Putting a AMD R9 270 in a Dell XPS 7100 from 2010

Currently have a Dell XPS 7100 (2010) with a HD 5870. I would like to remove the HD 5870 and add a AMD R9 270. I believe I am OK as far as space, power, bottlenecking, and PCI slot. However, I read a thread in a forum that the Dell XPS 7100 motherboard BIOS will not recognize the R9 270 graphics card. Has anyone performed a similar GPU change on a Dell XPS 7100 or heard of such a BIOS issue?

Did the installation and it seems to be working alright.

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Did the installation and it seems to be working alright.

Dell XPS Laptop Touch Screen Inputs Interpreted as Panning Photoshop CS6

I have been working with Adobe Illustrator for a little while now and decided that I would like to try Photoshop for digital art. I downloaded the 30 day trial version of Adobe Illustrator CS 6 about three days ago and noticed immediately that touching my laptop’s touch screen will only allow me to pan using the Hand Tool in Photoshop. I have never had this problem in Adobe Illustrator, as using the touch screen acts just as if I were clicking the left mouse button and dragging the cursor around the screen. I have a Dell XPS 15 - L502X laptop with an integrated touch screen (the entire 15” screen is Multi-touch sensitive). It is running N-Trig DuoSense Digitizer with the latest drivers. Is there some simple setting change that can be done within Photoshop CS6 to make it recognize a touch screen input as a normal left click and thus allow me to draw on it using the pen, pencil, or paintbrush tool? I find it quite odd that I have no problems with this in Illustrator CS6. Could it be that this tablet-like touch screen input is restricted on the trial version? I am interested in buying Photoshop so I can use it whenever I’d like for longer than the 30 day trial allows, but I certainly don’t want to buy it if I cannot use my stylus on the touch screen to draw. Any help is much appreciated!
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Uhhh yah. Here's my system specs copy pasted right from PhotoShop.
Adobe Photoshop Version: 13.0.1 (13.0.1 20120808.r.519 2012/08/08:21:00:00) x64
Operating System: Windows 7 64-bit
Version: 6.1 Service Pack 1
System architecture: Intel CPU Family:6, Model:10, Stepping:7 with MMX, SSE Integer, SSE FP, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, HyperThreading
Physical processor count: 2
Logical processor count: 4
Processor speed: 2494 MHz
Built-in memory: 8086 MB
Free memory: 4677 MB
Memory available to Photoshop: 7156 MB
Memory used by Photoshop: 60 %
Image tile size: 128K
Image cache levels: 4
OpenGL Drawing: Enabled.
OpenGL Drawing Mode: Normal
OpenGL Allow Normal Mode: True.
OpenGL Allow Advanced Mode: True.
OpenGL Allow Old GPUs: Not Detected.
Video Card Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
Video Card Renderer: GeForce GT 540M/PCI/SSE2
Display: 1
Display Bounds:= top: 0, left: 0, bottom: 768, right: 1366
Video Card Number: 2
Video Card: Intel(R) HD Graphics Family
OpenCL Unavailable
Driver Version: 8.15.10.2455
Driver Date: 20110719000000.000000-000
Video Card Driver: igdumd64.dll,igd10umd64.dll,igd10umd64.dll,igdumdx32,igd10umd32,igd10umd32
Video Mode: 1366 x 768 x 4294967296 colors
Video Card Caption: Intel(R) HD Graphics Family
Video Card Memory: 2048 MB
Video Rect Texture Size: 16384
Video Card Number: 1
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M
OpenCL Unavailable
Driver Version: 8.17.12.8577
Driver Date: 20111103000000.000000-000
Video Card Driver: nvd3dumx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvd3dum,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um
Video Mode:
Video Card Caption: NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M
Video Card Memory: 2048 MB
Video Rect Texture Size: 16384
Serial number: Tryout Version
Application folder: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS6 (64 Bit)\
Temporary file path: C:\Users\Ryan\AppData\Local\Temp\
Photoshop scratch has async I/O enabled
Scratch volume(s):
C:\, 911.9G, 762.5G free
Required Plug-ins folder: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS6 (64 Bit)\Required\
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I have this exact same problem, though I have a touchscreen monitor for my PC rather than a laptop. This is a bit awkward, but until I find a real solution, this works just fine: when you want to use the touch screen for CS6, hold down the mouse button. You may have to use the mouse to tap the tools you want, but at least there's a temporary solution.

I'm looking at the dell Inspiron Desktop 4th Generation Intel Core i5 Processor for photoshop work versus the Dell XPS 8700 i7 IS IT WORTH SPENDING THE EXTRA $400?

I'm looking at the dell Inspiron Desktop 4th Generation Intel® Core™ i5 Processor for photoshop work versus the Dell XPS 8700 i7 IS IT WORTH SPENDING THE EXTRA $400? my old desktop is a AMD about 5 years old so there will be a huge change in speed to what I am use to
Here are the specks on both:
Inspiron
Processor
4th Generation Intel® Core™ i5-4460 Processor (6M Cache, up to 3.40 GHz)
Operating System
Help Me Choose
Windows® 8.1 (64Bit) English
Memory2
8GB Dual Channel DDR3 1600MHz (4GBx2)
Hard Drive
1TB 7200 rpm SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive
Video Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® 705 1GB DDR3
Ports
Front
(2) USB 2.0, MCR 8:1, Mic and Headphone Jacks
Rear
Four USB 2.0 connectors , Two USB 3.0 connectors, HDMI, VGA, RJ-45 (10/100/1000 Ethernet), 3-stack audio jacks supporting 5.1 surround sound
Media Card Reader
Integrated 8-in-1 Media Card Reader
(supports Secure Digital (SD), Hi Speed SD (SDXC), Hi Capacity SD (SDHC), Memory Stick (MS), Memory Stick PRO (MS PRO), Multimedia Card (MMC), Multimedia Card Plus (MMC Plus), xD-Picture Card(XD))
Memory Slots
2 DIMM Slots
Chassis
Bluetooth
BT 4.0 via 1705 WLAN card
Chipset
Intel® H81 PCH
Power
300 Watt Power Supply
XPS 8700
Processor
4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-4790 processor (8M Cache, up to 4.0 GHz)
Operating System
Help Me Choose
Windows 8.1 (64Bit) English
Choose Options
Memory2
12GB Dual Channel DDR3 1600MHz (4GBx2 + 2GBx2)
Hard Drive
1TB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive 6.0 Gb/s
Video Card
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 745 4GB DDR3
CPU Thermal
86W
Graphics Thermal
225W/150W/75W
Power
460W, optional 80 PLUS Bronze, 85% efficient, supply available on ENERGY STAR configurations
Ports
Bays
Support for 4 HDD bays: including (3) 3.5” HDDs
–Capable of 1 SSD and 3 HDD configuration
Media Card Reader
19-in-1 Card Reader (CF Type I, CF Type II, Micro drive, mini SD, MMC, MMC mobile, MMC plus, MS, MS Pro, MS Pro Duo, MS Duo, MS Pro-HG, RS-MMC, SD, SDHC Class 2, SDHC Class 4, SDHC Class 6, SM, xD)
Slots
Memory Slots
4 DIMM

From my personal experience, I wouldn't go for an Integrated card. This is one of the most important components for Photoshop, so invest in a decent graphics card (ATI or NVidia). It doesn't have to be a really exepensive one - I have been using ATI Radeon with 256MB of RAM on my Dell Studio for almost two years and it still rocks! (even when I work with 3D in Ps CS5 Extended).
I would also invest in more RAM (this can be added easily - I bought extra 4GB as my Studio came with 3GB).
I wouldn't worry about the processor - I'm on Intel Core 2 Duo - and it works very very well, it's very quick which is very important as I'm training Photoshop.
I hope this helps.

I need drivers for my Audigy 2 in a Dell XPS

I have a Dell XPS. I just installed Windows XP Pro SP3 in the computer and I dont have the drivers for the Factory installed Audigy 2 ZS - Dell (OEM) <span class="text">SB0358 sound card. The drivers didn't load when I installed the OS. Dell does not have the drivers just a web patch avalible, and Creative does not have them ether. I tried a few Audigy drivers but all have the same error message that the sound device supported is not found. Does anyone know how I can get them or which driver will work with this card?

Daniel K.'s Audigy support pack 3.6 will recognize your DELL card and you get see the info here:
http://forums.creative.com/t5/Sound-Blaster/SB-Audigy-Series-Support-Pack-3-6--09-2009/td-p/540934
I have used Dan's packs on OEM Dell cards before. He usually puts the hardware ID in his inf file.

DELL XPS 6000 with Audigy2ZS..No so

<font face="Baskerville Old Face" size="5">?I have a Dell XPS 6000 Dimension desktop. Win XP. The sound card is a (Soundblaster 2ZS.) The integrated audio onboard is?(RealtekAC 97 Audio.)?I heard the Windows Startup theme,but when I play a song in Windows Media Player it tells me I have a sound problem,and I can still see the music visuals?playing,but hear nothing. When I turn/off?my center speakers, I hear the sound go on, but unable to play any music. I uninstalled the?Soundblaster media Cneter beacuse I did get some sounds that had terrible echo and I couldn't turn it off,so I uninstalled it..didn't think I needed it to play audio with other programs I have. I went to Bios to see if the integrated Audio was on,and it was. ((I've had computers in the past where I had to go to Bios,disable the onboard Audio,so I could hear the Soundblaster.))?In Bios, I?disabled the integrated Audio>rebooted> then no Windows startup music. I've checked all connections and any onboard programs that could be muted or turned down, but?now?there is no sound. I went back to BIOS and re-enabled the Realtek 97 onboard Audio. I went to ADD/REMOVE programs and clicked on the Audigy Soundblaster, I did a repair and it loaded up to 99%,then asked me to put in Disk for the ini.setup files? Did they mean the DELL XPS 600 resource CD with the drivers/utilities/diagnostics? or the Dell Operating System CD? Is this a dangerous thing to do that could impact this computer? I would hate to mess anything up because it's out of warranty. Could there be a conflict with the onboard Realtek 97 and the Soundblaster soundcard, or should they work together? Thank you to all who reply.

