Re: Lenovo Yoga 300

MENGUAL Jean-Philippe <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.user.laptop
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi,

Well I started with using 3.16, but the touchscreen doesn't work. As
well as the "turning" screen. So how could it work with a 3.16 kernel?

Regards,


Le 03/01/2016 14:42, Eduard Bloch a écrit :
> Hallo,
> * Gerard Bekhuis [Sun, Jan 03 2016, 02:27:59PM]:
>> Bonjour Jean-Philippe.
>>
>> You don't need backports for debian jessie.
>> For debian jessie you need the kernel 3.16
> 
> He might want to install broadcom-sta from backports (-source or -dkms
> variant, doesn't matter) for better stability of the WLAN chip. It also
> has support for kernel 4.3.2.
> 
>>> I'm testing a Lenovo Yoga 300. 1st, I need to use backports if I want to
>>> have Jessie, at least kernel 4.3. Headers result a problem.
>>> Examining /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d.
>>> run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/dkms 4.3.0-0.bpo.1-amd64
>>> Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 4.3.0-0.bpo.1-amd64
> 
> Latest kernel + packaged extra drivers from Debian Stable = bad idea
> 
> You might need more backports of those drivers. You might need to
> backport them manually if they don't exist and you have the skills to do
> that. For simple drivers (and I mean simple, not something like nvidia
> source), you could also follow vendor's instructions to install them
> that way (which may violate Debian standards and cause conflicts later,
> but you probably will update the kernel when you upgrade Debian so I
> wouldn't care right now).
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Eduard.
> 

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