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by **dirkme** » Jun 26th, '17, 05:57

Hi there,

just wondering if Mageia has a solution like Xubuntu or Solus, where you can install the Nvidia Prime driver and by pass the whole hassle to get bumblebee running.

I don't want or need to switch back and forward and would be happy to just install the Nvidia prop. drivers.

Thanks a lot for every one trying to help.

Dirk

(haven't installed Mageia yet, just having this new laptop and Windows 10 is disgusting and the EULA a disgrace)
Mageia is still running on my old PC.

Specs: ASUS ROG Strix GL753VD 17.3" GSYNC Gaming Laptop GTX 1050 4GB Intel Core i77700HQ 16GB DDR4 1TB 7200RPM HDD RGB Keyboard

by **doktor5000** » Jun 26th, '17, 17:51

Well, the installation of the propr. nvidia driver has always been integrated in drakx11. See https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Setup_the_graphical_server or https://doc.mageia.org/mcc/5/en/content/XFdrake.html

And there also seems to be a configuration tool for prime, maybe you should try it out: https://madb.mageia.org/package/show/ap ... geia-prime
More information on the tool at https://github.com/ghibo/mageia-prime

by **dirkme** » Jun 27th, '17, 04:50

OK, that is worth trying it out, will update after I get to it ;-)

thanks a lot

Dirk

by **doktor5000** » Jun 27th, '17, 19:10

Please next time do not use fullquotes, but only use the Reply function. Greatly improves clarity and reading flow

by **morgano** » Feb 23rd, '18, 22:56

Dirkme, did it work for you?

I do not have much luck here. But to me it looks like Nvidia by itself do not work.

Machine: acer Aspire 7 A717-71G; hybrid Intel + Nvidia GTX1050

Installed fresh Mageia 6 64 bit, accepted preselected Intel 810 GPU, and it booted up OK.
(Installed using the DVD install iso on USB, plus online sources, and updated during install.)
Then i installed mageia-prime, ran /usr/sbin/mageia-prime-install, and it installed Nvidia driver and made some magic.
It did fail downloading, so i ran mageia-prime-uninstall, then mageia-prime-install again and this time network was with me.

Rebooting yields a black screen when i expect the DM login screen.
Text terminals (i.e Alt-F3) are useless, text flickers, they are slow and most af my keystrokes are missed, can not login.
Workaround then is to shut down by pressing power button for 2 seconds, and it shuts down in a controlled way.
Boot in safe mode, and run /usr/sbin/mageia-prime-uninstall , and run drakx11 to make sure intel driver is used.
Reboot and all is OK, on intel.
Then i just changed to Nvidia, by drakX11
( I have not uninstalled the package mageia-prime, but did not run it since i ran /usr/sbin/mageia-prime-uninstall )
Part of journal when booting with Nvidia :

Spoiler:

A few days more this is machine free for experimentation so i can do a full reinstall, or even try cauldron if needed.
I just dont know what to try...

by **katnatek** » Feb 24th, '18, 02:12

@morgano, did you install the kernel devel package for your kernel flavor?

by **morgano** » Feb 24th, '18, 10:29

kernel-desktop-devel package got installed automatically when i installed mageia-prime, and it seem to have succeeded so far:

Code: Select all: # dkms status nvidia-current, 384.111-1.mga6.nonfree, 4.14.18-desktop-1.mga6, x86_64: installed

In the log i note: " Failed to assign any connected display devices to X screen 0." but i do not know what to do about that.

by **morgano** » Feb 24th, '18, 11:56

Currently testing OK running Xorg nouveau driver
More info:

Code: Select all: grep -i nouveau /var/log/Xorg.0.log [ 65.964] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.14.18-desktop-1.mga6 root=/dev/mapper/vg--crypt-lv_root ro nouveau.modeset=0 splash quiet noiswmd resume=/dev/vg-crypt/lv_swap audit=0 lspcidrake -v | grep VGA Card:NVIDIA GeForce 420 series and later: NVIDIA Corporation|GP107M [GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile] [DISPLAY_VGA] (vendor:10de device:1c8d subv:1025 subd:1199) (rev: a1) Card:Intel 810 and later: Intel Corporation|Device 591b [DISPLAY_VGA] (vendor:8086 device:591b subv:1025 subd:1196) (rev: 04)

by **morgano** » Feb 26th, '18, 18:37

Reinstalled; i only made a test install before.
Now I chosed during install to only configure Intel, booted up and worked OK like that.
Then in a terminal as root:

Code: Select all: # urpmi bumblebee

and followed the instruction to add user(s) to the bumblebee group.
Works as advertised.
More info how to, and how to test, is in our wiki: https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Bumblebee

No idea why mageia-prime did not work for me, maybe i needed to do something more/other than i did, but i did not investigate it further.

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