Hi Daniel, You're welcome and thank you for your reply! Answers and remarks are interspersed ... On Wed, 2 Mar 2016 10:33:23 +0100 Daniel Bauer wrote: ...
Followed most of that thread, but then it dealt a lot about win (which I have completely eliminated, already the barefacedly private question at the first boot made me pressing the power-off-button even before completing that boot...)
I feel the same way but my work requires it. :-/
and then about non-removable batteries (this laptop has an easy removable one).
As I mentioned in that thread, the battery /is/ removable - not in the traditional sense, I realize - but I'm a tech, so the extra effort doesn't bother me.
However I followed the advice to try a dvd first (no booting problems, holding down esc-key while power-on gave the choice for boot-device), but I did not get aware of the graphics card problem, and not of the touchpad, which will be m next problem to solve...
I knew when I ordered this laptop that it had Optimus technology ... both from the specifications and from reading many other threads. I'm not too concerned. It's a popular brand with desirable specs and components. Whatever issues exist, they'll be resolved in good time. Relax! :-) See here (confirms Intel HD Graphics 530 inside): http://ark.intel.com/products/88967/Intel-Core-i7-6700HQ-Processor-6M-Cache-... and here ('Linux 4.3 Will Let Skylake Graphics Play Out-Of-The-Box'): http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Intel-SLK-Linux-4.3-No-Prelim And the touchpad? I don't think it's a problem. Check this very old and long (but really quite interesting) thread: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1110011 ...
I've been reading this forth and back... hooo...
- did you install with success?
I (technical term) 'hosed' two sequential 13.2 installations before deciding it was too unstable and would require too much work. Leap 42.1 and Mint 17.3 installed beautifully. Note for others: You might want to install Mint 17.3 last. On my system, the Leap 42.1 installer stepped on Mint's grub installation and rendered it unbootable. Reinstalling Mint (very fast) and setting that partition to the top of the boot order yielded reliable booting of all three installed OS's. ...
- do I have to begin with the very beginning (Bumblebee with open source graphics drivers) or begin later (OPTIONAL: Install NVIDIA driver)?
I would slow down! :-) My approach is to get everything else working, first, and reliably so. This is why I'm still working on backup / restore strategies. I can't work on this full time, so I have to be methodical and patient (not easy!) ...
I also read https://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php/505270-ultimate-tutorial-installi...
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I am terrified... :-) :-(
See above :-) ...
even more problems on my horizon... Mamaaaaa
Again, see above! :-) ...
Thanks for answers to my many questions above. I know, short texts are not one of my outstanding fortitudes. Sorry...
Always a pleasure, Daniel. I'll keep you updated here as I make progress. regards, Carl -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org