I have a MSI laptop on which I’d like to install Tumbleweed on a separate partition.
I usually use Ubuntu, no issues, I just appreciate Tumbleweed much more with its updated software and the professional tools.
However, I wanted to test on a Live USB first (I used Rufus on Windows 11). Audio is not working and I already tried to install the sof software with no success. Audio works on a VM machine on Win11 (I guess it’s a very normal behavior) and it works on any Ubuntu version.
Any suggestion? I’d like to avoid the installation if we are 100% sure that audio cannot work.
Live
Please be aware of the following limitations of the live images:
They should not be used to install or upgrade. Please use the installation media instead
They have a limited package and driver selection, so cannot be considered an accurate reflection as to whether the distribution will work on your hardware or not
Kernel and initrd can’t be updated, so they shouldn’t be used as a persistent installation
Oh, I was used to the other kind of live images where it’s possible to make huge modification to the live system in order to make a deep test. Also the “install” and “upgrade” buttons led me to think that TWeed Live was OK to test further.
In this case, I’ll try to install permanently with the installation iso as soon as “I feel” and have time to do it. I’m sure that audio won’t work, but in this case I should see if the sof package helps for real after a reboot. Not really optimistic, all the other distros are working out of the box, even Debian.
I don’t know if current openSUSE media still support the following, but liveCD media on a USB stick when booted with the “kiwi_hybridpersistent=yes” option allowed modifications to be made and saved on the same USB in the free space beyond the openSUSE image.
If that still works, you can change whatever you want, even install new drivers etc.
In order to do that you need to burn the USB stick with a bit-for-bit copy, something like reported here (I don’t think that RUFUS preserves all the needed details, unless there is a “dd” option or similar), then at the boot prompt press the “E” key for “Edit”, search for the line beginning with “linux” or “linuxefi”, add kiwi_hybridpersistent=yes at the end, then press F10 to boot.
My feeling is that if other distros work, Tumbleweed should work as well when installed properly.
Try the DD option (be aware that everything on the USB will be wiped) then boot the new image normally (“Try LiveCD” or whatever it is called): there is a chance that current live media are “persistent” by default so maybe no option needed.
