Jeff Oliver, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. As per http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/19/Product/xps- 15z an update is available for your BIOS (A12). If you update to this, does it change anything?
** Tags added: bios-outdated needs-upstream-testing ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1097892 Title: Ubuntu 12.04 doesn't start on Dell Inspiron 15z laptop To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1097892/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs