Questions related to systems with an integrated and discrete video card.
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Buying a new laptop with a Trinity AMD card in it?
As I said in the title the laptop has the AMD Trinity A10-4600M processor and that card has integrated graphics. But the laptop also has an AMD Radeon HD 7670M card in it. Will Ubuntu 12.04 be able to ...
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Use intel chip on systems with two graphics chips
I have a computer with two graphics chips. For reference, one is the Nvidia GTX 670, and the other is the integrated graphics on the Intel 3770k.
When I pull out the NVidia card, Ubuntu uses the ...
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Running crysis 2 on ubuntu gives me an error message
I recently installed Ubuntu alongside windows 7 and i installed crysis 2 with wine. crysis 2 works fine when i run windows, however when i run it using wine in Ubuntu cryengine gives me a message ...
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Hybrid Graphics on Windows 7/Ubuntu 12.04 Dual Boot
Alright, so here's the situation:
I am using an ASUS UL80VT with two graphics cards:
Integrated intel graphics and
NVIDIA G210M
I was running an Ubuntu 12.04 - Windows 7 dual boot (on separate ...
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Second graphics card
I have two graphics card in my laptop.
However, I am unable to activate the NVIDIA one. I need to use it, because the integrated Intel card can't connect through DVI/HDMI.
I have the drivers ...
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Getting ATI Driver To Work? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I get ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5450 + Integrated Intel HD to work?
I have Linux 12.04 LTS installed on my HPDV7T laptop (dual booted with windows 7).
My laptop ...
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HP Pavilion g6 1190sm laptop has overheat/hibernation/graphics issues
Every time I reboot or shutdown my laptop, while the laptop is booting again I get a screen (before loading the OS) that HP discovered overheating and system went into hibernation. But the point is ...
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Acer Aspire heats up in Ubuntu 10.10
I have an Acer Aspire 4820TG. It heats up in Ubuntu while remains cool in Windows 7. Consequently, the battery backup in Ubuntu is very low.
Why is it so? I have ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650 ...
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How to switch between graphics on Dell Inspiron N5110?
I have got a Dell Inspiron N5110 running Ubuntu 12.04. It has two graphic cards, Integrated Intel graphics And Nvidia. I was wondering if there is a way to switch between graphic cards. As the Nvidia ...
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Random boot error when turning off Radeon graphics at startup
On my Xubuntu 11.10 I placed a command in /etc/rc.local to shutdown the discrete useless power-consuming Radeon graphic card (my laptop has two graphics). This command is named /usr/bin/radeon_off, ...
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Fglrx causes serious bug-black screen!
I downloaded newest driver from Ati site and installed it...
Now at start-up I see a black screen and message:
"Your screen,graphics card,and input device settings could not be
detected ...
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Am I using integrated or discrete graphics?
My work station is a Macbook Pro which has...
integrated graphics: Intel HD 3000
discrete graphics: Radeon XXXX...
I have installed drivers for the discrete graphics right after installation.
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Switching Graphics using Catalyst Control Center
I searched a lot on web and found that Linux is not still very good enough in switching graphics (dedicated to in-build). Unlike windows where we can shift to dedicated graphics in run time...
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How to use integrated Intel graphics instead of Nvidia graphics on MacBook Pro?
I am running Ubuntu 12.04 64bit on MacBook Pro 15" 2010 (MacBookPro6,2) and I would like to use the integrated Intel graphics instead of the dedicated Nvidia graphics Ubuntu boots with on this ...
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Hybrid Graphics Functional won't work with my Asus UL30V anymore
The problem is that I am no longer able to boot in compatibility mode for just turning on my Nvidia graphics to install the driver. Because no login screen will appear if Ubuntu is loading.
In ...
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How to fix high power consumption on a hybrid-graphics laptop
I have a hybrid Radeon 6600M/Intel laptop, and I've installed the Ubuntu beta 2, hoping that I'd get a better battery life but I still seem to be getting high power consumption.
With radeon ...
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Getting a new PCI card to work in 11.10 [closed]
I just installed a new PCI video card on a HP/Compaq Presario sr1010z desktop (AMD64). When I play a video, the colors are right, but when I make it full screen, the video is choppier and worse than ...
