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From: behrouz khosravi <bz.khosravi@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Nvidia and optimus
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 05:28:28
Message-Id: CAO5-k+oVLMyaTH0G=AfNQNCjxO71oJ7KwkhgBGWKtft92bS_Ag@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Nvidia and optimus by "J. Roeleveld"
1 On Dec 16, 2014 2:38 PM, "J. Roeleveld" <joost@××××××××.org> wrote:
2 >
3 > On Tuesday, December 16, 2014 02:12:06 PM behrouz khosravi wrote:
4 > > Hello everyone.
5 > > I was trying to get native optimus support for my laptop using the
6 Nvidia
7 > > driver, but after startx the screen goes black for some several seconds
8 and
9 > > xserver exits.
10 > > The output messages are attached.
11 > > I just added a dot to end of xorg.conf and .xinitrc to bypass it for
12 now.
13 > > Thanks for your time.
14 >
15 > Did you install and configure Bumblebee?
16 >
17 > I haven't configured anything special myself and got it working following
18 the
19 > official documentation:
20 >
21 > http://bumblebee-project.org/install.html#Gentoo
22 > ****
23 > emerge bumblebee
24 >
25 > After installation completes, add yourself to the "bumblebee" group to
26 enable
27 > use of the optirun command. You will have to re-login for group changes to
28 > take effect.
29 > ****
30 >
31 > --
32 > Joost
33 >
34
35 Not actually, I wanted to get it working without bumblebee, but it seems
36 that its not easy! In my Arch box a I couldent manage too set up too.
37 I guess I will try that sometime.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Nvidia and optimus "Fábio Emilio Costa" <fabiocosta0305@×××××.com>