hi peter, thanks for getting back
you wrote: > Hi Fulano, Luca, > > On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 01:29:47AM +1100, Fulano Diego Perez wrote: >> hi >> >> Debian GNU/Linux stretch/sid \n \l >> >> Linux hesse 4.3.0-1-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.3.5-1 (2016-02-06) x86_64 >> GNU/Linux > [..] >> optirun (Bumblebee) 3.2.1 >> >> see https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=815888 > >>From the Xorg.0.log it is visible that novueau is loaded. This is > related to PRIME, but is incompatible with Bumblebee (use one or the > other, not both). > >>From the dmesg I can see that bbswitch initially disabled the card, but > later enabled it (presumably because nvidia loads it). > > If you would like to use Bumblebee, then ensure that nothing autoloads > nouveau nor nvidia (for example by blacklisting these modules). Somehow > I don't see a Xorg.8.log, could this be related to rootless Xorg? could be thats what luca thought stretch does have rootless Xorg if thats the case, how can i get around this if at all possible ? im not technically adept at all with this area if there's this much trouble then i suggest the DEB package should make a few adjustments somehow...it doesnt seem to work out-of-the-box > > I must admit that I have not used Bumblebee in a while. With my new > laptop having a GTX965M (still needs research to get PM working > properly) I prefer PRIME anyway because I am only interested in an > external monitor, not the acceleration. my use case was for acceleration so to be clear, how exactly do you suggest i get to this point ? i didnt quite fully understand above