Dell
Introduction
The target of this page is to collect platform information which could be a reference for the end-users.
Instructions
Instruction to enroll MOK (Machine Owner Key) On Ubuntu for secure boot and dkms
Instruction to enable Wake-on-LAN feature in Ubuntu 18.04 OEM image
Known generic issues
All issues related to the certified machines are tracked by oem-priority project
LP:#1890772 No signal on 4K 60Hz DisplayPort monitor by default, until "max bpc" is lowered to 8
- symptom: compatibility issue across the connector, dongle, cable to monitor. User can workaround it by lower "max bpc" by a command to reduce the bandwidth requirement on 4K@60Hz.
LP: #1889539 System power cutoff unexpectedly when running unigine-heaven benchmark
- symptom: System shutdown when Nvidia graphic is processing heavy loading. Nvidia driver not yet provide a cooling way when thermal on Nvidia graphic over temperature.
LP: #1839309 "calling nvidia-smi in udev rule is a gap to the driver from Nvidia"
- symptom: System fails to boot in performance mode.
- impacted platforms: Precision 7730, Precision 7530, Precision 7540, Precision 7740 that with NVIDIA N18E series chips [10de:1bb5], [10de:1bb9] and [10de:1bbb].
LP: #1857865 "storage created raid by BIOS can not be recognized in AHCI mode"
- symptom: Raid disks on Windows edition machines can not be recognized on Ubuntu.
LP: #1866156 "Wireless LAN RF is hardware blocked forever after r8153 ethernet connected."
- symptom: If a user enables runtime PM for r8153 ethernet dongle, then wifi radio be hard blocked by BIOS.
goodix fingerprint proprietary driver is supporting limited devices after Focal.
Knowledge Base
Platform Family
The family information can be found by $ ubuntu-report show or $ sudo dmidecode -t 1
/Inspiron /Latitude /OptiPlex /Precision /Vostro /XPS |