Update 2023/03/02: Using Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS. Just install and enjoy, not much to say about, it just works.
Update 2020/05/19: I'm using PopOS 20.04. Works great!!
NOTE: At the moment Dell G3 series doesn't officially support Ubuntu 18.04.
This post on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Ubuntu/comments/b74vvb/ubuntu_1604_on_dell_g3/
Update - 04/04/2019
I've installed Ubuntu 18.04 and it works like magic! I'm even using the latest(418) open-source Nvidia drivers (ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa).
- Notes on the setup
- Basics
- Dev
- Fixing Stuff
- Monitor using Nvidia is flickering all over the place
- Color issues in Google Chrome
- Color issues in Vscode
- Audio issues with HDMI to my display
- Nvidia doesn't appear to be working
- Reduce screen tearing
- Play/Pause/Next/Previous buttons and Spotify
- Error when trying to commit, git wasn't able to find GPG
- Plugged my Dell Universal Dock D6000 and nothing happens
- Tips
It does ship with Chrome and Chromium, but not firefox, so:
sudo apt-get install firefox
Themes, icons, visual and UI behavior customizing.
sudo apt-get install gnome-tweak-tool compizconfig-settings-manager unity-tweak-tool
- gparted: manage your disks
- gimp and inkscape: image and vector editing
- httpie: like curl, but cooler
- htop: improved top command
sudo apt-get install gparted gimp inkscape httpie htop
More:
- Etcher - Flash OS images to SD cards & USB drives, safely and easily.
- Filezilla FTP client -
sudo apt-get install filezilla - Available from "Ubuntu Software" (snaps):
- Skype
- Firefox
- Slack
- Spotify
- Vscode
- Libre Office
- Gparted
- Inkscape
- Postman
- ...and many others
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:fish-shell/release-3
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install fish
Need to logout:
sudo usermod -s /usr/bin/fish $USER
curl https://git.io/fisher --create-dirs -sLo ~/.config/fish/functions/fisher.fish
fisher add franciscolourenco/done
fisher add rafaelrinaldi/pure
Color Scheme for Gnome Terminal and Pantheon Terminal: http://mayccoll.github.io/Gogh/
Install Docker: https://docs.docker.com/install/linux/docker-ce/ubuntu/ Install Docker Compose: https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/
sudo curl -L "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.23.2/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-composeFish Shell completions for Docker Compose: https://github.com/brgmnn/fish-docker-compose
fisher add brgmnn/fish-docker-compose
Install ctop. Like htop, but for containers:
sudo wget https://github.com/bcicen/ctop/releases/download/v0.7.2/ctop-0.7.2-linux-amd64 -O /usr/local/bin/ctop
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/ctop
For latest go to: https://github.com/bcicen/ctop
Even though I use Docker a lot, I like to have some control over Python installations in my host machine, so pyenv enters here.
Prerequisites
sudo apt-get install -y make build-essential libssl-dev zlib1g-dev libbz2-dev \
libreadline-dev libsqlite3-dev wget curl llvm libncurses5-dev libncursesw5-dev \
xz-utils tk-dev libffi-dev liblzma-dev python-openssl git
curl https://pyenv.run | bash
As a final step, you have to configure your .bashrc, config.fish, or any other related shell configuration files.
My ~/.config/fish/config.fish:
set -x PYENV_ROOT $HOME/.pyenv
set -x PATH $PYENV_ROOT/bin $PATH
status --is-interactive; and . (pyenv init -|psub)
status --is-interactive; and . (pyenv virtualenv-init -|psub)- https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv
- https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv-installer
- https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv/wiki/Common-build-problems
- https://code.visualstudio.com/
- https://www.sublimetext.com/
- vim.tiny is already present if you need
- https://keybase.io/docs/the_app/install_linux
- Add your new machine to keybase
- Export your gpg secret key from your old machine
- Import your gpg secret key into your new machine
- OR you can create new gpg keys to your new machine, make sure everything is working fine, and then revoke the old machine
- If you need to edit your gpg key: https://gist.github.com/douglasmiranda/95d5842ab6e2e5c425f260c3c5d8ebf7
Related:
- https://www.reddit.com/r/Keybase/comments/5uu66a/moving_to_a_new_computer/
- keybase/keybase-issues#2800
sudo apt-get install git
Like HTTPS should be default for the web, signed commits should be default too. You'll find material on signed commits on the web. At the end your .gitconfig should look something like this:
[user]
name = Douglas Miranda
email = douglasmirandasilva@gmail.com
signingkey = 45B8D7807808D37C
[commit]
gpgsign = true
- https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Tools-Signing-Your-Work
- https://help.github.com/en/articles/signing-commits
- For Infrastructure Provisioning: Terraform
- Download
- Unzip
- Then:
sudo mv terraform /usr/local/bin/ && sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/terraform - My notes on Terraform
- For Configuration Management: Ansible
By installing Gitlab Runner locally you will be able to use most of the features available in Gitlab CI/CD in your local machine.
curl -L https://packages.gitlab.com/install/repositories/runner/gitlab-runner/script.deb.sh | sudo bash
sudo apt-get install gitlab-runner
It may be flickering when you drag windows or typing in an input.
It looks like a lot of things can be the cause, as you can find online, but you may be lucky and it can be something easy to fix,
Scenario: you've tried some different resolutions for your display, and in some choices the frame rate goes from 30 to 60, and when you decided to go back to a resolution that runs on 60 your monitors.xml is still in 30, so you may want to check this out.
Open ~/.config/monitors.xml, and look for your monitor in this xml file, what you want is the <rate> tag.