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SOLVED: Dell XPS 1530 wireless not configured properly , need help.

Had another post about different questions but after playing around with this for a few days I think that my wifi is not configured properly. Every thing looks good on the hardware and driver end and shows up properly.
This is my wifi card
grep -i wireless
0b:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection (rev 02)
ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:15:C5:84:7A:7C
inet addr:162.178.12.101 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::215:c5ff:fe84:7a7c/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:6225 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:6557 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:4309676 (4.1 Mb) TX bytes:996746 (973.3 Kb)
Interrupt:16
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:380 (380.0 b) TX bytes:380 (380.0 b)
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1C:BF:75:0A:1F
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
wmaster0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-1C-BF-75-0A-1F-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
[NO FLAGS] MTU:0 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
My rc.conf is asfollows.
# /etc/rc.conf - Main Configuration for Arch Linux
# LOCALIZATION
# LOCALE: available languages can be listed with the 'locale -a' command
# HARDWARECLOCK: set to "UTC" or "localtime"
# USEDIRECTISA: use direct I/O requests instead of /dev/rtc for hwclock
# TIMEZONE: timezones are found in /usr/share/zoneinfo
# KEYMAP: keymaps are found in /usr/share/kbd/keymaps
# CONSOLEFONT: found in /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts (only needed for non-US)
# CONSOLEMAP: found in /usr/share/kbd/consoletrans
# USECOLOR: use ANSI color sequences in startup messages
LOCALE="en_US.utf8"
HARDWARECLOCK="local"
USEDIRECTISA="no"
TIMEZONE="America/Toronto"
KEYMAP="us"
CONSOLEFONT=
CONSOLEMAP=
USECOLOR="yes"
# HARDWARE
# MOD_AUTOLOAD: Allow autoloading of modules at boot and when needed
# MOD_BLACKLIST: Prevent udev from loading these modules
# MODULES: Modules to load at boot-up. Prefix with a ! to blacklist.
# NOTE: Use of 'MOD_BLACKLIST' is deprecated. Please use ! in the MODULES array.
MOD_AUTOLOAD="yes"
#MOD_BLACKLIST=() #deprecated
MODULES=()
# Scan for LVM volume groups at startup, required if you use LVM
USELVM="no"
# NETWORKING
# HOSTNAME: Hostname of machine. Should also be put in /etc/hosts
HOSTNAME="archtom"
# Use 'ifconfig -a' or 'ls /sys/class/net/' to see all available interfaces.
# Interfaces to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each interface then list in INTERFACES
# - prefix an entry in INTERFACES with a ! to disable it
# - no hyphens in your interface names - Bash doesn't like it
# DHCP: Set your interface to "dhcp" (eth0="dhcp")
# Wireless: See network profiles below
eth0="eth0 162.178.12.101 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255"
INTERFACES=(eth0 wlan0)
# Routes to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each route then list in ROUTES
# - prefix an entry in ROUTES with a ! to disable it
gateway="default gw 162.178.12.1"
#ROUTES=(!gateway)
ROUTES=(gateway)
# Enable these network profiles at boot-up. These are only useful
# if you happen to need multiple network configurations (ie, laptop users)
# - set to 'menu' to present a menu during boot-up (dialog package required)
# - prefix an entry with a ! to disable it
# Network profiles are found in /etc/network.d
# This now requires the netcfg package
#NETWORKS=(main)
# DAEMONS
# Daemons to start at boot-up (in this order)
# - prefix a daemon with a ! to disable it
# - prefix a daemon with a @ to start it up in the background
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng network netfs crond alsa hal fam gdm)
Another think is the card is there and recognized but the led light is not on so the card is not actually turning on and that can be an issue so can not scan for networks or even bring wlan0 up as I get this error.
SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory
Your help would be greatly appreciated as though I have used Ubuntu and Fedora for years everything worked out of the box so this is new to me. He he breakage I love Arch , learning so much.
Last edited by TomWitko (2009-08-23 15:05:33)

Umm k looking into this and fixing this now. Went by the wiki page for the dell xps 1530 and it stated I needed the 65 driver, just figured out I have the 45 card so need the 45 driver. Will update later when I get it fixed.
K changed the driver and now can get wlan0 up ,, have to check out if everthing works now.
Last edited by TomWitko (2009-08-23 14:58:09)

