The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Installing nvidia drivers on linux

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by Jonathan337, Dec 9, 2010.

  1. Jonathan337

    Jonathan337 Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    40
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    I have the R2 M11x and I'm new to the linux thing, just wanted to try it out and get used to it...I'm liking it a lot so far but I was able to get all the window animations and effects running on a VM and when i dual booted ubuntu 10.10 i enable the effects but none of them actually work. Now im thinking this is due to the nvidia driver not being installed, i assumed its using the discrete graphics because when i first installed ubuntu, i went to the additional drivers thing to install drivers for my wifi card and then i saw the discrete graphics drivers there..so i installed it...on reboot, there was nothing but a blank screen so i had to go into recovery mode to uninstall them. I've done a lot of research but all that comes up is people wanting to switch between IGP and Discrete graphics..i really don't care which it uses, even if it depletes battery life a bit more..I just want all the animations to be enabled and to run smoothly, which i honestly think the integrated graphics is fully capable of. Please guys any help would be appreciated..thanks in advance.
     
    Jonathan337, Dec 9, 2010
    #1
  2. Jonathan337

    Jonathan337 Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    40
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    Anyone ? I've done a lot of searching but I'm only finding info for the R1
     
    Jonathan337, Dec 11, 2010
    #2
  3. Conradzz

    Conradzz Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    30
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    Last I heard there were no drivers for linux, but they are in the making from a third party.
     
    Conradzz, Dec 11, 2010
    #3
  4. KoldWar

    KoldWar Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    2
    Messages:
    157
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    I have a m11x r2 with linux. To get past the optimus, you have to use a hacked version of acpi_call.

    Alienware M11X Thread - Page 3 - FedoraForum.org

    When you use linux, you'll realize that graphical animations are a detriment to work. Anyways, the intel card is perfectly capable of using compiz effects.
     
    KoldWar, Dec 11, 2010
    #4