Note that many Optimus notebooks do work in Optimus mode using the NVIDIA driver, without using Bumblebee. From that NVIDIA page you linked to: "*Some* designs incorporating supported GPUs may not be compatible with the NVIDIA Linux driver". On 11/13/2014 04:08 PM, Joerg Lechner wrote: > Hi, > "optimus laptops" with Nvidia grafics, like the Acer Aspire E15, which > I have, are not supported by Nvidia. See the currently final answer > of the Nvidia support below: > -------------------------------------------------------------- > In that case, unfortunately the NVIDIA Linux driver won't work for > normal display purposes. > We document this Optimus limitation under the 'Additional Information' > tab at the driver download page here: > http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/79413/en-us > Some users have had success with the open source bumblebee driver, but > NVIDIA does not support bumblebee. > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Kind Regards > > > -----Ursprüngliche Mitteilung----- > Von: Reynold <reynoldlinux@xxxxxxxxx> > An: test <test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Verschickt: Di, 11 Nov 2014 6:48 pm > Betreff: Re: F21 Installation Issues - Installation destination > partitioning > > How to manually install NVIDIA graphics driver > > using yum or dnf (I prefer dnf so I will use that) > > #dnf clean all > #dnf update > #dnf install gcc kernel-devel dkms > > download NVIDIA driver from nvidia.com and cd to the download directory > #chmod +x NVIDIA-XXX.run (the NVIDIA driver, for instance > NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-343.13.run) > > #vi /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf and insert a line with text > "blacklist nouveau" (without quotes) > #vi /etc/sysconfig/grub and insert this text > "rd.driver.blacklist=nouveau" (without quotes) and the end > of the line beginning with GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX= making sure the text is > inside the last quotation mark > > #grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg > > #dnf remove xorg-x11-drv-nouveau.x86x_64 (this is 64bit driver - if you > have a 32bit operating system it will be 32bit driver) > > #reboot > > When you are in grub and the and your operating system kernel is > highlighted as the one you are booting to press the "e" on the keyboard > to edit the line > Then at the end of this line GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT= still inside > the ending quotes insert this text "init 3" (without quotes) > press F10 to reboot > > you should then come to a command prompt where you log on as a root user > cd to the download directory where the NVIDIA driver located > #./NVIDIA-XXX.run (for instance ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-343.13.run) > The NVIDIA installer will start > Accept the license agreement > Install 32 bit compatibility (if you are on a 64bit machine) > Choose to automatically update nvidia-xconfig-utility > > reboot and log into graphical mode or from command line using root init 5 > > Hope this helps > > Reynold > > On 11/10/2014 11:49 PM, Bidski wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > Can you instruct me in how you installed the nVidia drivers? > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: > > "Joerg Lechner" <julechner@xxxxxxx <mailto:julechner@xxxxxxx>> > > > > To: > > <bidski@xxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:bidski@xxxxxxxxxxxx>>, <test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> > > Cc: > > > > Sent: > > Tue, 11 Nov 2014 02:18:35 -0500 > > Subject: > > Re: F21 Installation Issues - Installation destination partitioning > > > > > > Hi, > > on my laptop there is a Nvidia Geforce 840M (Acer Aspire E15, E5 > > 571G). I didn't have any problems with the grafics drivers so far. > > Currently running F21 Final TC1. > > Kind Regards > > > > > > > > -----Ursprüngliche Mitteilung----- > > Von: Bidski <bidski@xxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:bidski@xxxxxxxxxxxx>> > > An: test <test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> > > Verschickt: Mo, 10 Nov 2014 10:05 pm > > Betreff: Re: F21 Installation Issues - Installation destination > > partitioning > > > > > > Has anyone had success installing the nVidia drivers in F21 yet? > > I am meeting some strange issues following the instructions for > > installing them in F20. Including this page > > (https://www.dropbox.com/s/9de7q9llhlamf32/IMG_20141110_192627.jpg?dl=0) > > displaying while booting after installing the drivers. > > > > I will generate some better diagnostics tonight. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: > > "Adam Williamson" <adamwill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:adamwill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > <mailto:adamwill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:adamwill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx?>>> > > > > To: > > "Bidski" <bidski@xxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:bidski@xxxxxxxxxxxx> <mailto:bidski@xxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:bidski@xxxxxxxxxxxx?>>>, > > "For testing and quality assurance of Fedora releases" > > <test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > <mailto:test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx?>>> > > Cc: > > > > Sent: > > Sun, 09 Nov 2014 23:38:19 -0800 > > Subject: > > Re: F21 Installation Issues - Installation destination > > partitioning > > > > > > On Mon, 2014-11-10 at 18:28 +1100, Bidski wrote: > > > > > > After shifting the partitions on my HDD up by about 200 MiB > > and then > > > using gdisk to convert the disk to GPT (did it this way to > > try and > > > preserve the existing Windows partitions), the Fedora > > installer now > > > only recognises my HDD as a multipath device. > > > > > I also looked at the F21 Common Bugs page on the wiki. There > > is a > > > section there talking about multipath device issue. I > > created edited > > > the /etc/multipath.conf file to have the contents specified > > but the > > > installer still treats all devices as multipaths. > > > > > > Any suggestions here? > > > > I wrote the CommonBugs note blind - I couldn't test that the > > proposed > > workaround would actually work as I haven't reproduced the bug. > > > > However, it shouldn't happen if you use a non-live install > > image, so I'd > > suggest that. You can use the 'Server' network install image > > to install > > any package set, not just Server, so try using that. > > -- > > Adam Williamson > > Fedora QA Community Monkey > > IRC: adamw | Twitter: AdamW_Fedora | XMPP: adamw AT > > happyassassin . net > > http://www.happyassassin.net > > > > -- > > test mailing list > > test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <mailto:test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx?>> > > To unsubscribe: > > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test > > > > > > > > -- > Reynold DeMarco Jr. > reynoldlinux@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:reynoldlinux@xxxxxxxxx> > 858-603-1725 > > -- > test mailing list > test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To unsubscribe: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test > > -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
