RSSI started installing Linux on my Dell Studio 1555 as soon as I got it and checked that everything was alright. I installed OpenSUSE 11.1 initially. I had issues with installing drivers for my ATI Mobility Radeon HD4570. The OpenSUSE wiki said that its drivers had no Linux version. I tried different methods but the drivers just refused to work. Actually the problem is that ATI is gradually making its drivers open source and getting rid of the proprietary drivers. I was on the verge of believing that I had no option but to wait for the release of the Linux drivers and use Windows till then. That was a very bad feeling. Then I thought about giving Ubuntu a try. The proprietary FGLRX driver worked perfectly well with Ubuntu.
I installed Ubuntu and everything seemed to be alright initially. After a while, I realized that there was a problem with sound. In fact, I was getting no sound. I searched the Ubuntu forums and found a simple solution to the issue. Here's how to solve the no-sound problem in Ubuntu on Dell Studio.
You just need to edit the alsa-base.conf file. To do that run this command in the terminal-
sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
Then add this line to the file-
options snd-hda-intel model=dell-m6
Save the file and restart your laptop. This should solve the problem. You should start getting sound now.
), waiting for the hostel allotment. Here's what the hostel scene in MANIT Bhopal is like. The intake in the 1st year is increasing every year but the college has failed to build new hostels in time to accommodate everyone. There are two hostels for 2nd year boys, Hostel No. 3 and 4. Hostel No. 4 is completely for 2nd year and Hostel No.3 was originally supposed to be for Post-Graduation students but now is shared between 2nd year, 3rd year and PG students. The college director has changed so the decision regarding the number of rooms to be alloted to the 2nd year in Hostel No. 3 could not be made on time. Hostel No.4 was alloted on 13th July according to merit but surprisingly there was a SC/ST quota too. I missed getting a room in H4 by a few ranks. Then it was time for allotment in H3. I missed quite a few classes trying to get a room in the hostel. On 16th, the new director Mr. R.P. Singh, passed an order saying that PG students would no longer be alloted the Hostel No.3. This solved the hostel problem for pretty much everyone. The allotment list for Hostel No.3 was out on 17th July and I shifted to my room yesterday, i.e 20th July.
