WELCOME to LAPTOP thead area

[oldcpu]

Welcome to our laptop sub-forum area. This laptop sub-area is for questions about laptop hardware and laptop specific software (such as power management)

If you are looking for help on your laptop, please provide in your post the following information, to give our members a better chance to help you:
a. manufacturer/model # of your laptop,
b. openSUSE version that you are using,
c. information on the symptoms/problem that you have with your laptop,
d. any specific/more detailed hardware information you may have on the equipment internal to your laptop that is causing the problem.

If you are looking for users with similar laptop's to yours, or looking for users with a laptop that maybe you are thinking to purchase, please visit the following sites:
a. the openSUSE Hardware Compatibility List: HCL/Laptops - openSUSE
b. linlap: LinLap.com - Linux Laptop Wiki
c. Linux Laptop: Linux on Laptops
d. Tux Mobile: TuxMobil: Linux Laptop & Notebook Installation Guides

Also for IBM/Leveno laptops, there is also the thinkwiki site: ThinkWiki

And for Toshiba laptop developers: Linux Information for TOSHIBA PC

This stickie is "closed/locked" to avoid clutter. But if you have suggestions/ideas for improvement, please go to this thread referenced below, for discussion/consideration:
Comments on Laptop stickie ? place them here - openSUSE Forums

So in summary, please post here in the Laptop Sub-Forum, your problems, your solutions, and stick around and help contribute as much as you can into making this a superb sub area for laptop help and information.

Once again, WELCOME to http://forums.opensuse.org

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[oldcpu]

Users installing their laptop, don't forget to look at our openSUSE stickies in each of our forum areas. For example, the installation readme for new users:
NEWBIES - Suse-11.1 Pre-installation – PLEASE READ - openSUSE Forums

... another example, if you have having very basic sound problems take a look at this troubleshooting guide: SDB:AudioTroubleshooting - openSUSE