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    680M on a P150HM and Linux

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by belegdol, Nov 13, 2012.

  1. belegdol

    belegdol Notebook Geek

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    Hi,

    I was wondering if/how a 680M works in a P150HM under Linux. I know that you need to change the .inf file in Windows drivers to make it work, but I did not find anything of the sort in the Linux driver package. Did anyone actually try to pull this off? I would be quite unhappy if I finally decided to pull the trigger on the upgrade only to learn I need to leave Linux behind.
     
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  2. Rauch

    Rauch Notebook Consultant

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    What Distro are you using? You don't need to manually compile it...
     
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    belegdol Notebook Geek

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    I'm on Fedora. The thing is that if the hardware ID requires patching and there is no text file to edit, there might be no way to enable the driver for the card.
     
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  4. Rauch

    Rauch Notebook Consultant

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    Run this in a terminal and let me know the output.:

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    lspci |grep -i VGA
     
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  5. belegdol

    belegdol Notebook Geek

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    I should make it clear that I have not aquired 680M yet, I am just considering it. At this point, the command shows
    but that is for 485M which requires no driver mods.
     
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  6. Rauch

    Rauch Notebook Consultant

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    Ah.

    Well, chances are you'll be perfectly fine with nothing to modify. Linux =/= Windows... You'll have far less of an issue with Linux & devices vs. Windows & devices. Especially since you're on a premade distribution with the ability to update and not have to manually compile everything.
     
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  7. belegdol

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    Still, the graphics drivers come from nvidia and they share the majority of the codebase with the windows ones. Well, I guess I'll just have to bite the bullet if I decide to upgrade
     
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    Why do you need to go Nvidia? Why not AMD? There is a very good reason why Linus Torvalds gave Nvidia the finger and used profanity in public this year, oh and the audience cheered..
     
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  9. Rauch

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    Because Nvidia didn't give in to his every whim? :laugh:

    There's a lot of things Linus doesn't like... A LOT. I'd sure hate to try cooking him dinner.
     
    Rauch, Nov 13, 2012
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