Re: [Hybrid-graphics-linux] Optimus Solution found!!!! Using my Nvidia card in my Alienware M11X R2!!!

2011-05-03 Thread Luis Zaldivar
Btw, I tested the chrome webgl experiments with the latest firefox nightly + nvidia and works amazing Great job, we all owe you a drink On 03/05/11 11:42, Martin Juhl wrote: Hi all.. I have found a way to use the nvidia card in machines WITHOUT the optimus mux... There are still a few fla

Re: [Hybrid-graphics-linux] Testers needed - intel/nvidia nouveau working with github.com/awilliam module

2011-05-03 Thread Alex Williamson
On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 6:04 PM, Jorge Sousa wrote: > I was asked to update the status on a bug report @ Arch Linux's > bugtracker on the subject: Suspend not working when discrete card (hybrid > graphics) is switched off with acpi_call. > While it still doesn't work with the acpi_call method, it d

Re: [Hybrid-graphics-linux] AMD PowerXpress hybrid graphics -- Catalyst 11.4 pre-release testing

2011-05-03 Thread Vangel V. Ajanovski
On 01.05.2011 00:51, Steven wrote: > I've corrected some links and now I have a configuration similar by > the one you can get by running this: After doing exactly what was suggested here I can say that finally ATI drivers work for me and I can switch between cards. And finally with latest drivers

Re: [Hybrid-graphics-linux] Dual screen and Optimus

2011-05-03 Thread Albert Vilella
I have the same behaviour as you: HDMI with the binary drivers gives me a rather fuzzy display on the external screen, but it did work a couple of times after rebooting the system, plugging the hdmi cable, _then_ detecting it with nvidia-settings... Weird... On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 10:49 PM, Jérôme

Re: [Hybrid-graphics-linux] Optimus Solution found!!!! Using my Nvidia card in my Alienware M11X R2!!!

2011-05-03 Thread Martin Juhl
I have added some info to the howto, regarding howto run the entire desktop on the nvidia card.. Desktop effect still doesn't work in kde.. can't understand why??? Maybe in gnome??? someone care to test??? Fra: "Luis Zaldivar" Til: "Martin Juhl" , hybrid-graphics-linux@lists.launchpad.ne

Re: [Hybrid-graphics-linux] Optimus Solution found!!!! Using my Nvidia card in my Alienware M11X R2!!!

2011-05-03 Thread Martin Juhl
Hi.. Thanks for all your comments.. I will see what I can get incorporated into a better howto... Fra: "Pigeon" Til: hybrid-graphics-linux@lists.launchpad.net Cc: "Martin Juhl" Sendt: tirsdag, 3. maj 2011 23:08:24 Emne: Re: [Hybrid-graphics-linux] Optimus Solution found Using my

[Hybrid-graphics-linux] Dual screen and Optimus

2011-05-03 Thread Jérôme Petazzoni
On my Dell Latitude 6420 (Intel HD3000 + Nvidia NVS4200M), it seems that: - the LVDS panel is obviously wired to both GPU; - the VGA output on the laptop is wired to the Intel GPU; - all HD outputs (HDMI on the laptop, DVI and DP on the docking station) are wired to the NVidia GPU. When using t

Re: [Hybrid-graphics-linux] Optimus Solution found!!!! Using my Nvidia card in my Alienware M11X R2!!!

2011-05-03 Thread Martin Juhl
Hi Peter.. Do you have any errors in your /var/log/Xorg.0.log??? Fra: "Peter Liedler" Til: "Luis Zaldivar" Cc: hybrid-graphics-linux@lists.launchpad.net Sendt: tirsdag, 3. maj 2011 23:07:55 Emne: Re: [Hybrid-graphics-linux] Optimus Solution found Using my Nvidia card in my Alienwa

Re: [Hybrid-graphics-linux] Optimus Solution found!!!! Using my Nvidia card in my Alienware M11X R2!!!

2011-05-03 Thread Martin Juhl
that should work if you startup in failsafe mode.. Else we have to edit some of the Xsession startup scripts.. Med venlig hilsen Martin Juhl IT-konsulent T: (+45) 70 20 10 63 M: (+45) 27 52 46 58 CASALOGIC A/S Besøg os på www.casalogic.dk Fra:

Re: [Hybrid-graphics-linux] Optimus Solution found!!!! Using my Nvidia card in my Alienware M11X R2!!!

