Re: Native Nvidia Optimus and Fedora 19

2013-09-09 Thread Matthew Saltzman
On Mon, 2013-09-09 at 12:26 -0500, Bruno Wolff III wrote: > On Mon, Sep 09, 2013 at 16:47:38 +, >"Powell, Michael" wrote: > > > >Unfortunately, solely relying on the integrated Intel GPU is not an option > >for me :) > > The 3.12 kernel is supposed to have better optimus support, so may

Re: Native Nvidia Optimus and Fedora 19

2013-09-09 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Mon, Sep 09, 2013 at 16:47:38 +, "Powell, Michael" wrote: Unfortunately, solely relying on the integrated Intel GPU is not an option for me :) The 3.12 kernel is supposed to have better optimus support, so maybe things will improve soon. http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_i

RE: Native Nvidia Optimus and Fedora 19

2013-09-09 Thread Powell, Michael
> I have been using an optimus laptop quite some time (Asus U45JC), with > a BIOS which doesn't have any switch related to optimus or the nvidia > graphics. I recompiled my kernel without nouveau and run the integrated > Intel graphics. After heavy trouble with gpu hangs, ILK seems to be > fixed in

Re: Native Nvidia Optimus and Fedora 19

2013-09-08 Thread Heinz Diehl
On 09.09.2013, Powell, Michael wrote: > If you're one of the lucky few that bought an Optimus laptop after they > started adding a BIOS option to select the nVidia hardware, you're quite > fortunate, but I wasn't so lucky. I will try native nVidia support in the > future, but most likely not u

RE: Native Nvidia Optimus and Fedora 19

2013-09-08 Thread Powell, Michael
>I'm considering buying a laptop with Nvidia Optimus, and this looks really >bad! Have you managed to fix this issue? Did you get Fedora 19 to install? Do >Ubuntu and Linux Mint work better with Nvidia Optimus graphics? I gave up; I resigned myself to use bumblebee which works moderately well fo

Re: Native Nvidia Optimus and Fedora 19

2013-08-06 Thread Heinz Diehl
Replying to myself, just to drop a note about an old and long time ongoing problem which maybe affects some others here on the list: On 28.07.2013, Heinz Diehl wrote: > Yes, I am. Because I own 2 totally different machines and are > occasionally using another one at work with integrated Intel gr

Re: Native Nvidia Optimus and Fedora 19

2013-07-29 Thread Darryl L. Pierce
On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 06:40:41PM +0200, Heinz Diehl wrote: > On 29.07.2013, Darryl L. Pierce wrote: > > > I have a Lenovo T530 with Optimus. But I only use the nVidia chipset on > > the laptop. But I run the Nouveau drivers (after initially having to use > > the closed source drivers fro nVidia

Re: Native Nvidia Optimus and Fedora 19

2013-07-29 Thread Heinz Diehl
On 29.07.2013, Darryl L. Pierce wrote: > I have a Lenovo T530 with Optimus. But I only use the nVidia chipset on > the laptop. But I run the Nouveau drivers (after initially having to use > the closed source drivers fro nVidia) and all works fine for me. How can you do that? Do you have a switch

Re: Native Nvidia Optimus and Fedora 19

2013-07-29 Thread Darryl L. Pierce
On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 01:26:47PM +0200, Heinz Diehl wrote: > On 27.07.2013, valent.turko...@gmail.com wrote: > > > I'm considering buying a laptop with Nvidia Optimus, and this looks really > > bad! > > Do yourself a favour and don't buy a laptop with optimus. I have one, > and to spare you th

Re: Native Nvidia Optimus and Fedora 19

2013-07-29 Thread Darryl L. Pierce
On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 05:03:25PM +, Powell, Michael wrote: > A re-post since I forgot HTML was on. > > Has anyone tried to get native Optimus running on a Fedora 19 box? When I > attempt it, I get a blank black screen. I posted on the Nvidia forums, but no > one has replied yet and I'm get

Re: Native Nvidia Optimus and Fedora 19

2013-07-28 Thread Heinz Diehl
On 28.07.2013, Alexander Volovics wrote: > Are you not being a little harsh on the Intel GPU support. > There might be 'TONS' of reports but I myself have experience > with 6 Dell/Lenovo desktops/laptops (3 in house with daily use), > Sandybridge and Ivybridge, and have never experienced 'Hangche

Re: Native Nvidia Optimus and Fedora 19

2013-07-28 Thread Alexander Volovics
On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 01:26:47PM +0200, Heinz Diehl wrote: > On 27.07.2013, valent.turko...@gmail.com wrote: > > I'm considering buying a laptop with Nvidia Optimus, and this looks really > > bad! > Do yourself a favour and don't buy a laptop with optimus. I have one, > and to spare you the

Re: Native Nvidia Optimus and Fedora 19

2013-07-28 Thread Heinz Diehl
On 27.07.2013, valent.turko...@gmail.com wrote: > I'm considering buying a laptop with Nvidia Optimus, and this looks really > bad! Do yourself a favour and don't buy a laptop with optimus. I have one, and to spare you the details: the nvidia gpu is not useable without a lot of trouble. I finall

Re: Native Nvidia Optimus and Fedora 19

2013-07-28 Thread Alexander Volovics
On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 03:47:03PM +0200, valent.turko...@gmail.com wrote: > I'm considering buying a laptop with Nvidia Optimus, and this looks really > bad! Have you managed to fix this issue? Did you get Fedora 19 to install? > Do Ubuntu and Linux Mint work better with Nvidia Optimus graphics?

Re: Native Nvidia Optimus and Fedora 19

2013-07-27 Thread valent.turko...@gmail.com
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RE: Native Nvidia Optimus and Fedora 19

2013-07-16 Thread Powell, Michael
A re-post since I forgot HTML was on. Has anyone tried to get native Optimus running on a Fedora 19 box? When I attempt it, I get a blank black screen. I posted on the Nvidia forums, but no one has replied yet and I'm getting anxious ;-) The general consensus is that the kernel must be 3.9 or h

Native Nvidia Optimus and Fedora 19

2013-07-15 Thread Powell, Michael
Has anyone tried to get native Optimus running on a Fedora 19 box? When I attempt it, I get a blank black screen. I posted on the Nvidia forums, but no one has replied yet and I'm getting anxious ;-) The general consensus is that the kernel must be 3.9 or higher, and I am running 3.9.9-302. The