On 21 May 2012 14:46, Ned Slider <ned at unixmail.co.uk> wrote: > On 21/05/12 17:08, Earl Ramirez wrote: > > On 21 May 2012 11:34,<m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote: > > > >> Earl Ramirez wrote: > >>> I don't know if this will shed any light but usually before you see the > >>> login screen you will see nvidia once it have been installed correctly, > >>> however I am see intel which is strange. > >> > >> *That* is extremely strange. Could there be a second, Intel, video? > >> > > > > Don't see any thing that indicates that there is a second intel video > only > > thing that is intel is the processor and the chipset > > > > This the the laptop that was bought > > http://www.xoticpc.com/asus-n55slds71-preorder-p-3556.html > > > > That advert says the laptop has Optimus technology which is Nvidia speak > for it also having integrated graphics, Intel in this case I would assume. > > You are correct, that explains why I am seing intel and Nvidia. To the best of my knowledge Nvidia do not currently support Optimus on > Linux. Is is possible to disable the Intel onboard graphics? I don't > have any first hand experience of these products. > > Unfortunately, there is no option in the BIOS to disable intel graphic card. In future I must do more researsh before I make such purchase. You should probably ask on the nvidia linux forums if you require more > detailed help, or start by googling "nvidia optimus linux" and see what > comes up. > > Thanks, I believe that I am heading in the right direction, Any graphic > card will work for now as I only bought the laptop to play with KVM. I keep > you guys posted if I get it working on CentOS 6. > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- Kind Regards Earl Ramirez