[opensuse] Nvidia Geforce GT 730M and Bumblebee
Hello, I am having trouble configuring X in a new Lenovo Thinkpad. Video Card is Nvidia GeForce GT 730M. The nouveau driver worked out of the box (OS 13.1, 64bit, KDE), but there were frequent crashes with Firefox. I installed the x11-video-nvidiaG02 package (from the Suse 13.1 Nvidia repos) and dependencies without success and then the G03 packages without success. I did blacklist nouveau in /etc/modprobe.d/50-blacklist file and edited /etc/sysconfig system-kernel section as indicated in the SDB. The 730M chip is not listed in the SDB Nvidia-drivers page. Googling for my card I found several Ubuntu references to bumblebee being necessary to get the 730M card to work. The opensuse SBD nvidia-bumblebee page seems to indicate that bumblebee is for power management issues only. It indicates that they have been tested on 13.1 This page: https://build.opensuse.org/project/show/home:Bumblebee-Project:nVidia:310.40 Shows my card as supported by the bumblebee packages. It also mentions an installer that will download the drivers from one of two nvidia sites. However: Index of /repositories/home:/Bumblebee-Project:/nVidia:/310.40 Lists only 12.3, factory, SLE_11(sp1 and sp2), tumbleweed directories - no 13.1. Is bumblebee the way to go? Which are the correct packages? If so, will the nvidia driver be updated automatically each time the kernel is updated (if the proper repo is enabled)? Any pointers would be much appreciated. Gustav -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Uninstall nvidia*G02 and install all packages with name nvidia*G03 You need bumblebee only if you want to switch from/to CPU graphics (IntelGPU) to Nvidia. It saves power, but has some limitations. I never got it to work - tried a year ago. On 10/14/2014 10:57 AM, Gustav Degreef wrote:
Hello,
I am having trouble configuring X in a new Lenovo Thinkpad. Video Card is Nvidia GeForce GT 730M. The nouveau driver worked out of the box (OS 13.1, 64bit, KDE), but there were frequent crashes with Firefox.
I installed the x11-video-nvidiaG02 package (from the Suse 13.1 Nvidia repos) and dependencies without success and then the G03 packages without success. I did blacklist nouveau in /etc/modprobe.d/50-blacklist file and edited /etc/sysconfig system-kernel section as indicated in the SDB.
The 730M chip is not listed in the SDB Nvidia-drivers page.
Googling for my card I found several Ubuntu references to bumblebee being necessary to get the 730M card to work.
The opensuse SBD nvidia-bumblebee page seems to indicate that bumblebee is for power management issues only. It indicates that they have been tested on 13.1 This page:
https://build.opensuse.org/project/show/home:Bumblebee-Project:nVidia:310.40
Shows my card as supported by the bumblebee packages. It also mentions an installer that will download the drivers from one of two nvidia sites.
However:
Index of /repositories/home:/Bumblebee-Project:/nVidia:/310.40
Lists only 12.3, factory, SLE_11(sp1 and sp2), tumbleweed directories - no 13.1.
Is bumblebee the way to go? Which are the correct packages? If so, will the nvidia driver be updated automatically each time the kernel is updated (if the proper repo is enabled)? Any pointers would be much appreciated. Gustav
Hi Gustav,
if you want to use Bumblebee, add this repo
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/X11:/Bumblebee/openSUSE_13.1/
I regularly use bumblebee on my Asus N53S laptop. I use intel card and
activate NVIDIA one only when needed.
Regards,
Francesco
On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 10:57 AM, Gustav Degreef
Hello,
I am having trouble configuring X in a new Lenovo Thinkpad. Video Card is Nvidia GeForce GT 730M. The nouveau driver worked out of the box (OS 13.1, 64bit, KDE), but there were frequent crashes with Firefox.
I installed the x11-video-nvidiaG02 package (from the Suse 13.1 Nvidia repos) and dependencies without success and then the G03 packages without success. I did blacklist nouveau in /etc/modprobe.d/50-blacklist file and edited /etc/sysconfig system-kernel section as indicated in the SDB.
The 730M chip is not listed in the SDB Nvidia-drivers page.
Googling for my card I found several Ubuntu references to bumblebee being necessary to get the 730M card to work.
The opensuse SBD nvidia-bumblebee page seems to indicate that bumblebee is for power management issues only. It indicates that they have been tested on 13.1 This page:
https://build.opensuse.org/project/show/home:Bumblebee-Project:nVidia:310.40
Shows my card as supported by the bumblebee packages. It also mentions an installer that will download the drivers from one of two nvidia sites.
However:
Index of /repositories/home:/Bumblebee-Project:/nVidia:/310.40
Lists only 12.3, factory, SLE_11(sp1 and sp2), tumbleweed directories - no 13.1.
Is bumblebee the way to go? Which are the correct packages? If so, will the nvidia driver be updated automatically each time the kernel is updated (if the proper repo is enabled)? Any pointers would be much appreciated. Gustav
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Florian Gleixner -
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Gustav Degreef