[PLUG] Dell apt repos.

Russell Johnson russ at dimstar.net
Tue May 14 18:47:20 UTC 2019


Thank for the info. 

This is a Dell XPS 9370. What's not working is Thunderbolt isn't detected, so trying to drive an external monitor doesn't work. The system also does not appear to sleep properly. 

The sleep issue could maybe be lived with. However, an external monitor is more than just a nice to have. 

This system came preinstalled with 16.04 LTS. 18.04 has been installed vanilla. The EFI has been updated, and now 16.04 does not appear to install at all. The system fails to complete a boot of the media. 

ZDNet says plain vanilla works on it too. (https://www.zdnet.com/article/dell-xps-13-the-best-linux-laptop-of-2018/)

-Russ

On 5/13/19, 4:32 PM, "Smith, Cathy" <plug-bounces at pdxlinux.org on behalf of Cathy.Smith at pnnl.gov> wrote:

    I'm in the same situation.  I install specific apps that I need but never a repository.
    
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    -----Original Message-----
    From: plug-bounces at pdxlinux.org <plug-bounces at pdxlinux.org> On Behalf Of Tim Garton
    Sent: Monday, May 13, 2019 3:28 PM
    To: Portland Linux/Unix Group <plug at pdxlinux.org>
    Subject: Re: [PLUG] Dell apt repos.
    
    I am running Ubuntu 16.04 and 18.04 on multiple Lattitude and XPS laptops for many years but have always just run stock, never added their repos.
    What do their repos offer that vanilla Ubuntu doesn't?
    
    On Mon, May 13, 2019 at 2:55 PM Russell Johnson <russ at dimstar.net> wrote:
    
    > Is anyone here using Ubuntu 18.04 on a Dell machine?
    >
    >
    >
    > I’m having an issue getting the repo.
    >
    >
    >
    > Adding the repos:
    >
    >
    >
    > $ cat << 'EOL' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/dell-repos.list
    > > deb http://dell.archive.canonical.com/updates/ bionic-dell public 
    > > deb-src http://dell.archive.canonical.com/updates/ bionic-dell 
    > > public EOL
    > deb http://dell.archive.canonical.com/updates/ bionic-dell public 
    > deb-src http://dell.archive.canonical.com/updates/ bionic-dell public
    >
    >
    >
    > Verifying the key:
    >
    >
    >
    > $ sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys
    > F9FDA6BED73CDC22
    > Executing: /tmp/apt-key-gpghome.vL4Mi5xmtD/gpg.1.sh --keyserver 
    > keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys F9FDA6BED73CDC22
    > gpg: key F9FDA6BED73CDC22: "Canonical Archive Automatic Signing Key < 
    > ftpmaster at canonical.com>" not changed
    > gpg: Total number processed: 1
    > gpg:              unchanged: 1
    >
    >
    >
    > Update Apt:
    >
    >
    >
    > $ sudo apt update
    > Hit:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu disco InRelease
    > Ign:2 http://dell.archive.canonical.com/updates bionic-dell InRelease
    > Hit:3 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu disco-security InRelease
    > Hit:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu disco-updates InRelease
    > Get:5 http://dell.archive.canonical.com/updates bionic-dell Release
    > [4,173 B]
    > Hit:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu disco-backports InRelease
    > Get:7 http://dell.archive.canonical.com/updates bionic-dell 
    > Release.gpg
    > [287 B]
    > Ign:7 http://dell.archive.canonical.com/updates bionic-dell 
    > Release.gpg Reading package lists... Done
    > W: GPG error: http://dell.archive.canonical.com/updates bionic-dell
    > Release: Detached signature file
    > '/var/lib/apt/lists/partial/dell.archive.canonical.com_updates_dists_bionic-dell_Release.gpg'
    > is in unsupported binary format
    > E: The repository 'http://dell.archive.canonical.com/updates 
    > bionic-dell Release' is not signed.
    > N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is 
    > therefore disabled by default.
    > N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user 
    > configuration details.
    >
    >
    >
    > I am not able to get past the errors here. I tried the same with 
    > xenial
    > (16.04) and got the same thing.
    >
    >
    >
    > Anyone have a cluestick to hit me with?
    >
    >
    >
    > -Russ
    >
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