Bumblebee is only a workaround. If you use the nvidia gpu with the proprietary drivers with it, it will exhibit the same behaviour if an application uses the nvidia GPU, from what I've heard. Furthermore, Bumblebee does not have perfectly working optimus support. It appears to be bottlenecked somewhere that is not the GPU for me, probably because of virtualgl silliness. I appreciate the hint for anyone who's locking for a sort-of workaround, but I don't think it's time to lose hope just yet.
@bluevector: this is not a problem with opensource (as the nvidia driver is closed source) and it is not a problem with Intel graphics (as the nvidia drivers are causing the problem). It's entirely nvidia's job to fix it, as they've chosen to keep their drivers closed source, and thus forbidden everyone but them to fix the bug. It's entirely a problem caused by proprietary software. Please direct your hate-beams at nvidia. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nvidia-prime in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1220426 Title: [nvidia-prime]Freeze while using touchpad Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers-319” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers-331” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers-343” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “nvidia-prime” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: I'm using an Optimus laptop (Asus N43SL) nvidia-prime is installed, so my nvidia dedicated graphics card (GT 540m) is in use. Once in a while, my screen will freeze, only when I use my touchpad. This does not happen with my USB mouse. This does not happen either when I uninstall nvidia-prime and use my intel integrated graphics (HD3000). I can temporarily solve the issue by doing a VT switch. In the attached Xorg.0.log, you can see "synaptics: ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: touchpad found" each time I did a VT switch and regained control. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-319/+bug/1220426/+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
