Questions tagged [hybrid-graphics]
Questions related to systems with an integrated and discrete video card.
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Ubuntu 13.04 fan noise [closed]
I've installed Ubuntu 13.04 along with Windows 7 x64, and its fan noise is unbearable (no such noise when operating with Windows 7).
Here's the laptop specs http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/d...name=...
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High cpu use from init and yes [Ubuntu 12.04]
Today, I installed a fresh Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on my Sony VAIO VPCSB.
I noticed a high cpu use of init and yes (as you can see below).
top - 16:26:16 up 11 min, 2 users, load average: 2.71, 2.86, 1....
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What version of Ubuntu support switchable graphics?
I have an HP with Inter and ATI and i want to have Ubuntu on my notebook. I have installed the version 12.04 and I didn´t found any driver for my graphic card :( what is the version that i need to ...
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Dell XPS15 L502x Mini Display Port not working Ubuntu 13.04
Before i had Ubuntu 12.10 running on this laptop and the mini display port worked. Now i have Ubuntu 13.04 and the mini display port does not work anymore. If i connect my external monitor using a vga ...
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Update to 3.13 kernel on Ubuntu 13.10 [duplicate]
Since my ATI hybrid graphics card isn't working well under Linux, I wanted to try the new kernel. I don't want to update to 14.04 just yet, because of some missing dependencies and there doesn't seem ...
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No vga/vgaswitcheroo in /sys/kernel/debug (Ubuntu 13.10)
I am aware of some of the other threads on this problem, but I have tried the options found in those without success:
sudo su
cat /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch
gives
cat: /sys/kernel/debug/...
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How to find the best driver for my ATI graphics card?
I'm trying to find the best graphics card for my ATI Radeon HD 7730M card (My machine has hybrid graphics, should I worry about installing a suitable driver for the intel vga too ?) because I'm having ...
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Static and crackling in my HDMI audio?
So, I managed to dual boot Windows 8.1 and Ubuntu 13.04. In Ubuntu 13.04, I installed the drivers for my graphics card(AMD HD Radeon 7700 Series, I'm pretty sure it's a 7790 one and Intel HD Graphics ...
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Ubuntu 13.10 x64, hybrid graphics card, can not resume after suspend [closed]
I'm using Ubuntu 13.10 x64, my hybrid graphics card is Intel HD Graphics 4600 and Nvidia Geforce 740m.
I installed Nvidia driver follow this article. My question is my laptop can not resume from ...
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How to set ubuntu to use specific graphic unit?
I tried lots of thnigs but nothing changed.
I have lenovo y510p with dual nVidia GT750m graphic cards. With two graphic cards ubuntu doesn't boot normally.I tried to install and boot ubuntu with one ...
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Additional drivers for NVIDIA graphics card cannot be installed
My laptop runs on Ubuntu 13.10 and has NVIDIA GT 520MX discrete graphics. But Additional Drivers in Software & Updates shows that 'No additional drivers are available'. Why is it so? How can I ...
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Within Ubuntu, let virtual Windows machine control the discrete graphics card
I have an ASUS N56VM with both onboard intel graphics (HD3000) and a discrete nvidia card (630M). My main OS is Ubuntu 12.04. I have VMWare Player installed and a Windows 7 virtual machine running.
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Dell XPS 15z Graphics Freezes, Black Screen, Overheating
I have had Ubuntu running on my Dell XPS 15z for a while. I took troubleshooting to fix overheating by installing Jupiter and TLP.
Graphics errors like scrolling up by two-finger gesture opens and ...
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How to know if I have muxed hardware
I'm reading this page.
Regarding this statement
vga_switcheroo is the kernel mechanism that allows you to switch
between GPUs if your machine has a hardware mux.
Does this mean manual or live ...
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FGLRX Intel/ATI Hybrid Video, Dual-Display Flickering
I'm sorry if the same question is already asked, I checked several ones but the reported problems are different or solution doesn't work.
So I've successfully installed FGLRX driver on my laptop DELL ...
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intel-virtual-output command for Saucy 13.10 with dual monitor setup and hybrid graphic
I want to configure/use a second display on my Thinkpad W530 with Intel/Nvidia hybrid graphics. Bumblebee from Ubuntu ppa is installed.
After hours on searching the web, i found a solution which uses ...
