many crashes of X server, what should I investigate?

Roberto Ragusa mail at robertoragusa.it
Sat Jan 5 22:54:06 UTC 2013


On 01/05/2013 09:23 PM, Frédéric Bron wrote:
>> You also have the integrated Intel gfx stuff.
>> Did you try using that instead of nvidia? There could be an option
>> in your BIOS to modify.
>>
>> (hardware similar to yours, everything fine for me on F16 and Intel gfx)
> 
> You mean that I should not use the nvidia card but the Intel one
> integrated in the CPU, is that true? You mean I have in fact two cards
> and maybe the simple Intel one could be sufficient?
> I will have a look in the BIOS to see if I can select the active video
> card but it would be a bit sad to have nvidia and not use it, wouldn't
> it?
> Thanks for you help,
> Frédéric

Yes, you said you have a
  integrated HD Graphics 3000
which is an additional gfx hardware.

In some laptops the BIOS has a switch (it could be called "nvidia optimus").

The Intel card is less powerful (while still fast enough for non gfx critical
applications), but it could possibly solve your problems which appear to be
related to nouveau and the nvidia binary driver.

And you could gain some battery duration too, as nvidia will be turned off.

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   Roberto Ragusa    mail at robertoragusa.it


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