Questions about my MSI R5770 Hawk Radeon HD 5770 and my Dell Studio 7100

Ok, I have had this card installed for about a year now. From the beginning Catalyst Control Center had given me error messages, "Catalyst Control Centre: Host application has stopped working. Windows is checking for solutions" every time I start the machine or every time I try to use the Catalyst Control Center. This has not been a problem because I have been using a 2 monitor system using the DVI port from on and the HDMI to Display Port adapter to the second larger monitor (if I went straight HDMI I can't change the settings and I end up with a 1 inch black border around the desktop and the outer edge of the 23" monitor,) so I just worked around with the HDMI to DVI. Well now I am trying to hook up three monitors. One to the Display port through a Displayport to DVI, one to the HDMI through the HDMI to DVI and one to the Display port. No matter what I try to do through the Windows display control panel, I can not get the displayport monitor (which ever is hook to that port) to display. Windows 7 does detect all three monitors, but it will not allow me to "extend the desktop" to the third monitor and I still can't get the Catalyst Control Center to work.
I have uninstalled all files from ATI or AMD that involve the video and reinstalled the latest drivers and software, but the Catalyst Control center still is not running.
If you could help me with this it would be great. I am a graphics designer and web designer/developer and not a hardware or software tech and I have been googling and trying different possible answers since yesterday morning.
My graphics card is
MSI R5770 Hawk Radeon HD 5770
My computer is
Dell Studio XPS 7100, AMD Athlon IIX4 630 Processor 2.80 GHz
8 gb
64-bit operating system
I am attempting to hook up a LG W2361 to the HDMI through HDMI to DVI adapter (presently working) at 1920 x 1080
an LG W1952 (at 1440 x 900) through the DVI port to DVI (presently working) and
an old Samsung SyncMaster 170t to the Displayport through a the adapter (not working) monitor is detected but it will not allow the extend desktop to be applied.
Hope someone can help, thanks in advance for just reading all of this.

Just incase anyone runs into a similar problem. I figured it out.
Somehow in one of either the ATI driver updates or in a Microsoft update, my drivers and software was contaminated. I deleted all software and drivers for the card, which I had already tried several times. But this time I went into safe mode used CCcleaner in safe mode and cleared the register of all entries. I then reloaded and the Catalyst Control center and it works fine now.
The problem with the three monitors seems to be that the one hooked to the displayport, if you are using more than 2 monitors, must be hooked to an active displayport adapter. I was using a passive adapter. So either I need to buy a very expensive adapter or.....maybe a new monitor that uses displayport.
Hopefully this will help someone else having this issue.

Dell XPS 15 : Nvidia hardwired HDMI with multiple monitors with KDE

Hello everyone,
I did an Archlinux instalation a few months back in my Dell XPS 15 laptop and configured my Nvidia card with bumblebee and primusrun.
I have a extra monitor now and want to use dual monitors with my system.
I tryed the following guides for setting up the dual screens outputs without success:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Bu … creenclone
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/De … al_Display
THe output from the last try was this:
[chicao@svadisthana etc]$ startx
/usr/bin/Xorg.wrap: Only console users are allowed to run the X server
xinit: giving up
xinit: unable to connect to X server: Connection refused
xinit: server error
Couldn't get a file descriptor referring to the console
[chicao@svadisthana etc]$ sudo startx
xauth: file /root/.Xauthority does not exist
xauth: file /root/.Xauthority does not exist
X.Org X Server 1.16.2
Release Date: 2014-11-10
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 3.17.2-1-ARCH x86_64
Current Operating System: Linux svadisthana 3.17.3-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Nov 14 23:13:48 CET 2014 x86_64
Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=40feb1b1-2717-4fee-89b9-e1e9cdd03278 rw quiet
Build Date: 10 November 2014 07:52:13PM
Current version of pixman: 0.32.6
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.1.log", Time: Thu Nov 27 11:56:17 2014
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
removing GPU device /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0/drm/card1 /dev/dri/card1
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc: line 55: exec: xterm: not found
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc: line 51: twm: comando não encontrado
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc: line 52: xclock: comando não encontrado
xinit: connection to X server lost
waiting for X server to shut down (EE) Server terminated successfully (0). Closing log file.
My bumblebee.conf file:
# Configuration file for Bumblebee. Values should **not** be put between quotes
## Server options. Any change made in this section will need a server restart
# to take effect.
[bumblebeed]
# The secondary Xorg server DISPLAY number
VirtualDisplay=:8
# Should the unused Xorg server be kept running? Set this to true if waiting
# for X to be ready is too long and don't need power management at all.
KeepUnusedXServer=true
# The name of the Bumbleblee server group name (GID name)
ServerGroup=bumblebee
# Card power state at exit. Set to false if the card shoud be ON when Bumblebee
# server exits.
TurnCardOffAtExit=false
# The default behavior of '-f' option on optirun. If set to "true", '-f' will
# be ignored.
NoEcoModeOverride=false
# The Driver used by Bumblebee server. If this value is not set (or empty),
# auto-detection is performed. The available drivers are nvidia and nouveau
# (See also the driver-specific sections below)
Driver=
# Directory with a dummy config file to pass as a -configdir to secondary X
XorgConfDir=/etc/bumblebee/xorg.conf.d
## Client options. Will take effect on the next optirun executed.
[optirun]
# Acceleration/ rendering bridge, possible values are auto, virtualgl and
# primus.
Bridge=auto
# The method used for VirtualGL to transport frames between X servers.
# Possible values are proxy, jpeg, rgb, xv and yuv.
VGLTransport=proxy
# List of paths which are searched for the primus libGL.so.1 when using
# the primus bridge
PrimusLibraryPath=/usr/lib/primus:/usr/lib32/primus
# Should the program run under optirun even if Bumblebee server or nvidia card
# is not available?
AllowFallbackToIGC=false
# Driver-specific settings are grouped under [driver-NAME]. The sections are
# parsed if the Driver setting in [bumblebeed] is set to NAME (or if auto-
# detection resolves to NAME).
# PMMethod: method to use for saving power by disabling the nvidia card, valid
# values are: auto - automatically detect which PM method to use
# bbswitch - new in BB 3, recommended if available
# switcheroo - vga_switcheroo method, use at your own risk
# none - disable PM completely
# https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/Bumblebee/wiki/Comparison-of-PM-methods
## Section with nvidia driver specific options, only parsed if Driver=nvidia
[driver-nvidia]
# Module name to load, defaults to Driver if empty or unset
KernelDriver=nvidia
PMMethod=none
# colon-separated path to the nvidia libraries
LibraryPath=/usr/lib/nvidia:/usr/lib32/nvidia
# comma-separated path of the directory containing nvidia_drv.so and the
# default Xorg modules path
XorgModulePath=/usr/lib/nvidia/xorg/,/usr/lib/xorg/modules
XorgConfFile=/etc/X11/xorg.conf
## Section with nouveau driver specific options, only parsed if Driver=nouveau
[driver-nouveau]
KernelDriver=nouveau
PMMethod=none
XorgConfFile=/etc/bumblebee/xorg.conf.nouveau
My /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
Screen 1 "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "glx"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor Model"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor1"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor Model"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Card1"
Driver "intel"
BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 1
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 4
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 15
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "Card1"
Monitor "Monitor1"
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 1
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 4
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 15
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
The X server is started by KDM. And don't know if there is some sort of way that I should configure KDE to start X with the bumblebee configuration.
Anyway, does somebody came across this kind of issue? How can I make my external and laptop screen work properly ?

