Re: working my way through quirks with fedora 23 on new ASUS gaming laptop G752VL-DH71

2016-02-04 Thread Earl A Ramirez
Just an update on these "beast", I added intel_idle.max_cstate=7 to the kernel argument and I was able to boot, more details can be found at the upstream kernel bug [0] [0] https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=109081 -- Kind Regards Earl Ramirez -- users mailing list

Re: working my way through quirks with fedora 23 on new ASUS gaming laptop G752VL-DH71

2016-01-19 Thread Robert P. J. Day
Quoting Ed Greshko : On 01/18/16 20:08, Robert P. J. Day wrote: for my own benefit, i started a wiki page to keep track of issues i run across with this laptop: http://www.crashcourse.ca/wiki/index.php/F23_on_ASUS_G752VL and i'll post solutions there as well as

Re: working my way through quirks with fedora 23 on new ASUS gaming laptop G752VL-DH71

2016-01-19 Thread Tom Horsley
On Tue, 19 Jan 2016 06:18:20 -0500 Robert P. J. Day wrote: >i pointed out that the SSD drive is not being used as the boot disk > so i wasn't sure what grub had to do with it I believe you said it doesn't show up in the device list in the BIOS. That is way before grub2 gets there, so I'd be

Re: working my way through quirks with fedora 23 on new ASUS gaming laptop G752VL-DH71

2016-01-19 Thread Robert P. J. Day
Quoting Tom Horsley : On Tue, 19 Jan 2016 06:18:20 -0500 Robert P. J. Day wrote: i pointed out that the SSD drive is not being used as the boot disk so i wasn't sure what grub had to do with it I believe you said it doesn't show up in the device list in the BIOS.

Re: working my way through quirks with fedora 23 on new ASUS gaming laptop G752VL-DH71

2016-01-19 Thread Ed Greshko
On 01/19/16 19:42, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > Quoting Tom Horsley : > >> On Tue, 19 Jan 2016 06:18:20 -0500 >> Robert P. J. Day wrote: >> >>>i pointed out that the SSD drive is not being used as the boot disk >>> so i wasn't sure what grub had to do with it >> >> I

Re: working my way through quirks with fedora 23 on new ASUS gaming laptop G752VL-DH71

2016-01-19 Thread Robert P. J. Day
Quoting Ed Greshko : On 01/19/16 19:42, Robert P. J. Day wrote: Quoting Tom Horsley : On Tue, 19 Jan 2016 06:18:20 -0500 Robert P. J. Day wrote: i pointed out that the SSD drive is not being used as the boot disk so i wasn't sure what

Re: working my way through quirks with fedora 23 on new ASUS gaming laptop G752VL-DH71

2016-01-19 Thread Rick Stevens
On 01/19/2016 05:05 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: Quoting Ed Greshko : I still say the best source of information on these sort of things is the manufacturer. I would call them, and without mentioning Linux, ask them if the plugged in SSD will show up in the BIOS screens

Re: working my way through quirks with fedora 23 on new ASUS gaming laptop G752VL-DH71

2016-01-19 Thread Robert P. J. Day
Quoting Ed Greshko : I still say the best source of information on these sort of things is the manufacturer. I would call them, and without mentioning Linux, ask them if the plugged in SSD will show up in the BIOS screens and where would that be. I don't have a

Re: working my way through quirks with fedora 23 on new ASUS gaming laptop G752VL-DH71

2016-01-18 Thread Ed Greshko
On 01/18/16 20:08, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > for my own benefit, i started a wiki page to keep track of issues i run > across with this laptop: > > http://www.crashcourse.ca/wiki/index.php/F23_on_ASUS_G752VL > > and i'll post solutions there as well as they come up. feel free to let > me

Re: working my way through quirks with fedora 23 on new ASUS gaming laptop G752VL-DH71

2016-01-18 Thread Robert P. J. Day
Quoting Earl A Ramirez : Hello Robert, A few of us are experiencing a few issues with these laptop (I have the same exact model); it will be best to file a bug for this. Do you mind sharing what you have done to get it to this state, I have tried kernel 4.3.x from the

Re: working my way through quirks with fedora 23 on new ASUS gaming laptop G752VL-DH71

