I'm running Ubuntu 13.10 on a MBP 9,1 (via rEFInd). It's my work laptop so I don't need it for gaming or anything of that nature. I'm trying to disable the nvidia card under Ubuntu for a few reasons:
- Returning from suspend/hibernate doesn't work. The screen is just blank (though the system is clearly on) and the only thing I can do is hold the power button.
- Battery life is not stellar.
- I'm hoping it will resolve an issue with disconnecting my external monitor while running (which turns the laptop screen blank -- see issue #1).
- I'm hoping it will resolve an issue with the newer versions of Hip Chat (graphics are all garbled).
I have tried following these pages for advice:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HybridGraphics
http://askubuntu.com/questions/42585...acbook-pro-9-1
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2137538
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2098304
The final link suggests that using an older version of gfxCardStatus resolved the problem, but this still isn't working for me. I have tried both 2.2.1 and 2.3 and setting it to integrated only doesn't work for me. In fact, when I set integrated only, Ubuntu just boots up to a blank screen (just like my issues above). It's clearly running as I was able to enter my password, CTRL+ALT+T, and then run sudo reboot. After entering my password, sure it enough it rebooted.
So clearly it's an issue with the graphics driver but I'm not sure what I need to do. Currently I'm running the nouveau driver:
I have rolled back all of my changes except I left gfxCardStatus 2.2.1 installed in OS X. Additionally, I passed in the following options at boot time so that vgaswitcheroo works:
Even if I try to echo DIGD into the switch file as the wiki says, it always seems to reboot with the nvidia card/nouveau driver active. That's when I started looking around and found the gfxCardStatus suggestions to force integrated only, but I can't seem to get this to work. So I'm basically back to where I started. The graphics at least work, but it's still nouveau and I'm no closer to disabling the nvidia card.
Anyone have any suggestions? I have *NOT* yet installed the Intel graphics driver for Linux. Do I need to do that prior to setting integrated only with gfxCardStatus?
Thanks!
- Returning from suspend/hibernate doesn't work. The screen is just blank (though the system is clearly on) and the only thing I can do is hold the power button.
- Battery life is not stellar.
- I'm hoping it will resolve an issue with disconnecting my external monitor while running (which turns the laptop screen blank -- see issue #1).
- I'm hoping it will resolve an issue with the newer versions of Hip Chat (graphics are all garbled).
I have tried following these pages for advice:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HybridGraphics
http://askubuntu.com/questions/42585...acbook-pro-9-1
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2137538
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2098304
The final link suggests that using an older version of gfxCardStatus resolved the problem, but this still isn't working for me. I have tried both 2.2.1 and 2.3 and setting it to integrated only doesn't work for me. In fact, when I set integrated only, Ubuntu just boots up to a blank screen (just like my issues above). It's clearly running as I was able to enter my password, CTRL+ALT+T, and then run sudo reboot. After entering my password, sure it enough it rebooted.
So clearly it's an issue with the graphics driver but I'm not sure what I need to do. Currently I'm running the nouveau driver:
Code:
$ lspci | grep VGA
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller (rev 09)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GK107M [GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition] (rev a1)
$ glxinfo | grep -i vendor
server glx vendor string: SGI
client glx vendor string: Mesa Project and SGI
OpenGL vendor string: nouveauI have rolled back all of my changes except I left gfxCardStatus 2.2.1 installed in OS X. Additionally, I passed in the following options at boot time so that vgaswitcheroo works:
Code:
i915.lvds_channel_mode=2 i915.modeset=1 i915.lvds_use_ssc=0Even if I try to echo DIGD into the switch file as the wiki says, it always seems to reboot with the nvidia card/nouveau driver active. That's when I started looking around and found the gfxCardStatus suggestions to force integrated only, but I can't seem to get this to work. So I'm basically back to where I started. The graphics at least work, but it's still nouveau and I'm no closer to disabling the nvidia card.
Anyone have any suggestions? I have *NOT* yet installed the Intel graphics driver for Linux. Do I need to do that prior to setting integrated only with gfxCardStatus?
Thanks!