Nobody knows? It seems like this thread is drying out before the problem is
solved.
Hans Petter
http://hpbirkeland.com
2014-11-06 15:05 GMT+01:00 Hans Petter Birkeland <[email protected]>:
>
>
>
> So I wonder: Have I missed something here? Or isn't it possible to use
> nvidia-modprobe with Bumblebee?
>
> Hans Petter
>
> http://hpbirkeland.com
>
> 2014-10-30 16:07 GMT+01:00 Hans Petter Birkeland <[email protected]>:
>
>> Pascal,
>> thank you for your input. There are no options in my BIOS for disabling
>> graphics, so I can't do that. As for HDMI, I don't use an external monitor
>> for editing. I don't yet know if my use of HDMI will be affected, it's a
>> minor concern anyway. Right now I only hope that someone with specific
>> knowledge of the phrase '[opencl_init] could not get platforms: -1001' will
>> comment. Meanwhile I continue my research.
>>
>> Hans Petter
>>
>> http://hpbirkeland.com
>>
>> 2014-10-30 15:45 GMT+01:00 Pascal Obry <[email protected]>:
>>
>>> Le jeudi 30 octobre 2014 à 15:07 +0100, Hans Petter Birkeland a écrit :
>>> > Michael,
>>> > I don't understand what you mean. One can not use Bumblebee without a
>>> > driver. When installing Bumblebee and Bumblebee-nvidia, the Nvidia 304
>>> > driver is installed by default. This driver has no support for my GTX
>>> > 850M card, so I have to use 337 or newer.
>>>
>>> I come late into the discussion and I did not read the whole thread...
>>> sorry if this has already been said.
>>>
>>> I've tried Bumblebee some time ago and was able to make it working with
>>> my Debian box. But the HDMI was not working properly, so no external
>>> screen for my photo editing. I'm using a big external screen when
>>> editing my pictures, so it was not an option.
>>>
>>> I decided to disable the Intel card directly from the BIOS and using
>>> only the NVDIA proprietary driver. With such configuration you do not
>>> need Bumblebee at all. If your BIOS make this possible you should
>>> consider using this option.
>>>
>>> This dual card thing is to save power... Well maybe, without using this
>>> power saving mode my notebook still run for 3h on the battery.
>>> I've recently tried to use nvidia-prime (equivalent to Bumblebee but
>>> only available on Ubuntu) on a Ubuntu box of a friend. I must say that
>>> the configuration was painful and even if the HDMI output displays
>>> something I've never been able to setup the primary vs secondary screen
>>> properly. That is, the external screen was forced to be the primary
>>> one... All this to say that this Optimus support is not quite ready for
>>> standard used on GNU/Linux.
>>>
>>> A. Just wanted to share my experiences.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> --
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>>>
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