2016-01-18 Thread Robert P. J. Day
Quoting Ed Greshko : On 01/18/16 20:08, Robert P. J. Day wrote: for my own benefit, i started a wiki page to keep track of issues i run across with this laptop: http://www.crashcourse.ca/wiki/index.php/F23_on_ASUS_G752VL and i'll post solutions there as well as

Re: working my way through quirks with fedora 23 on new ASUS gaming laptop G752VL-DH71

2016-01-17 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 17 January 2016, Robert P. J. Day sent: > by "firmware", do you mean BIOS? no, it doesn't. the BIOS sees both > the primary (regular) hard drive, and the CD/DVD device. that's it. Are the other drive ports enabled in the BIOS? And are they set to detect a drive? --

Re: working my way through quirks with fedora 23 on new ASUS gaming laptop G752VL-DH71

2016-01-17 Thread Earl A Ramirez
Hello Robert, A few of us are experiencing a few issues with these laptop (I have the same exact model); it will be best to file a bug for this. Do you mind sharing what you have done to get it to this state, I have tried kernel 4.3.x from the testing repo and the laptop will not boot. I went

Re: working my way through quirks with fedora 23 on new ASUS gaming laptop G752VL-DH71

2016-01-17 Thread Robert P. J. Day
Quoting Earl A Ramirez : Hello Robert, A few of us are experiencing a few issues with these laptop (I have the same exact model); it will be best to file a bug for this. Do you mind sharing what you have done to get it to this state, I have tried kernel 4.3.x from the

working my way through quirks with fedora 23 on new ASUS gaming laptop G752VL-DH71

2016-01-17 Thread Robert P. J. Day
just replaced an older ASUS laptop with one of these: http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=710_577_1199_id=088275 and working my way through the inevitable configuration issues with a new (and fully-updated) fedora 23. so far, two issues i'd like to resolve. first,

Re: working my way through quirks with fedora 23 on new ASUS gaming laptop G752VL-DH71

2016-01-17 Thread Robert P. J. Day
Quoting Tom Horsley : On Sun, 17 Jan 2016 09:03:16 -0500 Robert P. J. Day wrote: "dmesg" doesn't seem to see it, and neither does "lsblk" or "lshw". any suggestions? This sounds almost like it has no power. Maybe something isn't making a good connection. Is there

Re: working my way through quirks with fedora 23 on new ASUS gaming laptop G752VL-DH71

2016-01-17 Thread Fred Erickson
On Sun, 17 Jan 2016 09:33:29 -0500 "Robert P. J. Day" wrote: > Quoting Tom Horsley : > > > On Sun, 17 Jan 2016 09:03:16 -0500 > > Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > >> "dmesg" doesn't seem to see it, and neither does "lsblk" or "lshw". > >> any

Re: working my way through quirks with fedora 23 on new ASUS gaming laptop G752VL-DH71

2016-01-17 Thread Tom Horsley
On Sun, 17 Jan 2016 09:03:16 -0500 Robert P. J. Day wrote: > "dmesg" doesn't seem to see it, and neither does "lsblk" or "lshw". > any suggestions? This sounds almost like it has no power. Maybe something isn't making a good connection. Is there another machine you could try it in? If you are

Re: working my way through quirks with fedora 23 on new ASUS gaming laptop G752VL-DH71

2016-01-17 Thread Robert P. J. Day
Quoting Fred Erickson : On Sun, 17 Jan 2016 09:33:29 -0500 "Robert P. J. Day" wrote: Quoting Tom Horsley : > On Sun, 17 Jan 2016 09:03:16 -0500 > Robert P. J. Day wrote: > >> "dmesg" doesn't seem to see it, and neither

Re: working my way through quirks with fedora 23 on new ASUS gaming laptop G752VL-DH71

2016-01-17 Thread Fred Erickson
On Sun, 17 Jan 2016 10:25:00 -0500 "Robert P. J. Day" wrote: > Quoting Fred Erickson : > > > On Sun, 17 Jan 2016 09:33:29 -0500 > > "Robert P. J. Day" wrote: > > > >> Quoting Tom Horsley : > >> >