Jockey should not make NVIDIA Optimus available on the desktop
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| jockey (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
|
High
|
Alberto Milone | ||
| Precise |
Won't Fix
|
High
|
Alberto Milone | ||
Bug Description
Currently we try to offload graphics rendering to the discrete NVIDIA GPU when we detect systems with an Intel integrated GPU and an NVIDIA discrete card regardless of whether the computer is a desktop or a laptop.
While this is a perfectly desirable feature on a laptop, where the internal display is always driven by the integrated GPU, on a desktop system, users will probably add a discrete card to get better performance and connect the monitor to it (instead of using the integrated card). This will result in a black screen on boot because the xserver will expect the monitor to be connected to the Intel card. Users should disable the Intel card from the BIOS instead.
For this reason, Jockey should check that it's dealing with a laptop before suggesting the installation of the NVIDIA drivers on systems with hybrid graphics. This also affects the Ubuntu installer, where the NVIDIA driver is installed by default.
| Changed in jockey (Ubuntu): | |
| assignee: | nobody → Alberto Milone (albertomilone) |
| importance: | Undecided → High |
| status: | New → In Progress |
| description: | updated |
| Changed in jockey (Ubuntu Precise): | |
| milestone: | none → ubuntu-12.04.4 |
| status: | New → In Progress |
| importance: | Undecided → High |
| assignee: | nobody → Alberto Milone (albertomilone) |
| Changed in jockey (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | In Progress → Invalid |
| tags: | added: 12.04.4 precise |
| Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in jockey (Ubuntu Precise): | |
| status: | In Progress → Won't Fix |
The Precise Pangolin has reached end of life, so this bug will not be fixed for that release