Doesn't that really depend on the system? I can change Display/GPU in the BIOS on my ThinkPad W520 with Optimus. I can force the discreet/Nvidia GPU which effectively disables the integrated chipset and vice versa.
On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 16:31, Joaquín Ignacio Aramendía <[email protected]>wrote: > > Is something like this even currently doable? > > Short answer: No, it can't. > > I'm not an expert but as the time goes and we are able to test and > experiment with Optimus machines, we have found that: > - The Nvidia card is conected to the intel integrated and not to the > screen. > - There is no way to turn off integrated without losing the monitor. > - The only thing plugged directly to the Nvidia card is the HDMI port (I > cant test it, I don't have any HDMI capable hardware). > > Hope this can help you. The bumblebee project is the way to use it and > we are going to develop it as much as we can in conjunction with > acpi_call to add functionality to mimic Optimus. But if NVIDIA corp is > not going to help us, we must help ourselves. > -- > Joaquín Ignacio Aramendía <[email protected]> > > El dom, 05-06-2011 a las 02:51 -0400, James escribió: > > Hello all, > > > > I'm recently got a Dell L702X and so far it's been a rather nice > > machine aside from the Optimus hurdle. So far, it works just fine > > with the Intel chip, actually compiz capable but, I've got a 550M next > > to it. So far, I've managed to use the acpi_call module > > (http://github.com/mkottman/acpi_call) to turn on and off the NVIDIA > > chip and I can confirm this by the amount of power being drawn from > > the battery. My question is, with the NVIDIA chip enabled, is there > > anyway to have the NVIDIA proprietary driver take over? I've tried > > this with and without the Intel VESA module but, with the same result, > > a black screen. The monitor does not turn off into a standby state, > > it simply just display no content. My guess would be that everything > > must go through the Intel chip before it can hit the NVIDIA and that > > the NVIDIA chip has to send everything back to the Intel chip due to > > the monitor being connected to the Intel chip. Ideally I'd like to > > just have the NVIDIA chip always on with the NVIDIA driver handling > > things but, I suppose if it was this easy, there would be no need for > > the bumblebee project. Is something like this even currently doable? > > > > Thanks, > > James > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux > > Post to : [email protected] > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > -- Regards, Tais Plougmann Hansen OSD Consulting ApS Tel: +45-78101078 CVR: DK31332737
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