Bug#808371: nvidia-driver: Driver freezes with GTX960M (+skylake switchable)

[Mateusz Kaduk]

Hi Luca,

bumblebee-nvidia seems to do the job, I think it's safe to close this bug
now.

Thanks for clearing this up for me.

Enjoy your winter holidays!
Mateusz

On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 11:14 AM, Luca Boccassi <luca.boccassi at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Dec 19, 2015 09:09, "Mateusz Kaduk" <mateusz.kaduk at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Package: nvidia-driver
> > Version: 352.63-1
> > Severity: normal
> >
> > Dear Maintainer,
> >
> > I have laptop with GTX960M and I7-6700HQ processor.
> > After installing nvidia-driver, and restarting X does not start but I
> see console and it keeps blinking such that I cannot type anything without
> delay of 5-6seconds and some key presses are ignored (impossible to login
> and type password).
> > I expect nvidia driver to support my graphics card, such that it does
> not conflict with intel graphics.
> > Removing all packages with "nvidia" in the name, boots into gnome but
> running Intel SkyLake.
> > I would like to use nvidia instead, which unfortunetly does not work.
> >
> > BIOS settings are "switchable" or "internal", I have set it to
> "switchable".
> > I use experimental only to test with recent drivers as I had the same
> problems with the driver from sid.
> >
> >
> >
> > -- Package-specific info:
> > uname -a:
> > Linux debian 4.4.0-rc4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.4~rc4-1~exp1 (2015-12-13)
> x86_64 GNU/Linux
> >
> > /proc/version:
> > Linux version 4.4.0-rc4-amd64 (debian-kernel at lists.debian.org) (gcc
> version 5.3.1 20151207 (Debian 5.3.1-3) ) #1 SMP Debian 4.4~rc4-1~exp1
> (2015-12-13)
> >
> > /proc/driver/nvidia/version:
> > NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module  352.63  Sat Nov  7
> 21:25:42 PST 2015
> > GCC version:  gcc version 5.3.1 20151207 (Debian 5.3.1-3)
> >
> > lspci 'VGA compatible controller [0300]':
> > 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Device
> [8086:191b] (rev 06) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
> >     Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:3802]
>
> Hi,
>
> From your system log and your description it looks like you have a lenovo
> laptop with switchable graphics (ie an optimus system).
>
> If that's indeed the case, then you cannot use the Nvidia driver as the
> main stack. You must use the Intel stack as the main driver, and to do so
> you need to install the bumblebee-nvidia package alongside nvidia-driver,
> which will allow you to run programs on demand on the Nvidia card with:
> optirun <program name>
>
> Kind regards,
> Luca Boccassi
>
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