On 07/17/2011 07:54 PM, Felix Miata wrote:
On 2011/07/17 16:05 (GMT+0300) Stan Goodman composed:
Since there is no available driver for the Intel HD Integrated Graphics card on the Intel MB I bought last week...
I wouldn't give up on Sandy Bridge yet. IIRC, another frequent participant here, Randall R Schulz, came here for Sandy Bridge help with 11.4 not too long ago, and I'll bet he got if working. Maybe a list mail archive search will produce hits you can use to that end.
Saving http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/X11:/XOrg/openSUSE_11.4/X11:XOrg.r... to /etc/zypp/repos.d/ will provide zypper and YaST access to install newer Xorg, including the latest Intel driver. I have guess that's all you really need, but maybe for it to work you'd need a newer kernel as well.
I need to ask a question here, to ensure that I not screw the operation up. I have visited the above URL and see that it returns a few lines resembling the content of other files in the target directory. Trying to save it to that directory, however, gets this response: ***** /etc/zypp/repos.d/X11:XOrg.txt could not be saved, because you cannot change the contents of that folder. Change the folder properties and try again, or try saving in a different location. ***** It says "properties", not "permissions", which is what usually happens in similar cases. Does it want a (temporary) change permissions or ownership, or something else?
Saving either of: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Kernel:/stable/standard/Kernel:sta...
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/openSUSE:/Tumbleweed/standard/open...
to /etc/zypp/repos.d/ will provide zypper and YaST access to install 2.6.39 kernels, which surely by now have full Sandy Bridge support. I suggest you test with Xorg first, and if that's not enough, go for the stable kernel, and then if it isn't enough, switch from stable to Tumbleweed, which will _convert_ your 11.4 to "Tumbleweed". If you go either kernel route, be sure to goto /etc/zypp/zypp.conf and remove "#" from the line including "multiversion = provides:multiversion(kernel)". That way your old kernel(s) will remain installed as fallback in case you have a problem with newer. Most of my 11.4 systems run a 2.6.39 kernel from one of these two "kernel" repos.
FWIW in case dead dinosaur consumption matters to you, separate graphic cards normally do consume more power than onboard chips. AIUI, one of the advantages of Sandy Bridge is having the GPU on the CPU die, saving even more power.
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