nVidia driver hangs Ubuntu on startup

fmeneuhe · 02-01-12, 12:49 PM

Hi,
I have an Asus U36J laptop with nVidia 310M.
When I install the nVidia drivers 64bits from Ubuntu 11.10 and reboot, my computer hangs on booting.
I did it from a clean new installation.
The same if I use the latest nvidia drivers.
Any help?
Thanks

P.Kosunen · 02-02-12, 11:46 AM

Optimus, try Bumblebee:
https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/Bumblebee

fmeneuhe · 02-03-12, 10:22 AM

Thanks, but it didnt work.

adrianveidt · 02-04-12, 09:22 AM

Check your EFI/Bios settings to see if you have a switch to manually select one or the other graphics chip. You will have to use the setting to either pick the Intel or Nvidia chips. Optimus won't work at this point in time in Linux.

fmeneuhe · 02-04-12, 09:44 AM

The BIOS is very simple, it has nothing to switch.
I give up Ubuntu, I gave a try because I wanted to get rid of Windows, but its not possible in my laptop.

02-01-12, 12:49 PM	#1
fmeneuhe Registered User Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 3	nVidia driver hangs Ubuntu on startup Hi, I have an Asus U36J laptop with nVidia 310M. When I install the nVidia drivers 64bits from Ubuntu 11.10 and reboot, my computer hangs on booting. I did it from a clean new installation. The same if I use the latest nvidia drivers. Any help? Thanks

02-02-12, 11:46 AM	#2
P.Kosunen Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 57	Re: nVidia driver hangs Ubuntu on startup Optimus, try Bumblebee: https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/Bumblebee

02-03-12, 10:22 AM	#3
fmeneuhe Registered User Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 3	Re: nVidia driver hangs Ubuntu on startup Thanks, but it didnt work.

02-04-12, 09:22 AM	#4
adrianveidt Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 30	Re: nVidia driver hangs Ubuntu on startup Check your EFI/Bios settings to see if you have a switch to manually select one or the other graphics chip. You will have to use the setting to either pick the Intel or Nvidia chips. Optimus won't work at this point in time in Linux.

02-04-12, 09:44 AM	#5
fmeneuhe Registered User Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 3	Re: nVidia driver hangs Ubuntu on startup The BIOS is very simple, it has nothing to switch. I give up Ubuntu, I gave a try because I wanted to get rid of Windows, but its not possible in my laptop.