> > > You need bumblebee. Otherwise it's not possible to use the Nvidia > Optimus chip. I think that it is possible, or supposed to be possible! The gentoo wiki says that Nvidia drivers are now supporting the optimus, so it is called "native optimus support" > > I just waned to use optimus without that, but it seem the it is not easy! > > It's not possible, because the Nvidia Optimus chip isn't a full featured > graphics card, and doesn't write directly to the screen. Joost already > explained it pretty well. > > Exactly, that is why the Nvidia driver is using the xrandr for offloading the tasks.