Personal XPS13-9360 settings and configurations on Ubuntu16.04, also some solutions to touchpad and screen issues. Aim to help XPS13 users to setup Ubuntu environemnt easier.
XPS13-9360 (8th gen.Kaby Lake-R, QHD touchscreen)
Install zsh
sudo apt install zsh
Install oh-my-zsh
sh -c "$(wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh -O -)"
git clone https://github.com/denysdovhan/spaceship-prompt.git "$ZSH_CUSTOM/themes/spaceship-prompt"
ln -s "$ZSH_CUSTOM/themes/spaceship-prompt/spaceship.zsh-theme" "$ZSH_CUSTOM/themes/spaceship.zsh-theme"
Set ZSH_THEME="spaceship" in your .zshrc.
Fix git symbol display issue
Install powerline-font to fix the issue.
sudo apt-get install fonts-powerline
See .zshrc
Github: https://github.com/Mayccoll/Gogh
Theme aco : wget -O xt http://git.io/v3Dll && chmod +x xt && ./xt && rm xt
Screenshots:
sudo ln -s /usr/share/applications/guake.desktop /etc/xdg/autostart/
I choose to use synaptics + fusuma
Works like a charm, smooth like silk.
Github: https://github.com/iberianpig/fusuma
Install ruby
sudo apt-get install rubygems
You must be a member of the input group to have permission to read the touchpad device:
$ sudo gpasswd -a $USER input
Logout and login.
$ sudo apt-get install libinput-tools
$ sudo apt-get install xdotool
Install Fusuma:
$ gem install fusuma
Add fusuma to startup applications.
Edit file ~/.config/fusuma/config.yml to enable multi-gesture control.
Settings at config.yml.
3 swipe up: Show Unity launcher
3 swipe down: Close current tab
4 finger gestures: Switch workspace.
Relative post: https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=229932#
This may or may not happen, $xinput list to check if there is more than one touchpad under Virtual core pointer. If there is, the synclient commands will never work.
[Solution]
Edit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf by adding the lines:
# remove SynPS/2 Synaptics Touchpad because we want the mouse to work over IC2b
blacklist psmouse
then:
sudo update-initramfs -u
sudo reboot
After the reboot xinput lists should only show one touchpad:
This solution saved my day.
synclient TapButton3=2
Add this to startup applications too.
Relative post: XPS 9560 - setting up multitouch gestures with Ubuntu 16.04
Go to Settings > Universal Access > Pointing & Clicking and enable Simulated Secondary Click
If there is an annoying whie noise in the background when plugged in headphone, the follow steps should fix it.
Set Headphone Mic Boost gain to 10dB. Any other value seems to cause the irritating background noise in headphones. This can be done with amixer:
amixer -c0 sset 'Headphone Mic Boost' 10dB
To make this happen automatically every time you headphones are connected install acpid.
Start it by running: sudo systemctl start acpid.service
Enable it by running: sudo systemctl enable acpid.service
Create following event script /etc/acpi/event/headphone-plug
event=jack/headphone HEADPHONE plug
action=/etc/acpi/cancel-white-noise.sh %e
Then create action script /etc/acpi/cancel-white-noise.sh:
#! /bin/bash
amixer -c0 sset 'Headphone Mic Boost' 10dB
Now Headphone Mic Boost will be set to 10dB every time headphones are connected. To make this effective you need to restart your laptop.
This problem is patched in kernel 4.14.15, update the kernel will fix this annoying issue.
Relative post: Headphone noise in Dell XPS 13 (9360, late 2017, intel 8th gen)
sudo apt-get install unity-tweak-tool gnome-tweak-tool
Lots of settings, you can change the theme and icons, setup hot-corners and workspace.
To remove the workspace icon on the unity launcer, do the following
- Install dconf-editor
sudo apt install dconf-editor - Then open
com->canonical->unity->launcherand click onfavorites - In the field
Custom valueremove'unity://expo-icon',and clickApply
sudo sh -c "echo 'deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/Horst3180/xUbuntu_16.04/ /' >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/arc-theme.list"
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install arc-theme
Github: https://github.com/horst3180/arc-theme
Tutorial: How to Install Arc GTK Theme on Ubuntu
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:snwh/pulp
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install paper-icon-theme
sudo apt-get install paper-cursor-theme
sudo apt-get install paper-gtk-theme
Github: https://github.com/snwh/paper-gtk-theme
The solution is to launch firefox using:
env MOZ_USE_XINPUT2=1 firefox
You can make this permanent by modifying the launcher using the following:
sudo sed -i "s|Exec=|Exec=env MOZ_USE_XINPUT2=1 |g" /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop
To undo this change, use:
sudo sed -i "s|Exec=env MOZ_USE_XINPUT2=1 |Exec=|g" /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop
Stackoverflow: https://askubuntu.com/questions/978226/how-to-make-touch-screen-scrolling-work-in-firefox-quantum
# 1. Add the Spotify repository signing keys to be able to verify downloaded packages
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys 0DF731E45CE24F27EEEB1450EFDC8610341D9410
# 2. Add the Spotify repository
echo deb http://repository.spotify.com stable non-free | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/spotify.list
# 3. Update list of available packages
sudo apt-get update
# 4. Install Spotify
sudo apt-get install spotify-client
Issue screenshot:
You could edit /usr/share/applications/spotify.desktop and change the line with Exec= to:
Exec=spotify --force-device-scale-factor=1.8 %U
Spotify Community: https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Linux/Linux-client-barely-usable-on-HiDPI-displays/td-p/1067272
Install
sudo apt-get install fcitx fcitx-chewing
Go to System Settings > Language Support > Language
Click Install / Remove Languages and install Chinese(traditional)
Keybord input method: fctix
Then logout and login.
Go to System Settings > Text Entry
Add Chewing(fctix)
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:linrunner/tlp
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install tlp tlp-rdw
Docs: http://linrunner.de/en/tlp/docs/tlp-linux-advanced-power-management.html