I'm not sure if this is actually an Optimus related bug, but: Thanks to Rocko (rockorequin) in bug #700646
"This will give you nvidia optimus support in Linux: https://github.com/MrMEEE/bumblebee ie do something like: mkdir ~/src cd ~/src git clone https://github.com/MrMEEE/bumblebee.git cd bumblebee sudo ./install.sh Note that you can uninstall it if you want via the ~/src/bumblebee /install-files/bumblebee-uninstall script. bumblebee uses the Intel card for normal graphics and VirtualGL to use the nvidia card if you run the application preceding it with optirun64 (or optirun32 for 32 bit applications like wine). It works great on my i7 + 540M!" More information about the bumblebee (prime-ng 2.0) for Optimus that Rocko described above can be found at http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=OTQxNg An alternative approach for some Optimus laptops was also added to the Linux 3.0 kernel which will be used by the upcoming Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - see http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=OTQzMA for further details (this article refers to the 2.6.40 kernel but it was decided to rename this kernel to 3.0). Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" alpha 3 was released on August 4th 2011 if you want to test it before it's final release on October 13th 2011 - see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OneiricReleaseSchedule -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/794503 Title: No HDMI Video with Optimus Intel i915 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/794503/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
