The bumblebee installation takes care of all the dependencies. On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 1:06 AM, Srimal Jayawardena <srim...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Bilal > > I'm kind of new to this. > > Do I only install bumblebee after installing Ubuntu or > > should some restricted driver in Ubuntu be enabled before installing > bumblebee? > > Thanks in advance > > Srimal. > > On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 9:28 PM, Bilal Akhtar <bilalakh...@ubuntu.com> wrote: >> On 07/20/2011 02:06 PM, srimalj wrote: >>> Hi >>> >>> Has the current version of Bumblebee been tested to work on the >>> >>> NVIDIA® GeForce GT 540M w/Optimus 1GB on a Toshiba Satellite P750/02J >>> Notebook ? >> >> Hi, >> >> I'm running a Dell XPS 15 L502X with the same graphic card (GT 540M with >> Optimus). The OS I'm running is Ubuntu 11.10 Alpha. Bumblebee works >> well, gives me a 10x increase in FPS when games are run on the nVidia >> card. So, hopefully your laptop should also work well. Bumblebee also >> switches off the card when not needed, in my case. But this varies on a >> per-laptop basis. Power switching might or might not work with your >> laptop, even though both laptops have the same discrete GPU. >> >> Hope this helps, >> >> Bilal Akhtar. >> >>> >>> If so what feature do and do not work please? >>> >>> There is a good deal for this laptop at dicksmith and I'm tempted to buy >>> but I work primarily in linux so I would like to be able to use it with >>> Ubuntu 11.04 or later. >>> >>> Thanks in advance >>> >>> Srimal >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux >> Post to : hybrid-graphics-linux@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > > > > -- > ~ > Srimal Jayawardena > BSc (Engineering), BIT, MIET > PhD Candidate > Research School of Information Sciences and Engineering > College of Engineering and Computer Science > Building 115, Corner of North and Daley Roads > Australian National University > T: +61 2 6125 1771 > M: +61 422 684 854 > F: +61 2 6125 8651 > > http://users.cecs.anu.edu.au/~srimalj/ > http://srimal.sri-lankan.net/ > http://srimal-techdiary.blogspot.com/ > > 'My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable > superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able > to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.' - Albert Einstein > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux > Post to : hybrid-graphics-linux@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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