AFAIK dual nVidia is not supported, only Intel + nVidia, whatever it is, 
Optimus or Hybrid SLI.

Sorry... But maybe you could see some changes next year with PRIME hitting all 
distros.

Bruno Pagani, a.k.a. ArchangeGabriel

Le 16 juil. 2012 à 00:09, Michael Rodríguez-Torrent <mrtorr...@gmail.com> a 
écrit :

> Hi folks, I'm having trouble using Bumblebee with my laptop's graphics and 
> haven't been able to track down much information. Can anyone point me in the 
> right direction?
> 
> Here are the details on my laptop:
> 
> Dell Studio XPS 13 (aka 1340)
> Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 processor
> Nvidia MCP79 motherboard
> Nvidia 9500M GE Hybrid SLI graphics 
> (http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-9500M-GE-Hybrid-SLI.14029.0.html)
>  - Integrated: GeForce 9400M G 
> (http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-9400M-G.11949.0.html)
>  - Dedicated: Nvidia GeForce 9200M GS 
> (http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-9200M-GS.9453.0.html)
> 
> I am able to use the integrated graphics card without a problem using 
> Nvidia's proprietary driver. However, when I install bumblebee and 
> bumblebee-nvidia via the PPA as directed (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bumblebee), 
> for some reason X runs with the Nouveau driver instead. When I try to run the 
> bumblebee daemon, it exits with the message "No Optimus system detected."
> 
> I've tried explicitly setting the driver to nvidia in bumblebee.conf, but no 
> joy. Is there some configuration that I'm missing? Anything else I can try?
> 
> Obviously, the error message is accurate -- I don't have Optimus -- but the 
> Bumblebee wiki says it supports "legacy nVidia hybrid graphics" 
> (https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/Bumblebee/wiki/), and a mailing list 
> post refers to it working with Hybrid SLI on an Asus machine 
> (https://lists.launchpad.net/asus-ul30/msg00453.html).
> 
> On the other hand, a post on this mailing list a few months ago about the 
> 1340 (https://lists.launchpad.net/hybrid-graphics-linux/msg02223.html) didn't 
> receive much response, and this model is listed on the Bumblebee wiki as a 
> "weird machine" 
> (https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/Bumblebee/wiki/Weird-machines).
> 
> That wiki entry was created six months ago, however, prior to the new version 
> of Bumblebee. In addition, the ACPI call for disabling the discrete card on 
> this model is known 
> (http://luizfar.wordpress.com/2010/06/29/how-to-switch-off-xps1340-discrete-video-card-on-linux/)
>  and the DSDT/ACPI details have been available for some time 
> (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/312756/comments/17).
>  So, it seems like it would be odd if Bumblebee didn't at least have the 
> ability to turn off the card via an ACPI call.
> 
> Any help welcome!
> 
> Thank you,
> Michael
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