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Hybrid graphics - MSI FX420
I have a MSI FX420 with Intel HD Graphics 3000 and HD Radeon 6470M. on Windows I can switch the card, but on Ubuntu I think it only runs on Radeon and drain all the battery.
is there a way to possible ...
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Acer Aspire 8951G Nvidia Optimus and HDMI issues
After loooong searches it seems that linux users are pretty much screwed when it comes to Optimus.
Does anyone know of a workaround other than trying to flash the BIOS with the hack that will show an ...
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Graphics system failure
I just upgraded two versions of Ubuntu to Oneiric after a recent set of updates broke Audacious 2.4.something in Maverick for me. When it was all finished my Asus Eee 1215N with the 1366x768 screen ...
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Compatibility of new Acer Aspire M3 with Nvidia GT 640M Kepler GPU with hybrid graphics?
A new Acer Aspire M3 with Nvidia GT 640M Kepler GPU (Nvidia Optimus) has been announced:
http://www.theverge.com/2012/3/13/2868854/acer-aspire-timeline-ultra-m3-announce-kepler-gt-640M
[...] the ...
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Compatibility of Toshiba Satellite L855/L875 with Intel/AMD hybrid graphics?
Has anyone tested the Linux compatibility for the new Toshiba Satellite L855/L875 laptops with Intel/AMD hybrid graphics? Are the proprietary ATI drivers working? Is Bumblebee working for them?
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which process is using nvidia module?
I've got bumblebee 3.0 installed, I started chromium-browser with optirun and although I have closed chromium off, the card is still on. How can I know which process is using nvidia module that ...
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How do I know which graphics card is being used in a hybrid system?
I have an Acer Aspire 5935G. It comes with hybrid grahics solution from Nvidia. It has two graphic cards; Nvidia GeForce 130GT M (discrete) and Intel mobile graphics series 4. I have just installed ...
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11.10 slow graphic performance with ATI switchable graphics when using Virtualbox
I am using 11.10 (on Virtuabox) on a brand new Samsung Series 7 with switchable graphics, which I am assuming that could be part of the issue here.
The graphics card is integrated Intel / and an ATI ...
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When I boot computer has only a black display
I have installed Ubuntu 11.10 64x beside Windows 7.
When I start the computer, I have to choose between the operating systems, but when I choose Ubuntu, the display is black, only the cursor is ...
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How do I turn off the Radeon GPU ono my HP Pavilion DM4?
I have a HP DM4 Beats Edition running Ubuntu 11.10. The HP Pavillion runs on-board Intel graphics as well as Radeon GPU.
From what I have read it appears that the Radeon GPU is draining my battery ...
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How do I get ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5450 + Integrated Intel HD to work?
I have a HP TouchSmart tm2150es with hybrid graphics (ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5450 + Integrated Intel HD). It comes shipped with W7 Home Premium 64 bits. It has an Insyde BIOS.
I have certain ...
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Scripts for hybrid graphics discreete card disable on startup
A lot of time ago I've used a simple script in /etc/rc.local to disable discrete graphics during bootup.
But now it's not allowed to do anything with /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch when you ...
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hybrid-dump for VDPAU accelerated video playing on Ubuntu 11.10 with bumblebee 3.0?
I am trying to run hybrid-dump for VDPAU accelerated video playing on Ubuntu 11.10 with Bumblebee 3.0 installed and running. But following the instructions in the URL below, I can't get mplayer with ...
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AMD Radeon HD 5650M
Ok, so I've got the 5650 as a discrete gpu and integrated 4200. The problem is that I cant switch to 5650.
fglrxinfo shows that 4200 is on, but aticonfig -px-list shows that Discrete GPU is active.
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Max VRAM supported by open source ATI radeon
I have an ATI HD6370 with dedicated 1G running on Ubuntu 11.10. Following is the output from dmesg
sourajit@sourajit:/etc/X11$ sudo dmesg | grep drm
[ 5.149765] [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 ...
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Hybrid graphics Intel/Radeon HD 6630M
I bought a Dell Vostro 3450 with hybrid GPU and I don't know how to configure properly, I think the fan is running at full speed, also I'm really new in this OS, so I would appreciate all the help you ...
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Intel HDgraphics+NVIDIA GT540M+Nouveau working?
