12 Nov
2013
12 Nov
'13
05:26
On 01/11/13 04:51, Jan Ritzerfeld wrote: > Am Donnerstag, 31. Oktober 2013, 03:15:45 schrieb Basil Chupin: >> On 30/10/13 17:13, Jan Ritzerfeld wrote: >> [...] >> A MOST useful URL! Thanks for pointing it out. > You are welcome. Feel free to add your experience with your new T530 and > openSUSE, too. > >> The advice there seems to be a bit dated - or hasn't yet caught up with >> events - as there are no instructions on how to install openSUSE on the >> T530 which is the one I am now most interested in. > Well, I have written openSUSE ThinkPad installation instructions there since > 2007. Nowadays, there simply is not much to write anymore! Most things just > work. > >> But I guess what was >> done in the T510 and T520 should also be applicable. > Have a look at my T430s openSUSE installation instruction there. It should > be even more applicable. > >> [...] >>> The most important question is: Can you disable Optimus in the BIOS in >>> order to enable the Internal graphics card? Then, there should be no >>> problem with 13.1. >> [...] >> Now here is the rub, isn't it? :-) . I will ring Lenovo shortly and talk >> to their tech department about this. I suspect that one could switch off >> Optimus in the BIOS but I had better make sure. > My T430s can. So I expected you could disable Optimus on your T530, too. > >> (On the othe hand, if there is work being done according to Cristian re >> Optimus then I can get the unit and use it with Win #8 while the Optimus >> question has been resolved.) > I simply do not need it. I always disable these external graphics cards > *before* installation. However, if you want to use the HDMI or DVI > connectors, you might have to enable the discrete NVidia card! > > Gru� > Jan Very sorry for not responding to your messages before this :-( - I just remembered about it. Thanks for the above. I have just read the brief instructions about installing oS and will now read in greater detail all other articles. Last night I downloaded the User's manual for the T530 and started reading it a short time ago. It ain't a desktop in a mini-box, is it? :-( Many things to get used to at the start. (The unit is being delivered next week.) One thing which is of particular concern to me is that it comes with Windows 8 pre-installed. Seeing as how I am paying for it whether I like it or not I was thinking of keeping it and doing the freebie upgrade to W8.1. But I read this earlier today and now I have severe doubts if I will allow this parasitic monster to reside on the Lenovo's HDD: http://www.infoworld.com/slideshow/127158/the-hidden-fangs-of-windows-81-and-how-avoid-them-230183#slide1 BC -- Using openSUSE 13.1, KDE 4.11.2 & kernel 3.12.0-1 on a system with- AMD FX 8-core 3.6/4.2GHz processor 16GB PC14900/1866MHz Quad Channel Corsair "Vengeance" RAM Gigabyte AMD3+ m/board; Gigabyte nVidia GTX660 OC 2GB DDR5 GPU -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org