On Fri, 08 Jul 2011 21:50:38 -0400
"Fr David Ousley"
New laptop, new 11.4 installation (dual boot with Windows 7) with switchable graphics: on the motherboard, IntelVGA compatible controller (2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller). This is what is in use with no problem since the installation. There is also nVidia GeForce GT 555M card. The hardware switch works in Windows, but has no effect in linux. I think my son (whose computer it is) will use the nVidia most of the time, but might like to know how to switch. In any case, I would appreciate any help in knowing how to use the nVidia in place of the motherboard graphics. Thanks! (If details of either or both or the system, are needed, please tell me what you need.)
Hi Fr David, I'll leave it to someone else to discuss the hardware 'switcher' (my guess is it will only work under Windows) but you can add the nVidia repository: Name: NVIDIA Repository URL: ftp://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/11.4/ to install the driver and associated nVidia X-server configuration applet (CLI: 'nvidia-settings') which will allow him to easily change display modes 'on the fly'. (The menu item appears under System Tools on my system.) The packages I have installed on my system are as follows: x11-video-nvidiaG02-270.41.06-5.1.x86_64 nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-desktop-270.41.06_k2.6.37.1_1.2-4.1.x86_64 nvidia-computeG02-270.41.06-5.1.x86_64 hth & regards, Carl -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org