My problem right now is fairly simple I just want to use the nvidia gpu all the time.
So I would need to set it once when ubuntu boots. what is the simplest way to achieve this ? On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 6:46 PM, Albert Vilella <[email protected]> wrote: > ccing to the hybrid graphics mailing list > > On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 8:49 PM, ben <[email protected]> wrote: > > hi all, > > > > after half a day of pain to get my gpu working on Lucid, I'm giving up. > > I ran into this group and send this email as a last hope.... > > > > first let me give you my config : > > > > sudo dmidecode -s system-product-name > > M11x > > sudo dmidecode -s system-version > > A01 > > lspci -vnnn | perl -lne 'print if /^\d+\:.+(\[\S+\:\S+\])/' | grep VGA > > 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 > > Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a42] (rev 07) > > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation Device > > [10de:0caf] (rev a2) > > > > I had to install the very last kernel and nvidia driver to at least get > > gdm running in switching mode (M11x also has a driscrete mode that > > disable nvidia GPU) > > > > uname -a > > Linux lagr-laptop 2.6.34-020634rc6-generic #020634rc6 SMP Fri Apr 30 > > 10:09:34 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux > > > > nvidia drivers : > > NVIDIA-Linux-x86-195.36.24-pkg1.run > > > > now my xorg.conf looks like this : > > > > Section "Device" > > Identifier "Device0" > > Driver "nvidia" > > VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation" > > BusID "PCI:01:00:0" > > EndSection > > > > Section "Device" > > Identifier "Device1" > > Driver "fbdev" > > VendorName "Intel Mobile 4" > > BusID "PCI:00:02:00" > > EndSection > > > > Section "Screen" > > Identifier "Screen0" > > Device "Device1" > > Monitor "Monitor0" > > DefaultDepth 24 > > Option "MultiGPU" "On" > > SubSection "Display" > > Depth 24 > > EndSubSection > > EndSection > > > > everything is fine as long as my Screen has Device1 not Device0, > > > > but no acces to the nvidia GPU, which is my ultimate goal. > > > > this only option I see is to recompile the kernel with switcheroo like > > suggested here: > > http://asusm51ta-with-linux.blogspot.com/ > > > > but since it's not for the same machine I have a felling it won;t work. > > > > any has some insight about this ? > > > > really what can I do ? > > > > thanks > > > > Ben > > -- > > This message was sent from Launchpad by the user > > ben (https://launchpad.net/~unstaff) > > using the "Contact this team" link on the Hybrid Graphics Linux > > team page to each member directly. > > For more information see > > https://help.launchpad.net/YourAccount/ContactingPeople > > >
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