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To cascade9: i don't care about that optimus thing. I just want to rotate the compiz cube. I thought maybe blacklisting the intel driver and force the nvidia driver would be the way to go. Couldn't make it work, though. I have seen the bumblebee page, but have not been able to make bumblebee work.
To H_TeXMeX_H: what do you mean "Ubuntu is not Linux"? I thought it was, correct me if I am wrong. You say: "I have been able to get the nvidia card working". Are you talking about a optimus nvidia card? Then, even if you are using slackware, it should be possible under ubuntu.
Anyway, the screen on my Asus is quite good, so I will use it without the cube and effects until I find a solution
To cascade9: i don't care about that optimus thing. I just want to rotate the compiz cube. I thought maybe blacklisting the intel driver and force the nvidia driver would be the way to go. Couldn't make it work, though. I have seen the bumblebee page, but have not been able to make bumblebee work.
If you've tried the suggestion in post #4 and you still cant get compiz, its possible that when you tried to setup bumbleebee you've manged to do a partial job, screwing the video system.
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Originally Posted by H_TeXMeX_H
The netbook I have says it has optimus = ability to switch between Intel and Nvidia cards.
Switchable grpahics is a bit different to optimus. Optimus doesnt actually 'switch' between video chips, it overlays the video output from the nVidia GPU (accelerated content) onto the output from the IGP.
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