nVidia Optimus is a hybrid graphics technology which does not work for Linux
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How to enable my Nvidia VGA card permanently
I don't want to use bumblebee to run certain apps using the nvidia card, i want to make it able to switch, or else I don't want to switch between the two cards, I want to enable the Nvidia Card ...
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nvidia-frickle with hybrid chipset is now over finally?
no question - linux-headers have to be installed first suiting to your installed kernel.
in case of hybrid-chipsets like CUDA with Optimus this package does NOT work:
NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-310.51.run
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optimus and external monitor
I own a Lenovo T430 Notebook. I successfully installed Ubuntu 13.04 and Bumblebee for supporting NVIDIA Optimus. Both the nvidia-304-updates and the nouveau driver work perfectly. However, I cannot ...
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Able to adjust screen brightness on Live CD, broken after install
I am trying to use Xubuntu 13.04 on a Macbook Pro 6-2 (mid 2010). That's a Nvidia GeForce GT 300m.
I'm positive this is a video drive issue. So what I've done so far:
Tried installing the latest ...
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Is bbswitch required for bumblebee to work properly?
I have an NVIDIA Optimus video card. I disabled it using bbswitch, and I'm using bumblebee to run programs using the discrete graphic card.
I want to know what's going to happen if I remove bbswitch ...
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How to get Nvidia Graphic card to work on Thinkpad T430?
I installed Ubuntu Linux on my Thinkpad T430 and everything works until last week.
Because then I bought a new monitor with a higher screen resolution than full hd.
So I cannot run the monitor with a ...
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Install nvidia 319.17 driver
Ok i have ubuntu 13.04 i have kernel 3.9 and randr and xorg verrsion need to install new driver.
I install new driver from
http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux-display-amd64-319.17-driver.html
it no ...
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Adapting bumblebee to updated Nvidia Driver?
I was able to update bumblebee to be compatible with the nvidia updates coming from repositories but since I am developing CUDA and the current drivers are not capable of debugging cuda code (at least ...
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Installing CUDA toolkit
I am trying to set up my computer for CUDA development as per this instruction. Before installation it recommends uninstalling nvidia drivers and suggest running apt-get remove --purge "nvidia*". But ...
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Bumblebee installation on Ubuntu 12.04
I installed Ubuntu 12.04 and bumblebee on my Lenovo w530 which comes with NVIDIA Optimus card by following this wiki: Ubuntu wiki
I am trying to use the DVI ports (2 ports) on my docking station to ...
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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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Bumblebee: Cannot access secondary GPU - error: [XORG] (EE) No devices detected
After upgrading to 13.04, I get this error and other answers (Optirun glxgears: Cannot access secondary GPU - error: [XORG] (EE) No devices detected, 'Cannot access secondary GPU' error with ...
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Stuck with Unity 2d after installing 12.04LTS, no idea how to get to Unity 3d
I have freshly installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64 bit on a dual-boot with Windows 7 64 bit, and the first thing I did was to install myunity by sudo:
sudo apt-get install myunity
I also ran several ...
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Nvidia 319.17 - 640 x 480 screen and no unity post reboot
Just asking, I am running 13.04 64bit on a Lenovo T430 with Nvidia Optimus capable card.
I tried the following instructions to enable the driver
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa
sudo ...
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Using Nvidia 319.12 with bumblebee
I have Optimus laptop running Raring and now I'm using nvidia 304 drivers, which have bad performance and some games are not working properly (e.g. Oil Rush is working properly only with 319, with ...
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Lower FPS with optirun and primusrun than without
I have Ubuntu 13.04 an nvidia 540M graphic card with optimus technology. I have installed bumblebee and primus.
In glxspheres I get the flowing frames/sec:
glxspheres ~ 60 FPS
primusrun ...
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Confused about Bumblebeed startup
I have bumblebee installed in my optimus enabled laptop. Recently I Installed bum (boot up manager) to tweak the startup applications. I found inside that "Bumblebeed" is not checked as a startup ...
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HDMI support and Nvidia Optimus systems
I see a few questions and talks of a new NVIDIA driver that allegedly supports Optimus technology, by Nvidia. I use a Dell Vostro 3500 Core i5 4GB RAM, with an Intel Video Card and a Geforce 310M GS. ...
