NVIDIA 860M on Linux Mint

grandmal · 07-11-2014, 04:25 AM

Hi there. I'm really new to Linux (just got it a month or so ago) and so may well be asking some stupid questions here, but please bear with me.

I'm running Linux Mint 17 64bit and am having difficulty getting my machine to recognise my NVIDIA 860M over the integrated Intel graphics card.

This seems to be a problem that is fairly common but I haven't been able to really follow the thread of other people's questions / solutions to it.

I've provided some information which might help --- the bottom in particular shows something a little strange. Please help.

I've done all the steps here

and then on running the following command :
sudo apt-get install nvidia-current

I get the following output returned to me:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
nvidia-current is already the newest version
nvidia-current is set to manually installed
0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 119 not to upgrade

So I guess I've got the drivers installed.... but my machine is still using the built in intel card?

When I run the command lspci -v, I get the following return... down near the bottom there's a bit about my NVIDIA graphics card (860m) in which it says there's an unknown header type (7f)

Code:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor DRAM Controller (rev 06)
	Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer Device 3501
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
	Capabilities: <access denied>

00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor PCI Express x16 Controller (rev 06) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
	I/O behind bridge: 0000e000-0000efff
	Memory behind bridge: f6000000-f70fffff
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000e0000000-00000000f1ffffff
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 06) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
	Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer Device 3501
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 45
	Memory at f7400000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4M]
	Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
	I/O ports at f000 [size=64]
	Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: i915

00:03.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio Controller (rev 06)
	Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer Device 3501
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 47
	Memory at f7a14000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel

00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI (rev 05) (prog-if 30 [XHCI])
	Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer Device 3501
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 41
	Memory at f7a00000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd

00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
	Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer Device 3501
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 46
	Memory at f7a1e000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: mei_me

00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB EHCI #2 (rev 05) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
	Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer Device 3501
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
	Memory at f7a1c000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset High Definition Audio Controller (rev 05)
	Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer Device 3501
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 49
	Memory at f7a10000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel

00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #1 (rev d5) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #3 (rev d5) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0
	Memory behind bridge: f7900000-f79fffff
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #4 (rev d5) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=04, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0
	I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000dfff
	Memory behind bridge: f7800000-f78fffff
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB EHCI #1 (rev 05) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
	Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer Device 3501
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
	Memory at f7a1b000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation HM87 Express LPC Controller (rev 05)
	Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer Device 3501
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: lpc_ich

00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family 6-port SATA Controller 1 [AHCI mode] (rev 05) (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0])
	Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer Device 3501
	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 43
	I/O ports at f0b0 [size=8]
	I/O ports at f0a0 [size=4]
	I/O ports at f090 [size=8]
	I/O ports at f080 [size=4]
	I/O ports at f060 [size=32]
	Memory at f7a1a000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: ahci

00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 05)
	Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer Device 3501
	Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 255
	Memory at f7a19000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
	I/O ports at f040 [size=32]

01:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation GM107M [GeForce GTX 860M] (rev ff) (prog-if ff)
	!!! Unknown header type 7f

03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 135 (rev c4)
	Subsystem: Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 135 BGN
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 48
	Memory at f7900000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi

04:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device 5287 (rev 01)
	Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer Device 3501
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 42
	Memory at f7815000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
	Expansion ROM at f7800000 [disabled] [size=64K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: rtsx_pci

04:00.1 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 12)
	Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer Device 3501
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 44
	I/O ports at d000 [size=256]
	Memory at f7814000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
	Memory at f7810000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: r8169

running cat /proc/acpi/bbswitch to test if my card is on or off returns
0000:01:00.0 OFF
and running optirun google-chrome (to try and run a program with the optimus card) returns
[34562.196122] [ERROR]Cannot access secondary GPU - error: Could not load GPU drive

[34562.196224] [ERROR]Aborting because fallback start is disabled.

EDDY1 · 07-14-2014, 08:02 PM

Your problem maybe that you need to complete your upgrades maybe nvidia kernel is in it.

Quote:

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Ztcoracat · 07-14-2014, 08:14 PM

Hi: Welcome to Linux Questions.

Looking at this:

Code:

nvidia-current is already the newest version
nvidia-current is set to manually installed

Yes, the Nvidia driver is installed. Anyway...

I am not a graphics expert but I have an idea that might help.

Look in your BIOS and see if there is an option to 'disable' the Intel on board card.

If you want to I think you can install Bumblebee to make your Nvidia and Intel card work simultaneously.
Not sure if that's the answer, sorry.
http://bumblebee-project.org/

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=154458

http://askubuntu.com/questions/15694...graphics-setup

Ztcoracat · 07-14-2014, 08:22 PM

I looked up the error:

Code:

Aborting because fallback start is disabled.

