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--- laptops:msi_ge62_6qc [2016/11/27 17:51] – created peter
+++ laptops:msi_ge62_6qc [2020/07/15 09:30] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 ====== Laptops - MSI GE62 6QC ======
+http://askubuntu.com/questions/692673/getting-ubuntu-working-properly-on-msi-ge62-6qf
+http://askubuntu.com/questions/162075/my-computer-boots-to-a-black-screen-what-options-do-i-have-to-fix-it
+http://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/msi?sort=active&pageSize=50
+http://askubuntu.com/questions/838212/ubuntu-16-10-fails-to-boot-in-msi-gp72-laptop
 Weird problems with keyboard. Also touchpad is not working.
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 env | grep -i -e im -e lang
 </code>
+result
+<code>
+LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
+LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
+LC_TIME=en_GB.UTF-8
+HISTTIMEFORMAT=%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S
+</code>
 Set all ibus to xim. For example:
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+===== Steps =====
+  * disable FastBoot (both in UEFI and Windows 10), SecureBoot and SpeedStep (the latter two shouldn't matter but it won't hurt to disable them anyway)
+  * install with nomodeset boot option
+  * reboot and got an instant hangup
+  * reboot again with nomodeset
+  * update everything to get the latest stable kernel (by now 4.2.19, stock 4.2.12 works as well)
+  * install latest Intel graphics stack (https://01.org/linuxgraphics/downloads)
+  * install NVidia properietary driver.  Beware - after this nomodeset may not work again so be prepared for a clean install if something goes wrong.
+    reboot. It will either hang up instantly or it will boot normally. It hung up in my case.
+The thing now is to get it to boot once so the drivers can be configured by X server
+-do NOT add i915.preliminary_hw_support as it's not needed anymore
+-from now on delete quiet and splash from boot options every time you add something there to see what errors you get.
+-firstly try
+<code>
+intel_idle.max_cstate=1
+</code>
+ as a boot option
+-if that hangs up try
+<code>
+acpi=noirq or acpi=hd or acpi=off
+</code>
+The last one gave me a first proper boot. After a restart it didn't boot again giving bumblebee errors.
+this time boot with
+<code>
+intel_idle.max_cstate=1
+</code>
+If it works add this line to grub permanently. This way you will get a stable system using i915. For now I didn't try to force it to use nvidia.
+===== CPU lockup errors. =====
+Try to boot with only
+<code>
+intel_idle.max_cstateate=1
+</code>
+Do not disable ACPI anymore. Also try to re-enable SpeedStep in UEFI.
+Graphics
+<code>
+sudo apt-get purge nvidia*
+sudo reboot
+sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
+sudo apt-get update
+sudo apt-get install nvidia-361
+sudo reboot
+</code>