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[Joaquín Ignacio Aramendía <samsagax@xxxxxxxxx>]

The problem in my case is that Ubuntu does not ignore the intel
integrated graphics and allways loads it. Maybe blacklisting the driver
module i could get the nvidia as a primary instead. I'm not interested
on making the switch work real-time but to use the nVidia card only.

The last times the system didn't even boot to CLI. Don't know why but
i'll try to file a bug of a bug inside a bug (cuak).

Thanks for the answer though.

El dom, 20-03-2011 a las 00:05 +0100, Chad Davis escribió:
> 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
> >
> >
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> >
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