This Arch WiKi might help-

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=141729

grandmal · 07-23-2014, 01:10 PM

hi there, thanks for your replies and apologies for my late replying. i've been having a bit of a shake-up of my living arrangements at the minute and this had slipped my mind completely, all been a bit stressful!

i followed that link as suggested and ran the following command:

$ dkms status
which returned the following results:

Code:

bbswitch, 0.8, 3.13.0-24-generic, x86_64: installed
bbswitch, 0.8, 3.13.0-30-generic, x86_64: installed
nvidia-304, 304.117, 3.13.0-24-generic, x86_64: installed
nvidia-304, 304.117, 3.13.0-30-generic, x86_64: installed
virtualbox-guest, 4.3.10, 3.13.0-24-generic, x86_64: installed (WARNING! Diff between built and installed module!) (WARNING! Diff between built and installed module!) (WARNING! Diff between built and installed module!)
virtualbox-guest, 4.3.10, 3.13.0-30-generic, x86_64: installed

i then ran the following command and had the following result on repeating the dkms status command:
$ sudo apt-get purge nvidia-*

Code:

bbswitch, 0.8, 3.13.0-24-generic, x86_64: installed
bbswitch, 0.8, 3.13.0-30-generic, x86_64: installed
virtualbox-guest, 4.3.10, 3.13.0-24-generic, x86_64: installed (WARNING! Diff between built and installed module!) (WARNING! Diff between built and installed module!) (WARNING! Diff between built and installed module!)
virtualbox-guest, 4.3.10, 3.13.0-30-generic, x86_64: installed

so - forgive me, but i'm still totally lost here really and i don't want to mess something up and be unable to turn my computer on (this happened the first time i tried to sort out nvidia drivers for this machine!) ---- i've gotten rid of the nvidia drivers. i still have this virtualbox-guest thing, two versions of it, which seem to be clashing - could this be a problem?

what would you do now - is it just a matter of downloading some new nvidia drivers or do i now need to purge/uninstall this virtualbox thing and or get a new copy of bumblebee or something like that?
thank you for your time and patience, look forward to hearing any suggestions.

take care,
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Ztcoracat · 07-23-2014, 11:38 PM

Looking at the Dynamic Kernel Module Support output I see that the support for the kernel modules are installed. That's good.

I (think) the problem is the 5th line down where virtualbox-guest is giving a 'WARNING' about the difference between the built and the installed module.

It sounds like there is some kind of conflict but I don't have experience with that and it's over my head.
--Sorry that I don't know, grandmal--

However,in the meantime, I will do some research online to try to find out what this means.

Best to wait for our Guru on that.

Ztcoracat · 07-23-2014, 11:40 PM

Were you able to run the command that Mr. EDDY1 mentioned?

Code:

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

This was the only Solved thread I could find online with that error-
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/inde...t-1749693.html

grandmal · 07-24-2014, 02:05 PM

thanks for your replies and for continuing to try to help. i ran that command and it seemed to go successfully, with just one error at the end :

update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-24-generic
Warning: No support for locale: en_GB.utf8
Processing triggers for libreoffice-common (1:4.2.4-0ubuntu2) ...

what now? would now be the time to install what, bumblebee, nouveau drivers, nvidia drivers, ...?!

EDDY1 · 07-24-2014, 11:52 PM

This may help
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=111527

EDDY1 · 07-25-2014, 01:13 AM

I was looking at the OP first post & they installed bumblebee It seems that things changed by te post made by charlysweatpants. It was about installing primus instead of virtualgl.

grandmal · 07-25-2014, 04:08 AM

thank you, i've just read that thread and it seems to show a command which should help, so will try that when i get home from work. but that's just for that en_GB.utf8 thing - i meant more about proceeding with the NVIDIA installation- sorry if i'm being stupid but i'm not really sure what the best place to begin is now that i've cleared it out.

so i've cleared the system out of NVIDIA install, and i've updated everything so it's all up to date, now logic tells me i should be installing NVIDIA drivers or nouveau drivers or bumblebee or something ... ?

Ztcoracat · 07-25-2014, 08:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by grandmal

thank you, i've just read that thread and it seems to show a command which should help, so will try that when i get home from work. but that's just for that en_GB.utf8 thing - i meant more about proceeding with the NVIDIA installation- sorry if i'm being stupid but i'm not really sure what the best place to begin is now that i've cleared it out.

so i've cleared the system out of NVIDIA install, and i've updated everything so it's all up to date, now logic tells me i should be installing NVIDIA drivers or nouveau drivers or bumblebee or something ... ?

Now that you updated your Mint run "dkms status" to see if the kernel by default already has the Nvidia drivers installed. If so, and your still having the same problem you might need to install Bumblebee.
If Bumblebee doesn't help you can remove or uninstall it.

