Native Nvidia Optimus and Fedora 19

[Darryl L. Pierce]

On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 05:03:25PM +0000, Powell, Michael wrote:
> A re-post since I forgot HTML was on.
> 
> Has anyone tried to get native Optimus running on a Fedora 19 box? When I attempt it, I get a blank black screen. I posted on the Nvidia forums, but no one has replied yet and I'm getting anxious ;-)
> 
> The general consensus is that the kernel must be 3.9 or higher, and I am running 3.9.9-302. The Nvidia readme indicates CONFIG_DRM has to be enabled and the following driver interfaces present (http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86-ARM/319.32/README/randr14.html):
> 
> drm_gem_prime_export
> drm_gem_prime_import
> gem_prime_pin
> gem_prime_get_sg_table
> gem_prime_import_sg_table
> gem_prime_vmap
> gem_prime_vunmap
> 
> I have verified that CONFIG_DRM is enabled within the kernel as a module and it's loaded, but when I attempted to verify the list of module symbols, I only found two (the ones in bold).
> 
> The way I determined this information was through:
> `cat /boot/config-3.9.9-302.fc19.x86_64 | grep CONFIG_DRM`
> `cat /lib/modules/3.9.9-302.fc19.x86_64/modules.symbols | grep gem_prime`
> 
> Am I missing something or does it appear that F19 kernel is missing vital parts for native Nvidia Optimus support?
> 
> For those more interested, here is the post on the nvidia forums (https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/551709/linux/319-23-the-infamous-blank-black-screen-/)

I have a Lenovo T530 with Optimus. But I only use the nVidia chipset on
the laptop. But I run the Nouveau drivers (after initially having to use
the closed source drivers fro nVidia) and all works fine for me.

-- 
Darryl L. Pierce <mcpierce at gmail.com>
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