Hey, that's cool. Could you be more specific about the automatic notification - do I need to set something up (my Ubuntu currently doesn't tell me there's an update available). Also, when you say you can update the BIOS from the BIOS screen, do you mean via a menu item and by loading the exe from Dell?
I am currently running Linux Mint 18.1 (released December 16th, 2016) and the 4.9.0 kernel (released December 11th)I have been trying so dearly to install the latest BIOS. What steps did you take to install it?
I am running 1.2.10 and I have tried the 1.2.14 and 1.2.16 BIOS. I have tried the following ways and none were successful.
Every time I run the update, the it looks as if it is working and the system correctly restarts twice. one to install, one to restart post install, but every time I hit F12 on the second reboot, my BIOS version remains at 1.2.10. Do I need to reset my BIOS settings to default and then install?
- Placing the .exe on my /boot/efi/ partition and running it via BIOS Flash
- Placing the .exe on a USB and running it via BIOS Flash
- Placing the .exe on a FreeDOS USB drive and running via C:XPS~.exe
Also a new BIOS just got posted as of December 19, 2016: http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/...ivers?os=biosa
I just installed the 1.2.18 BIOS, it's highly recommended since it solved a few bugs for me:
1) Since installing 1.2.16 I had a very annoying bug: everytime I was on battery and I suspended my laptop it would actually turn off!!
2) The lowest brightness setting is now available again and it does not turn off the sceen
3) The screen flickering at low brightness seems to be gone (maybe more testing to confirm this)
Bye everyone
I could install BIOS 1.2.18 (A16) via the BIOS Flash update (/boot/efi/ directory) and priorly 1.2.16 via Windows. I think the machine of @etherizim might have an issue. Try to reset the BIOS settings, as probably the method is not related with the error of not upgrading.
My low-brightness setting is also fixed here!
The instructions here have worked great. For those still having issues with touchpad, on page 2 there is a post to use
the libinput driver works A LOT better than the synaptics one. Try it and you'll see. It solved all touchpad palm sensitivity issues for me.Code:sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-input-libinput
A different problem that still persists for me is HiDpi scaling for certain apps (Eclipse, Skype etc.). Seems to be java apps but can't quite find a solution. It's a big deal because one of my work tools is built on eclipse and I def need to get it to work.
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I've got most things working but can't get around the issue of horizontal artefacts showing during video playback. This happens on either GPU and on both the laptop screen and attached monitors. Anyone had the same issue and managed to fix it?
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All those should be configurable. See all options here: https://www.mankier.com/4/libinput and make sure to set up config file as instructed in the earlier post. For me when i first installed it it defaulted to hard click instead of tap-to-click. Once I enabled tapping click in options then 2 finger right click (tap), and 3 finger middle click (tap) started working fine. FYI I had to restart after setting options.
Has anyone had problems with pressure sensitivity ?
It is much too sensitive right now (almost seems it detects the tap BEFORE I even touch the touchpad).
The synaptics settings related to this (FingerHigh, FingerLow) have absolutely no effect. libinput doesn't seem to have any settings related to pressure.
And in the system settings (I use KDE), the pressure sensitivity settings are all greyed out.
Any idea ?
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