** Description changed: Hi, I'm trying to install Ubuntu 17.10 on a Dell Latitude E6520 laptop from 2011 which sports a hybrid graphic system (Optimus technology) with integrated Intel HD 3000 graphics and an Nvidia NVS 4200M Quadro discrete card (I would never buy a new laptop with an Nvidia card again!). I think it's what is called a muxless setup and in the BIOS I can decide to swith on/off the Optimus technology which from the extended reading I did should let the OS decide when to use the discrete graphics and when not (for power savings). It should be perfectly supported under Linux from what I read with the Nouveau FOSS drivers (I don't want to install proprietary Nvidia ones, nor Bumblebee). I can both boot/install a fedora26/27 system and use the virtual consoles out of the box without any problem but when I try/install Ubuntu 17.10 and switch to another virtual console I only get a blank screen with a blinking cursor. I tried to switch off the Optimus setting in the BIOS and then everything works all right, except that this way I'm just using the discrete card at all times (wasting extra power and generating extra heat!) and the laptop eventually freezes. + + EDIT: If I choose try Ubuntu, virtual consoles are working fine, so I'm + installing now after booting the daily iso in trial mode.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1722639 Title: no virtual consoles with hybrid graphics laptop (Intel + Nvidia/Optimus) during and after installation of Artful To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1722639/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
