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    XPS 15 and Ubuntu 10.10

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Leica01, Jan 10, 2011.

  1. Leica01

    Leica01 Notebook Guru

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    I have been trying to install Ubuntu 10.10 on my XPS 15 via a startup USB stick, but have not succeeded so far. It shows up the (initial) purple Ubuntu screen, then it fails to proceed and halts.

    Has anybody successfully installed Ubuntu? Can you kindly advise on the steps that one needs to follow?
     
    Leica01, Jan 10, 2011
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    kp416 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have the XPS 14 with a dual boot Windows 7/Ubuntu. I ran the live disk and had to update the nvidia drivers when I was using the live disk feature. It worked like a champ so I went ahead and loaded Ubuntu. The first time I logged in I did not have the GUI interface. I logged in and did the following command:

    sudo apt-get install nvidia-current

    Rebooted and the GUI was back for me.
     
    kp416, Jan 10, 2011
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