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Nvidia provides Optimus support for Linux? [duplicate]
I found this article, which says Nvidia has released a beta driver 319.12 which has the first official support for Optimus technology. It also has a lot of technical stuff that I coudn't comprehend.
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How to install Nvidia 319.12 driver on an optimus system
I have a Samsung NP550 system with Nvidia Geforce GT650M. I have installed bumblebee 3.2.1 and "nvidia-304, 304.88, 3.8.0-19-generic" drivers are loaded for me. However i would like to update to ...
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13.04 Unity troubles related to Nvidia Optimus
I know this bug in variations has been discussed in other questions, but none of the solutions work...
I'm running Ubuntu on a lenovo ThinkPad T420s. It has a Nvidia Optimus discrete graphics card.
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Bumblebee issue with 13.04
Bumblebee cannot access my GPU
optirun -vv glxspheres
[ 1731.443943] [DEBUG]Reading file: /etc/bumblebee/bumblebee.conf
[ 1731.445149] [DEBUG]optirun version 3.1 starting...
[ 1731.445191] ...
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Why does vblank_mode improve framerate drastically in benchmarks?
I am messing around trying to find the best graphics solution for my Laptop with Optimus Nvidia. (ASUS K55VD)
I've got bumblebeed running and i use optirun when i want to improve graphics ...
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12.04 - Laptop screen white after connecting monitor
I tried to use a lenovo LCD monitor while running ubuntu 12.04.
This initially went well, until i booted the laptop. Now, the laptop screen is completely white, while the external monitor works fine.
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Can't detect second monitor (NVIDIA Optimus)
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 on a DELL XPS with NVIDIA Optimus. I know that questions related to this have been asked several times, and I followed many tutorials and instructions but couldn't make this ...
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Falling back to unity-2D after an update
I have a laptop with nvidia optimus technology and I had installed bumblebee (running ubuntu 12.04 64bit).
After an update ubuntu-2d is loaded (I verified that with echo $DESKTOP_SESSION printing ...
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Logitech K810 bluetooth keyboard fails to work after waking up from hibernate
I recently bought a Logitech K810 keyboard for my laptop (Ubuntu 12.10 AMD64) and set it up using the instructions found on a bug post for the device.
In a new terminal type:
hcitool scan
...
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Nvidia optimus hdmi out tutorial not working correctly
After recently installing ubuntu 12.04 Desktop Edition lts on my nvida optimus equipped laptop (ASUS N53J) I tried to get hdmi out to work by using the method described in this guide here. I am able ...
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Ubuntu 12.04.2 nvidia optimus issue [duplicate]
I have installed Ubuntu 12.04.2 on my system (Dell XPS L702x). My system has nvidia optimus and I am not able to install optimus in order to avoid loud fan and other things like very short battery ...
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Bumblebee, Ubuntu 13.04 could not load GPU driver [closed]
I have a Asus Zenbook UX32VD laptop, using nVidia Optimus technology and having two graphics cards: one from Intel and one from nVidia.
I've been running Ubuntu 13.04 happily for a month now using ...
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Black screen on boot nvidia optimus card
Whenever I boot my screen comes up with a black screen with the same text as if I hit Control Alt F1.
My graphics card is an Nvidia Optimus card using Bumblebee. It also sometimes comes up with "This ...
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World of Warcraft under primus/crossover getting Direct3D9 is not available without opengl
I'm running Ubuntu 12.10 64bit and having issues using primus (due to nvidia optimus) to run World of Warcraft in Crossover..
I'm getting the following:
steorra@perpetual:~$ primusrun ...
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Cannot install bumblebee to the Ubuntu 12.10?
If I try to install bumblebee with following command:
sudo apt-get install bumblebee bumblebee-nvidia
I face with following output end with double error
Need to get 0 B/60.7 kB of archives.
After ...
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How to correctly install bumblebee 3.1 with nvidia-experimental-310
Bumblebee doesn't work for me with the experimental NVidia driver. If I use NVidia current, everything is ok.
uname -a
Linux adrian-K55VM 3.8.2-030802-generic #201303031906 SMP Mon Mar 4 00:07:09 UTC ...
