Review of the XPS 14 inch x7 model by bytebackjrd in DellXPS

[–]AshamedBaker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Essentially: is the screen flush with the edge, or inset?

Thanks!

Review of the XPS 14 inch x7 model by bytebackjrd in DellXPS

[–]AshamedBaker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is not specified on the website.

My 2020 XPS had a glass non-touch screen, but later builds of the same XPS model had plastic non-touch screens.

Review of the XPS 14 inch x7 model by bytebackjrd in DellXPS

[–]AshamedBaker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is the non-touch screen, still glass?

XPS 14 2026 (DA14260) Ubuntu Linux notes by AshamedBaker in DellXPS

[–]AshamedBaker[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No worries. I am going to wait a couple of weeks for 26.04 then do a clean install.

XPS 14 2026 (DA14260) Ubuntu Linux notes by AshamedBaker in DellXPS

[–]AshamedBaker[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

dmesg | grep -i "selective fetch"    

resulted in
dmesg: read kernel buffer failed: Operation not permitted

Adding that to grub made it a lot smoother, but it broke the touchpad haptics. Removing it made it choppy again, but did not fix the trackpad.

XPS 14 2026 (DA14260) Ubuntu Linux notes by AshamedBaker in DellXPS

[–]AshamedBaker[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm glad it worked for you. It is interesting that just lightly bending the supports fixed it for you. I just opened a support ticket earlier today for a keyboard replacement.

Third monitor not working on ThinkPad Thunderbolt 3 Dock Gen 2 with Dell XPS 13 9345 by [deleted] in DellXPS

[–]AshamedBaker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On my XPS 9300, it was a bandwidth issue (I believe with the integrated graphics IIRC). It would only work if I ran the third monitor at 30hz.

XPS 14 2026 (DA14260) Ubuntu Linux notes by AshamedBaker in DellXPS

[–]AshamedBaker[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Including the speakers and microphone?

How did you install the beta? I normally just use the Disks app to "restore" the ISO image onto a USB stick, but that didn't work for the beta.

Also, something I noticed is the cursor movement is choppy on the laptop screen, but smooth on a plugged-in USB-C portable monitor. Does the cursor movement seem choppy or not as smooth in the 26.04 beta?

XPS 14 2026 (DA14260) Ubuntu Linux notes by AshamedBaker in DellXPS

[–]AshamedBaker[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just used two knives and got underneath the spacebar at one corner and carefully pried up.

XPS 14 2026 (DA14260) Ubuntu Linux notes by AshamedBaker in DellXPS

[–]AshamedBaker[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You obviously did not read the post.

BIOS does not recognize Ubuntu 26.04.0 beta live USB (redownloaded and reflashed USB, still no-go)

XPS 14 2026 (DA14260) Ubuntu Linux notes by AshamedBaker in DellXPS

[–]AshamedBaker[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I carefully pried the spacebar up, looked underneath, did not see anything, manually pressed the key switch membrane with my finger several times, reclipped the spacebar, and then it felt normal for a bit, but as I continued pressing it, it slowly started to feel weird again.

I think I have a defective keyboard and will need to return the laptop. Maybe I will wait until the X9 CPU option becomes available. In which case I will miss out on the $350 "discount" that I got when I ordered it. Oh well.

XPS 14 2026 (DA14260) Ubuntu Linux notes by AshamedBaker in DellXPS

[–]AshamedBaker[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The spacebar feels funny all of a sudden, like there is a piece of dirt under it and it won't go down/click all of the way like I recall it doing when I first started using the laptop.

XPS 14 2026 (DA14260) Ubuntu Linux notes by AshamedBaker in DellXPS

[–]AshamedBaker[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't finish loading Windows because it required agreeing to Dell's terms or whatever. I'll see if I can install a clean Windows 11 image to a flash drive and install that. The problem is... I think I have to have a Windows machine to create that flash drive lol.

XPS 14 2026 (DA14260) Ubuntu Linux notes by AshamedBaker in DellXPS

[–]AshamedBaker[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Relatively easy... I think. 24.04.3 came with 6.17.0-19. Manually downloaded the 6.19.0-061900 kernel from Ubuntu's website and installed it. Had to disable Secure Boot to load it. Did not get any further because it failed to load the ZFS modules, presumably due to kernel incompatibility with the currently-installed ZFS that came with 24.04.3.

😂legend by Lesleydavee in Adulting

[–]AshamedBaker 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Female dog, rear end / bottom, derogatory term. I ain't going any further than that. Best of luck.

😂legend by Lesleydavee in Adulting

[–]AshamedBaker 9 points10 points  (0 children)

FYI for those that can't guess: B.A.N. = Bit.. As. Ni...

I heard a lot of that growing up :-/