[GEM-dev] NVidia optimus on Linux and Gem

[John Harrison]

I'm a little confused about the problem. I can live without Optimus 
technology but if future Nvidia cards that support Optimus don't offer a 
decent driver with 3D accel that's a different problem. What exactly is 
the situation? Are the ATI Linux proprietary drivers still not a 
reasonable alternative?

On 08/18/2011 09:10 AM, Benjamin ~ 01xy wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I bought a Asus N53SN recently, no way to activate/desactivate 
> graphics cards in the BIOS till now (BIOS 206), whereas it seems to be 
> possible on thinkpad laptops
> first install of bumblebee from ppa didn't worked for me, I didn't 
> took the time yet to make it work, hope it will
> I had to install a recent kernel (2.6.35) on ubuntu 10.04 to have at 
> least full resolution on the intel graphic card
>
> ++
> Benjamin
>
>
>
> jack at rybn.org a écrit :
>> I just bought a Asus N55SF with NVidia GT 555 with Optimus.
>> I hope i could activate the NVidia card and desactivate the Intel card
>> with BIOS. I pray.
>> I keep you informed.
>> ++
>>
>> Jack
>>
>>
>>
>>> hello,
>>>
>>> having to buy a good linux computer with good GPU nowday is not so 
>>> easy,
>>> manly because of optimus.
>>> but it look like are going good.
>>> http://www.martin-juhl.dk/2011/05/optimus-on-linux-problem-solved/
>>>
>>> good luck
>>> Cyrille
>>>
>>>
>>> Le 15/08/2011 15:29, jack at rybn.org a écrit :
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I would like to know if people on this list use a NVidia graphic card
>>>> with
>>>> Optimus on Linux and Gem and tell us if they encounter problems ? I
>>>> would
>>>> like to buy a new laptop but i read in different forum that NVidia
>>>> doesn't
>>>> plan to develop a driver on Linux using this technology. I also read
>>>> that
>>>> this technology with i5 Sandy Bridge and NVidia GT 540 might suffer of
>>>> throttling (that could be a big issue in a peformance using Pd and 
>>>> Gem).
>>>> I
>>>> am looking for a good laptop to use Gem with a weight<  2.2 kg.
>>>> Thanx.
>>>> ++
>>>>
>>>> Jack
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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