2011-05-03 Thread Pigeon
> I will keep the howto and todo list updated here: > > http://www.martin-juhl.dk/2011/05/optimus-on-linux-problem-solved/ Sounds pretty cool. Going to give it a go later today. I have the M11x-R2 as well. A few comments for your howto: > Further Idea’s: > Maybe a seperate X-

Re: [Hybrid-graphics-linux] Optimus Solution found!!!! Using my Nvidia card in my Alienware M11X R2!!!

2011-05-03 Thread Peter Liedler
Hi Luis, I've checked: lspci | grep VGA 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 18) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GT218 [GeForce 310M] (rev a2) cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf | grep PCI BusID "PCI:1:0:

Re: [Hybrid-graphics-linux] Optimus Solution found!!!! Using my Nvidia card in my Alienware M11X R2!!!

2011-05-03 Thread Luis Zaldivar
Peter I had the same issue You must match the PCI buses to the xorg.conf ones run lspci | grep VGA $ lspci | grep VGA 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 18) 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Device 0df1

Re: [Hybrid-graphics-linux] Optimus Solution found!!!! Using my Nvidia card in my Alienware M11X R2!!!

2011-05-03 Thread Luis Zaldivar
vglrun startkde? On 03/05/11 15:35, Martin Juhl wrote: Hi.. As I also have written in the howto here: http://www.martin-juhl.dk/2011/05/optimus-on-linux-problem-solved/ You currently lose 3D acceleration on the intel card, caused to the mesa libraries for nvidia is installed and overwrites t

Re: [Hybrid-graphics-linux] Optimus Solution found!!!! Using my Nvidia card in my Alienware M11X R2!!!

2011-05-03 Thread Martin Juhl
Ok.. I've added the different BusID's to the howto.. Fra: "Luis Zaldivar" Cc: hybrid-graphics-linux@lists.launchpad.net Sendt: tirsdag, 3. maj 2011 22:11:57 Emne: Re: [Hybrid-graphics-linux] Optimus Solution found Using my Nvidia card in my Alienware M11X R2!!! It works! 3372 fr

Re: [Hybrid-graphics-linux] Optimus Solution found!!!! Using my Nvidia card in my Alienware M11X R2!!!

2011-05-03 Thread Peter Liedler
Hi there, after all, this is great news! Thank you for this solution. I am running Kubuntu natty 11.04 64bit. The installation was absolutely smooth and worked as in described in the HOWTO. Still, for some reason, the display export does not work here. I appended the two lines to my /etc/profil

Re: [Hybrid-graphics-linux] Optimus Solution found!!!! Using my Nvidia card in my Alienware M11X R2!!!

2011-05-03 Thread Martin Juhl
Hi.. As I also have written in the howto here: http://www.martin-juhl.dk/2011/05/optimus-on-linux-problem-solved/ You currently lose 3D acceleration on the intel card, caused to the mesa libraries for nvidia is installed and overwrites the intel ones.. so right now you need to either run gn

Re: [Hybrid-graphics-linux] Optimus Solution found!!!! Using my Nvidia card in my Alienware M11X R2!!!

2011-05-03 Thread Luis Zaldivar
Uhm This is weird. I lost desktop effects with the intel card. Icons on the systray lost transparency also. Seems like there is a problem with the GL extensions or something. On 03/05/11 14:36, Martin Juhl wrote: Hi.. I haven't found the MUX.. as far as I can tell the M11X doesn't have a

Re: [Hybrid-graphics-linux] Optimus Solution found!!!! Using my Nvidia card in my Alienware M11X R2!!!

2011-05-03 Thread Luis Zaldivar
It works! 3372 frames in 5.0 seconds = 674.381 FPS 3609 frames in 5.0 seconds = 721.780 FPS [VGL] ERROR: in readback-- [VGL]362: Window has been deleted by window manager luis@luis-XPS-L501X:~$ I'm using a Dell XPS 15, with an nvidia GT520M (I think), i5 pre sandy bridge (i think :P) Glx

Re: [Hybrid-graphics-linux] Optimus Solution found!!!! Using my Nvidia card in my Alienware M11X R2!!!

2011-05-03 Thread Martin Juhl
Mail dropped :D... Fra: "Eric Appleman" Til: hybrid-graphics-linux@lists.launchpad.net Sendt: tirsdag, 3. maj 2011 21:57:05 Emne: Re: [Hybrid-graphics-linux] Optimus Solution found Using my Nvidia card in my Alienware M11X R2!!! Make sure David Airlie hears about this. He's in charg

[Hybrid-graphics-linux] My system

2011-05-03 Thread Stephen Horne
SYSTEM MODEL: XPS L501X BIOS: A06 GRAPHICS ADAPTERS: 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0046] (rev 18) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation Device [10de:0df1] (rev a

Re: [Hybrid-graphics-linux] Optimus Solution found!!!! Using my Nvidia card in my Alienware M11X R2!!!

