I have a z13 and doing according to this: http://www.adhocism.net/2012/06/installing-ubuntu-12-04-on-sony-vaio-vpc-z13m9eb/
All looks fine. Which distro you use and which version? I know the newer distro doesn't work well with optirun it works with the other one.(Don't remember the name) On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 3:34 PM, jmalmari <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Craig, and all > > I just had to dig this old thread up to see whats up. > > What you were essentially saying is that it's possible to use the NVIDIA > card > via bumblebee with Vaio Z11 which, to my understanding, does *not* have > Optimus but a "dynamic hybrid graphics system"? > > I'm trying to bring my four-year-old VPCZ11Z9E back to life with Linux. > Nvidia > drivers work but won't recognize my display (i.e. accelerates but HDMI or > screen configuration doesn't work); bumblebee just says I don't have an > NVIDIA > discrete graphics card and crashes all over me. I, too, think I don't have > NVIDIA discrete graphics card (in optimus sense) but the fact that you had > it > working got me suspicious. > > Can you give your Z11's exact model? > > Anyone else tried this? > > Thanks! > > > Craig S. Blackie Fri, 06 Apr 2012 06:28:14 -0700 > > Hey guys, > > > > I think I must be pushing my luck, I decided to install bumblebee today: > > https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/Bumblebee/ Rebooted with the > switch in > > 'auto' position. > > Upon booting, I checked power usuage: > > > > "The battery reports a discharge rate of 11.6 W" > > > > Ran glxspheres: > > > > csb@csb-laptop:~$ glxspheres > > Polygons in scene: 62464 > > Visual ID of window: 0x92 > > Context is Direct > > OpenGL Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel(R) Ironlake Mobile > > 20.078867 frames/sec - 22.408016 Mpixels/sec > > 26.432012 frames/sec - 29.498126 Mpixels/sec > > 29.906124 frames/sec - 33.375235 Mpixels/sec > > 28.067554 frames/sec - 31.323390 Mpixels/sec > > > > > > Now for the real test: > > csb@csb-laptop:~$ optirun glxspheres > > Polygons in scene: 62464 > > Visual ID of window: 0x21 > > Context is Direct > > OpenGL Renderer: GeForce GT 330M/PCIe/SSE2 > > 74.902735 frames/sec - 83.591453 Mpixels/sec > > 127.273131 frames/sec - 97.262626 Mpixels/sec > > 169.620041 frames/sec - 115.070236 Mpixels/sec > > 174.924951 frames/sec - 118.669087 Mpixels/sec > > 166.887317 frames/sec - 113.216356 Mpixels/sec > > 171.806394 frames/sec - 116.553458 Mpixels/sec > > 167.313173 frames/sec - 113.505256 Mpixels/sec > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~sony-vaio-z-series > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~sony-vaio-z-series > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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