From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBC801389E2 for ; Thu, 18 Dec 2014 04:54:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3D996E08FC; Thu, 18 Dec 2014 04:53:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 346D0E08CD for ; Thu, 18 Dec 2014 04:53:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55A5334060A for ; Thu, 18 Dec 2014 04:53:57 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -0.698 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.698 tagged_above=-999 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=0.013, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.01] autolearn=no Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id FMMfoo794Gvv for ; Thu, 18 Dec 2014 04:53:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C46E733FAD8 for ; Thu, 18 Dec 2014 04:53:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Y1T5X-000732-4n for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Thu, 18 Dec 2014 05:53:23 +0100 Received: from wsip-98-175-144-103.no.no.cox.net ([98.175.144.103]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 18 Dec 2014 05:53:23 +0100 Received: from boxcars by wsip-98-175-144-103.no.no.cox.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 18 Dec 2014 05:53:23 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: =?UTF-8?B?wrtRwqs=?= Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Nvidia and optimus Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 22:53:10 -0600 Organization: none Message-ID: <20141217225310.2711e30b@sepulchrave.remarqs> References: <1807415.eBbIXFvdYU@andromeda> <1455886.jIhlP9vPDs@andromeda> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: wsip-98-175-144-103.no.no.cox.net X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 3.9.0 (GTK+ 2.24.24; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-Archives-Salt: 9d193409-bf28-42a3-acfe-89b2f99be673 X-Archives-Hash: da891ed9b3fb63cd270079ccd3b5d76a On Wed, 17 Dec 2014 18:49:08 +0330 behrouz khosravi wrote: > > On MS Windows, I need to: > > 1) Start the program > > 2) Stop the program > > 3) Configure the driver to use the NVidia chipset for the program > > (It doesn't > > show in the list before I start it once) > > > > It seems that I was wrong about the way optimus is working in > > Windows. > > I never have tried to manually select a GPU for program. I thought > that the switching is automatic in Windows, because my games were > smooth in Windows! That NVidia utility automagically recognizes some games for which it should switch the NVidia GPU on, but coverage is far from comprehensive. In case it doesn't recognize a program, those three steps are necessary.