Public bug reported:
In the Ubuntu repositories the following versions of the nvidia driver can be
found (that are relevant for nvidia optimus support):
304
310
313
319
331
340
346
352
However, bumblebee is not blacklisting all of these modules (it only blacklists
everything up to 331, leaving 340, 346 and 352 out).
This means that for any recent card that is not supported with 331 and below,
where the more recent drivers are required, installing the nvidia driver (say -
nvidia-346) to use with bumblebee will result in a black screen at boot, since
X will try to start using the nvidia driver, which is not connected to a
display.
Attached is a proposed "/etc/modprobe.d/bumbebee.conf" that contains the
necessary blacklist items. Please let me know if you would prefer this
to be in "patch" format.
This bug should affect any users with an nvidia optimus laptop with any
cards above nvidia GT6xx (roughly, as marketing names are not always
based on the same chips).
** Affects: bumblebee (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: blacklist bumbebee modprobe nvidia-optimus
** Attachment added: "New proposed module blacklist."
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1511560/+attachment/4508848/+files/bumbelebee.conf
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