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Which BIOS can ignore integrated graphics card and just using discrete graphics card?
I use a laptop of GT630M, ubuntu 12.04 64 bits.
Here is my BIOS information:
sam@sam:~$ sudo dmidecode -t bios
# dmidecode 2.11
# SMBIOS entry point at 0x000f04c0
SMBIOS 2.7 present.
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Bumblebee not working anymore after installing the new nvdia drivers
I had managed to make bumblebee work yesterday and today i launch update manager and i see some new nvidia drivers. I dont know why but i installed them...
I shouldnt have done that lol
Now im back ...
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Start Plasma-Desktop with parameters
Is it possible to start plasma-desktop after login with parameters?
E.g. if I want to try my Optimus:
DRI_PRIME=1 plasma-desktop
And if so, how can I show if the nVidia card is used?
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Screen / Graphics lag on ubuntu 12.10 on alienware M14x r2
I'm new to ubuntu so please forgive my ignorance.
I recently bought an alienware M14x R2 with a '1GB GDDR5 NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 650M' vide card. I followed this tutorial to installed Ubuntu 12.10 ...
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Error: The Bumblebee daemon has not been started
I saw that there are some posts about that, but any of them I can find the solution to fix mine. I have a Sony Vaio vpcz11c5e with Ubuntu 11.10.
Graphics:
Nvidia GeForce GT 330M
Intel graphics
I ...
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Nvidia X driver fails to install
My laptop is the Acer Timeline Ultra M5-481TG. It has an Nvidia Geforce GT 640M LE gpu. I am running Ubuntu Studio 12.10.
I have tried to install this driver many ways because Nouveau eats my battery ...
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Error loading libGL.so.1
When attempting to run various pieces of software (notably Steam and Yenka), I have come across an error similar to this: enter code here error while loading shared libraries: libGL.so.1: cannot open ...
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Black screen after reboot with Bumblebee
I'm a tad new to Ubuntu (had it since December last year and liking it a lot) and I have been trying to get it to detect my Nvidia graphics card. It's paired with an integrated Intel card so naturally ...
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play Steam games with nvidia-optimus laptop?
What is the best way to start a Steam game in an NVIDIA Optimus laptop with Ubuntu 12.04 Installed and the latest version of bumblebee installed?
If I call Steam with optirun steam and then choose ...
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Running OpenCL apps with bumblebee
I have installed CUDA Toolkit 5.0 and nvidia-experimental-310 drivers. CUDA examples works fine with optirun but every OpenCL app fails to run with error calling clGetPlatformIDs function. I've tried ...
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Can I use an Optimus Card without switching?
I know about Bumblebee and stuff. But my notebook is like a desktop now, it is always powered by energy, without battery at all.
My goal is to use the NVIDIA card all the time, without the switching ...
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Nvidia Optimus GPU with Bumblebee Overclocking [duplicate]
I have a laptop with Nvidia GT 640m LE GPU, with optimus. I already made it work with Bumblebee using optirun command, but I wanted to Overclock it since the nvidia's kepler chipset has a very good ...
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how to recognize and use NVIDIA GT 520M graphics card in PES 2013 (executed with wine)
Good afternoon. Took several days trying to run PES 2013 via Wine, but I'm going crazy. At first I went crazy looking for solutions to install the drivers for my NVIDIA GT 520M (512 Mb). Eventually ...
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After update Ubuntu 12.04, 3D has disabled
I updated Ubuntu 12.04 yesterday (09/01/2013).
After the update (updated the kernel, and several other things that I noticed), it's requested a system reboot.
Rebooted: Unity 3D is loaded (only the ...
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Run Unity on external monitor with Bumblebee
I realise there are lots of other questions about this, but they are all about the basic setup. I have gotten most of the way there but I have a very specific question: I want to run full Unity on the ...
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optirun glxgears stuck
I intsall Bumblebee on ubuntu 12.10 by this articale and try to run some programs but it just stuck on terminal screen and i have to use ^Z to stop it. No glxgears and no glxspheres work. Here is some ...
