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[Joaquín Ignacio Aramendía <samsagax@xxxxxxxxx>]

You are not alone ;) 

Here are some partial solutions that can help you. Browse the threads,
specially the asus-switcheroo, ugly approach and the Optimus solution

You are very wellcome

El sáb, 07-05-2011 a las 21:29 +0200, Tais Plougmann Hansen escribió:
> Hi,
> 
> 
> No luck getting the Nvidia device working on my Thinkpad W520 with
> Ubuntu Natty.
> 
> 
> $ lspci -vnnn | perl -lne 'print if /^\d+\:.+(\[\S+\:\S+\])/' | grep
> VGA
> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 2nd
> Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller
> [8086:0126] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation Device
> [10de:0dda] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
> 
> 
> Forcing Discreet mode in BIOS lets me use nvidia in X but its very
> unstable and locks up a lot. Using compositing is out of the question
> as it instantly hangs the laptop.
> 
> 
> In Optimus mode the nvidia kernel module also loads but I can't get a
> screen working in X. Tried every possible "ConnectedMonitor" option
> without luck.
> 
> 
> Should have checked for Linux support more thoroughly before getting
> this laptop.
> 
> -- 
> Regards,
> Tais Plougmann Hansen
> 
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> 
> 
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