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Mighty_Squid

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Registered: 2018-04-14

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[Solved]Can't get graphics card to work - Thinkpad T580/GeForce MX150

So when I got my Thinkpad T580 recently I decided to make the switch to linux and installed Arch.
I've got it working except for the graphics card. Every time I tried I either ended up with a flashing screen or just a black screen. It even got to the point where I've had to reinstall Arch. And all this without journalctl telling me much about what was going on.

So I just kind off shruged it off because I wasn't gaming on it anyway, but now I've actually got to get OpenGL working for SFML.

I think I've tried every relevant problem on this page.

So maybe someone can tell me what troubleshooting steps I should do, because I don't want to keep having to reinstall my machine.

Last edited by Mighty_Squid (2018-04-15 18:26:28)

Mighty_Squid

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Registered: 2018-04-14

Posts: 2

Re: [Solved]Can't get graphics card to work - Thinkpad T580/GeForce MX150

Okay, so I did a clean install and followed the bumblebee page again very carefully, and got it working I think.