Although the open source nouveau drivers are constantly improving, I think right now the only solution is to use bumblebee/ironhide, that internally uses the binary Nvidia drivers and CUDA SDK.
On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 5:30 AM, Srimal Jayawardena <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks. > > Since NVIDIA does not have linux drivers for Optimus cards, > > is it possible to do CUDA with the Generic / OpenSource drivers? > > Cheers > > Srimal. > > On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 4:16 AM, Albert Vilella <[email protected]> wrote: >> Find here the Ubuntu 10.10 installation instructions for cuda on >> Linux:https://github.com/run4flat/perl_nvcc/wiki/Installing >> >> It's more than a year old, so it may not work... >> On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 4:45 PM, Alexandre Saint <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> 2011/12/16 David Overcash <[email protected]>: >>>> If you want to play it safe, just get a laptop with a discrete graphics >>>> card >>>> and no onboard graphics. If you try to use Optimus with any CUDA based >>>> work, you'll have to do quite a bit of work on top of what you're already >>>> programming to get things to turn out well. :) >>>> >>> What extra bit of work are you referring to? The installation of >>> Bumblebee or Ironhide? >>> I plan to develop OpenCL programs in the near future on my Optimus >>> equipped laptop. I'm using Ironhide to gain access to the gpu. Though >>> I didn't try to set up the OpenCL environment yet, any feedback in >>> that direction would be very welcome. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Alexandre >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > > > > -- > ~ > Srimal Jayawardena > BSc (Engineering), BIT, MIET > PhD Candidate > Research School of Information Sciences and Engineering > College of Engineering and Computer Science > Building 115, Corner of North and Daley Roads > Australian National University > T: +61 2 6125 1771 > M: +61 422 684 854 > F: +61 2 6125 8651 > > http://users.cecs.anu.edu.au/~srimalj/ > http://srimal.sri-lankan.net/ > http://srimal-techdiary.blogspot.com/ > > 'My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable > superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able > to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.' - Albert Einstein _______________________________________________ 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
