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[Erik Pettersen <pettersen@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Peter,

While I have your ear, can you nudge whoever manages the list maintained at
http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/make/Dell    to remove (or add a
disclaimer) for Vostro 3400 (and probably other Vostro 3xxx models) from the
official certified list?

I purchased the 3400 thinking I'd have a near seamless experience because it
was certified to work with ubuntu 10.10.  I recognize that between the
initial certification and when I bought the laptop Dell changed to this new
hybrid / optimus approach without changing model numbers, and that is of
course out of canonicals/ubuntu's control... BUT if we could at least update
the certified list or include more data (date certified/specs/etc) it might
save some people from a bad experience like mine that turns them off from
ubuntu.

Thanks!

Erik

On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 2:54 AM, Peter Goodall
<peter.goodall@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 6:44 PM, Erik Pettersen <pettersen@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > Thanks Charles,
> >
> > This *almost* worked.  I blacklisted the nvidia driver, and did the acpi
> > shut off thing...  The only way I can boot to desktop is to launch
> recovery
> > and select the limited graphics X option.  Then it "works" fine... but
> it's
> > less than optimal video performance.  I'm not looking to game or even
> turn
> > on any fancy desktop effects, just want my productivity apps to render
> > correctly and do monitor spanning.
> >
> > Is there any hope/benefit in the upcoming sandy bridge support in natty
> > narwhal alpha builds?  Alpha 3 is going to be released in a few days.
> >
>
> Sandy Bridge is already supported in Natty as of Alpha 2.  Though
> there are some issues with graphics, I believe it is only under
> certain circumstances that most users won't experience.  See
> http://askubuntu.com/questions/22237/when-will-we-get-sandy-bridge-support
> .
>
> I would wait for Alpha 3 if I were you just to ensure you get all the
> fixes since Alpha 2.  I've been using 11.04 since before Alpha 1 and
> it keeps getting better.
>
> - Pete
>
> >
> > On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 9:21 AM, charles <aquasync@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> You could try blacklisting the nvidia modules:
> >>
> >> $ cat /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nvidia.conf
> >> blacklist nouveau
> >> blacklist nvidia
> >>
> >> Then I think you need to update the initramfs:
> >>
> >> $ update-initramfs -u
> >>
> >> HTH,
> >>
> >> Charles
> >>
> >
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