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Re: Bumblebee z11 success

 

You are using primus instead of virtualgl right?
On Oct 9, 2014 11:35 AM, "jmalmari" <dev@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > Hi everybody, I'm not sure whether the Nvidia 330M + intel GPU combo on
> Z13
> > is "real Optimus" or not, but like Zheng said, it works with Bumblebee.
> So
> > give it a shot with Z11 too! As long as lspci shows two GPUs, I bet that
> > bumblebee works.
>
> Alright. I'll give it another go.
>
> Bumblebee troubleshooting page gives this to try:
> % lspci -vnn | grep '\''[030[02]\]'
> And also suggests that if I get two cards then I most likely have an
> Optimus
> laptop.
>
> I get:
>
> 1) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Core
> Processor
> Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0046] (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [VGA
> controller])
>
> 2) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation GT216M
> [GeForce GT 330M] [10de:0a2b] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
>
> However, I think Optimus as a brand name was not in use yet for the 330M
> card,
> only >400M. Hopefully it's still compatible with Bumblebee.
>
>
> I have yet to manage to finish apt-get-installing bumblebee without ending
> up
> with a crash in the intel driver (or so it seems to me) so I cannot be sure
> whether or not Bumblebee installed correctly.
>
> First run for optirun crashes the bumblebeed daemon.
>
> I'll carry on my experiments.
>
> Thanks guys, for the hope! :)
>
>
>
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