On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 10:43 AM, Matthew Saltzman <mjs@clemson.edu> wrote:

Apparently, the latest release of Bumblebee has dropped support for the
nouveau driver. Installing the latest primus package from the bumblebee
repo requires removing bumblebee-nouveau and installing bumblebee-
nvidia. I haven't seen an announcement to that effect, but there is a
bug report at the Bumblebee repo suggesting that that's the direction
they are going.

Is there a good, up to date summary of the state of Optimus support for
Linux and Fedora, both open-source and proprietary?  Anyone have in-
depth experience with Dell (Latitude E6430) implementation and a
recommendation for the best way to proceed?

I have one of the macbook pro systems with a failed (months after the warranty
expired) systemboard that can't use optimus.   I have to start X manually
to avoid endless crash and reboot loops when an update enables optimus.
The internet is sadly lacking in the sort of technical details needed to
come up with a robust configuration that doesn't get trashed by updates.
 

One point in particular: I have a docking station, but I've never been
able to get video out when docked. Has anyone succeeded in getting that
working?

Which video out in which "docking station"?  We have various Dell Latitude
E6X30 models (but without NVIDIA discrete graphics) and  PRO3X docking
stations that have 3 output connectors DisplayPort, DVI, VGA), but even on Windows,
only the VGA and DVI ever worked, and DVI was problematic.  I assumed
the DIsplayPort requires the discrete graphics, but Dell SLN115952 indicates
that the DVI port on a "E-port Plus Port Replicator" (VGA, two DVI and two DIsplayPort
connectors) can be used with Intel HD graphics.


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