I have a laptop with a GTX 970M dGPU and an Intel GMA iGPU. I currently have the proprietary nvidia
drivers installed (no nouveau
) as well as bumblebee
and bbswitch
.
Basically, I want the laptop to use the iGPU by default, and be able to switch to the dGPU on the fly (either app-based or manual switch). Also, ideally I want to have the nvidia
proprietary driver managing my dGPU.
It looks like bbswitch
cannot work unless the nvidia
kernel module is unloaded. To be honest, I'm still a Linux beginner, and I'm not 100% sure what the nvidia
kernel module does, and how it relates to the nvidia
driver.
So here are my questions:
Do I want my system to unload the
nvidia
kernel module to usebbswitch
?By unloading the
nvidia
kernel module, is it the same thing as not having thenvidia
proprietary driver installed/running?(And ultimately) how do I get to my desired setup?