F16-X86_64-Live-KDE won't boot on XPS 17

[Dean S. Messing]

> On 06 January 2012 at 6:17pm, Alan J. Gagne wrote:
> > What video card are you using with the i5 server.
> > 
> > Not sure if this is your issue but I just did a lot of research before 
> > buying a new 17" laptop and avoided systems with Nvidia video that had 
> > the Optimus technology. Seems there is a lot of grief with running Linux
> > with those cards.
> > 
> > We have some systems at work with Ubuntu but, they have a mux switch to 
> > turn off Optimus in the bios. Couldn't find out if the XPS17 had this 
> > option.
> 
> Slightly off topic, but:
> 
> No need to avoid Optimus.  Just make sure it can be disabled from the
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Alan, I obviously read your post too quickly missing the last paragraph
completely!  Sorry.