Dell 3452 Inspiron 14:
Intel Pentium N3700 CPU
4GB Memory
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB SSD (An upgrade)
Intel 8260 Wireless (An upgrade)
14 inch screen
Graphics chipset details:
Vendor: Intel Open Source Technology Center
Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 405 (Braswell)
Version: 3.0 Mesa 17.2.8
The 'nomodeset' boot option does get me to a basic graphical environment.
I have another thread concerning this over on LinuxQuestions.org https://www.linuxquestions.org/question ... 175625985/. Since it bothers me on multiple Linux Distributions.
Results of the "inxi -Fxz" commmand, when run from terminal:
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System: Host: NOTEBOOK-03 Kernel: 4.4.0-116-generic x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 5.4.0)
Desktop: Cinnamon 3.6.7 (Gtk 3.18.9-1ubuntu3.3)
Distro: Linux Mint 18.3 Sylvia
Machine: System: Dell (portable) product: Inspiron 14-3452 v: 4.3.0
Mobo: Dell model: 0GK6KJ v: A00
Bios: Dell v: 4.3.0 date: 02/01/2018
CPU: Quad core Intel Pentium N3700 (-MCP-) cache: 1024 KB
flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 12799
clock speeds: max: 2400 MHz 1: 1254 MHz 2: 1068 MHz 3: 1180 MHz
4: 1904 MHz
Graphics: Card: Intel Device 22b1 bus-ID: 00:02.0
Display Server: X.Org 1.18.4 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
Resolution: 1366x768@60.00hz
GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 405 (Braswell)
GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 17.2.8 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio: Card Intel Device 2284 driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.4.0-116-generic
Network: Card: Intel Wireless 8260 driver: iwlwifi bus-ID: 01:00.0
IF: wlp1s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives: HDD Total Size: 500.1GB (6.9% used)
ID-1: /dev/sda model: Samsung_SSD_850 size: 500.1GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 454G used: 29G (7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2
ID-2: swap-1 size: 4.20GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda3
RAID: No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 45.0C mobo: 45.0C
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 203 Uptime: 4:12 Memory: 1280.6/3863.3MB
Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 5.4.0
Client: Shell (bash 4.3.481) inxi: 2.2.35