I solved it by brute force:
pacman -Rdd libgl
(delete conflicting package without checking dependencies)
pacman -S nvidia nvidia-utils
And now I can watch high-quality video on a big external TV through HDMI (driven by Nvidia card), while also independently using internal monitor.

[SOLVED] Dell XPS 15 l502x + GT 540M + Bumblebee: No devices detected

Hello everyone,
I have Dell XPS 15 l502x laptop with GT 540M graphics card with optimus support. I want to enable optimus with bumblebee, but no matter what I do I just can't make it work. I'm already start thinking that this laptop is not supported....
I've installed the following packages from AUR to support optimus on my laptop:
bumblebee
nvidia-bumblebee
nvidia-utils-bumblebee
Also, I am using my own custom configured kernel, uname -a shows:
Linux milktea 3.2.13-1-abs #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Mar 28 14:16:29 CST 2012 i686 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2760QM CPU @ 2.40GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
The only changes from ArchLinux default kernel is CPU architecture (I changed to Core 2 Duo and later instead of default i686) and support for PAE.
When I run optirun glxgears I get this output:
[ERROR]Cannot access secondary GPU - error: [XORG] (EE) Failed to load module "mouse" (module does not exist, 0)
[ERROR]Aborting because fallback start is disabled.
And Xorg.8.log is:
[ 4430.976]
This is a pre-release version of the X server from The X.Org Foundation.
It is not supported in any way.
Bugs may be filed in the bugzilla at http://bugs.freedesktop.org/.
Select the "xorg" product for bugs you find in this release.
Before reporting bugs in pre-release versions please check the
latest version in the X.Org Foundation git repository.
See http://wiki.x.org/wiki/GitPage for git access instructions.
[ 4430.976]
X.Org X Server 1.12.0.901 (1.12.1 RC 1)
Release Date: 2012-03-30
[ 4430.976] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[ 4430.976] Build Operating System: Linux 3.3.0-1-ARCH i686
[ 4430.976] Current Operating System: Linux milktea 3.2.13-1-abs #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Mar 28 14:16:29 CST 2012 i686
[ 4430.976] Kernel command line: root=/dev/sda3 ro initrd=../initramfs-linux-abs.img BOOT_IMAGE=../vmlinuz-linux-abs
[ 4430.976] Build Date: 31 March 2012 09:47:27AM
[ 4430.976]
[ 4430.976] Current version of pixman: 0.24.4
[ 4430.976] Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
[ 4430.976] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[ 4430.976] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.8.log", Time: Sat Apr 7 12:10:38 2012
[ 4430.977] (++) Using config file: "/etc/bumblebee/xorg.conf.nvidia"
[ 4430.977] (==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[ 4430.977] (==) ServerLayout "Layout0"
[ 4430.977] (**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
[ 4430.977] (**) | |-->Monitor "Monitor0"
[ 4430.977] (**) | |-->Device "Device0"
[ 4430.977] (**) Option "AutoAddDevices" "false"
[ 4430.977] (**) Not automatically adding devices
[ 4430.977] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[ 4430.977] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/OTF/" does not exist.
[ 4430.977] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 4430.977] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/".
[ 4430.977] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 4430.977] (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/").
[ 4430.977] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/".
[ 4430.977] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 4430.977] (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/").
[ 4430.977] (==) FontPath set to:
/usr/share/fonts/misc/,
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/,
/usr/share/fonts/Type1/
[ 4430.977] (++) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/nvidia-bumblebee/xorg/,/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[ 4430.977] (==) |-->Input Device "<default pointer>"
[ 4430.977] (==) |-->Input Device "<default keyboard>"
[ 4430.977] (==) The core pointer device wasn't specified explicitly in the layout.
Using the default mouse configuration.
[ 4430.977] (==) The core keyboard device wasn't specified explicitly in the layout.
Using the default keyboard configuration.
[ 4430.977] (II) Loader magic: 0x82225a0
[ 4430.977] (II) Module ABI versions:
[ 4430.977] X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[ 4430.977] X.Org Video Driver: 12.0
[ 4430.977] X.Org XInput driver : 16.0
[ 4430.977] X.Org Server Extension : 6.0
[ 4430.978] (--) PCI:*(0:1:0:0) 10de:0df4:1028:050e rev 161, Mem @ 0xf0000000/16777216, 0xc0000000/268435456, 0xd0000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x00003000/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/524288
[ 4430.978] (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
