ThinkPad 430C Ubuntu Dual graphics installation nvidia GT 635M Drive

Linux systems: Ubuntu 14.04

Install Bumblebee to manage dual graphics, the following command will automatically install the Nvidia graphics driver

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bumblebee/stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install bumblebee Bumblebee-nvidia

After the installation is successful, restart the computer

View video card status

Lspci | grep VGA

00:02.0 VGA compatible Controller:intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core Processor Graphics Controller (Rev 09)

01:00.0 VGA compatible Controller:nvidia Corporation gf108m [GeForce GT 630M] (rev FF)

The first line is the Intel Core graphics information, the second line is the NVIDIA discrete graphics information, the final Rev FF indicates that the discrete graphics card has been turned off

See if the graphics driver is installed successfully

sudo optirun nvidia-settings-c: 8

At this point, the graphics driver has been installed successfully, if you want to run a program with a standalone video card, such as the test program

sudo optirun test

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ThinkPad 430C Ubuntu Dual graphics installation nvidia GT 635M Drive