Comment 32 for bug 1078977

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None Nonary (nonononononnnn-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

Just installed Elementary with drivers screwed up, and updating everything + installing Bumblebee (look @up) did the job pretty well. Also as far as I know, nouveau isn't problematic. It supports Optimus (kind of, doesn't really work but also doesn't conflict with anything), while Nvidia drivers doesn't. Installing them on Optimus computers without Bumblebee gives you unusable distro.

Solution: Check whenever Elementary is running on Optimus system + Ubiquity is installing optional extras. Ask user what to do (during OS installation) and explain what will happen in each case:
 - Install latest drivers and Bumblebee with a script during first boot. Instead of starting LightDM, Gala, Pantheon and everything, OS should just install needed stuff, then set LightDM and company to start on every boot, as it normally should.
 - Install just Nvidia drivers. Note that this WILL screw up everything, user should know about it.
 - Install Nouveau. Pointless, as they suck, but that might suit some people. Zero problems. (They really suck. Maybe this shouldn't be even offered.)
 - Don't install anything. Just Intel GPU driver, which effectively shuts down Nvidia GPU.