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#1 2011-07-27 04:26:57

chaosminion
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Registered: 2011-03-27
Posts: 6

[solved] Nvidia Optimus Gnome won't start

I found out that I appear to have Nvidia Optimus on my new laptop.  So, I installed the Intel driver as mentioned at https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Intel.  Xorg crashes.

tail /var/log/Xorg.0.log:

[    18.047] (EE) No drivers available.
[    18.047] 
Fatal server error:
[    18.047] no screens found
[    18.047] 
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support 
     at http://wiki.x.org
 for help. 
[    18.047] Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
[    18.047] 

Xorg.conf:

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig:  version 275.21  (buildmeister@swio-display-x86-rhel47-02.nvidia.com)  Mon Jul 18 15:02:03 PDT 2011

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    Screen      0  "Screen0"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Mouse0"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Protocol" "auto"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "kbd"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "Unknown"
    HorizSync       28.0 - 33.0
    VertRefresh     43.0 - 72.0
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

I will appreciate any ideas.

Last edited by chaosminion (2011-07-28 03:03:20)

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#2 2011-07-27 05:00:35

anonymous_user
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Registered: 2009-08-28
Posts: 3,059

Re: [solved] Nvidia Optimus Gnome won't start

Check the BIOS if you can disable one of the graphics (likely the integrated one) and just use the other.

Alternatively, see if Bumblebee works on your system:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Bumblebee

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#3 2011-07-27 05:52:11

wonder
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From: Bucharest, Romania
Registered: 2006-07-05
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Re: [solved] Nvidia Optimus Gnome won't start

so you installed intel and you specify nvidia in xorg.conf? imo delete xorg.conf and try again


Give what you have. To someone, it may be better than you dare to think.

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#4 2011-07-28 03:02:22

chaosminion
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Registered: 2011-03-27
Posts: 6

Re: [solved] Nvidia Optimus Gnome won't start

Thanks for catching my silly mistake!  I deleted my xorg.conf file and gnome started.  I will look into bumblebee too.  Thanks for the help.  smile

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