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The GPU switching technology created by Nvidia which seamlessly switches between two graphics adapters.

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Do not manage to activate HDMI on a laptop (that has optimus / bumblebee)

I am trying to use the HDMI output on a PC (HP ZBook) with Debian (stretch). I have configured Bumblebee, it works well (glxinfo and optirun glxinfo report the expected information, and I tested complicated GLSL shaders that also work as…
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xrandr --listproviders does not detect nvidia

I'm trying to configure 'Offloading Graphics Display with RandR 1.4' but xrandr detects only Intel video card: $ xrandr --listproviders Providers: number : 1 Provider 0: id: 0x45 cap: 0x2, Sink Output crtcs: 3 outputs: 3 associated providers: 0…
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Full screen applications on dual monitor setup

Optimus on Linux is far from perfect however using the native nVidia drivers most issues I had in the past are mainly resolved except one. Whenever I run a full screen application, like Kodi or some Steam games the position is off, either the screen…
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Black screen after booting in UEFI installation of Arch Linux

My laptop is Asus K53SV, you can find its specification here. I tried to install Arch Linux with UEFI boot method, and I stuck at a black screen after press Arch Linux archiso x86_64 UEFI CD. Firstly, I download Arch at its homepage, then I use dd…
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X server fails after installing Nvidia in Mint 18

I'm having a looping issue with Linux Mint 18 where it cannot get out of the same repeated cycle of "Failed to launch desktop manager" with that blue graphic screen asking me if I want to look at the logs. This was a fresh new install of Mint 18 and…
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Mint battery hogger

Here's my friend's laptop configuration: Linux Mint & Windows 8.1 Intel Core i7-3537U NVIDIA Kepler GeForce GT 740M & Intel HD 4000 4Go RAM All the drivers are up to date Here's the issues: The processor is 60°C in idle; The battery long for…
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How do the GPU drivers *actually* work on Linux?

Note: I think this should be distro-agnostic, but if it is relevant, I am using Arch Linux with KDE Plasma 5 and SDDM. I'll try to keep this brief and keep only the absolutely relevant details. I did a clean install of Arch Linux, and I wanted to…
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NVIDIA GLX is not working under a Optimus Laptop

First I would emphasize that I am using a Linux From Scratch 7.7 Systemd (Now running kernel 3.14.39) I built these two days, so I don't want to touch anything about glibc/gcc and there is no package manager of any type. I am now trying to setup…
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Nvidia and Bumblebee

Good morning, I own an Asus ux501jw PC with Optimus technology, and the problem is that I can't get Bumblebees to work. (I followed the Fedora WIki's instructions) and I get this error: [bruno@linux-2 home]$ optirun -b none nvidia-settings -c :8 […
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Can't start X on fresh install

I started X successfully just once. After reboot, I'm stuck on this screen lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Sky Lake Host Bridge/DRAM Registers (rev 07) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sky Lake PCIe Controller (x16) (rev…
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2560x1440 resolution over HDMI with a laptop with NVIDIA Optimus and Ubuntu 15.10

I attached a new 2560x1440 display (Dell P2416D) with HDMI to my dual-booting laptop (Asus N56VJ) that has NVIDIA's dual-GPU technology. In Windows 8.1 I got the display to run with its native resolution and 60 Hz refresh rate by creating a custom…
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Huge battery drain during suspend to ram - 12%/hour - nvidia card doesn't turn off

UPDATE: So I tracked down the issue. It seems the nvidia card powers up right before suspend. This is expected bbswitch behaviour: [ 4195.214014] bbswitch: enabling discrete graphics But for some reason the card is not powered down during the…
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How is primusrun different from optirun

Primusrun and optirun are two ways of launching an application on the nVidia GPU of an optimus computer. What's the difference between them?
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Mysterious problem on setting up Reverse Prime (NVIDIA Optimus offloading through OutputSink) for an HDMI external monitor

I just recently decided to try Prime (NVIDIA offloading applications to its gpu, while system using integrated gpu, in my case Intel HD630) on my Slackware-current laptop, and soon I discovered that I couldn't use my HDMI port while running on…
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NVIDIA GTX 1650 not detected on Debian 10

#Solved It was hardware problem, my motherboard was broken. Fixed now. #Problem I can’t figure out how to install Nvidia driver on my laptop. (I’m being linux user for only 4-5 days, but I think I try hard enough.) paraduxos@ASUSDOGE:/$ neofetch …
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