On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 11:17 AM, Shawn Webb <latt...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 11:14 AM, Henry Hu <henry.hu...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 11:02 AM, Shawn Webb <latt...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hey All,
>>>
>>> More new laptop woes. The good-ish news is that the VESA driver works,
>>> but
>>> x11/nvidia-driver doesn't. I'm on a Lenovo Y50-70. When I run `startx`,
>>> it
>>> appears that xorg switches to a new vty, but doesn't actually bring up
>>> the
>>> UI. I see a new console (as in vty) with a cursor at the top left corner.
>>>
>>> xorg.conf is pasted here: http://ix.io/1Dr
>>> Xorg.0.log is pasted here: http://ix.io/1Dq
>>>
>>> I'll just use the VESA driver for now, but it'd be nice to be able to
>>> hook
>>> the laptop up to a second monitor or a projector, which I can't do with
>>> the
>>> VESA driver.
>>>
>>
>> Is it an optimus laptop? Have you tried uninstalling nvidia driver and
>> try the intel driver?
>>
>
> It's a Lenovo Y50-70, which is running Intel Haswell, so the intel driver
> won't work.
>

I'm afrad that the nvidia card would not work either, at least for the
internal LCD.
Some optimus cards only provide 3d acceleration, and some are only
connected to HDMI/DisplayPort outputs. Have you tried other outputs on the
laptop?


>
> Thanks,
>
> Shawn
>



-- 
Cheers,
Henry
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