Alberto says that with the latest nvidia-prime packages it actually behaves sensibly with hybrid. Assigning to you, for either adjusting the logic yourself, or giving me some sketch how it should behave (then I'm happy to assist in implementing it).
** Changed in: ubuntu-drivers-common (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Alberto Milone (albertomilone) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to ubuntu-drivers-common in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1126234 Title: Does not show nvidia driver if intel card is active Status in Nvidia Feature Request and Bug Reporting: New Status in “software-properties” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in “ubuntu-drivers-common” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Since 12.10 i am unable to install the nvidia drivers via the gui, update-manager settings (Software Sources -> Additional Drivers) will not give me an option to install, just shows an empty list. jockey-text returns an empty list aswell "jockey-text Additional Drivers Searching for available drivers... " jockey-kde on the other hand shows a list of 6 drivers with the same title. lspci|grep VGA shows me: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G92 [GeForce 8800 GT] (rev a2) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: update-manager 1:0.174.4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-24.37-generic 3.5.7.4 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-24-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu10 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Feb 15 14:40:06 2013 GsettingsChanges: b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'first-run' b'false' b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'launch-time' b'1360933283' b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'show-details' b'true' b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'window-height' b'484' b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'window-width' b'937' MarkForUpload: True PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: update-manager UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nvidia/+bug/1126234/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp