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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

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

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

thanks a lot

Dirk

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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...

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

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.

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)

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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