openSUSE on the Huawei Matebook D
Posted on Sun 21 July 2019 in Computing
My current status of running opensuse Tumbleweed on the UK version of the Huawei Matebook D.
Summary
Out the box leap15.1 and tumbleweed ~July 2019 works pretty well. The biggest
annoyance being the inconsistent suspend when I shut the lid or when I run
systemctl suspend sometimes it will resume, sometimes it just crashes.
Here is a list of things that do and dont work out of the box. I don't run Gnome or KDE Plasma so there maybe software in those desktops that might help and that I am missing.
Specific findings and stuff to change
as of openSUSE Tumbleweed 20190709
| Issue | Status | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| WiFi | OK | Leap 15.1 and Tumbleweed just work |
| Trackpad | OK | As above |
| Backlit keys | OK | Works with function key |
| Soundcard | OK | Leap 15.1 and Tumbleweed just work |
| Hibernate | OK | Works perfectly |
| Suspend | Partial | Hit and miss. Sometimes it works other times I think it crashes (capslock light flashes on and off) This has been the same on leap 15.1 and tumbleweed (Kernel 5.1.16-1) |
| Backlight control | Fail | xbacklight reports No outputs have backlight property I have no idea how to fix this |
| Webcam | Not tested | |
| Microphone | Not tested |