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helmholtze

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Registered: 2017-01-01

Posts: 3

[solved]Bumblebee conflict with nvidia-304xx-utils

Hi, I use Arch for some days and have a problem about Bumblebee and nvidia-304xx
the kernel is

Linux 4.9.11-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Feb 19 13:45:52 UTC 2017

the graphics card

 lspci -k | grep -A 2 -E "(VGA|3D)"

output when uninstalling any nvidia driver:

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller (rev 09)
	Subsystem: Lenovo Device 5018
	Kernel driver in use: i915
--
01:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF117M [GeForce 610M/710M/810M/820M / GT 620M/625M/630M/720M] (rev a1)
	Subsystem: Lenovo GeForce 710M
	Kernel modules: nouveau

I used to install nvidia-304xx, bumblebee , xf86-video-intel ,mesa for the graphics cards.
when update the system with 'sudo pacman -Syu' in February 21st,
there is conflict:

:: nvidia-304xx-utils and mesa-libgl are in conflict (libgl). Remove mesa-libgl? [y/N]
:: nvidia-304xx-utils and bumblebee are in conflict (nvidia-libgl). Remove bumblebee? [y/N] 

according to the NVIDIA#Installation wiki page,

For GeForce 6000/7000 series cards, install the nvidia-304xx or nvidia-304xx-lts package along with nvidia-304xx-libgl.

Now, which nvidia driver should I use, can I use nvidia or nvidia-dkms instead and why there is conflict between nvidia-304xx and bumblebee?
I would be grateful if someone help me out, and if I miss to send any necessary output tell me about that.

Last edited by helmholtze (2017-02-23 10:59:53)

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

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Re: [solved]Bumblebee conflict with nvidia-304xx-utils

Nvidia 304 is for 15 year old cards, your card is definitely new enough to be using the modern nvidia driver. I'd even go as far as saying nvidia 304xx never supported your card. The conflict has recently been added although I don't know in detail the technical reason for the change (there's a good chance that no cards with Optimus support have been produced in that series anyway, so it would be a moot point)

helmholtze

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Registered: 2017-01-01

Posts: 3

Re: [solved]Bumblebee conflict with nvidia-304xx-utils

Nvidia 304 is for 15 year old cards, your card is definitely new enough to be using the modern nvidia driver. I'd even go as far as saying nvidia 304xx never supported your card. The conflict has recently been added although I don't know in detail the technical reason for the change (there's a good chance that no cards with Optimus support have been produced in that series anyway, so it would be a moot point)

Oh, I know what I need do is just installing nvidia instead and it works well on my computer now. Thanks for your help.

Last edited by helmholtze (2017-02-23 11:02:18)