On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 01:26:47PM +0200, Heinz Diehl wrote: > On 27.07.2013, valent.turkovic@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > I'm considering buying a laptop with Nvidia Optimus, and this looks really > > bad! > > Do yourself a favour and don't buy a laptop with optimus. I have one, > and to spare you the details: the nvidia gpu is not useable without a > lot of trouble. I finally removed both bumblebee and the nvidia drivers, and > recompiled the kernel without nouveau. My machine now runs the > integrated Intel GPU exclusively. > > The Intel GPU support is a whole different story. To get a slight > touch what could happen, search after "Hangcheck timer elapsed". There > are TONS of reports.. > > My advice: try to buy a machine without optimus and with an integrated > AMD graphics (Yes, I know most of the machines ship with an Intel > CPU..). At first I couldn't use nouveau (see my previous post) but now I have no problems with them on my T530. I couldn't use the Intel hardware at all since it can't drive an external monitor and I use two docking stations (work and home) for work. -- Darryl L. Pierce <mcpierce@xxxxxxxxx> http://mcpierce.fedorapeople.org/ "What do you care what people think, Mr. Feynman?"
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