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<font size="-1">so my video device on my laptop is nvidia optimus
geforce 610m<br>
[code]<br>
# lspci -nn | grep VGA<br>
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 3rd
Gen Core processor Graphics Controller [8086:0166] (rev 09)<br>
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation
GF119M [GeForce 610M] [10de:1058] (rev a1)[/code]<br>
<br>
nvidia-detect says that the drivers for this should be<br>
[code]<br>
# nvidia-detect <br>
Detected NVIDIA GPUs:<br>
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation
GF119M [GeForce 610M] [10de:1058] (rev a1)<br>
Your card is supported by the default drivers and legacy driver
series 304.<br>
It is recommended to install the<br>
nvidia-driver<br>
package.[/code]<br>
<br>
and these are the packages installed for nvidia<br>
[code]<br>
# dpkg -l | grep nvidia<br>
ii glx-alternative-nvidia
0.4.1 amd64 allows the
selection of NVIDIA as GLX provider<br>
rc libgl1-nvidia-glx:i386
331.49-1 i386 NVIDIA binary
OpenGL libraries<br>
ii libgl1-nvidia-legacy-304xx-glx:amd64
304.117-1 amd64 NVIDIA binary
OpenGL libraries (304xx legacy version)<br>
ii libgl1-nvidia-legacy-304xx-glx:i386
304.117-1 i386 NVIDIA binary
OpenGL libraries (304xx legacy version)<br>
ii libgl1-nvidia-legacy-304xx-glx-i386
304.117-1 i386 NVIDIA binary
OpenGL 32-bit libraries (304xx legacy version)<br>
ii nvidia-detect
331.49-1 amd64 NVIDIA GPU
detection utility<br>
ii nvidia-installer-cleanup
20131102+1 amd64 cleanup after
driver installation with the nvidia-installer<br>
ii nvidia-kernel-common
20131102+1 amd64 NVIDIA binary
kernel module support files<br>
ii nvidia-legacy-304xx-alternative
304.117-1 amd64 allows the
selection of NVIDIA as GLX provider<br>
ii nvidia-legacy-304xx-driver
304.117-1 amd64 NVIDIA metapackage
(304xx legacy version)<br>
ii nvidia-legacy-304xx-kernel-dkms
304.117-1 amd64 NVIDIA binary
kernel module DKMS source (304xx legacy version)<br>
ii nvidia-legacy-304xx-kernel-source
304.117-1 amd64 NVIDIA binary
kernel module source (304xx legacy version)<br>
ii nvidia-settings-legacy-304xx
304.116-1 amd64 tool for
configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver (304xx legacy version)<br>
ii nvidia-support
20131102+1 amd64 NVIDIA binary
graphics driver support files<br>
ii xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-legacy-304xx
304.117-1 amd64 NVIDIA binary Xorg
driver (304xx legacy version)[/code]<br>
<br>
yet what is required by bumblee is different<br>
[code]<br>
# aptitude show bumblebee bumblebee-nvidia <br>
Package: bumblebee <br>
New: yes<br>
State: not installed<br>
Version: 3.2.1-5<br>
Priority: extra<br>
Section: utils<br>
Maintainer: Debian NVIDIA Maintainers
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:pkg-nvidia-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org"><pkg-nvidia-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org></a><br>
Architecture: amd64<br>
Uncompressed Size: 142 k<br>
Depends: libbsd0 (>= 0.2.0), libc6 (>= 2.15), libglib2.0-0
(>= 2.12.0), libx11-6, init-system-helpers (>= 1.13~),
bbswitch-dkms | bbswitch-source<br>
Recommends: virtualgl | primus<br>
Suggests: bumblebee-nvidia (= 3.2.1-5)<br>
Conflicts: bumblebee<br>
Description: NVIDIA Optimus support for Linux<br>
Bumblebee is an effort to make NVIDIA Optimus enabled laptops
work in GNU/Linux systems. These laptops are built in such a way
that the NVIDIA graphics card can be used on demand so that<br>
battery life is improved and temperature is kept low. <br>
<br>
It disables the discrete graphics card if no client is detected,
and start an X server making use of NVIDIA card if requested then
let software GL implementations (such as VirtualGL) copy<br>
frames to the visible display that runs on the intergrated
graphics. The ability to use discrete graphics depends on the
driver: open source nouveau and proprietary nvidia.<br>
Homepage: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://launchpad.net/~bumblebee">https://launchpad.net/~bumblebee</a><br>
