Debian Wheezy - HP Pavilion dm1
Hello:
I recently installed Debian Wheezy stable with xfce desktop; I am having
problems with my hardware.
1. When I shut down my computer, sometimes I am hearing mechanical click
sounds from my laptop during the shutdown process. I suspect that it may
be related to soundcards; hp dm1 has an HDMI outlet and it has double
soundcards, I believe. But I am not able to figure out exactly what is
causing this click and whether I should really worry about it. Any
suggestions?
2. I have an AMD Radeon 6310 Graphics card. I installed linux-nonfree
drivers but I was not happy with it. My laptop was burning from heat
after a few clicks on my laptop. I installed the closed source driver
and now it is cooler. But this also made me to stick to the default 3.2
kernel of wheezy stable. From what I read from internet, I need at least
kernel 3.7 for my laptop. My question is: if I install the backports
3.10 kernel, will I be able to use the close source driver? I tried to
install the closed source driver on 3.10 without any success, I just
want to make sure about it.
I guess bottom line I will need to leave debian for the time being and
switch to an RPM based distro, like Opensuse. I gave it a try a year
ago; opensuse is doing better with my hardware, but I don't want to
switch unless I really have to. Any help or suggestions is appreciated.
Best Regards,
S. Sahin
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