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How to install Ubuntu 18.10 on an Alienware 15?

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I suggest you edit your question to highlight the main problem installing ubuntu on this machine, otherwise mods may just close it as duplicate, and it would be a shame because your answer may be useful to others.
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I suggest you edit your question to highlight the main problem installing ubuntu on this machine, otherwise mods may just close it as duplicate, and it would be a shame because your answer may be useful to others.
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@Byte Commander I don't think it's a duplicate, he's specifically targeting an issue for a specific laptop model
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How to install Ubuntu 18.10 on an Alienware 15?

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Possible duplicate of How do I install Ubuntu?
â€“Â Byte Commander
21 mins ago

I suggest you edit your question to highlight the main problem installing ubuntu on this machine, otherwise mods may just close it as duplicate, and it would be a shame because your answer may be useful to others.
â€“Â dsSTORM
13 mins ago

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@Byte Commander I don't think it's a duplicate, he's specifically targeting an issue for a specific laptop model
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Possible duplicate of How do I install Ubuntu?
â€“Â Byte Commander
21 mins ago

I suggest you edit your question to highlight the main problem installing ubuntu on this machine, otherwise mods may just close it as duplicate, and it would be a shame because your answer may be useful to others.
â€“Â dsSTORM
13 mins ago

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@Byte Commander I don't think it's a duplicate, he's specifically targeting an issue for a specific laptop model
â€“Â dsSTORM
12 mins ago

Possible duplicate of How do I install Ubuntu?
â€“Â Byte Commander
21 mins ago

I suggest you edit your question to highlight the main problem installing ubuntu on this machine, otherwise mods may just close it as duplicate, and it would be a shame because your answer may be useful to others.
â€“Â dsSTORM
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I will begin by saying this is a post for users who are unable to use Ubuntu on the Alienware 15 (R4). This may or may not apply to other users, but I'm willing to bet this will be useful for others.

First in order to get Ubuntu to detect the Killer wireless card installed on all Alienware 15s in 2018, you should use 18.10, or newer if applicable. I installed on Ubuntu 18.10 and it detected my AC Killer WiFi card with maximum capable speed due to the Intel update in the Linux kernel.

On to the good stuff:

Install Ubuntu (18.10)

In my case I was unable to utilize the TouchPad, instead, I installed using the keyboard.

run the following code in the new installation:

 sudo su
 echo 'blacklist i2c_hid' >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
 depmod -a
 update-initramfs -a`
 reboot

Reboot system

At this point, everything should still be working okay. In order to utilize the proprietary NVIDIA GPU drivers I had to install them with
sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall

Reboot again, but boot into grub to access your desktop, using ESC, or shift. For me ESC worked. Press e to access the grub config of the default ubuntu boot option. Then append to the linux /boot... line, nomodeset.

Press F10 to boot with this configuration

You may experience a hang with this setup, press ALT + F2, ALT + F1, then the boot should continue with some screen flashes to the Ubuntu login

Add the nomodeset to the grub bootloader settings (search how to do this, it's relatively straightforward)

NOTE: I have not found a workaround to fix the ALT + F2, ALT + F1 key sequence, but this will have to be done per boot into Ubuntu. If I find a fix, I will update.

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I will begin by saying this is a post for users who are unable to use Ubuntu on the Alienware 15 (R4). This may or may not apply to other users, but I'm willing to bet this will be useful for others.

On to the good stuff:

Install Ubuntu (18.10)

In my case I was unable to utilize the TouchPad, instead, I installed using the keyboard.

run the following code in the new installation:

 sudo su
 echo 'blacklist i2c_hid' >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
 depmod -a
 update-initramfs -a`
 reboot

Reboot system

At this point, everything should still be working okay. In order to utilize the proprietary NVIDIA GPU drivers I had to install them with
sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall

Reboot again, but boot into grub to access your desktop, using ESC, or shift. For me ESC worked. Press e to access the grub config of the default ubuntu boot option. Then append to the linux /boot... line, nomodeset.

