Isto é para uma nova instalação do Linux Mint 17.1 (Rebecca)
update completely sudo apt-get update & sudo apt-get upgrade
Add 'nomodeset' to the grub loader i.e. sudo vi /etc/default/grub should look like this:
*GRUB_DEFAULT=0
#GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true
GRUB_TIMEOUT=10
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR='lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian'
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash nomodeset"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""
install bumblebee bumblebee-nvidia bbswitch-dkms primus
Through synaptic package manager because there are dependancies for these
three that didn't show up on the apt-get call
sudo apt-get install libcuda1-331 libvdpau1 nvidia-331 nvidia-331-uvm
nvidia-libopencl1-331 nvidia-opencl-icd-331 nvidia-settings
screen-resolution-extra
gedit /etc/bumblebee/bumblebee.conf
Change:
The Driver used by Bumblebee server. If this value is not set (or empty),
auto-detection is performed. The available drivers are nvidia and nouveau
(See also the driver-specific sections below)
Driver=
to:The Driver used by Bumblebee server. If this value is not set (or empty),
auto-detection is performed. The available drivers are nvidia and nouveau
(See also the driver-specific sections below)
**Driver=nvidia**
Also change:
Section with nvidia driver specific options, only parsed if Driver=nvidia
[driver-nvidia]
Module name to load, defaults to Driver if empty or unset
KernelDriver=nvidia-current
PMMethod=auto
colon-separated path to the nvidia libraries
LibraryPath=/usr/lib/nvidia-current:/usr/lib32/nvidia-current
comma-separated path of the directory containing nvidia_drv.so and the
default Xorg modules path
XorgModulePath=/usr/lib/nvidia-current/xorg,/usr/lib/xorg/modules
XorgConfFile=/etc/bumblebee/xorg.conf.nvidia
to:
-Section with nvidia driver specific options, only parsed if Driver=nvidia
-[driver-nvidia]
-Module name to load, defaults to Driver if empty or unset
KernelDriver=nvidia-331
PMMethod=auto
colon-separated path to the nvidia libraries
LibraryPath=/usr/lib/nvidia-331:/usr/lib32/nvidia-331
comma-separated path of the directory containing nvidia_drv.so and the
default Xorg modules path
XorgModulePath=/usr/lib/nvidia-331/xorg,/usr/lib/xorg/modules
XorgConfFile=/etc/bumblebee/xorg.conf.nvidia'
Finally save the file, reboot and then test vblank_mode=0 glxgears you should
get a high frame rate using the dedicated graphics chip.
Você também pode executar programas com os gráficos dedicados usando o optirun