NVIDIA X Server Settings thinks I'm not running NVIDIA driver, but I do.

Kevin Cummings cummings at kjchome.homeip.net
Wed Aug 20 03:09:53 UTC 2014


On 08/19/2014 11:05 PM, Kevin Cummings wrote:
> On 08/19/2014 10:58 PM, Oliver Ruebenacker wrote:
>>
>>      Hello,
>>
>> [oruebenacker at localhost ~]$ lspci | grep VGA
>> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core
>> processor Graphics Controller (rev 09)
>> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF108M [NVS 5400M]
>> (rev a1)
>>
>>   Does that also answer the question about which card I'm using, or how
>> would I find that out?
> 
> You have one of those nVidia Optimus pairings with a primary Intel card
> and a secondary nVidia card.  I've seen lots of frustrated postings
> regarding people trying to get the nVidia portion to work.
> 
> Check your Xorg0.log file to see what the X11 server thinks is going on.

Also look here:

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Bumblebee

>>   Thanks!
>>
>>      Best,
>>      Oliver
> 

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