On 03/24/2016 03:54 AM, Per Jessen wrote:
Daniel Bauer wrote:
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...
In fact, the only reason for a newer kernel (for me) would be that the touchpad is not recognized by the current kernel.
Why not try it - it's easy to go back.
- 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 the newer kernel makes your touchpad work, and you prefer using the touchpad, it seems to make sense to go for the newer kernel.
Isn't this where Mr. Brown delivers a tongue lashing about tainting your installation? ;-) Personally, I would work to getting the touch pad working under the normal kernel. Surely that must be a solvable problem without a kernel change. I suspect there is not much to be gained. I considered a later kernel on my 13.2 machine. Then I thought about it and realized every friggin thing on this laptop work. Every piece of hardware, every radio, sleep suspend resume, media buttons, encrypted partitions, VMWare, VPNs, external drives, Everything. Why would I want to mess with that? At most I might get a different choice of kernel scheduler. Woohoo.... IINBDFI. (if its not broke...) -- After all is said and done, more is said than done. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org