On Thu, 2011-06-16 at 11:41 -0400, Stephen Gallagher wrote: > On Thu, 2011-06-16 at 15:30 +0000, Mark Eggers wrote: > > On Thu, 16 Jun 2011 09:44:23 +0200, Alexander Volovics wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 12:35:24PM +0530, Navdeep Singh Sidhu wrote: > > > > > >> Fedora 15 doesn't works on my Laptop. So i have a question, Does it > > >> supports latest Hardware? > > >> Like > > >> 2nd Generation i7 Quad core 2720QM 2.20GHz Boost upto 3.30 GHz Dual > > >> Graphics Card- Intel HD graphics 3000 & 2 GB nVIDIA Geforce GT 540m > > >> Graphics card > > >> 8GB RAM Dual Channel 1333 MHz DDR3 > > >> Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6230 with Bluetooth v3.0+HS wireless card > > >> Dell XPS L502X Direct Base Mother board > > > > > > Depending on what your expectations are with regard to the hybrid > > > graphics. You might be wise to look into, for example, the posts on: > > > http://forum.notebookreview.com/linux-compatibility-software/473915-no- > > support-nvidia-optimus-linux.html > > > Or those in the Lenovo forums. > > > > > > Alexander > > > > Note, this is probably an Optimus issue. NVidia does not support Optimus > > with its Linux drivers. > > > > If your laptop is using Optimus, then there are several solutions. > > > > If your BIOS allows it, disable the Intel graphics and only rely on the > > NVidia GPU. This will probably drastically shorten your battery life. > > > > Go visit the NVidia Linux forums at www.nvnews.net/vbulletin. Someone has > > put together a software solution that appears to work. Do a search on > > Optimus in the NVIDIA Linux forum. > > > > I don't remember if anyone has tried this with Gnome 3 or Fedora 15. > > > > Again, this is Linux NVidia driver versus hardware issue, and not really > > a Linux (or Fedora) issue. > > > > . . . . just my two cents. > > > > /mde/ > > > > You can't BIOS disable either the Intel graphics or the nVidia graphics > on this laptop, however in my experience, X successfully detects the > 'intel' driver and uses that to great success (the nVidia card is > ignored). > > I'd like to hear more from the original reporter as to what misbehavior > he is seeing here. > > Navdeep, how did you attempt to install Fedora? Or are you saying that > the LiveCD/LiveUSB doesn't boot? Or is it the install DVD? > > When I installed on this laptop, I did so by LiveUSB created with > liveusb-creator from the Fedora 15 Beta livecd ISO. > > Another question is whether you tried to install the i686 or x86_64 > version of the OS (I successfully installed x86_64) I think I was misremembering how I installed this, because I just tried again with a liveusb and I was dropped to a debug shell "sh: can't access tty; job control turned off". Now that I think about it more, I think I was wrong above. I now remember that the live media didn't work for me. I think did a network install (which carried a number of updates).
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