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14 questions linked to/from Getting hybrid graphics to work nvidia-prime GT650M
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Nvidia Prime doesn't appear in Nvidia Settings on Ubuntu 18.04? [duplicate]
I saw a question over here, says that Nvidia Graphics jumps to 90º and fan goes at maximum speed.
So, I want to use the Intel graphics integrated, but in Nvidia Settings (I use Ubuntu 18.04, Nvidia ...
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NVIDIA graphics driver on Macbook Pro 10,1 [duplicate]
I just installed 14.04 over my old 12.04 partition on my Macbook Pro 10,1 (which is dual-booting with OS X) by following the instructions here. The only difference is that I'm using rEFInd instead of ...
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Graphic drivers for Asus N76VZ (NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M) [duplicate]
I just installed the latest Ubuntu 13.10 and I'm trying to figure out what drivers I should install and how to do it. I have an integrated Intel GPU and a Nvidia GeForce GT 650M that should work ...
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Nvidia driver for Dell Inspiron 14r 5420 [duplicate]
I install the Ubuntu 15.04 on my notebook Dell Inspiron 14r 5420, which have 2 GPU using the Intel® Ivybridge Mobile technology.
How I install the driver for the Nvidia GPU? The GPU on this notebook ...
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Is a NVIDIA GeForce with Optimus Technology supported by Ubuntu?
I am considering buying a Dell XPS 15 laptop. The laptop has a Nvidia 420m card which should work with Linux but I keep reading that the Nvidia Optimus technology isn't supported on Linux. I am not ...
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How to set up nVidia Optimus/Bumblebee in 14.04
The previous methods i have used to set up Bumblebee on 13.10 based distributions is not working under Ubuntu 14.04 . How can I set up Bumblebee and Bumblebee GUI in Ubuntu 14.04 ?
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choose which GPU to use for each application
I am Ubuntu 14.04 and have NVIDIA graphics card 820m running with driver v331.
On windows we can select which GPU to use to run a application. How can we do it on Ubuntu?
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my question was ...
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enabling discrete gpu and choosing which gpu to use
Hi all since this is my first post here.
But not my first time here. I have used askubuntu a lot, the last few weeks and i have found answers to many questions i had.
Unfortunately since im a linux ...
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Why do I have two drivers for my display?
I have bought a new laptop recently it is the Asus K555LD and I have ubuntu 14.04 installed and up to date.
One of the problem I faced is finding the driver for my nVidia GeForce 820M. After some time ...
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Deciphering Nvidia-375 /var/log/syslog errors
I'm hoping if I can figure out these nVidia error messages I can get it working properly:
Aug 6 09:25:25 dell com.ubuntu.ScreenResolution.Mechanism[1312]: update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/nvidia-...
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What configuration files in Ubuntu control the graphics drivers in a dual GPU system?
I'm trying to get an NVIDIA 970M GPU working after something went wrong with the drivers. I've tried purging and manually wiping the system of everything nvidia/cuda related and reinstalled both from ...
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installing graphics drivers nVidia 310M on Lenovo V460
Installation of driver for nVidia 310M on Lenovo V460 just failed, I have tried this.
I am kind of not very experienced linux user, so I don't actually understand what just happened. This was first ...
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Kubuntu 15.04 vivid - Nvidia GTX 660M (Optimus again)
I'm really sorry that I pull this topic again but "I still haven't found what I'm looking for...".
I've tried tons of solutions with several behaviors, and I can't get it work properly.
First of all ...
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How Do I Get optirun to Work on 16.04?
I am running Xubuntu 16.04 on my Acer Aspire E5-573G laptop, which apparently uses Optimus and doesn't have a BIOS option to switch between integrated and discreet graphics. I followed this answer to ...
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