Re: Debian 8.8 in Asus X441SA

Hi Anil

2017-05-19 8:22 GMT-05:00 Anil Duggirala <[email protected]>:
> Thanks a lot Daniel,
> I know about backports, but could you tell me exactly what package I
> need to install? Do I need to uninstall some other package?
>

After that you install the jessie-backports, could you install the new kernel:

apt-get -t jessie-backports install linux-image

Regards.

> On Thu, May 18, 2017, at 09:46 PM, Daniel Echeverry wrote:
>> Hi Anil
>>
>> I have the same laptop, and I fixed the issues hardware, installing
>> linux-image from jessie backports. [1]
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> [1]: https://backports.debian.org/Instructions/
>>
>> 2017-05-18 21:14 GMT-05:00 Anil Duggirala <[email protected]>:
>> > I have installed Debian 8.8 (dual boot with Windows) on my new Asus
>> > X441SA laptop. The touchpad was not working in the graphical Debian
>> > installer (nor is it working in my actual installed system). I installed
>> > Debian with LXDE. I am getting some errors about hardware when Debian
>> > loads. My screen resolution is much lower than should (definitely issues
>> > with hardware not being recognized or drivers), the computer is not
>> > nearly as responsive as I expected. How can I know what any hardware
>> > compatibility issues I have, are all of these issues separate?
>> > I have installed debian in all kinds of machines, I had never seen such
>> > a bad situation after initial install,
>> > please help!
>> > thanks!
>> >
>>
>>
>>
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