Op donderdag 24 maart 2016 11:48:26 CET schreef Daniel Bauer:
Hi,
for another thread I am tempted to give kernel 4.5 a try on my asus laptop (with leap), but I am not sure if this is intelligent...
You should have a reason to do so.
In fact, the only reason for a newer kernel (for me) would be that the touchpad is not recognized by the current kernel.
Are you sure on this one ? What's the laptop's model?
Lots of questions...:
- if I install a newer kernel, do the updates (zypper up and/or those update-messages that appear in the controlbar...) still work normal? Will I get the correct updates for leap, matching to the changed kernel?
If you have precompiled kernel module packages ( *kmp* ) installed, these will match Leap's kernel not every kernel that's out there. F.e. re. the NVIDIA blob.
- do I run special risks?
See above
I tried up to kernel 4.4, but had to pass the parameter "idle=nomwait" (otherwise only a black screen would appear). It booted only to console modus, probably because I have installed suse-prime/nvidia drivers. I was not able to uninstall the nvidia-drivers without completely ruining my system (had to do a complete new system install).
Anything installed can be uninstalled too.
- Anybody has kernel 4.5 together with suse-prime running? How must I proceed?
I've got this running on Tumbleweed with kernel 4.5 ( It's TW's stock kernel atm ).
Finally:
- does it make sense to install a newer kernel for a common user on a productive machine, the only one that I will have with me when travelling? Or do I better live without touchpad and have the standard system?
If you actually have hardware that is not supported, it does, but I think you'd rather see if there is no way to have the touchpad working.
Thanks for your input!
Daniel
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