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[Lekensteyn <lekensteyn@xxxxxxxxx>]

Gary,

I've digged in your tables, have a look at
https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/Bumblebee/issues/149#issuecomment-3273992

Regards,
Lekensteyn

On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 9:58 AM, Gary Gatling <gsgatlin@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> My suggestion is do not buy a lenovo ideapad yet.
>
> https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/Bumblebee/issues/53
>
> https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/Bumblebee/issues/149
>
> https://github.com/MrMEEE/ironhide/issues/100
>
> Does not work at all with nvidia chip. I have a ideapad y470 but
> reportedly it does not work even with nouveau drivers with Bumblebee.
> Since nouveau doesn't even work on a Y470, Lenovo must be doing some really
> weird stuff internally. Avoid like the plague.
>
> I have not seen anyone have success yet with an ideapad and post about it
> on the web somewhere. I would be SOOO happy to be proven wrong about this
> however. :)
>
>
> http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Linux-Discussion/Optimus-in-Linux-Ideapad-Y570/td-p/490107
>
>
> http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Linux-Discussion/Y570-There-are-no-drivers-for-GF-555-M-graphic-card/td-p/615631
>
>
> http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Linux-Discussion/Nvidia-driver-for-Y570/td-p/467713
>
> https://github.com/MrMEEE/bumblebee/issues/366
>
> Hope that helps. Cheers,
>
> On Sun, Dec 25, 2011 at 7:28 PM, Simon Sheehan <sheehan.simon19@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> Hello everyone, I was looking at purchasing a Lenovo Ideapad Y570. It
>> appears to have Optimus, with the NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M 1GB.
>>
>> My friend has the same card, but on a Dell XPS 17. I wanted to confirm
>> this would work on this Lenovo Model, before purchasing it and attempting
>> to run GNU/Linux with the Optimus technology. Has anyone been able to
>> confirm such findings?
>>
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