On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 7:53 AM, Daniel Bauer wrote:

Hell dear listers,

I've been away for a while and now see that leap 42.2 has been released. On my leap 42.1 I had some problems using the optimus graphics card (an intel/nvidia mix) which I somehow could resolve using suse-prime. Also the Asus touchpad on a Skylake machine does not work as the kernel doesn't recognize it.

My questions:

- Does 42.2 support Optimus intel/nvidia now or is suse-prime still needed? If so, will it simply work after a zypper dup to 42.2? - Are the new touchpads now recognized and working; any experiences?

- and in general: can I just change the repositories to 42.2 and then run a zypper dup? Or do I have to consider/do some special things? Would you recommend upgrading to 42.2 or would that just be versionitis?

Thanks for your input!

Daniel

You start by trying out the latest 42.2 kernel: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/Kernel:openSUSE-42.2/kernel-default That should let you see if the touchpad works, etc. Greg -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

Daniel Bauer composed on 2016-11-22 13:53 (UTC+0100):

I've been away for a while and now see that leap 42.2 has been released. On my leap 42.1 I had some problems using the optimus graphics card (an intel/nvidia mix) which I somehow could resolve using suse-prime. Also the Asus touchpad on a Skylake machine does not work as the kernel doesn't recognize it. ... - and in general: can I just change the repositories to 42.2 and then run a zypper dup? Or

I upgraded 2 or 3 42.1 installations doing almost precisely that, with no trouble I can recall. Actually I've done it a lot in the past going from release to release since way back when zypper was brand new. It's a lot easier than doing a fresh installation followed by customary customizations, but little or no accumulated crud gets gets lost in the process either. By "almost" what I mean is I make the repo edits, but instead of going straight to zypper dup, I first run the following 2-line script to update the update system and lowest levels of the base system: zypper -v in zypper libzypp libsolv-tools rpm openSUSE-release zypper -v in device-mapper dmraid glibc lvm2 multipath-tools mdadm systemd udev One other deviation I make is 'zypper al kernel-de*' first, and only after 'zypper -v dup' is done 'zypper rl kernel-de*', then repeat zypper dup.

do I have to consider/do some special things?

If you're paranoid you might wish to facilitate restoration of the 42.1 kernel, initrd and /lib/modules/. Duping "obsoletes" the 42.1 kernel, leaving no previous kernel to fall back on if anything is wrong with the newly installed kernel/initrd.

Would you recommend upgrading to 42.2 or would that just be versionitis?

IIUC, 42.1 support ends already in about 6 months. If your screen(s) is/are hiDPI and you're not using Gnome or other GTK-based DE, you might be bothered by this: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1269274 -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

Daniel Bauer wrote:

My questions:

- Does 42.2 support Optimus intel/nvidia now or is suse-prime still needed?

Don't really know about 42.2, but since September I run Tumbleweed on a Skylake Thinkpad with Optimus (HD530+940MX).

If so, will it simply work after a zypper dup to 42.2?

What do you call 'just works'? It will come up with the Intel graphics active (I assume that is what most people want). I installed also bumblebee and primus, and if something needs a lot GPU power I run it with primusrun. This works quite(*) smooth for me. I do not know if all that went into 42.2 (*) I use nvidia-bumblebee, which needs to recompile kernel modules for kernel upgrades - I need ro re-install this after running the new kernel, else the modules don't get compiled properly...

- and in general: can I just change the repositories to 42.2 and then run a zypper dup?

This is how I did all my last upgrades. Worked fine for me.

Or do I have to consider/do some special things? Would you recommend upgrading to 42.2 or would that just be versionitis?

With a Skylake I would go for the upgrade (I actually went for Tumbleweed mostly because of the Skylake Notebook with an HD530 GPU) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org