[OpenIndiana-discuss] NVidia driver Lenovo P52

[Olaf Bohlen]

Stephan Althaus <Stephan.Althaus at Duedinghausen.eu> writes:

Hi,

> On 9/6/23 13:00, Marcel Telka wrote:
>> On Wed, Sep 06, 2023 at 12:55:53PM +0200, Olaf Bohlen wrote:
>>> Aug 9 13:15:35 p52 nvidia_modeset: [ID 107833 kern.notice] Loading NVIDIA Kernel Mode Setting Driver for UNIX platforms 470.182.03 Fri Feb 24 03:20:38 UTC 2023
>> Try to update.  The latest nvidia-470 driver in the repo is 470.199.02.
>>
>>
>> HTH
>>
> Hi!
>
> I tried a P51 some time ago. It had a "optimus" called constellation
> between the intel and the nvidia graphics.
> If you have this, i doubt you have a chance to get nvidia graphics to work.

I also have an Optimus setup, but configured "Discrete Graphics"
in the Firmware, so the intel card should be disabled. 

> If you have very dedicated hardware paths for each graphic controller,
> you could be able to completely disable the intel graphics.
> On my DELL Precision 7720 i am able to do it this way.

Yepp, that's what I tried..

> Have a close look into your BIOS settings.
> Maybe you are lucky with a newer driver, P1000 is supported by 525 and
> 535, see here:

I also tried a 535.104.05 today, so I guess it's a dead horse I'm
riding on.

Thanks for the suggestions!

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