Linux 13 and nVidia Optimus
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Re: Linux 13 and nVidia Optimus
I have the same device as "Theo81" and same problem. my optimus nvidia doesn't work at all!
Is someone working on this problem?
Is someone working on this problem?
Re: Linux 13 and nVidia Optimus
Sorry for the delay with the answer; thanks for the help, i'm going to post the issue on launchpad. I will tell in this forum if there will be some news.mint-me wrote:Strange? Since Bumblebee 3 and Mint 12/13 i reckon 99% of the time it works fine - there are a few notebook models that require special fix. I have few basic fixes up my sleeve, but beyond that, I recommend putting the issue forward on the development github https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/Bumblebee and of course sending in the bug reports. Lekensteyn is the dev with great experience on Ubuntu/Mint Bumblebee, and you WILL get it done with a little patience. I managed to get it working good in Debian Squeeze and Wheezy too. In 6 months we may have David Airlie's Prime which will give Optimus support out-of-the-box.
Let us know how you go...
Re: Linux 13 and nVidia Optimus
I've installed it with these codes. now how can i check if it is working or not ? thanks !mint-me wrote: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bumblebee/stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install bumblebee bumblebee-nvidia
Re: Linux 13 and nVidia Optimus
Please run these commands in terminal and post the output:
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inxi -Gx
optirun inxi -Gx
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Re: Linux 13 and nVidia Optimus
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Graphics: Card-1: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller bus-ID: 00:02.0
Card-2: NVIDIA GF108 [GeForce GT 540M] bus-ID: 01:00.0
X.Org: 1.11.3 drivers: intel (unloaded: vesa,fbdev) Resolution: 1366x768@60.0hz
GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Sandybridge Mobile GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 8.0.4 Direct Rendering: Yes
Graphics: Card-1: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller bus-ID: 00:02.0
Card-2: NVIDIA GF108 [GeForce GT 540M] bus-ID: 01:00.0
X.Org: 1.11.3 drivers: intel (unloaded: vesa,fbdev) Resolution: 1366x768@60.0hz
GLX Renderer: GeForce GT 540M/PCIe/SSE2 GLX Version: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 295.40 Direct Rendering: Yes
Re: Linux 13 and nVidia Optimus
Right. Without optirun it's using the Intel GPU and it switches to NVIDIA when requested with optirun. That's working.
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Re: Linux 13 and nVidia Optimus
hi again. how can i do that ? thanks ! and if i switches to NVIDIA with optirun and then restart my computer it will run with INTEL or NVIDIA ? if INTEL than its okAlbertP wrote:it switches to NVIDIA when requested with optirun.
Re: Linux 13 and nVidia Optimus
You can put optirun before a command to run that on NVIDIA graphics. If the program you want to run is in the menu, then you can right-click the menu button > Edit, to edit the command and add optirun at the start.
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Re: Linux 13 and nVidia Optimus
Take a look at this:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/159767/n ... untu-12-04
It solved my optimus nvidia GeForce 520M finally.
problem was at 'bumblebee.conf'
which should have these stuff, find them and add if necessary:
when you try: you'll see those beautifull gears! and hopefully you're becoming the happiest person ever!
Let me know, if this was helpful, or just add [solved] to the topic.
http://askubuntu.com/questions/159767/n ... untu-12-04
It solved my optimus nvidia GeForce 520M finally.
problem was at 'bumblebee.conf'
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sudo gedit /etc/bumblebee/bumblebee.conf
- ...
[bumblebeed]
Driver=nvidia
...
[driver-nvidia]
KernelDriver=nvidia-current
Module=nvidia
...
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sudo service bumblebeed restart
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optirun glxgears
Let me know, if this was helpful, or just add [solved] to the topic.
Last edited by sam33 on Thu May 09, 2013 5:25 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Re: Linux 13 and nVidia Optimus
To the people who are getting error messages when doing optirun, you can solve that by re-installing Bumblebee:
Users of Ubuntu may have to install linux-headers from the repository first. This is suggested in a number of how-to's on the web. But on Linux Mint this is already installed.
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apt install --reinstall bumblebee
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Re: Linux 13 and nVidia Optimus
2 weeks later,4 mint distros and still can't get the nvidia driver to work!
Re: Linux 13 and nVidia Optimus
@ LinuxN00bTM: Please open your own topic, and in that topic please describe what NVIDIA card you have and which drivers failed for you.
You can run this command in terminal to get some useful information about your computer's graphics:
You can run this command in terminal to get some useful information about your computer's graphics:
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inxi -Gx
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