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Lax Lexis

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Registered: 2013-09-30

Posts: 91

EeePC 1015PN and nVidia Optimus

Hello my friends,

I want to run Arch Linux on an old EeePC 1015PN. This EeePC comes with a dedicated graphic card (nVidia ION). The problem is that this old system use a multiplexer to handle the activation/deactivation of graphic cards.
1st mode: only intel gpu
2nd mode: only nVidia gpu
3rd mode: both (optimus mode)

But my netbook starts every time only with the nVidia card (2nd mode). The intel gpu is disabled at hardware level.

I have installed nouveau, xf86-video-intel, bbswitch, acpi, acpi_call, bumblebee, mesa and mesa-libgl.
If the intel gpu is inactive and only the nVidia is active (2nd mode), systemctl status tells me that the start of bumblebee failed.

If I make an "echo '\OSGS 3' > /proc/acpi/call" as here described and reboot then both graphic cards are active. Systemctl status tells me now that bumblebee starts correctly.

But at every reboot the netbooks starts in 2nd mode … . I want to save the last used mode by an elegant solution.

Another question is how do I installed the nvidia driver instead of the nouveau driver?

Thanks for help!

Last edited by Lax Lexis (2016-02-01 14:28:24)

x33a

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Registered: 2009-08-15

Posts: 4,587

Re: EeePC 1015PN and nVidia Optimus

Not an installation issue, moving to "Laptop Issues".