2016-03-24 11:48 keltezéssel, Daniel Bauer írta:
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.
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?
- do I run special risks?
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).
- Anybody has kernel 4.5 together with suse-prime running? How must I proceed?
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?
Thanks for your input!
Daniel
I have an ASUS K501UX laptop with Leap on i7-6500. I had troubles with Nvidia GTX 950M, no, toucpad, no wifi. I installed Kernel 4.5 stable from the kernel repo. All went fine though I was afraid because I had bad experience with installing a kernel other than the distro originally contined. The system boots, no need to set nomodeset, I have a decent screen resolution, though still have some error messages of nouveau. And I have touchpad now. But still no wifi. I have never used suse-prime and sorry, but I even do know nothing of it. Albert