On 7/8/11 3:19 PM, Navdeep Singh Sidhu wrote: > > I have Dell Xps 15 with config:- > 8 Gb RAM > 2nd generation i7 processor 2.2 GHz Boost 2.0 upto 3.30 GHz > Dual Graphics Card Intel HD 3000 & nvidia geforce GT 540M with Optimus > Techonology > 720 GB hardisk > Motherboard Dell XPS system L502X > Intel centrino 6230 Network Card with BT 3.0 > > 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:- > > Core2duo 1.83Ghz > 2Gb ram > nvidia geforce 9600m graphics card > > 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. > 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. > 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. > 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. > > 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. > starting from Fedora 15 gnome(almost same for kde except starting numbers) > > error:- > [ 2.571729] [drm:intel_drm_platform_mux_info] *ERROR* MUX INFO CALL > FAILED > [ 2.571847] [drm:intel_drm_platform_mux_info] *ERROR* MUX INFO CALL > FAILED > > Dropping to debug shell. > sh.can't acess tty:job control off > dracut:/# > > > Fedora 15 LXDE > > [ 2.514402] nonveau 0000:01:00.0:invalid ROM contents > [ 2.614971] [drm] nonveau 0000:01:00.0:POINTER to BIT load vol table > invalid > [ 2.639331] [drm] nonveau 0000:01:00.0:0xd518:12cwr fail: -6 > [ 2.75332] [drm] nonveau 0000:01:00.0:PGRAPH:unsupported > chipset,please report! > [ 2.753646] [drm] nonveau 0000:01:00.0:PGRAPH:unknown config:2/0/0/0,1 > [ 2.755342] [drm] nonveau 0000:01:00.0: failed to load fuc 409 d > > > [ 2.919340] [drm:intel_drm_platform_mux_info] *ERROR* MUX INFO CALL > FAILED > [ 2.919447] [drm:intel_drm_platform_mux_info] *ERROR* MUX INFO CALL > FAILED > > Dropping to debug shell. > sh.can't acess tty:job control off > dracut:/# > > > Fedora 15 XCFE > > [ 2.563563] [drm:intel_drm_platform_mux_info] *ERROR* MUX INFO CALL > FAILED > [ 2.563680] [drm:intel_drm_platform_mux_info] *ERROR* MUX INFO CALL > FAILED What kind and model of video card is installed in the system you are creating the boot USB from and what is in the Dell? Looks like a video mismatch AND a video card NOT supported by the open source ATI video driver. James McKenzie -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines