Integrated card and nVidia graphics card problem.

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Integrated card and nVidia graphics card problem.

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Hello I have a problem with my new laptop, it's an Asus A55VD-SX408H and it has two graphics cards: first one is the intel integrated and the second one is a NVIDIA GeForce 610M. The problem is that the laptop only detects the integrated one, so it doesn't have 3D acceleration. I have tried bumblebee but I'd prefer to disable the integrated graphics card and make it run with the NVIDIA card.
I have also tried modifying the xorg.conf file and setting the NVIDIA graphics card bus, but it doesn't work, maybe I'm doing it wrong.
Is there any way to change the graphics card on linux? I'm new here and i don't know if it is possible.

Thanks in advance.

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I have also tried to disable my integrated card throught the BIOS but I don't see any option, my BIOS is an Aptio Setup Utility, maybe it's too simple to do this things (would it be a good idea to flash a Phoenix BIOS?)
Here some pictures of the BIOS:

The Graphics configuration of the second photo shows the ram allocation for the integrated graphics, nothing else.

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xMestrees

Re: Dual graphics card nVidia graphics problem.

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Any way to disable the integrated graphics?
zerozero

Re: Integrated card and nVidia graphics card problem.

Post by zerozero »

xMestrees wrote: I have tried bumblebee
and did it work?
xMestrees wrote:but I'd prefer to disable the integrated graphics card and make it run with the NVIDIA card.
i'm afraid you can't (not if you can't find a setting in the bios to disable it)
what bumblebee does is allow you to use the intel card for everyday usage (with low power consumption) and when needed (with intensive openGL applications like games or rendering app) specify the nvidia card for that app.
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Re: Integrated card and nVidia graphics card problem.

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xMestrees wrote:I have also tried to disable my integrated card throught the BIOS but I don't see any option, my BIOS is an Aptio Setup Utility, maybe it's too simple to do this things (would it be a good idea to flash a Phoenix BIOS?)
You can't flash a BIOS that is not made specifically for your computer / motherboard.

Like zerozero said, you indeed need to install Bumblebee. That can be easily done using this how-to: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bumblebee
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Re: Integrated card and nVidia graphics card problem.

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Yes, Bumblebee worked, but I don't like the idea of calling the applications/games I want to run with "optirun" very much.
Anyways, If there's no way to disable the integrated graphics (or setting the nvidia card BusID to the xorg configuration file) that really does what I want, I'll keep using bumblebee.
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Re: Integrated card and nVidia graphics card problem.

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If you have a menu entry for a program that you want to run on NVIDIA graphics, you can right-click the menu button on the panel > Edit Menu, then edit the menu item of this program to add optirun at the start of the command-line. The same can be done with desktop launchers.
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Re: Integrated card and nVidia graphics card problem.

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AlbertP wrote:If you have a menu entry for a program that you want to run on NVIDIA graphics, you can right-click the menu button on the panel > Edit Menu, then edit the menu item of this program to add optirun at the start of the command-line. The same can be done with desktop launchers.
Good idea, I'll use bumblebee and edit the menu.



Thanks for your answers!
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