4. continued: Lastly I did online update/distro upgrade from the online Lp150 online repos using "zypper up" and "zypper dup". 5. A complete current system information from 'inxi -Fz' output is now: System: Host: linux-2qlv Kernel: 4.12.14-lp150.2-default x86_64 bits: 64 Console: tty 0 Distro: openSUSE Leap 15.0 Alpha Machine: Device: laptop System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP Compaq 8710w v: F.0F serial: <filter> Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 30C3 v: KBC Version 73.31 serial: N/A BIOS: Hewlett-Packard v: 68MAD Ver. F.0F date: 11/25/2008 Battery C1FC: charge: 875.9 Wh 5918400.0% condition: 0.0/0.0 Wh (100%) C1FD: charge: 2.5 Wh 6.7% condition: 37.7/37.7 Wh (100%) CPU: Dual core Intel Core2 Duo T9500 (-MCP-) cache: 6144 KB clock speeds: max: 2601 MHz 1: 2601 MHz 2: 2601 MHz Graphics: Card: NVIDIA G92GLM [Quadro FX 3600M] Display Server: X.Org 1.19.5 drivers: fbdev,nouveau (unloaded: modesetting,vesa) Resolution: 1920x1200@77.00hz OpenGL: renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 4.0, 128 bits) version: 3.3 Mesa 17.2.5 Audio: Card Intel 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.12.14-lp150.2-default Network: Card-1: Intel 82566MM Gigabit Network Connection driver: e1000e IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter> Card-2: Intel PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN [Kedron] Network Connection driver: iwl4965 IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> Drives: HDD Total Size: 160.0GB (55.0% used) ID-1: /dev/sda model: INTEL_SSDSA2CW16 size: 160.0GB Partition: ID-1: / size: 20G used: 11G (55%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda5 ID-2: /home size: 40G used: 15G (39%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3 ID-3: swap-1 size: 2.15GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda1 Sensors: None detected - is lm-sensors installed and configured? Info: Processes: 210 Uptime: 0:10 Memory: 1419.2/3877.6MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.3.40