New computer may need latest kernel for wifi, video
Posted: Fri 30 Dec 2016, 05:39
On a new, light-use, notebook computer, a Braswell N3710, several problems have presented themselves. The wireless controller is not detected, xrandr fails to see any external display, and X freezes when quitting to the terminal. Perhaps these are related.
All functions well in this month's release of Fatdog. It reports that the VGA controller is Intel and has product ID 22b1 and using the i915 driver/module. The wifi device is Intel with an ID of 3165 and uses the iwlwifi driver. Other puppies, obviously less recent, do not associate drivers with either device and so wifi doesn't work, but the notebook display does work although no external display is accommodated. Xrandr reports the only available display has the "default" designation.
Is it possible to modify prominent puppy versions such as tahrpup so as to get all the hardware working? I have tried some newer kernels with tahr64, but they were less effective than the standard kernel - though I may not have properly switched them.
Intel says that their 3165 wifi driver only works with kernel versions > 4.2.
Also, I have found some info that suggests the freezing on exit could be related to hanging on attempts to shut down hardware that is not properly supported.
Thanks for any advice...
All functions well in this month's release of Fatdog. It reports that the VGA controller is Intel and has product ID 22b1 and using the i915 driver/module. The wifi device is Intel with an ID of 3165 and uses the iwlwifi driver. Other puppies, obviously less recent, do not associate drivers with either device and so wifi doesn't work, but the notebook display does work although no external display is accommodated. Xrandr reports the only available display has the "default" designation.
Is it possible to modify prominent puppy versions such as tahrpup so as to get all the hardware working? I have tried some newer kernels with tahr64, but they were less effective than the standard kernel - though I may not have properly switched them.
Intel says that their 3165 wifi driver only works with kernel versions > 4.2.
Also, I have found some info that suggests the freezing on exit could be related to hanging on attempts to shut down hardware that is not properly supported.
Thanks for any advice...