Dell XPS 15 9570 XPS9570-7733SLV-PUS Laptop

MAIN LINKS THAT HELPED MAKE IT WORK:
https://github.com/JackHack96/dell-xps-9570-ubuntu-respin

https://medium.com/@peterpang_84917/personal-experience-of-installing-ubuntu-18-04-lts-on-xps-15-9570-3e53b6cfeefe

https://undef.in/2018/10/23/Ubuntu-18.04-LTS-18.10-on-Dell-XPS-15-9570/

Fix for sleep mode:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/1029474/ubuntu-18-04-dell-xps13-9370-no-longer-suspends-on-lid-close

RANDOM OTHER LINKS:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Dell/comments/9puckt/ubuntu_1810_on_dell_xps_15_9570/

https://github.com/stockmind/dell-xps-9560-ubuntu-respin

https://gloveboxes.github.io/Ubuntu-for-Azure-Developers/docs/dellxps15.html

https://askubuntu.com/questions/630643/usb3-docking-station-for-dell-xps-15

https://www.displaylink.com/downloads/ubuntu

https://github.com/bulletmark/libinput-gestures

https://github.com/rcasero/doc/wiki/Ubuntu-linux-on-Dell-XPS-15-(9560)

https://www.dell.com/community/Linux-General/XPS-15-9570-with-Ubuntu-18-04-1-not-resuming-after-suspend/m-p/6225699#M16700

https://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-TB3DKDPMAW-Thunderbolt-Dock-Ethernet/dp/B07F94KD1L?th=1

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Dell-releases-new-XPS-15-9570-BIOS-to-address-DPC-latency-issues.419824.0.html

https://medium.com/@pwaterz/how-to-dual-boot-windows-10-and-ubuntu-18-04-on-the-15-inch-dell-xps-9570-with-nvidia-1050ti-gpu-4b9a2901493d

https://medium.com/@peterpang_84917/personal-experience-of-installing-ubuntu-18-04-lts-on-xps-15-9570-3e53b6cfeefe

1. Run Command Prompt as an admin.
2. Run: bcdedit /set {current} safeboot minimal .
3. Reboot.
4. Press F2 when you see the Dell logo.
5. Select AHCI mode in the SATA option under System Configuration.
6. Press “Apply” then “Exit”.
7. Login as usual.
8. Open the Command Prompt as an admin again and type: bcdedit /deletevalue {current} safeboot .
9. Reboot.

1. Type disk management and open Disk Management.
2. Select the Windows partition (most likely to be the largest one).
3. Right click on it and select “Shrink Volume”.
4. Shrink to desired amount. (I shrank 200GB for Ubuntu)
5. See if a partition of “Unallocated space” is shown.

1. Insert the Ubuntu USB into the computer.
2. Reboot.
3. Press F12 when you see the Dell logo.
4. Select the one with the words “Boot from UEFI” in it.
5. Hover over the option “Try Ubuntu without installing”.
6. Press e.
7. Add nomodeset after the words quiet splash. Detailed instructions can be found in here.
8. Press F10.
9. Launch the Ubuntu installer on the desktop.
10. Select “Enable Insecure Boot mode” during the installation and remember the password for it. (This didn't show up for me)
11. Ubuntu should be installed.

After that, the computer will reboot and you will be greeted by a screen with booting options.

1. Hover over the option “Ubuntu”
2. Press e.
3. Add nouveau.modeset=0 after the words quiet splash. Detailed instructions can be found here, except the phase is changed from nomodeset to nouveau.modeset=0.
4. Press F10.

Now the computer will boot into Ubuntu. There is still one step for Ubuntu to boot smoothly every time.

1. Open the terminal.
2. Type sudo gedit /etc/default/grub .
3. Change the line GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=“quiet splash” to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=“quiet splash nouveau.modeset=0” .
4. Press “Save” and close the window.
5. In the terminal, type sudo update-grub2 .
6. Reboot.
7. Select Ubuntu.

You can install updates that the system suggested before rebooting. All the troublesome boot-options edits allow the computer to boot into Ubuntu or Ubuntu bootable USB.

If you want to boot into Ubuntu, you can add either nomodeset or nouveau.modeset=0 in the boot option. However you cannot adjust the screen brightness if you use the former one. And remember, only nomodeset works for installing Ubuntu. Using nouveau.modeset=0 for the installation boot will fail.

https://askubuntu.com/questions/1029474/ubuntu-18-04-dell-xps13-9370-no-longer-suspends-on-lid-close

Wake up from suspend mode and type in a terminal:
sudo journalctl | grep “PM: suspend” | tail -2

cat /sys/power/mem_sleep
should see s2idle [deep] not [s2idle] deep

OR TRY THIS:

gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.dash-to-dock transparency-mode FIXED
gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.dash-to-dock transparency-mode FIXED

sudo apt-get remove gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock

https://askubuntu.com/questions/1083950/ubuntu-18-10-issue-with-screen-inactivity-and-lock-screen