Control: tag -1 moreinfo On 2016-06-29 14:01, Luca Boccassi wrote: >>> On Tue, 2016-06-28 at 19:23 +0200, Lucas Serrano wrote: >>>> Package: nvidia-driver >>>> Version: 352.79-8
>>>> I own a Clevo W255EG with an integrated GT 645M. Both nvidia-settings >>>> and nvidia-smi report 1GB as the total amount of graphics memory >>>> available. But there is at least 3x1GB graphical memory chips soldered >>>> on the laptop motherboard, which is consistent with amount of graphics >>>> memory reported on other laptops using this graphic card. > For Linux stuff it's very common to create a new thread on the forum: > > https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/board/98/linux/ > > I would encourage you to do so and add all details regarding your > hardware there. If you then report back the link to the thread, I can > add it to this bug metadata. > >> Also I found an interesting paragraph on the nvidia customer care website: >> "However, if you have a notebook computer, you must typically get driver >> updates directly from the manufacturer of your notebook. Notebook >> graphics cards are highly specialized and the reference drivers provided >> on the www.nvidia.com website may not work unless indicated" >> >> So I suppose that the driver is somehow customized for laptop, >> explaining maybe why I have less enabled memory than available. Sadly >> it's unlikely that Clevo provides up-to-date linux driver for my laptop. > > That would be very unusual, I've not seen such a problem before, but > anything can happen with proprietary drivers I suppose. Is this still an issue with the latest driver (390.67) available in sid, buster, and stretch-backports? Andreas