2011-05-03 Thread Eric Appleman
Make sure David Airlie hears about this. He's in charge of implementing seamless GPU switching for Optimus notebook at the driver stack level. - Eric On 05/03/2011 12:42 PM, Martin Juhl wrote: Hi all.. I have found a way to use the nvidia card in machines WITHOUT the optimus mux... There are

Re: [Hybrid-graphics-linux] Optimus Solution found!!!! Using my Nvidia card in my Alienware M11X R2!!!

2011-05-03 Thread Micah Chambers
N/M I was worried the proprietary version of libgl wouldn't work with the open source intel drives, but they seem to work just fine. I'll have to try out this trick this weekend! On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 12:31 PM, Martin Juhl wrote: > As I understand it, it's not vnc, but more a kind of x-forward.

Re: [Hybrid-graphics-linux] Optimus Solution found!!!! Using my Nvidia card in my Alienware M11X R2!!!

2011-05-03 Thread Joaquín Ignacio Aramendía
I can confirm that compiz can run on intel card only (I own a Vostro 3500 with Hybrid Graphics). And I was able to run kde (nothing fancy though) just with IGP. This thing you found is just is amazing. I'll give it atry in the week-end and report back. Really is cool when things get done :) El ma

Re: [Hybrid-graphics-linux] Optimus Solution found!!!! Using my Nvidia card in my Alienware M11X R2!!!

2011-05-03 Thread Martin Juhl
Hi.. I haven't found the MUX.. as far as I can tell the M11X doesn't have a mux.. this solution actually works the way optimus is meant to work.. by using the intel card to disable everything, and only offload though stuff to the Nvidia card... I discovered that the never versions of the nvi

Re: [Hybrid-graphics-linux] Optimus Solution found!!!! Using my Nvidia card in my Alienware M11X R2!!!

2011-05-03 Thread Martin Juhl
As I understand it, it's not vnc, but more a kind of x-forward.. performance is great, just like been connected to the nvidia card directly (or close too).. this is not just a POC.. this is actually usable!!.. Regard arch, I don't know.. but isn't it packaged the same way in ubuntu??? Micah Cha

Re: [Hybrid-graphics-linux] Optimus Solution found!!!! Using my Nvidia card in my Alienware M11X R2!!!

2011-05-03 Thread Micah Chambers
Using vnc seems like it would induce some lag or cpu cycles. Whats the performance like? Also on a related note, I use Arch, and since libgl gets packaged with with the nvidia proprietary modules now, I'm guessing I would need to find a way to install both the open source libgl and the nvidia one?

Re: [Hybrid-graphics-linux] Optimus Solution found!!!! Using my Nvidia card in my Alienware M11X R2!!!

2011-05-03 Thread Martin Juhl
I will keep the howto and todo list updated here: http://www.martin-juhl.dk/2011/05/optimus-on-linux-problem-solved/ Fra: "Martin Juhl" Til: hybrid-graphics-linux@lists.launchpad.net Sendt: tirsdag, 3. maj 2011 18:42:20 Emne: [Hybrid-graphics-linux] Optimus Solution found Using my Nvi

Re: [Hybrid-graphics-linux] Optimus Solution found!!!! Using my Nvidia card in my Alienware M11X R2!!!

2011-05-03 Thread Martin Juhl
That should work.. I'm running kde, which have a compiz-like component built in.. and I can't just run that on the nvidia card, I would have to run the entire kde application stack on the card... But try it out.. and tell me how to goes Med venlig hilsen Martin Juhl IT-konsule

Re: [Hybrid-graphics-linux] Optimus Solution found!!!! Using my Nvidia card in my Alienware M11X R2!!!

2011-05-03 Thread Diego Fernandez
that's pretty cool. What happens if you try to run compiz with vglrun? seems like that should work right? On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 12:42 PM, Martin Juhl wrote: > Hi all.. > > I have found a way to use the nvidia card in machines WITHOUT the optimus > mux... > > There are still a few flaws... but i

[Hybrid-graphics-linux] Optimus Solution found!!!! Using my Nvidia card in my Alienware M11X R2!!!

2011-05-03 Thread Martin Juhl
Hi all.. I have found a way to use the nvidia card in machines WITHOUT the optimus mux... There are still a few flaws... but in my regard they are few... First of all I have this running on my Alienware M11X R2, on Ubuntu Natty 11.04 64-bit.. And haven't tried it on any other configurations