By looking at the reports in the mailing list, one can see that some configurations work. There are examples where one can select a pre-Win7 compatible BIOS configuration, for example, some Asus and Dell laptops, if I recall correctly. Some other laptops have nouveau working via vga_switcheroo.
But reporting that it doesn't work or it only works partially is invaluable anyway. On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 6:30 PM, Adrien Siebert <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > unfortunately, at this point, there is basically no support provided by > nVidia for Optimus on Linux/Xorg (and apparently, no intent to in the > future). Since the testing for the QA is all about the proprietary drivers, > nothing will work on our laptops, since installing/activating those nVidia > drivers will result in breaking the init of the X server. > All testing for QA would result in the same issue in the nvidia part of this > group, so... The best we can probably do is filling a global bug about it, > as Launchpad doesn't really have one at this point. > > [Photon] > > On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 6:56 PM, Albert Vilella <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I think so far the functionalities are related to kernel versions, not >> the Ubuntu distro per se, but it's good to report back on what works >> and doesn't work to people like ubuntu-qa. >> >> On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 5:19 PM, Graeme H <[email protected]> wrote: >> > On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 7:41 AM, Albert Vilella <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> >> For those that have a system with a functioning nVidia card, and can >> >> spare 1 hour to help testing the next version of Ubuntu: >> >> >> >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-qa/2011-March/001484.html >> > >> > Given that this is the hybrid graphics mailing list, is there expected >> > to be any functionality to enable the NVidia chipsets on hybrid >> > laptops in Natty? Specifically, is doing these tests on our hybrid >> > setups useful, or is it just going to fail all the tests because it >> > fails to init the graphics card? >> > >> > Graeme >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
