This bug was fixed in the package ubuntu-drivers-common - 1:0.2.91.7
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ubuntu-drivers-common (1:0.2.91.7) trusty-proposed; urgency=medium
* gpu-manager.c, gpu-manager.py:
- Add support for testing core alternatives. This will be needed
by fglrx.
- Fix a regression
Taihsiang has shown that, thanks to the new ubuntu-drivers-common, it is
now possible to use the nvidia driver in an Optimus system even when
bbswitch is not available. This was the point of the SRU.
** Tags removed: verification-needed
** Tags added: verification-done
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You received this bug
An I+N machine, Lenovo ThinkPad T440p (CID 201309-14169),
could not reproduce this issue.
However,
I tested this fix by the following steps:
1. install Ubuntu 14.04.1 on Lenovo ThinkPad T440p (CID 201309-14169)
2. sudo apt-get install ubuntu-drivers-common ( to be the latest version
1:0.2.91.6)
** Description changed:
+ SRU Request
+
+ While bbswitch may fail on some hybrid systems (e.g. on the desktop or
+ when the bbswitch module fails to build), this is not a good reason to
+ prevent the system from offloading rendering to the NVIDIA GPU.
+
+ [Impact]
+ * This problem makes it
Hello Alberto, or anyone else affected,
Accepted ubuntu-drivers-common into trusty-proposed. The package will
build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source
/ubuntu-drivers-common/1:0.2.91.7 in a few hours, and then in the
-proposed repository.
Please help us by testing this
** Branch linked: lp:ubuntu/trusty-proposed/ubuntu-drivers-common
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Title:
The gpu-manager should allow RandR offloading without bbswitch
To
** Also affects: nvidia-settings (Ubuntu Trusty)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Also affects: ubuntu-drivers-common (Ubuntu Trusty)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Changed in: ubuntu-drivers-common (Ubuntu Trusty)
Status: New = In Progress
** Changed in:
This bug was fixed in the package ubuntu-drivers-common - 1:0.2.98
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ubuntu-drivers-common (1:0.2.98) utopic; urgency=medium
* gpu-manager.c, gpu-manager.py:
- Add support for testing core alternatives. This will be needed
by fglrx.
- Add the --backup-log parameter.
** Branch linked: lp:ubuntu/utopic-proposed/ubuntu-drivers-common
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Title:
The gpu-manager should allow RandR offloading without bbswitch
To
