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[Chad Davis <chad.a.davis@xxxxxxxxx>]

The switchable graphics in the Macbook Pro are not a problem, for what
it's worth. Natty simply ignores the integrated graphics and uses the
dedicated nVidia 330M, which also works correctly with Unity after
Natty suggests the proprietary driver. I have not yet attempted
switching between the cards, because I don't believe the Macbooks even
use the Optimus setup, but rather Apple's own (no-name) technology.

Anyway, wouldn't switching from a a 3D nVidia driver to a basic Intel
driver probably kill Compiz if the switch happened while it was
running? Unless you could hot swap Compiz+Unity for Metacity+Unity2D,
but I can't imagine how that might work.



On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 05:47, Joaquín Ignacio Aramendía
<samsagax@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi there.
> I'm getting frustrated since I can't switch to nVidia card via
> vgaswitcheroo in Natty. All my driver installation tests where
> unsuccessful and I've got nothing useful to report since i will just
> state the obvious: "Optimus is not supported". I really want a
> functional graphics card but I can't even test or throw any useful
> material.
>
> What should I do next? Just give up on this prop-drivers test group or
> stay giving negative results? (or I'm just to newbie to tell :S) This
> thing is a major issue cos almost every new laptop is shipped with some
> sort of hybrid graphics.
>
> Stop the complaining, my "findings": In maverick when I install the
> propietary driver it just don't get to the GUI but boots-up normally
> into the CLI. Here in Natty things gone worse, the CLI does not boot
> either the GUI. The Xorg log ends with the same error message than in
> maverick but the curious thing is when I start Natty in recovery mode,
> with low graphics GUI the nvidia module is active on the kernel. Any
> ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance and i'm still available for testing and returning
> failed installs :P
>
>
> --
> Joaquín Ignacio Aramendía <samsagax@xxxxxxxxx>
>
>
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