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Switchable Graphics: Embeded graphics card problems
I have a Dell Inspirion 17R 5721 It has a AMD graphics card and a Intel. I installed the drivers that AMD develops and I ran into the following problems.
Every time it's me that has to change the ...
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Low Graphics and laggy screen after update to 13.10 from 13.04
After updating from 13.04 to 13.10 many of 3D unity stuff has stopped working,
I am suing Samsung Series 3 (NP350V5X) Laptop which has Switchable Intel and AMD Radeon HD 7670M GFX.
xserver-xorg-...
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How can I play Team Fortress 2 (TF2) with bumblebee in Ubuntu 13.10?
Previously in (K)ubuntu 13.04, I could play Team Fortress 2 (TF2) on my nvidia-optimus laptop using bumblebee.
I would do this by setting its launch options in Steam to
LD_PRELOAD="libpthread.so.0 ...
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at 10 percent brightness my screen is at 100%
I have Kubuntu 13.04 installed on an HP envy DV7 with the dual graphics chipsets intel 4000 and Nvidia 630M. And when I try to reduce my screen brightness it doesn´t actually go down until it reaches ...
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AMD/Intel hybrid graphic with AMD HD 8730M [duplicate]
it seems ubuntu doesn't support hybrid technology for graphics card.
Is there any solution to install AMD/Intel and active AMD graphics card?
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How to disable the discrete gpu? I get 'Kernel failure' with the normal method
I have notebook hp dm3-2015er with two graphic cards.
$ lspci | grep VGA
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RS880M [Mobility Radeon HD 4225/4250]
02:00.0 VGA ...
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Muxless hybrid graphic card and power-saving [duplicate]
I have a laptop with hybrid Intel/AMD graphics. As far as I know, the configuration is muxless. This causes not-detection of discrete graphic card. And now my problem: I don/t know how to turn the ...
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Ubuntu heat problems with Medion Akoya Notebook
My Notebook heats up tremendously after I start Ubuntu - I also noticed that it runs slower than my Windows 7 (not to mention the fact, that Windows 7 does not come even close to the heat production ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 amd/intel hybrid graphics dual screen problems [duplicate]
After switching to Ubuntu 13.04 64bit, AMD proprietary drivers stopped working on my laptop with AMD/Intel hybrid graphics.
I tried installing older version of Intel graphics as described in this ...
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Open Source driver hybrid card AMD Radeon HD 7730
I have been working on my gpu switching system for a while. I have recently decided to stick with the open source driver. Those drivers were taken from the repo of Xorg edgers. OK, i have followed all ...
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12.04 Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0)
I have ASUS UL50Vt with nvidia optimus hybrid graphics (GeForce 210M).
I recently installed ubuntu 12.04, and in Details app it was showing me, that I am on Intel video driver.
So, I installed ...
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discrete GPU not working after update
I updated Ubuntu few days ago and my discrete GPU stopped working. When I start laptop I get some errors starting with
unable to handle kernel paging request at ...some gibberish(probably some kind ...
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Will Modprobe automatically switch loadable kernel modules?
I have hybrid graphics consists of nVIDIA GeForce graphics and Intel HD graphics. If I remove nVIDIA GeForce, can modprobe switch VGA lkm from nouveau to intel automatically on startup?
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Application windows randomly blinking (see video)
Applications redraw frantically (blink white) for a couple minutes and then it stops.
I made a video showing the issue. It is very weird behaviour.
What is even strange (or a clue?) is that:
if I ...
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HDMI audio not working on hybrid graphics
I have an HP Pavilion dv6 laptop with Intel Sandybridge HD3000 / Ati Radeon 6490M switchable graphics. I am not very experienced in Ubuntu or Linux in general but I have installed 13.04 64bit, because ...
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How do I use 2 video boards on Dell XPS 15? [duplicate]
Can I make Ubuntu 12.10 or 13.04 use both NVIDIA and Intel graphics processor? And how do I do that?
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Raring on Laptop with two GPUs: black screen
I bootet my Macbook 8-2 with Kubuntu Rarings
Normal Live CD mode: Only discrete AMD GPU found, everthings fine.
EFI Installer (EFI mode needed to use other GPU): Screen goes black (even on ttys).
