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[Zheng Wang <wangzhenglib@xxxxxxxxx>]

I have a z13 and doing according to this:
http://www.adhocism.net/2012/06/installing-ubuntu-12-04-on-sony-vaio-vpc-z13m9eb/

All looks fine. Which distro you use and which version? I know the newer
distro doesn't work well with optirun it works with the other one.(Don't
remember the name)

On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 3:34 PM, jmalmari <dev@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Craig, and all
>
> I just had to dig this old thread up to see whats up.
>
> What you were essentially saying is that it's possible to use the NVIDIA
> card
> via bumblebee with Vaio Z11 which, to my understanding, does *not* have
> Optimus but a "dynamic hybrid graphics system"?
>
> I'm trying to bring my four-year-old VPCZ11Z9E back to life with Linux.
> Nvidia
> drivers work but won't recognize my display (i.e. accelerates but HDMI or
> screen configuration doesn't work); bumblebee just says I don't have an
> NVIDIA
> discrete graphics card and crashes all over me. I, too, think I don't have
> NVIDIA discrete graphics card (in optimus sense) but the fact that you had
> it
> working got me suspicious.
>
> Can you give your Z11's exact model?
>
> Anyone else tried this?
>
> Thanks!
>
> > Craig S. Blackie Fri, 06 Apr 2012 06:28:14 -0700
> > Hey guys,
> >
> > I think I must be pushing my luck, I decided to install bumblebee today:
> > https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/Bumblebee/ Rebooted with the
> switch in
> > 'auto' position.
> > Upon booting, I checked power usuage:
> >
> > "The battery reports a discharge rate of 11.6 W"
> >
> > Ran glxspheres:
> >
> > csb@csb-laptop:~$ glxspheres
> > Polygons in scene: 62464
> > Visual ID of window: 0x92
> > Context is Direct
> > OpenGL Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel(R) Ironlake Mobile
> > 20.078867 frames/sec - 22.408016 Mpixels/sec
> > 26.432012 frames/sec - 29.498126 Mpixels/sec
> > 29.906124 frames/sec - 33.375235 Mpixels/sec
> > 28.067554 frames/sec - 31.323390 Mpixels/sec
> >
> >
> > Now for the real test:
> > csb@csb-laptop:~$ optirun glxspheres
> > Polygons in scene: 62464
> > Visual ID of window: 0x21
> > Context is Direct
> > OpenGL Renderer: GeForce GT 330M/PCIe/SSE2
> > 74.902735 frames/sec - 83.591453 Mpixels/sec
> > 127.273131 frames/sec - 97.262626 Mpixels/sec
> > 169.620041 frames/sec - 115.070236 Mpixels/sec
> > 174.924951 frames/sec - 118.669087 Mpixels/sec
> > 166.887317 frames/sec - 113.216356 Mpixels/sec
> > 171.806394 frames/sec - 116.553458 Mpixels/sec
> > 167.313173 frames/sec - 113.505256 Mpixels/sec
>
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