[gentoo-user] Lenovo y510p video drivers

[gentoo-user] Lenovo y510p video drivers

[András Csányi]

Hi All,

I bought a Lenovo y510p stuff which has two video cards, an Intel 4th
generation stuff and a NVIDIA GF GT750M SLI. When I start the

X -configure

the log says that it has not found usable driver, however in my make.conf

VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia nv intel nouveau vga"

The system is base system without ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~amd64" flag. The
kernel contains the intel drivers as modules and they are loaded, but
the result is the same.

I would like to ask what to do in that case?

The documentation does not say too much about this situation. On the
other hand, it seems, the two video cards are working together because
under Win 7. The nvidia driver requires the intel driver to be
installed and the driver is able to decide when the nvidia should be
used. Sorry, I'm not an expert in video cards and hardwares.

Thanks for any help in advance!

András

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Re: [gentoo-user] Lenovo y510p video drivers

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Fri, 21 Feb 2014 10:32:41 +0100, András Csányi wrote:

> VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia nv intel nouveau vga"

Pick one of nvidia, nv or nouveau, preferably not nv. You should also add
vesa to the list, which gets most cards working in a basic way.


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[gentoo-user] Re: Lenovo y510p video drivers

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On Fri, 21 Feb 2014 10:32:41 +0100
András Csányi <sayusi.ando@sayusi.hu> wrote:

> I bought a Lenovo y510p stuff which has two video cards, an Intel 4th
> generation stuff and a NVIDIA GF GT750M SLI. When I start the
> 
> X -configure
> 
> the log says that it has not found usable driver, however in my
> make.conf
> 
> VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia nv intel nouveau vga"
> 
> The system is base system without ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~amd64" flag. The
> kernel contains the intel drivers as modules and they are loaded, but
> the result is the same.
> 
> I would like to ask what to do in that case?

I can't help much, but I guess something is better than nothing.

I have a y510p with a single 750M, but I haven't looked into making the
NVidia card work, let alone being able to switch between it and intel.

The intel works for me with 

  VIDEO_CARDS="intel i965 v4l vesa"

I don't know if i965 is necessary, but I see this in xorg's log: 

  (II) intel(0): [DRI2]   DRI driver: i965
  (II) AIGLX: Loaded and initialized i965

Making the NVidia card work is still on the back burner for me;
eventually I'll get to it and post here about it.  In the meantime,
please do post anything you're able to find out.