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I'm trying to install X on my thinkpad W520 and I can't get it to work. I've tried the nouveau and nvidia drivers (with all the necessary reboots) and nvidia-beta from the AUR with no success. When trying to start X, I get an error that says no screen and it fails.
Vesa almost work. I get a screen, but the screen is shifted up so I can't see the top and there is a black bar along the bottom.
The graphics card is a NVIDIA Quadro 1000M Graphics. Any ideas?
Last edited by elcron (2011-07-11 02:43:55)
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The Optimus switching technology on the Nvidia card doesn't work in Linux, so you have to choose your graphics at BIOS level. I went with the Intel discrete graphics to save battery, and it works okay for my needs. Of course, it depends on what your needs are.
I believe that the default is Intel graphics anyway, so configure X for that if you just want it going as soon as possible.
Last edited by eerok (2011-07-11 02:24:51)
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It works now. Thank you!
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