That is worse, no drivers at all (no network, no wireless, no USB mouse), it doesn't even recognize a USB stick.Īll drivers you see on the net for this machine are for Windows 10 only. Out of despair I went to the dark side and put Windows 7 on it. I also saw lost of open source drivers on the Intel web site but nothing works. Most of what I read is about getting the Nvidia to work, I want the opposite, I don't need it. I wonder if there are any precise instructions on how to do what I want to do. The same happens when I use 'Driver' 'vesa'īut the desktop does not recognize an external monitor (on my old Acer this pops up by itself and I use Fn F5 to move my laptop screen to the external screen). When I do a startx without nf I see the Gnome desktop. When I user 'Driver' 'intel' I get error EE no screens found and in the log also EE no device found. The only problem is that the new Acer can somehow not use 'Driver' 'intel' (the 920M has 2 ports, One for Intel Sky Lake and one for Nvidia). The net result is that when I do a X -configure (after uninstalling Nvidia) the /root/ is the same as on my old Acer. I have tried the following (using step by step instructions):Ģ) Installed the proprietory Nvidia driver

I am not interested in gaming, I just need the external monitor and a better screen resolution.

This laptop has a Nvidia GeForce 920M video card inside. What is missing (and this is all I need):ġ) I cannot display my screen to an external monitor (i use this a lot, I am a developer)įor the Wifi, if I put a 7 year old TP Link USB stick in the USB port it works straight away, nothing to do.īut that looks silly now, a nice laptop with a big white stick on the side. I have investigated to the point where I go round in circles, following all kinds of suggestions. I bought a new E14 (E5-474G-59LV) 2 weeks ago and I have problems. I have been using Acer laptops and deskops for many years and they always worked fine with Centos.

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