[ 4430.978] (II) LoadModule: "extmod"
[ 4430.979] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libextmod.so
[ 4430.979] (II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 4430.979] compiled for 1.12.0.901, module version = 1.0.0
[ 4430.979] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[ 4430.979] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 6.0
[ 4430.979] (II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
[ 4430.979] (II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
[ 4430.979] (II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
[ 4430.979] (II) Loading extension DPMS
[ 4430.979] (II) Loading extension XVideo
[ 4430.979] (II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
[ 4430.979] (II) Loading extension X-Resource
[ 4430.979] (II) LoadModule: "dbe"
[ 4430.979] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdbe.so
[ 4430.979] (II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 4430.979] compiled for 1.12.0.901, module version = 1.0.0
[ 4430.979] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[ 4430.979] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 6.0
[ 4430.979] (II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
[ 4430.979] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[ 4430.979] (II) Loading /usr/lib/nvidia-bumblebee/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[ 4430.998] (II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[ 4430.998] compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[ 4430.998] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[ 4430.998] (II) NVIDIA GLX Module 295.33 Sat Mar 17 15:18:29 PDT 2012
[ 4430.999] (II) Loading extension GLX
[ 4430.999] (II) LoadModule: "record"
[ 4430.999] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/librecord.so
[ 4430.999] (II) Module record: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 4430.999] compiled for 1.12.0.901, module version = 1.13.0
[ 4430.999] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[ 4430.999] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 6.0
[ 4430.999] (II) Loading extension RECORD
[ 4430.999] (II) LoadModule: "dri"
[ 4430.999] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri.so
[ 4430.999] (II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 4430.999] compiled for 1.12.0.901, module version = 1.0.0
[ 4430.999] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 6.0
[ 4430.999] (II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
[ 4430.999] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
[ 4430.999] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri2.so
[ 4430.999] (II) Module dri2: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 4430.999] compiled for 1.12.0.901, module version = 1.2.0
[ 4430.999] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 6.0
[ 4430.999] (II) Loading extension DRI2
[ 4431.000] (II) LoadModule: "intel"
[ 4431.000] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so
[ 4431.000] (II) Module intel: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 4431.000] compiled for 1.11.99.903, module version = 2.18.0
[ 4431.000] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 4431.000] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 12.0
[ 4431.000] (II) LoadModule: "mouse"
[ 4431.000] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module mouse
[ 4431.000] (II) UnloadModule: "mouse"
[ 4431.000] (II) Unloading mouse
[ 4431.000] (EE) Failed to load module "mouse" (module does not exist, 0)
[ 4431.000] (II) LoadModule: "kbd"
[ 4431.001] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module kbd
[ 4431.001] (II) UnloadModule: "kbd"
[ 4431.001] (II) Unloading kbd
[ 4431.001] (EE) Failed to load module "kbd" (module does not exist, 0)
[ 4431.001] (II) intel: Driver for Intel Integrated Graphics Chipsets: i810,
i810-dc100, i810e, i815, i830M, 845G, 854, 852GM/855GM, 865G, 915G,
E7221 (i915), 915GM, 945G, 945GM, 945GME, Pineview GM, Pineview G,
965G, G35, 965Q, 946GZ, 965GM, 965GME/GLE, G33, Q35, Q33, GM45,
4 Series, G45/G43, Q45/Q43, G41, B43, B43, Clarkdale, Arrandale,
Sandybridge Desktop (GT1), Sandybridge Desktop (GT2),
Sandybridge Desktop (GT2+), Sandybridge Mobile (GT1),
Sandybridge Mobile (GT2), Sandybridge Mobile (GT2+),
Sandybridge Server, Ivybridge Mobile (GT1), Ivybridge Mobile (GT2),
Ivybridge Desktop (GT1), Ivybridge Desktop (GT2), Ivybridge Server
[ 4431.001] (--) using VT number 7
[ 4431.001] (EE) No devices detected.
[ 4431.001]
Fatal server error:
[ 4431.001] no screens found
[ 4431.001]
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.x.org
for help.
[ 4431.001] Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.8.log" for additional information.
[ 4431.001]
Does anyone have any ideas on what might be wrong? Please, help.
Thanks in advance.
Last edited by leonid (2012-04-12 01:55:31)