Example:
<monitors version="1">
<configuration>
<output name="HDMI-0">
<vendor>DEL</vendor>
...
<width>1920</width>
<height>1080</height>
...
<!-- THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR -->
<!-- SO CHANGE THIS FROM 30 TO 60 -->
<rate>30</rate>
...
</output>If you have some issues with color correction in Google Chrome, for example, the color blue shows as purple(ish):
Go to chrome://flags and try new values at "Force color profile", for me "sRGB" did the trick.
I'm no longer experiencing those issues. Current setup: Vscode 1.36 | Ubuntu 18.04.2 | GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (nvidia-driver-430 open source)
Just like in Chrome (previous topic) Vscode could face problems with color profiles.
You could simply start Vscode from terminal with --disable-gpu flag. (code --disable-gpu)
But, better than disable all gpu support, just tweak that setting, starting code with --force-color-profile=srgb. (code --force-color-profile=srgb)
OR, even better, edit your shortcut to start with that flag.
Find where Vscode laucher is:
locate code.desktop
(you may need to update your index: sudo updatedb)
I found mine at: /usr/share/applications/code.desktop
Let's say your code.desktop looks like:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Visual Studio Code
Comment=Code Editing. Redefined.
GenericName=Text Editor
Exec=/usr/share/code/code --unity-launch %F
Icon=code
Type=Application
StartupNotify=false
StartupWMClass=Code
Categories=Utility;TextEditor;Development;IDE;
MimeType=text/plain;inode/directory;
Actions=new-empty-window;
Keywords=vscode;
X-Desktop-File-Install-Version=0.22
[Desktop Action new-empty-window]
Name=New Empty Window
Exec=/usr/share/code/code --new-window %F
Icon=code
Edit the Exec value, in order to look something like:
[Desktop Entry]
...
Exec=/usr/share/code/code --force-color-profile=srgb --unity-launch %F
...
[Desktop Action new-empty-window]
...
Exec=/usr/share/code/code --force-color-profile=srgb --new-window %F
If you installed with snap, you'll probably find at: /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/vscode_vscode.desktop
Alternative
You can try to open /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/ as root. (sudo nautilus /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/)
Then you'll findo something like code_code.desktop, and then you just go right click of the mouse > Properties and add the flag --force-color-profile=srgb to the Command field.
NOTE: this "fix" will work for spotify and probably every other Electron based apps.
If you connect to a display with HDMI for the first time, and in the audio output you don't see the option to redirect to the display, it could be a lot of things as you can see searching on the web, but for me it was just a matter of rebooting.
Fix without reboot
I was able to "fix" without rebooting because it happened again when unplugging the cable and plugging again.
- Remove cable.
- Kill pulseaudio:
pulseaudio -k
- Plug again.
- Maybe you just need to
apt-get update and apt-get upgrade. (you may want to reboot) - Go to the laucher and search for "Additional Drivers", you'll see if Ubuntu installed the Drivers. (you may want to reboot)
- Go to the laucher and search for "NVIDIA X Server Settings", check if it is enabled.
It looks like the screen tearing issue when using NVIDIA could have many solutions.
First I tried to set the nvidia-drm.modeset=1. So search for "nvidia drm modeset linux" and you will find how to do it.
But the thing that actually worked for me it was open the "NVIDIA XServer Settings" > XServer Display Configuration > (select the display) > Advanced and check Force Composition Pipeline and Force Full Composition Pipeline.
Remember to make those settings permanent, and sometimes "Save to X Configuration File" won't be successfull.
So, under your monitor configuration in xorg.conf you must have something like:
Section "Screen"
...
Option "metamodes" "1920x1080 +0+0 {ForceCompositionPipeline=On, ForceFullCompositionPipeline=On}"
...
EndSection
Some extra info about the setup at the time of those issues:
- Bios version: 1.5.1 | Release Date: 11/01/2018
- Display: Dell p2715q
- Adaptor: HDMI cable
Update (2019/03/31)
Now:
Dell G3 > (adapter USB 3.1 Type-A to USB-C) > Dell Universal Dock D6000 > (display port to mini display port) > Dell p2715q
I'm running now on 2560x1440 - 60hz.
No new issue, only some blocks not being updated on mouse over, not sure about how to call that effect, but I fixed by doing the same thing I do to fix tearing.
I tried with HDMI too, it works fine.
Related:
- http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/331.79/README/configtwinview.html
- https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2374405
- https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/1033104/linux/no-vsync-on-linux/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYWer86A20s
Basically add these as custom shortcuts:
Play/Pause
dbus-send --print-reply --dest=org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.spotify /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player.PlayPause
Next
dbus-send --print-reply --dest=org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.spotify /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player.Next
Previous
dbus-send --print-reply --dest=org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.spotify /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player.Previous
You may encounter errors like:
error: cannot run /usr/local/bin/gpg: No such file or directory
error: could not run gpg
Even though you do have gpg installed, so just tell git where gpg is:
bash -c "git config --global gpg.program $(which gpg)"
Well, you must first install the appropriate drivers, so:
- Download: https://www.displaylink.com/downloads/ubuntu
- Install: https://support.displaylink.com/knowledgebase/articles/684649-how-to-install-displaylink-software-on-ubuntu
When switching from one resolution to another, you may find some issues with some blocks that doesn't fade or something weird like that, try this. (At least for me that fixed.)
Related:
sudo prime-select query
sudo dmidecode | less
Olá amigo bom script de configuração do dell g3.
Eu tenho um probelma que é quando estou utiliznado o modo on-demand ou placa de video intel eu não consigo utilizar o monitor externo (via hdmi) tu resolveu este problema?