<br>
Package: bumblebee-nvidia<br>
New: yes<br>
State: not installed<br>
Version: 3.2.1-5<br>
Priority: extra<br>
Section: contrib/utils<br>
Maintainer: Debian NVIDIA Maintainers
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:pkg-nvidia-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org"><pkg-nvidia-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org></a><br>
Architecture: amd64<br>
Uncompressed Size: 6,144 <br>
Depends: bumblebee (= 3.2.1-5), nvidia-driver | nvidia-glx |
nvidia-kernel-dkms | nvidia-kernel-amd64 | nvidia-kernel-686-pae |
nvidia-kernel-486 | nvidia | nvidia-current |<br>
nvidia-current-updates | nvidia-driver-binary |
nvidia-304 | nvidia-304-updates | nvidia-experimental-304 |
nvidia-310 | nvidia-310-updates | nvidia-experimental-310 |
nvidia-313 |<br>
nvidia-313-updates | nvidia-experimental-313 | nvidia-319
| nvidia-319-updates | nvidia-experimental-319 | nvidia-325 |
nvidia-325-updates | nvidia-experimental-325 | nvidia-331 |<br>
nvidia-331-updates | nvidia-experimental-331<br>
Conflicts: bumblebee-nvidia<br>
Description: NVIDIA Optimus support using the proprietary NVIDIA
driver<br>
This metapackage ensures that the proprietary NVIDIA driver is
installed in a way such that 3D acceleration does not break. It
does so by configuring the OpenGL library path to use the Mesa<br>
graphics library.<br>
Homepage: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://launchpad.net/~bumblebee">https://launchpad.net/~bumblebee</a>[/code]<br>
<br>
and this is what is available to me<br>
[code]<br>
$ apt-cache policy bumblebee bumblebee-nvidia<br>
bumblebee:<br>
Installed: (none)<br>
Candidate: 3.2.1-5<br>
Version table:<br>
3.2.1-5 0<br>
500 <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://debian.mirror.ac.za/debian/">http://debian.mirror.ac.za/debian/</a> sid/main amd64
Packages<br>
500 <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://debian.mirror.ac.za/debian/">http://debian.mirror.ac.za/debian/</a> testing/main amd64
Packages<br>
500 <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://debian.mirror.neology.co.za/debian/">http://debian.mirror.neology.co.za/debian/</a>
testing/main amd64 Packages<br>
500 <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://debian.mirror.neology.co.za/debian/">http://debian.mirror.neology.co.za/debian/</a>
unstable/main amd64 Packages<br>
500 <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://free.hands.com/debian/">http://free.hands.com/debian/</a> sid/main amd64 Packages<br>
500 <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://free.hands.com/debian/">http://free.hands.com/debian/</a> testing/main amd64
Packages<br>
bumblebee-nvidia:<br>
Installed: (none)<br>
Candidate: 3.2.1-5<br>
Version table:<br>
3.2.1-5 0<br>
500 <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://debian.mirror.ac.za/debian/">http://debian.mirror.ac.za/debian/</a> sid/contrib amd64
Packages<br>
500 <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://debian.mirror.ac.za/debian/">http://debian.mirror.ac.za/debian/</a> testing/contrib
amd64 Packages<br>
500 <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://debian.mirror.neology.co.za/debian/">http://debian.mirror.neology.co.za/debian/</a>
testing/contrib amd64 Packages<br>
500 <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://debian.mirror.neology.co.za/debian/">http://debian.mirror.neology.co.za/debian/</a>
unstable/contrib amd64 Packages<br>
500 <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://free.hands.com/debian/">http://free.hands.com/debian/</a> sid/contrib amd64
Packages<br>
500 <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://free.hands.com/debian/">http://free.hands.com/debian/</a> testing/contrib amd64
Packages[/code]<br>
<br>
I don't think I have to list the dependencies. But yet the
dependecies required by this package are inconsistent with
nvidia-detect.<br>
<br>
Please advise.<br>
<br>
Thanks<br>
<br>
Milo Mak <br>
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