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| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.hardware |
|---|---|
| From | JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> |
| Subject | Re: NVidia GT33M on Linux Mint 12 |
| References | <4f3ab3db$0$1386$4fafbaef@reader2.news.tin.it> <jheldb$hu0$1@dont-email.me> |
| Message-ID | <slrnjjo8ri.70t.jedi@nomad.mishnet> (permalink) |
| Date | 2012-02-15 15:28 -0600 |
On 2012-02-14, sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> wrote:
> On 02/14/2012 11:19 AM, Marco Muracchioli wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I actually have a Dell Vostro 3700 with NVidia GT330M installed; it's an
>> hybrid graphic card, and I tried to install nvidia driver but I can't
>> get them working; the system only use intel graphic card and I cannot
>> have opengl and 3D effects.
>>
>> This the lspci:
>>
>> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor
>> Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 18)
>> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GT216 [GeForce GT
>> 330M] (rev a2)
>>
>> Can anyone help me? I'm getting crazy with this issue since I buy this
>> notebook. :(
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Marco
>
>
> Well I managed to get the nVidia driver working on my
> machine but it involved downloading the appropriate kernel
> sources and removing the kernel that ignored that driver.
I just use the vendor blob driver manager on my distribution.
Dunno how the "hybrid" aspect of this would impact things. Although
I would expect that Linux/X would just see this as different
discrete video cards.
I don't think the whole flipping betweeen intel & nvidia works
on Linux at all.
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NVidia GT33M on Linux Mint 12 Marco Muracchioli <"marco.muracchioli togli_qui[at] gmail.togli_qui.com"> - 2012-02-14 20:19 +0100
Re: NVidia GT33M on Linux Mint 12 sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2012-02-14 13:57 -0800
Re: NVidia GT33M on Linux Mint 12 JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2012-02-15 15:28 -0600
Re: NVidia GT33M on Linux Mint 12 Norman Peelman <npeelmandog@cfl.rr.com> - 2012-02-15 22:05 -0500
Re: NVidia GT33M on Linux Mint 12 JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2012-02-16 09:14 -0600
Re: NVidia GT33M on Linux Mint 12 sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2012-02-15 19:59 -0800
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