Hey, I am proud owner of a thinkpad t510
it has a dual gpu setup and i read a lot of threads about problems caused by intel optimus technology and X.
Code:
:~$ lscpi -v
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 21d9
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 44
Memory at f8800000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4M]
Memory at f0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
I/O ports at 1800 [size=8]
Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: i915
Kernel modules: i915
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GT218 [NVS 3100M] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 21d8
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
Memory at cc000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Memory at ce000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
I/O ports at 2000 [size=128]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at cd000000 [disabled] [size=512K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: nvidia
Kernel modules: nvidia-current, nouveau, nvidiafb
as you can see i have the proprietary driver installed (and i want to use this one, expecially for openGL applications and programming.
yeah well but:
Code:
:~$ glxgears
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Error: couldn't get an RGB, Double-buffered visual
:~$ glxinfo
name of display: :0.0
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Error: couldn't find RGB GLX visual or fbconfig
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
nvidia-settings told me to run nvidia-xconfig which trashed that users desktop...
what can i do? any ideas?
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