I have Dell Xps 15 with config:-<br>8 Gb RAM<br>2nd generation i7 processor 2.2 GHz Boost 2.0 upto 3.30 GHz<br>Dual Graphics Card Intel HD 3000 & nvidia geforce GT 540M with Optimus Techonology<br>720 GB hardisk<br>Motherboard Dell XPS system L502X<br>
Intel centrino 6230 Network Card with BT 3.0<br><br>I have installed 2 linux distro on my External USB portable seagate 500 GB hardisk fedora 15 & Ubuntu 11.04. i have installed these distro by using HP pavilion dv 2762 tx with config:-<br>
<br>Core2duo 1.83Ghz<br>2Gb ram<br>nvidia geforce 9600m graphics card<br><br>Both these distro works with all other older laptops Like HP, Dell studio 1 yr old config , Compaq 5 yr old, but not on my Dell XPS 15.<br>To check my laptops hardware compatibility i used a Ubuntu 10.10 live Cd. it works fine . i use this cd as a live media but when i tried same Ubuntu 10.10 on live usb it gives blank screen or error which i mentioned below.<br>
To check that my iso file damaged or my download has been corrupted or not, i tried different distros with different desktop enviornment like Gnome,KDE,Xcfe & Lxde. i tried fedora 15, ubuntu 10.10, ubuntu 10.04, ubuntu 11.04. slackware,eduboss each with avail flavors.<br>
But all i have tried gives almost same error with each distro. i don't know what is this some kind of bug or lack of support with dell chipset (hardware). if live cd boots well then i think there is nohardware compatibility issue with linux. I think this is lack of usb support because may be Linux has no support until now for latest motherboards or hardware architects.<br>
<br>These are the errors i got with different distros. i am not able to figure out what's going on bcz i'm rookie in Linux programming. But if anyone can do it, plz help me i haven't run my linux from previous 1 and half month and i'm a linux addicted.<br>
starting from Fedora 15 gnome(almost same for kde except starting numbers)<br><br>error:-<br>[ 2.571729] [drm:intel_drm_platform_mux_info] *ERROR* MUX INFO CALL FAILED<br>[ 2.571847] [drm:intel_drm_platform_mux_info] *ERROR* MUX INFO CALL FAILED<br>
<br>Dropping to debug shell.<br>sh.can't acess tty:job control off<br>dracut:/#<br><br><br>Fedora 15 LXDE<br><br>[ 2.514402] nonveau 0000:01:00.0:invalid ROM contents<br>[ 2.614971] [drm] nonveau 0000:01:00.0:POINTER to BIT load vol table invalid<br>
[ 2.639331] [drm] nonveau 0000:01:00.0:0xd518:12cwr fail: -6<br>[ 2.75332] [drm] nonveau 0000:01:00.0:PGRAPH:unsupported chipset,please report!<br>[ 2.753646] [drm] nonveau 0000:01:00.0:PGRAPH:unknown config:2/0/0/0,1<br>
[ 2.755342] [drm] nonveau 0000:01:00.0: failed to load fuc 409 d<br><br><br>[ 2.919340] [drm:intel_drm_platform_mux_info] *ERROR* MUX INFO CALL FAILED<br>
[ 2.919447] [drm:intel_drm_platform_mux_info] *ERROR* MUX INFO CALL FAILED<br>
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Dropping to debug shell.<br>
sh.can't acess tty:job control off<br>
dracut:/#<br><br><br>Fedora 15 XCFE<br><br>[ 2.563563] [drm:intel_drm_platform_mux_info] *ERROR* MUX INFO CALL FAILED<br>
[ 2.563680] [drm:intel_drm_platform_mux_info] *ERROR* MUX INFO CALL FAILED<br>
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Dropping to debug shell.<br>
sh.can't acess tty:job control off<br>
dracut:/#<br><br><br>EDUBOSS (Debian derivative) (I apologize but i have write the full error i got bcz may be it helps somebody to find what's going on)<br><br>BOOT FAILED !<br>The debian live image failed to boot. Please file a bug against the 'live-initramfs' package or email the debian Live mailing list at <<a href="mailto:debian-live@lists.debian.org" target="_blank">debian-live@lists.debian.org</a>> make sure to note the exact version, name and distribution of the image you were attempt to boot.<br>
<br>The file /live.log contains same debugging information but booting with debug command line parameter will greatly increase it's verbosity which is extremely useful when diagnosing issues.<br><br>live-initramfs will start a shell.<br>
The error message was: Unable to find a medium containing a live file system.<br><br>Busy Box v.1.10.2 (Debian 1:1.10.2-2) built in shell (ash)<br><br>Enter 'help' for a list of built in commands.<br><br><bin/sh:can't access tty:job control turned off (initramfs)- <br>
<br><br><br>Ubuntu 11.04 Gnome<br><br>Black screen nothing.<br><br><br>Ubuntu 10.10 & 10.04 gnome (Both gave same error "Backtrack 5 also" bcz it is ubuntu 10.04 based distro)<br><br>GLIB_________________________(some kind of error i could note bcz it stays for few seconds)<br>
stdin:error0<br>/init:line7:can't open /dev/sr0:no medium found<br>
/init:line7:can't open /dev/sr0:no medium found<br>same error repeating<br><br><br>I also tried to check disc for error option but same error as above .<br><br>Slackware<br><br>Bcz it's command line it has direct option of installation no live media.<br>
I have created live usb using unetbootin latest version. if i get any update regarding problem soon i'll release it's second version. lolz!!! <img goomoji="360" style="margin: 0pt 0.2ex; vertical-align: middle;" src="cid:360@goomoji.gmail"><img goomoji="360" style="margin: 0pt 0.2ex; vertical-align: middle;" src="cid:360@goomoji.gmail"><img goomoji="gtalk.338" style="margin: 0pt 0.2ex; vertical-align: middle;" src="cid:gtalk.338@goomoji.gmail"><img goomoji="gtalk.338" style="margin: 0pt 0.2ex; vertical-align: middle;" src="cid:gtalk.338@goomoji.gmail"><img goomoji="gtalk.338" style="margin: 0pt 0.2ex; vertical-align: middle;" src="cid:gtalk.338@goomoji.gmail"><img goomoji="gtalk.338" style="margin: 0pt 0.2ex; vertical-align: middle;" src="cid:gtalk.338@goomoji.gmail"><br>
<br>Regards<br>Navdeep Singh<br>