem was caused by the file-system ext4. After I made a new logical-volume with xfs as file-system the problem has gone.

I hope this helps if somebody runs into similar issues.
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Hello,

I have the following problem. When I start to copy a file from my ubuntu 12.04 client to an ubuntu 10.04 server with samba, the copy job gets a timeout within the first 30 seconds. When I...

Got the same problem and no solution. It is like driving a car with automatic transmission --> Put the left hand away. My problem is that i use the left thumb to klick the touchpad buttons since...

I installed it by my own, so i cannot say what the default type is.

Same here! I think the problem with the fan is something else. Do you have a SSD? In my XPS is a SSD. Maybe this is reducing the heat and the fan-noise. Is somebody here who has the same problem?
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Hi, i have no problems using the HDMI-port of my xps. Do you use another way?

Hi, please see a few posts above. You need to install the bumblebee driver, otherwise your second video-card is running all the time. This will produce more heat in your system and thats the reason...

After the last update the network is gigabit again.

Anyone has problems with the lan interface? I just get a 100mbit connection. It is not the cable/hardware because same system with windows 7 is ok.

ethtool -s has no effect at all

Would be nice if you can give us a step by step guide to configure it.

Rod

How is your rate in battery overview? My rate is about 16w if i just browsing the web...

Hi, i haven't got that problem. My screen has a nice brightness and is not to bright. Maybe it has something to do with an earlier setting in windows. I have heared about problems, on some older...

If you run into this problem when you try to start an application using the optirun command:

[ERROR]Cannot access secondary GPU - error: XORG NVIDIA(0): No display devices found for this X screen....

you are right. "username" should be replaced with your username you use for the login.

Please see my post, how to installing the bumblebee driver package instead of the nvidia driver.

Here are the Dell guides to change Hardware components of the Dell XPS 14z:

In my case i have changed the harddisk drive to a intel ssd.
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I also had the following problem: "Computer hibernates when unplugged from powersource"

Here are the steps to handle this for the XPS 14z:

1. sudo apt-get install dconf-tools
2. dconf-editor...

Hi again,

now I made an update to Beta2. Here are the easy steps to install bumblebee:


sudo apt-add-repository ppa:bumblebee/stable

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install bumblebee...

Hi everybody. I have installed 12.04 Beta1 on dell XPS 14z as well. I also installed the bumblebee- package which will massive enhance the battery performance from about 1:20 to 3:30 hours because...