I have bumblebee, dkms-bbswitch, nvidia-utils-bumblebee, nvidia, virtualgl
My bumblebee.conf is:
# Configuration file for Bumblebee. Values should **not** be put between quotes
## Server options. Any change made in this section will need a server restart
# to take effect.
[bumblebeed]
# The secondary Xorg server DISPLAY number
VirtualDisplay=:8
# Should the unused Xorg server be kept running? Set this to true if waiting
# for X to be ready is too long and don't need power management at all.
KeepUnusedXServer=false
# The name of the Bumbleblee server group name (GID name)
ServerGroup=bumblebee
# Card power state at exit. Set to false if the card shoud be ON when Bumblebee
# server exits.
TurnCardOffAtExit=true
# The default behavior of '-f' option on optirun. If set to "true", '-f' will
# be ignored.
NoEcoModeOverride=false
# The Driver used by Bumblebee server. If this value is not set (or empty),
# auto-detection is performed. The available drivers are nvidia and nouveau
# (See also the driver-specific sections below)
Driver=nvidia
## Client options. Will take effect on the next optirun executed.
[optirun]
# The method used for VirtualGL to transport frames between X servers.
# Possible values are proxy, jpeg, rgb, xv and yuv.
VGLTransport=proxy
# Should the program run under optirun even if Bumblebee server or nvidia card
# is not available?
AllowFallbackToIGC=false
# Driver-specific settings are grouped under [driver-NAME]. The sections are
# parsed if the Driver setting in [bumblebeed] is set to NAME (or if auto-
# detection resolves to NAME).
# PMMethod: method to use for saving power by disabling the nvidia card, valid
# values are: auto - automatically detect which PM method to use
# bbswitch - new in BB 3, recommended if available
# switcheroo - vga_switcheroo method
# none - disable PM completely
# https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/Bumblebee/wiki/Comparison-of-PM-methods
## Section with nvidia driver specific options, only parsed if Driver=nvidia
[driver-nvidia]
# Module name to load, defaults to Driver if empty or unset
KernelDriver=nvidia
Module=nvidia
PMMethod=bbswitch
# colon-separated path to the nvidia libraries
LibraryPath=/usr/lib/nvidia-bumblebee:/usr/lib32/nvidia-bumblebee
# comma-separated path of the directory containing nvidia_drv.so and the
# default Xorg modules path
XorgModulePath=/usr/lib/nvidia-bumblebee/xorg/,/usr/lib/xorg/modules
XorgConfFile=/etc/bumblebee/xorg.conf.nvidia
## Section with nouveau driver specific options, only parsed if Driver=nouveau
[driver-nouveau]
KernelDriver=nouveau
PMMethod=bbswitch
XorgConfFile=/etc/bumblebee/xorg.conf.nouveau
I haven't edited any xorg.conf files whatsoever, so they are just the default ones. Here is /etc/bumblebee/xorg.conf.nvidia:
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Option "AutoAddDevices" "false"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device1"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
Option "NoLogo" "true"
Option "UseEDID" "false"
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP"
EndSection
What are the full relevant sections in lspci -vvnn saying? your grepping removed the verbose bits. e.g. when my nvidia card is off, it gives:
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation GF108 [GeForce GT 540M] [10de:0df5] (rev ff) (prog-if ff)
!!! Unknown header type 7f
but different when it's turned on.

Dell XPS M1330 entry in the wiki. Discuss here !

