Questions tagged [sputnik]

Sputnik provides a flexible hotspot management system for Wi-Fi networks of any size, enabling free Wi-Fi, advertising-supported Wi-Fi, and Wi-Fi billing.(Sputnik)

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Which software controls the fan on Dell Sputnik?

As far as I know Project Sputnik from Dell, it is a developer notebook with Ubuntu installed. This notebook has a fan and some kernel module / driver / user land app to handle turning it on and off. Does anyone could tell me which software controls…
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Prevent cursor jumps with trackpad in dell xps-13 and ubuntu 16.04

The cursor tends to jump to the lower left corner of the screen when clicking on the trackpad in the xps-13 I purchased last December. I have found mentions to the issue here and here, but both threads are 2+ years old. Any more recent advice on…
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Is the Sputik Kernel Project only for Dell Xps 13?

I read that Dell Sputnik Kernel is necessary for the correct usage of the hardware in dell xps 13 ultrabook and xps 15 ultrabook. Do you know if the dell sputnik kernel is necessary on Dell XPS 14 ultrabook? As all this laptop should have similar…
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External monitor not detected on 13.04 on a Dell XPS 13 via Mini DP

I upgraded my Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition laptop from 12.04 to 13.04 and now it seems the Mini Display Port isn't working at all. I've tried using an Apple-branded Mini DP to VGA adaptor and a generic Mini DP to HDMI adaptor and neither is…
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Ubuntu XPS13 Sputnik boot order and Bios configuration?

I had a superblock issue on my Dell XPS13 Sputnik edition. Trying to get Ubuntu back booting. Does anyone know which partition it should boot from? Bios is set to Legacy should this be so? Originally Ubuntu 12.04, update to 14.04. I used Clonezilla…
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