Ztcoracat · 07-25-2014, 08:47 AM

FWIW, I installed Linux Mint 17 last night but don't know the distro that well yet.
I think there is an option for additional drivers and that might help.
Sorry, I can't check, I'm at work for now:-

grandmal · 07-25-2014, 11:03 AM

big ol edit:

SO.
had a bunch more problems BUT i think i've gotten somewhere finally ..... after a lot of trial and error and worrying, i ran these two commands as seen by a poster here:

Code:

sudo apt-get install nvidia-331-updates-dev

Code:

sudo apt-get install bumblebee bumblebee-nvidia primus linux-headers-generic

and!

dkms status gives me :

Code:

bbswitch, 0.8, 3.13.0-24-generic, x86_64: installed
bbswitch, 0.8, 3.13.0-30-generic, x86_64: installed
bbswitch, 0.8, 3.13.0-32-generic, x86_64: installed
nvidia-331-updates, 331.38, 3.13.0-24-generic, x86_64: installed
virtualbox-guest, 4.3.10, 3.13.0-24-generic, x86_64: installed (WARNING! Diff between built and installed module!) (WARNING! Diff between built and installed module!) (WARNING! Diff between built and installed module!)
virtualbox-guest, 4.3.10, 3.13.0-30-generic, x86_64: installed
virtualbox-guest, 4.3.10, 3.13.0-32-generic, x86_64: installed

and more importantly, lspci -v gives me:

Code:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor DRAM Controller (rev 06)
	Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer Device 3501
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
	Capabilities: <access denied>

00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor PCI Express x16 Controller (rev 06) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
	I/O behind bridge: 0000e000-0000efff
	Memory behind bridge: f6000000-f70fffff
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000e0000000-00000000f1ffffff
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 06) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
	Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer Device 3501
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 45
	Memory at f7400000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4M]
	Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
	I/O ports at f000 [size=64]
	Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: i915

00:03.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio Controller (rev 06)
	Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer Device 3501
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 48
	Memory at f7a14000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel

00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI (rev 05) (prog-if 30 [XHCI])
	Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer Device 3501
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 41
	Memory at f7a00000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd

00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
	Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer Device 3501
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 46
	Memory at f7a1e000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: mei_me

00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB EHCI #2 (rev 05) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
	Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer Device 3501
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
	Memory at f7a1c000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset High Definition Audio Controller (rev 05)
	Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer Device 3501
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 49
	Memory at f7a10000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel

00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #1 (rev d5) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #3 (rev d5) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0
	Memory behind bridge: f7900000-f79fffff
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #4 (rev d5) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=04, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0
	I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000dfff
	Memory behind bridge: f7800000-f78fffff
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB EHCI #1 (rev 05) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
	Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer Device 3501
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
	Memory at f7a1b000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation HM87 Express LPC Controller (rev 05)
	Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer Device 3501
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: lpc_ich

00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family 6-port SATA Controller 1 [AHCI mode] (rev 05) (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0])
	Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer Device 3501
	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 43
	I/O ports at f0b0 [size=8]
	I/O ports at f0a0 [size=4]
	I/O ports at f090 [size=8]
	I/O ports at f080 [size=4]
	I/O ports at f060 [size=32]
	Memory at f7a1a000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: ahci

00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 05)
	Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer Device 3501
	Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 255
	Memory at f7a19000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
	I/O ports at f040 [size=32]

01:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation GM107M [GeForce GTX 860M] (rev a2)
	Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer Device 3501
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 50
	Memory at f6000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
	Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
	Memory at f0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
	I/O ports at e000 [size=128]
	[virtual] Expansion ROM at f7000000 [disabled] [size=512K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: nvidia

03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 135 (rev c4)
	Subsystem: Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 135 BGN
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 47
	Memory at f7900000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi

04:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device 5287 (rev 01)
	Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer Device 3501
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 42
	Memory at f7815000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
	Expansion ROM at f7800000 [disabled] [size=64K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: rtsx_pci

04:00.1 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 12)
	Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer Device 3501
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 44
	I/O ports at d000 [size=256]
	Memory at f7814000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
	Memory at f7810000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: r8169

so. now i'm waiting - i don't know exactly how to test whether or not it's all legit other than just playing a game, so i'm waiting on a download to finish up now and hopefully it'll be clear - i think i have to use the optirun command (which i'm not realllllly sure about how to do, how to know what to type in, but...) - but now that brings me to the next question:

now that the lpsci -v seems to show NVIDIA as up and running and lookin guuurd, how do i get it to run as my primary and default display driver? when i go to my system info, my intel card still comes up as the one in use, and my driver manager is still empty. so i think(?) that my card is up and running and ready to go right now, but it's still not the one in primary use.

EDDY1 · 07-25-2014, 01:17 PM

Look at Advanced Setups & Usage
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bumblebee
test with

Quote:

optirun firefox