In the end, I just gave up on nvidia-prime and went back to bumblebee:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bumblebee
Hopefully by the time I'm migrating to the next LTS version, nvidia-
prime will be ready for prime time - ;)!
Cheers,
ak.
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Let me add that although nvidia-prime maybe working for some, the above
statement should really have quantified it more to be specific to my use
case:
Dell Precision M6700 w/ Optimus Tech
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor
Graphics Controller (rev 09)
The bumblebee-nvidia package depends on the nvidia-packages.
sudo apt-get --purge remove bumblebee*
sudo apt-get install nvidia-331 nvidia-prime
sudo prime-select nvidia
The nvidia-prime package enables Optimus. There's no need to use bumblebee,
unless you prefer to use it (in which case you
Below is a transcript of what happened (I ran the commands as root -
sudo su -):
# apt-get --purge remove nvidia-331-updates nvidia-331
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
nvidia-304
you have too many drivers installed.
sudo apt-get --purge remove nvidia-304 nvidia-current
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also, please make sure to remove bumblebee
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nvidia prime causes freeze at start up
Status in “nvidia-prime” package
I'm using bumblebee to enable optimus. Is this functionality now built
into the Nvidia driver?
Cheers,
ak.
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I've just noticed that when I attempt to purge nvidia-331*, systems
insists on installing nvidia-304. Why?
# apt-get --purge remove nvidia-331
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
ok, please try the following steps:
sudo apt-get --purge remove nvidia-331-updates nvidia-331
sudo apt-get install nvidia-331 nvidia-prime
sudo prime-select nvidia
Then reboot and you should be all set.
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it looks like a configuration problem:
Error: alternatives are not set up properly
what's the output of the following commands?
1) update-alternatives --display x86_64-linux-gnu_gl_conf
2) update-alternatives --display i386-linux-gnu_gl_conf
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** Attachment added: update-alternatives --display i386-linux-gnu_gl_conf
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-prime/+bug/1249067/+attachment/3970808/+files/2
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** Attachment added: update-alternatives --display x86_64-linux-gnu_gl_conf
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According to my apt history log:
Start-Date: 2014-02-05 08:00:40
Commandline: aptdaemon role='role-commit-packages' sender=':1.80'
Upgrade: nvidia-prime:amd64 (0.4.2~hybrid0.0.1, 0.5~hybrid0.0.2), lightdm:amd64
(1.2.3-0ubuntu2.3, 1.2.3-0ubuntu2.4), python-apt:amd64 (0.8.3ubuntu7.1,
This morning (20140205 @ ~8am AEDST) accepted an update on my system
(nvidia-prime amongst others). However, I was unable to login
afterwards. After prowling my /var/log folder, I came across /var/log
/nvidia-prime-upstart.log (attached) which suggested that nvidia-prime
was the issue. I was
Attaching /var/log/nvidia-prime-upstart.log
** Attachment added: nvidia-prime-upstart.log
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-prime/+bug/1249067/+attachment/3969442/+files/nvidia-prime-upstart.log
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This bug was fixed in the package nvidia-prime - 0.5
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* debian/control:
- Depend on bbswitch-dkms and upstart.
- Depend on lightdm (= 1.9.1).
- Build only for i386 and amd64.
* debian/install.in:
- Install the new
Keep up the good work.
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In
Thank you for reporting the problem and sorry for the inconvenience.
nvidia-prime 0.5 will solve this problem thanks to improved hardware
detection, so that we enable hybrid graphics only on the systems that we
actually support (i.e. laptops). The update will land soon in 12.04 and
14.04.
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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: nvidia-prime (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Confirmed
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