My HP-15 r014tx has nvidia geforce 820m installed with intel integrated. but I notice that its not being used . how do I install the driver ? I searched for the answer but the answer said go to system>administration>additional driver (does system means system settings ) I do not find any option as administration in system settings . and also in software and updates in additioal drivers it says no drivers currently available and the list is blank.
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Use the Bumblebee driver to use Optimus: bumblebee-project.org– s3lphOct 10, 2014 at 22:44
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how do I use the bumblebee driver ? I did the commands mention below– Schezan MansuriOct 11, 2014 at 20:10
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I experienced the same with a GTX 870m. Here I tell you what to do :)
first install the driver for intel: https://01.org/linuxgraphics/ then install the nvidia driver, that aren't still avaible from 'aditional drivers'. How?
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
Then reboot and go with Bumblebee to change the card to your liking.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bumblebee/stable && sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install bumblebee bumblebee-nvidia primus nvidia-331
This worked for me. Regards, Vìctor. Sorry 4 my english!!
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Thank you @upiferico . I will try this and check if that works. and your English is alright :D Oct 10, 2014 at 22:54
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I did all the commands and now how do I check what is my console using right now ? each command went perfectly fine but intel graphic software tries to instal something which takes forever . maybe because intel is already uptodate ? Oct 11, 2014 at 12:40
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well, you can install this indicator to make it easier to choose the graphic card :) github.com/Bumblebee-Project/bumblebee-ui down and then install it (making first 'install file' executable). The intel driver is secondary as ubuntu kernel is mostly already prepared to run it ok ;) Oct 12, 2014 at 0:26