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List:       opensuse
Subject:    Re: [opensuse] LEAP 42.3, LEAP 15, or other?
From:       Felix Miata <mrmazda () earthlink ! net>
Date:       2019-02-20 5:32:48
Message-ID: 360d225d-d93c-3081-77dc-a7cb0eb18be7 () earthlink ! net
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David T-G composed on 2019-02-18 23:29 (UTC-0500):

> Felix composed

>> Does your laptop have Optimus or other dual GPU video? If it does, it's probably the best reason
>> for sticking with 42.3. If you search yours' model number and don't find a near or perfect match,

> Oho...  I bet it does, actually; it's a Dell E6540,...

Are you sure that's the /complete/ model number? What do you find if you look it up by the Dell
Service Tag number? IME, Dell "model numbers" provided in response to help forum queries are model
/lines/ that can be comprised of more than a dozen basic hardware options, and typically don't tell
enough about what hardware is actually inside. I've seen the same Dell "model" available with
either AMD or Intel CPU. Common are multiple choices among motherboard video and PCIe slot video.
It would be a surprise to me if HP does not do the same thing with its "model numbers". Better to
check for a match based on inxi -Gxx (not usually installed by default, but capable of reporting
all video drivers in use) or hwinfo --gfxcard (reports only KMS drivers).

In 15.0, inxi was numerically ancient when released, 2.3.40. Upstream upgrades often. TW's package,
currently 3.0.32, matching current upstream ATM, can be installed instead of the 15.0 package, but
IMO easier is to override the openSUSE default configuration setting that prohibits direct upgrades
with inxi's -U option, then use it if and when you have need of all info it can provide. It's just
a script, and provides maximum possible output when run from within X.
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