I have bought a Alienware m11xr3 with nvidia GT 540m and a internal graphic card.
uname -r
3.2.0-33-generic-pae
here is the lspci | grep VGA output:
lspci | grep VGA
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF108 [GeForce GT 540M] (rev ff)
So far so good. the Geforce is recognized and i can use it through optirun:
optirun glxspheres
Polygons in scene: 62464
Visual ID of window: 0x21
Context is Direct
OpenGL Renderer: GeForce GT 540M/PCIe/SSE2
glxspheres
Polygons in scene: 62464
Visual ID of window: 0x9e
Context is Direct
OpenGL Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel(R) Sandybridge Mobile x86/MMX/SSE2
Here the files from /etc/bumblebee
bumblebee.conf
# Configuration file for Bumblebee. Values should **not** be put between quotes
## Server options. Any change made in this section will need a server restart
# to take effect.
[bumblebeed]
# The secondary Xorg server DISPLAY number
VirtualDisplay=:8
# Should the unused Xorg server be kept running? Set this to true if waiting
# for X to be ready is too long and don't need power management at all.
KeepUnusedXServer=true
# The name of the Bumbleblee server group name (GID name)
ServerGroup=bumblebee
# Card power state at exit. Set to false if the card shoud be ON when Bumblebee
# server exits.
TurnCardOffAtExit=false
# The default behavior of '-f' option on optirun. If set to "true", '-f' will
# be ignored.
NoEcoModeOverride=false
# The Driver used by Bumblebee server. If this value is not set (or empty),
# auto-detection is performed. The available drivers are nvidia and nouveau
# (See also the driver-specific sections below)
Driver=
## Client options. Will take effect on the next optirun executed.
[optirun]
# The method used for VirtualGL to transport frames between X servers.
# Possible values are proxy, jpeg, rgb, xv and yuv.
VGLTransport=proxy
# Should the program run under optirun even if Bumblebee server or nvidia card
# is not available?
AllowFallbackToIGC=false
# Driver-specific settings are grouped under [driver-NAME]. The sections are
# parsed if the Driver setting in [bumblebeed] is set to NAME (or if auto-
# detection resolves to NAME).
# PMMethod: method to use for saving power by disabling the nvidia card, valid
# values are: auto - automatically detect which PM method to use
# bbswitch - new in BB 3, recommended if available
# switcheroo - vga_switcheroo method, use at your own risk
# none - disable PM completely
# https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/Bumblebee/wiki/Comparison-of-PM-methods
## Section with nvidia driver specific options, only parsed if Driver=nvidia
[driver-nvidia]
# Module name to load, defaults to Driver if empty or unset
KernelDriver=nvidia-current
Module=nvidia
PMMethod=auto
# colon-separated path to the nvidia libraries
LibraryPath=/usr/lib/nvidia-current:/usr/lib32/nvidia-current
# comma-separated path of the directory containing nvidia_drv.so and the
# default Xorg modules path
XorgModulePath=/usr/lib/nvidia-current/xorg,/usr/lib/xorg/modules
XorgConfFile=/etc/bumblebee/xorg.conf.nvidia
## Section with nouveau driver specific options, only parsed if Driver=nouveau
[driver-nouveau]
KernelDriver=nouveau
PMMethod=auto
XorgConfFile=/etc/bumblebee/xorg.conf.nouveau
xorg.conf.nouveau
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen "Screen0"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nouveau"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
EndSection
xorg..conf.nvidia
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device1"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
Option "NoLogo" "true"
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP"
EndSection
xrandr -q
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1366 x 768, maximum 8192 x 8192
LVDS1 connected 1366x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 256mm x 144mm
1366x768 60.0*+
1360x768 59.8 60.0
1024x768 60.0
800x600 60.3 56.2
640x480 59.9
VGA1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
Now there are several problems:
1) Bumblebee seems not going off, when i close a application running in optirun. Remains on "ON"
2) The HDMI output doesnt work at all. means, i cant really say if there is a reaction, when i plugin the hdmi cable. obviously there is nothing displayed.
3) Cant find cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf!
4) I got also a DisplayPort and thought of using this, but havent got an adapter yet. maybe with this it works?
Honestly i am realtively new to Linux/Ubuntu. I am working about half a year with ubuntu, so i am not a professional, but i can do basic stuff without problems and follow guides.
Would be very nice if we can solve the problem. there are many m11xr3 Users who have this problem and i guess its not impossible to get hdmi/Displayport(?) working. If you need any other informations please let me know! Thanks for your time and help!
Okay an udpate from my side.
Now i can use the hdmi output in a not very handy way. What i did: As I wrote in my last comment, i have reinstalled Ubuntu with the linlap guide. Then i found this two usefull guides.
Now it works like here.
Hope I could help someone with this solution, but for me the mainproblem is, that you cant clone your Desktop, you need to install another Desktop Environment. Any ideas how to improve the script to use unity on both displays?