Press F10 to boot with this configuration

You may experience a hang with this setup, press ALT + F2, ALT + F1, then the boot should continue with some screen flashes to the Ubuntu login

Add the nomodeset to the grub bootloader settings (search how to do this, it's relatively straightforward)

NOTE: I have not found a workaround to fix the ALT + F2, ALT + F1 key sequence, but this will have to be done per boot into Ubuntu. If I find a fix, I will update.

Image showing NVIDIA GTX 1080 driver fully loaded

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I will begin by saying this is a post for users who are unable to use Ubuntu on the Alienware 15 (R4). This may or may not apply to other users, but I'm willing to bet this will be useful for others.

On to the good stuff:

Install Ubuntu (18.10)

In my case I was unable to utilize the TouchPad, instead, I installed using the keyboard.

run the following code in the new installation:

 sudo su
 echo 'blacklist i2c_hid' >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
 depmod -a
 update-initramfs -a`
 reboot

Reboot system

At this point, everything should still be working okay. In order to utilize the proprietary NVIDIA GPU drivers I had to install them with
sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall

Reboot again, but boot into grub to access your desktop, using ESC, or shift. For me ESC worked. Press e to access the grub config of the default ubuntu boot option. Then append to the linux /boot... line, nomodeset.

Press F10 to boot with this configuration

You may experience a hang with this setup, press ALT + F2, ALT + F1, then the boot should continue with some screen flashes to the Ubuntu login

Add the nomodeset to the grub bootloader settings (search how to do this, it's relatively straightforward)

NOTE: I have not found a workaround to fix the ALT + F2, ALT + F1 key sequence, but this will have to be done per boot into Ubuntu. If I find a fix, I will update.

Image showing NVIDIA GTX 1080 driver fully loaded

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up vote
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I will begin by saying this is a post for users who are unable to use Ubuntu on the Alienware 15 (R4). This may or may not apply to other users, but I'm willing to bet this will be useful for others.

On to the good stuff:

Install Ubuntu (18.10)

In my case I was unable to utilize the TouchPad, instead, I installed using the keyboard.

run the following code in the new installation:

 sudo su
 echo 'blacklist i2c_hid' >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
 depmod -a
 update-initramfs -a`
 reboot

Reboot system

At this point, everything should still be working okay. In order to utilize the proprietary NVIDIA GPU drivers I had to install them with
sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall

Reboot again, but boot into grub to access your desktop, using ESC, or shift. For me ESC worked. Press e to access the grub config of the default ubuntu boot option. Then append to the linux /boot... line, nomodeset.

Press F10 to boot with this configuration

You may experience a hang with this setup, press ALT + F2, ALT + F1, then the boot should continue with some screen flashes to the Ubuntu login

Add the nomodeset to the grub bootloader settings (search how to do this, it's relatively straightforward)

NOTE: I have not found a workaround to fix the ALT + F2, ALT + F1 key sequence, but this will have to be done per boot into Ubuntu. If I find a fix, I will update.

Image showing NVIDIA GTX 1080 driver fully loaded

edited 40 secs ago

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answered 1 hour ago

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I will begin by saying this is a post for users who are unable to use Ubuntu on the Alienware 15 (R4). This may or may not apply to other users, but I'm willing to bet this will be useful for others.

On to the good stuff:

Install Ubuntu (18.10)

In my case I was unable to utilize the TouchPad, instead, I installed using the keyboard.

run the following code in the new installation:

 sudo su
 echo 'blacklist i2c_hid' >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
 depmod -a
 update-initramfs -a`
 reboot

Reboot system

At this point, everything should still be working okay. In order to utilize the proprietary NVIDIA GPU drivers I had to install them with
sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall

Reboot again, but boot into grub to access your desktop, using ESC, or shift. For me ESC worked. Press e to access the grub config of the default ubuntu boot option. Then append to the linux /boot... line, nomodeset.

Press F10 to boot with this configuration

You may experience a hang with this setup, press ALT + F2, ALT + F1, then the boot should continue with some screen flashes to the Ubuntu login

Add the nomodeset to the grub bootloader settings (search how to do this, it's relatively straightforward)

NOTE: I have not found a workaround to fix the ALT + F2, ALT + F1 key sequence, but this will have to be done per boot into Ubuntu. If I find a fix, I will update.

Image showing NVIDIA GTX 1080 driver fully loaded

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