On 29/06/2015, Lisi Reisz <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Monday 29 June 2015 14:02:03 Sven Arvidsson wrote: >> On Mon, 2015-06-29 at 16:53 +0800, Bret Busby wrote: >> > The reason that I wanted to know what graphical drivers are in use, >> > and which of the graphical devices they are driving, in addition to >> > which graphical drivers are installed, is, as is shown below, many >> > irrelevant graphical drivers appear to be installed. >> > >> > As has been previously mentioned, the computer has an Intel Sandy >> > Bridge graphics controller, and an nvidia GEForce GT520M graphics >> > device, with nvidia Optimus thingy. >> >> For an Optimus system I think the Intel side is the one that's actually >> connected to the monitor, but it can use the Nvidia GPU to render >> stuff. >> >> So you would need the Intel drivers, and either the proprietary driver >> from Nvidia or the free one called nouveau. >> >> You can read more about it here: >> https://wiki.debian.org/Bumblebee > > Here we go round the mulberry bush .... > > Lisi >
You say that, but.... if it is, as, I think, postulated by Sven, the Intel driver that drives the external monitor, then the question is does Debian 6 have a driver for the Intel Haswell integrated graphic controller, that can drive the external monitor? -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .............. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means." - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts", written by Douglas Adams, published by Pan Books, 1992 .................................................... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CACX6j8M5Kp2-Mc7L+LHnROPG50O88O1mhZ=8v=gj51zejst...@mail.gmail.com