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On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 12:31, Zoltan Balazs <[email protected]>wrote: > well, i think (and hope) optimus linux support is only a matter of time. > its a brand new technology, my cpu only got introduced 3 months ago - > i5-2410m. i get decent integrated gpu performance, 20+ gig hd movies not a > problem. turbo boost doesn't work but fortunatelybut i upgraded to 8gb ram > under a 64-bit system and the native clock speed - 2.3 ghz its enaugh. > > as for the discrete card, i learned from the this mailing list that it is > connected to the integrated one so its kind of a weird setup even nvidia > struggled to get those drivers up and running on time for windows. > > if i could get correct bumblebee support with switch-on - use - switch off > it would be more than enaugh for me. as far as i understood even if discrete > works for native linux apps there can be serious problems for wine apps... > > On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 11:50 AM, Tais Plougmann Hansen <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Well, I guess I'm lucky I can force integrated graphics because forcing >> discrete causes an unbelievably amount of problems. Problems such as X >> freezes if I unplug/plug the AC, close/open the lid, adjust screen >> brightness or sneeze anywhere near the laptop. Also, it often takes 5-6 >> reboots before I can successfully log in to X. It usually locks up the >> keyboard, touchpad and trackpointer after login if I'm using discrete >> graphics. >> >> >> On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 11:13, Zoltan Balazs < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> then ur very lucky, i cant change it in my asus a52j series, so im stuck >>> with hd3000 with full capabilities though. >>> im really at the mercy of some skilled bumblebee developers im afraid. so >>> far my discrete gt540m isn't even correctly recognized.....:( >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On 06.06.2011, at 10:36, Tais Plougmann Hansen <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Doesn't that really depend on the system? I can change Display/GPU in the >>> BIOS on my ThinkPad W520 with Optimus. I can force the discreet/Nvidia GPU >>> which effectively disables the integrated chipset and vice versa. >>> >>> On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 16:31, Joaquín Ignacio Aramendía >>> <<[email protected]> >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> > Is something like this even currently doable? >>>> >>>> Short answer: No, it can't. >>>> >>>> I'm not an expert but as the time goes and we are able to test and >>>> experiment with Optimus machines, we have found that: >>>> - The Nvidia card is conected to the intel integrated and not to the >>>> screen. >>>> - There is no way to turn off integrated without losing the monitor. >>>> - The only thing plugged directly to the Nvidia card is the HDMI port (I >>>> cant test it, I don't have any HDMI capable hardware). >>>> >>>> Hope this can help you. The bumblebee project is the way to use it and >>>> we are going to develop it as much as we can in conjunction with >>>> acpi_call to add functionality to mimic Optimus. But if NVIDIA corp is >>>> not going to help us, we must help ourselves. >>>> -- >>>> Joaquín Ignacio Aramendía < <[email protected]>[email protected]> >>>> >>>> El dom, 05-06-2011 a las 02:51 -0400, James escribió: >>>> > Hello all, >>>> > >>>> > I'm recently got a Dell L702X and so far it's been a rather nice >>>> > machine aside from the Optimus hurdle. So far, it works just fine >>>> > with the Intel chip, actually compiz capable but, I've got a 550M next >>>> > to it. So far, I've managed to use the acpi_call module >>>> > ( <http://github.com/mkottman/acpi_call> >>>> http://github.com/mkottman/acpi_call) to turn on and off the NVIDIA >>>> > chip and I can confirm this by the amount of power being drawn from >>>> > the battery. My question is, with the NVIDIA chip enabled, is there >>>> > anyway to have the NVIDIA proprietary driver take over? I've tried >>>> > this with and without the Intel VESA module but, with the same result, >>>> > a black screen. The monitor does not turn off into a standby state, >>>> > it simply just display no content. My guess would be that everything >>>> > must go through the Intel chip before it can hit the NVIDIA and that >>>> > the NVIDIA chip has to send everything back to the Intel chip due to >>>> > the monitor being connected to the Intel chip. Ideally I'd like to >>>> > just have the NVIDIA chip always on with the NVIDIA driver handling >>>> > things but, I suppose if it was this easy, there would be no need for >>>> > the bumblebee project. Is something like this even currently doable? >>>> > >>>> > Thanks, >>>> > James >>>> > _______________________________________________ >>>> > Mailing list: <https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux> >>>> https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux >>>> > Post to : <[email protected]> >>>> [email protected] >>>> > Unsubscribe : <https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux> >>>> https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux >>>> > More help : <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp> >>>> https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Mailing list: <https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux> >>>> https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux >>>> Post to : <[email protected]> >>>> [email protected] >>>> Unsubscribe : <https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux> >>>> https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux >>>> More help : <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp> >>>> https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Regards, >>> Tais Plougmann Hansen >>> >>> OSD Consulting ApS >>> Tel: +45-78101078 >>> CVR: DK31332737 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mailing list: <https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux> >>> https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux >>> Post to : <[email protected]> >>> [email protected] >>> Unsubscribe : <https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux> >>> https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux >>> More help : <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp> >>> https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Tais Plougmann Hansen >> >> OSD Consulting ApS >> Tel: +45 78101078 >> CVR: DK31332737 >> >> > > > -- > Zoltan Balazs > Solaris / Red Hat Administrator > -- Regards, Tais Plougmann Hansen OSD Consulting ApS Tel: +45 78101078 CVR: DK31332737
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