What i´ve learnt is, it´s not a good idea to buy new hardware and use Linux because of less support from the producers.
Machine: lenovoZ570, i7 x64,8GB, 700GB, Nvidia Optimus+Intel, 1366x768, ...
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OpenGL and switchable graphic cards
I use a laptop and this laptop has readon AMD Radeon HD 6470M and onboad graphic card.
When I run fglrxinfo, I get this error:
X Error of failed request: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such ...
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How to completely shutdown Ati card
I would like to know how do i prevent my Ati card from turning on when i enter on ubuntu 11.10. My bios only lets-me shutdown intel hd card or leave the both on but i want to know if is possbible to ...
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How to disable intel GPU on boot without using BIOS [closed]
I have a Pavilion dv6-3182ea laptop with an ATI/Intel hybrid graphics, and I would like to know if it is possible to switch the Intel GPU off when Ubuntu 11.10 boots, I have tried to mess around with ...
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vgaswitcheroo not selecting discrete card
I have a Dell 5110 laptop that has hybrid graphics. I have tried using vgaswitcheroo to some limited success, but I have still not been able to select my discrete ATI 6470 card. I use the following ...
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how to switch back to ATI card after using switcheroo?
I have been using switcheroo to turn off my ATI Radeon HD5650 using the switch:
echo OFF > /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch
This has worked perfectly. I've added it to /etc/rc.local.
The ...
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Questions about hybrid graphic card Asus/Sony Serie S
I am looking for a new laptop that I would like to be a bit polyvalent. However, I will use it mainly for research work (programming, mathematica/matlab/python, heavy files analysis) and up to now, I ...
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Is it normal to not have desktop effects after installing on an Asus N53S?
I've just installed 11.10 and so far so great, except I just discovered (after looking at another installation) I'm missing some effects.
First of all, I am using unity 3d (I chose ubuntu at the ...
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Screen flashes gray as I log in, can I stop it?
Since installing 11.10 I've noticed that often when I login the following sequence:
login screen [hit enter]
light gray screen (0.5 - 1 sec)
my background appears
Unity loads
Guake loads
I'm ...
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How can I use the NVIDIA Optimus Graphic Card as Primary Card? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How well do laptops with Nvidia Optimus work?
I'm checking around but I can't find an answer. I have an eeePC 1215N with Nvidia Optimus (Intel+Nvidia) Graphic Card. I'm ...
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How do I disable the Nvidia GPU on a Dell Vostro 3500? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How well do laptops with Nvidia Optimus work?
Ubuntu website stipulates that Dell Vostro 3500 is a certified laptop with a condition that only integrated Intel GPU is ...
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Switchable Graphic Card, Thinkpad E420s, Intel HD 3000 and AMD Radeon HD 6630M, Ubuntu 11.10 [closed]
On Ubuntu 11.10 64Bit (Intel HD 3000 and AMD Radeon HD 6630M) does not work. System does not recognize Graphic driver.
sudo apt-get install mesa-utils DOES NOT HELPED!
Additional Hardware are:
1. ...
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How do I only use the Intel HD 3000 card on an HP dv6?
I have a HP dv6 6195sp, the Pc have a AMD Radeon™ HD 6770M GDDR5 and Intel HD 3000. After installation ubuntu only use the AMD graphic card, how to install and use only the intel graphic card ?
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How to activate my ATI graphics card? [closed]
had proprietary AMD binary drivers (Catalyst), and wanted to test open source drivers, and did this:
sudo /usr/share/ati/fglrx-uninstall.sh # (if it exists)
sudo apt-get remove --purge fglrx*
sudo ...
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System freezes when using vgaswitcheroo [closed]
I'm using hybrid graphics on my notebook. It has an integrated Intel and a discrete Radeon HD 6650M graphic card.
When I want to switch to discrete card, the screen freezes and I can't do anything.
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nvidia 525 disabling using ironhide
I have installed ironhide using ppa [11.10 - 32 bit, Dell xps 15]. After rebooting I tried to disable nvidia gpu using the command "sudo ironhide-disablecard". I got message as "ERROR : no module for ...
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Invisible text in Software Center [closed]
After upgrading to Oneiric I hade some graphical issues, but now that I got them resolved, I encountered another issue. The start page for Software Center shows no text at all, though the single ...