Hi,
I created a page for Dell XPS M1330. For now there is just little information, I hope archers who own this amazing laptop would complete it .
Cheers !
Last edited by Bapman (2008-07-03 19:48:26)

OK. Removed all partitions, created sda1 for Vista, sda2 for swap, sda3 for root and sda4 for home. I installed Arch first (doesn't really matter) when I installed Vista (but then of course I had to boot my Arch installation with the CD again to reinstall grub, but no problems). Works now.
BUT. Heads up: Windows Vista installation (don't know if SP1 solves this, this CD doesn't have SP1) hangs after some reboots when it tries to identify the hardware. I can see the USB devices on the computer link, then the display goes black and goes back on again (detecting the graphics card or whatever), and then it just sits there, doing nothing. No HDD activity or nothing. The solution? Change SATA mode in BIOS _from_ AHCI _to_ ATA.
Just for future reference.
I have a problem though, I can't access the internet from my Arch. Modprobe:ing the bcm43xx module just says "driver loaded" in dmesg, but I don't get wlan0 or eth1 (eth0 is LAN card) or anything, iwconfig etc says "no devices with wireless extensions". Any ideas?
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Last edited by Fackamato (2008-06-13 20:45:32)

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[Solved] xorg stuck in tty1 with nouveau driver on dell xps laptop

hi all, struggling with xorg on dell xps with nouveau driver.
Nouveau works under ubuntu LTS so no hardware problem.
Followed the arch wiki for installation and all related links (nouveau, xorg etc.)
startx (and startxfce4): it seems like xserver has started but I'm stuck
in tty1 still seeing the text output of the command; ctrl-c doesn't work and I need to log into tty2 to be able to kill the xserver.
Had to create an Xorg.conf with Xorg :0 -configure (else xserver couldn't start with fatal error screen not found).
Xorg.log.0 shows no EE errors.
Tried all the tricks read on the wiki, e.g. downgraded the kernel, deleted ~/.xinitrc, deleted xorg.conf (also tried
a minimal xorg.conf with only the screen section), blacklisted modules i915 and intel_agp, checked there's no vga=
options in my bootloader. Tried some other tricks found on forum posts to no avail.
Any suggestions highly appreciated.
lspci:
http://pastebin.com/uuGEJL0D
dmesg:
http://pastebin.com/8WVPp2ZB
xorg.conf:
http://pastebin.com/SgbNX9Wn
Xorg.log.0:
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Last edited by firippusan (2013-08-30 12:38:11)

firippusan wrote:
I don't think this possible, if you have two video cards and only want to use the nvidia, you need to have a possibility to disable the intel in your bios.
If this is not possible, then first install the intel driver, then Bumblebee and 'friends'
I overlooked that issue. It seems under ubuntu both cards are used together and it works automagically without bumblebee. I was hoping to achieve the same on arch,
given bumblebee's wiki says: "Warning: Bumblebee is still under heavy development! But your help is very welcome."
All Bumblebee is under heavy development, true, but no reason to not install it, I mean Arch is under heavy development too....
As for Ubuntu, I don't use it, and have no plans to do so, but tell me, how are they putting it together?
Just open the Bumblebee wiki, read carefully, and install it.
Take extra care with nvidia, you then need to reinstall Intel too.
Basically as advised in the install guide:
pacman -S xorg-server xorg-server-utils xorg-xinit
pacman -S xorg-twm xorg-xclock xterm
I wanted to know if you installed the Xorg group, but you did it the right way.

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Hello everyone!
I'm a 10th grade student in a international school, where we are allowed to use laptops instead of our regular notebooks. In my class no one uses a notebook, so I would be the first one.
My idea came from the fact that I broke my arm, and am unable to write normally for the next 3 months, as my hand is in a cast. I am currently writing on my iPad, which is nice, as I can only use my left hand for typing. I didn't really think much of it, but after few days I realised how easy it is to type on a tablet instead of on a piece of paper.
I took my exams on a PC and I was easily able to write with my left hand only. The experience was much better, as I was able to erase all my mistakes/ rewrite someting I didn't like… but let's get to the point.
After I finish my iGCSE's, I'll be going to the IB diploma programme. It is very rigorous and requires a lot of work, so a laptop would be very helpful. The three laptops I want to choose between are:
1. 13" Macbook Air
2. 13" Macbook Pro
3. New Dell XPS 2015 13" (http://www.dell.com/us/p/xps-13-9333/pd?oc=fncwp1512h)
Now I know about the rumors of the new Macbook Air 12" with retina display, but the idea of having one port only doesn't appeal to me. I currently have an iMac 27" late 2013, along with an iPad and an iPhone. It is better to stick to apple just for the whole sync. between all devices, or is the Dell better in terms of performance? The ultrabook would be used for typing essays, editing videos (I'm doing film at school, so we get assignments like that pretty often) and of course web browsing. Gaming isn't really a priority, but to play some easy-going games such as garry's mod or turbo dismount on the go would be nice.
So what do you guys this is the best pick? I want the laptop to last another three years before I go to uni, and that's the reason I want to go for either the mid-spec. MacBook Pro/Air or the fully spec. Dell XPS 13. Price plays a role here, as I can only pay max. 1500$ for it, so I cannot afford the fully spec. MacBook Pro 13".
Ps. I really like the touchscreen in the Dell XPS 13, but does it affect the battery life much? It's really important that it lasts at least 8 hours a day, as I start school really early in the morning, and finish late in the afternoon.
Thank you for your answer,
mac117

Mac117 wrote:
Ps. I really like the touchscreen in the Dell XPS 13,
Then go for it.
Best.

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