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Ubuntu 13.04 AMD/Intel Hybrid Switchable Graphics NOT WORKING! [duplicate]
I'm using Ubuntu 13.04 on the HP Pavilion dv7-6175us with AMD Radeon HD 6490M/Intel HD Graphics 3000 Switchable graphics. How can I make switchable graphics work on Ubuntu?
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Ubuntu and the HP Envy 15t-3200
Could someone post a tutorial on making Ubuntu 13.04 work with the HP Envy 15t-3200?
I own this laptop, and have had to use Windows so far. :(
There are several problems (touchpad, sound, etc), but ...
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Ubuntu won't shutdown using integrated GPU (Vaio VPCSB)
I have a Sony Vaio VPCSB1D7E (W7 + Ubuntu 12.04). It has hybrid graphics (AMD+Intel). I installed both the AMD Catalyst drivers and the Intel ones. So far, using both graphic cards works fine, but I ...
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I can't install Ubuntu 13.04 on a new computer [duplicate]
I'am trying to install 13.04 via usb; however, when I boot to grub and press install Ubuntu, my screen will flash repeatedly between white and purple and will no proceed any further. So I pressed "e" ...
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How to check if my graphic card is muxless?
How can I check whether my Graphic Card is "muxed" or "muxless"?
My graphic card is an AMD HD 8730M, and on my Dell Inspiron 15r 5521 I've also got an Intel HD 4000.
But when I use the lspci command ...
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Installing fglrx 13.3 with powerxpress on Ubuntu 13.04
When trying to install fgrlx 13.3 from the AMD website, the installation goes smoothly, but when I to aticonfig --initial -f, I get the following error:
Uninitialised file found, configuring.
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Hybrid graphic card management in Ubuntu 12.10 [duplicate]
I need to know how to manage a hybrid dual graphic card on my laptop. Here's the config:
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: Robson CE [AMD ...
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Window manager won't boot using Nvidia GPU on EEEPC1015PN with Ubuntu 12.10
I'm using Ubuntu 12.10 on an Asus EEEPC 1015PN. This netbook has an Nvidia Ion GPU, which I had to install Mtrons scripts in order to use (located here: https://sites.google.com/site/mtrons/howtos/...
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How to enable switching Hybrid Intel/ATi with mux on Ubuntu 12.04?
I have notebook with hybrid intel/ati HD5650 graphic (with mux). I want to install previous kernel 2.6.35 like on ubuntu 10.10 because on that kernel a can switch my graphic without any problem with ...
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How to use Integrated GPU for Hybrid Laptop Intel/ATI?
So here's the problem, I have Lenovo Laptop Y460 equipped with Hybrid GPU that is an Intel Integrated GPU and an ATI Radeon HD 5650 as Discrete GPU. Basically I can switch the GPU either by switching ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 AMD/Intel Hybrid Graphics not working [duplicate]
With 12.10 I was able to use the solution provided in How do I get AMD/Intel Hybrid Graphics drivers to work?
How to make it work in 13.04 Raring Ringtail?
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Unable to boot Ubuntu/Mint
I'm posting this as a last resource
I'm really frustrated with the a new laptop I bought few months ago because I am just unable to install Linux on it. It's an HP pavilion G4 1364. Short specs: Core ...
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Ubuntu on hybrid GPU laptops
I am running Ubuntu on VAIO VPCSE (23FX) that contains hybrid graphics processing capabilities. It is equipped with:
VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor ...
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Triple monitors on hybrid video system GeForce+Intel
I use Lenovo Ideapad Z580A with hybrid video: GeForce+Intel with Ubuntu 12.10 x64 Ukrainian. It has internal display and two outputs: HDMI and VGA. When I connect third display to VGA all displays go ...
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Hybrid Intel/AMD Radeon problem [duplicate]
I have a Dell Inspiron 7520 which is Ubuntu certificated.
I installed Ubuntu 12.10 64 bit. Now i have problem with the fan control (noise) because of the hybrid System.
I tried some tutorials but ...
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Just ran some updates, broke system and stuck in Unity 2d
I just installed 25 updates. In them were the raring graphics stack and kernel 3.5.25. I rebooted back and noticed I was now in Unity 2d. This behaves much slower than 3d did and when I tried to log ...
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Hybrid graphics driver not working (12.04)
After two days of intensive research and two Ubuntu 12.04 and 12.10 installations later I've reached a dead end.
I currently own a HP dv6-3315ep laptop, which comes with a 6550M graphics card, and ...