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[Joaquín Ignacio Aramendía <samsagax@xxxxxxxxx>]

Try adding ModeLines to /etc/bumblebee/xorg.conf.nvidia as it comes with
the minimum configuration to be usable.


El lun, 11-06-2012 a las 10:46 +0200, prhone@xxxxxxxxx escribió:
> Hello,
>  
> Although this laptop doesn't have "optimus", it does have both an
> nvidia chip, as well as an integrated intel graphics controller in the
> cpu. Bumblebee 3 works perfectly on this computer, including powering
> on/off the nvidia chip. I have a question, however, and it is of a
> more general nature (not a bug report). The configuration of the
> laptop is such that it has an HDMI output which is hardwired to the
> nvidia chip. Using optimus, i.e. running
>  
> DISPLAY=:8 optirun nvidia-settings 
>  
> i can get nvidia-settings (or any program) to display over hdmi, but
> the resolution is limited to 640x480. I can't change this with the
> nvidia-settings tool. Is there a way to set the resolution manually to
> the native resolution of the monitor connected to the hdmi port
> (1920x1200 in this case), perhaps by
> modifying /etc/bumblebee/xorg.conf.nvidia? I tried setting option
> useEdid to true, but that didn't help. 
>  
> Kind regards and thanks for the awesome work,
>  
> Peter
> 
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