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gskbyte

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From: Granada, Spain

Registered: 2009-09-29

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Laptop with two graphics cards? [Nvidia Optimus - SOLVED]

Hi,

I just bought a laptop that includes two graphics cards: a low-power Intel one and a high-performance nVidia card. Right now I'm just using the Intel graphics card, and the system only detects it. When I install nVidia drivers I have to uninstall the intel drivers because of incompatibilities, and it doesn't even start the X server. I could attach a log if necessary, but I haven't found anything relevant, it just says that the nVidia driver is not valid for the detected graphics card. Is there a way to use both graphics cards transparently, like in other-operating-systems?

Some hints? Thank you!

Last edited by gskbyte (2011-08-04 13:14:02)

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

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Re: Laptop with two graphics cards? [Nvidia Optimus - SOLVED]

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

Gusar

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Registered: 2009-08-25

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Re: Laptop with two graphics cards? [Nvidia Optimus - SOLVED]

It's called Optimus. Kinda surprised there's people who don't already know about it. Not supported fully in Linux, but there's a hack to get the nvidia card going: Bumblebee

Edit: Bah, too late!

Last edited by Gusar (2011-08-03 21:47:16)

gskbyte

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From: Granada, Spain

Registered: 2009-09-29

Posts: 33

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Re: Laptop with two graphics cards? [Nvidia Optimus - SOLVED]

This is very useful, thank you very much!