tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537325711190185140.post39802644651705809..comments2023-11-21T23:10:10.896+13:00Comments on Thundering Herd: Enabling external monitor on Lenovo W530 with Nvidia Discrete Graphics and Ubuntu Linux 12.04Chris Pearcehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13735147508549619230noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537325711190185140.post-6645907652574683602014-01-26T08:33:37.983+13:002014-01-26T08:33:37.983+13:00This worked perfectly for me. Thanks!!!This worked perfectly for me. Thanks!!!Gilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00405647440857854730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537325711190185140.post-25601198462536591912014-01-24T03:41:44.705+13:002014-01-24T03:41:44.705+13:00posting from windows as I broke my xconfig setting...posting from windows as I broke my xconfig settings and can't boot Ubuntu up anymore.. going to give it another go.. funny thing is I can't change the virtualization settings (I assume its the one on the security tab)Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00382078075354093682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537325711190185140.post-27109448008856344962013-12-06T02:57:00.394+13:002013-12-06T02:57:00.394+13:00You saved my day after 6 hours trying in vain!!! T...You saved my day after 6 hours trying in vain!!! Thanks so much!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537325711190185140.post-60533234275903162952013-10-03T09:22:01.911+13:002013-10-03T09:22:01.911+13:00Thanks for the tutorial. Helped me out a bunch.Thanks for the tutorial. Helped me out a bunch.Gideon Rosenthalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18377811019829592808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537325711190185140.post-24520124411984651202013-09-17T12:08:42.505+12:002013-09-17T12:08:42.505+12:00@Chris Bulmer: I didn't. :( I'd move all m...@Chris Bulmer: I didn't. :( I'd move all my windows onto the internal display before unplugging.Chris Pearcehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13735147508549619230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537325711190185140.post-53538055514009753012013-09-17T09:21:57.396+12:002013-09-17T09:21:57.396+12:00How did you overcome the issue where you could unp...How did you overcome the issue where you could unplug a monitor but the laptop would still try and display windows on it?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05605881403688956260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537325711190185140.post-38624039747617506952013-08-28T13:35:37.694+12:002013-08-28T13:35:37.694+12:00@JA: No idea sorry.@JA: No idea sorry.Chris Pearcehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13735147508549619230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537325711190185140.post-45861068490862514322013-08-28T07:48:55.818+12:002013-08-28T07:48:55.818+12:00Got the second display working (albeit in a not-so...Got the second display working (albeit in a not-so-great resolution) then tried the brightness key fix and now the second monitor won't pick up. Any suggestions?JAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10724081097354514372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537325711190185140.post-42340242818130572792013-06-18T11:33:51.297+12:002013-06-18T11:33:51.297+12:00My colleague was able to get his screen's brig...My colleague was able to get his screen's brightness changing by adding the following kernel boot options:<br /><br />acpi_backlight=vendor thinkpad-acpi.brightness_enable=0Chris Pearcehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13735147508549619230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537325711190185140.post-7832681929808922332013-05-02T09:08:42.726+12:002013-05-02T09:08:42.726+12:00THANK YOU! for the brightness fix. I ran into this...THANK YOU! for the brightness fix. I ran into this issue on Arch, and I switched to Ubuntu assuming it would work there (with the proprietary drivers), but no dice. With your fix it works, and now I want to try the same fix on Arch :)Jack O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14358088598686539978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537325711190185140.post-432941419619682302013-03-16T07:06:43.556+13:002013-03-16T07:06:43.556+13:00@Arny80Hexa
Thanks for your reply :) I made the sw...@Arny80Hexa<br />Thanks for your reply :) I made the switch to Kubuntu a month ago and I'm still very happy I did so. Battery life is indeed no problem, just like you said. And I also noticed that (especially) ingame the performance differs if you're connected to AC or not. Haven't found out how to disable this yet..Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08820264441656896317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537325711190185140.post-14764080779769462402013-03-15T23:23:17.191+13:002013-03-15T23:23:17.191+13:00@Francois van der Ven:
Now i'm working a few ...@Francois van der Ven:<br /><br />Now i'm working a few month with Kubuntu on the W530 and the Battery-Life is mostly like on Windows 7.<br /><br />In Office-Mode (WLAN on, Keyboard-Light on, Display-Brightness 50%, browsing on web or writing some Dokuments, hearing music) it is round about 6-7 hours.<br /><br />When im turning off the Keyboard-light and setting display-brigntness to the lowest, then sometimes the Batterie-Lifetime reaches 8 hours, maybe more.<br /><br />That is enough for me.<br /><br />Only the lower Performance than in cable-mode sucks. On Minecraft it switches between 35+ FPS (cable mode) and 15 or less FPS in batterie-mode)<br /><br />hope it hepls<br /><br />@deleted: do you have turned off the auto-os-detection in BIOS?Arny80Hexahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07734160294774819436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537325711190185140.post-26014729238673642902013-02-18T16:47:25.813+13:002013-02-18T16:47:25.813+13:00A little off-topic, since I gave up on Ubuntu 12.0...A little off-topic, since I gave up on Ubuntu 12.04 and ran Centos, but as another data point, here is a configuration that is working fine, including a second monitor on the VGA port. It has the added advantage of coming with good old Gnome 2, as well. :-) <br /><br />Lenovo W530 with nVidia Quado K2000, Discrete Mode graphics and VT-x enabled in BIOS, Centos 6.3 x86_64, "nox2apic" kernel bootarg, kmod-nvidia (310) and nvidia-x11-drv and nvidia-x11-drv-32bit packages from ELRepo.Chris Alixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08981699329734330281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537325711190185140.post-65902385481752166772013-01-26T07:55:17.950+13:002013-01-26T07:55:17.950+13:00Thanks your great effort. I have nvidia 310.32 dri...Thanks your great effort. I have nvidia 310.32 driver installed with ubuntu 12.10 x64 on my w530 with K1000m. Other things works fine except that backlight cannot be adjusted even with your guide on enable backlight adjustment. Press the backlight key can change the value of brightness file, but without any visible effects.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13890666361507191527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537325711190185140.post-65199080461628344082013-01-20T01:51:42.767+13:002013-01-20T01:51:42.767+13:00Here's an update after about 4 months of use -...Here's an update after about 4 months of use - I ditched Ubuntu as the host OS and now run it as a guest atop a Win7 host.<br /><br />There were so many different stability issues with Ubuntu 12.04 (most of which seemed to be display related) that after several re-installs I decided it wasn't worth it.Paviushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14006258643828074093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537325711190185140.post-14184939680451315952013-01-20T01:50:54.469+13:002013-01-20T01:50:54.469+13:00Here's an update after about 4 months of use -...Here's an update after about 4 months of use - I ditched Ubuntu as the host OS and now run it as a guest atop a Win7 host.<br /><br />There were so many different stability issues with Ubuntu 12.04 (most of which seemed to be display related) that after several re-installs I decided it wasn't worth it.Paviushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14006258643828074093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537325711190185140.post-5634265340043713622013-01-12T12:14:19.557+13:002013-01-12T12:14:19.557+13:00@Chris
Thanks for the reply. Glad it works for yo...@Chris<br /><br />Thanks for the reply. Glad it works for you. Neither me, nor dholbert could get it working on 12.10 :-/<br /><br />Swapping the lenovo for a macbook :(<br /><br />-fitzgendeletedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00500577361384545709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537325711190185140.post-34661437082349342342013-01-12T11:40:18.525+13:002013-01-12T11:40:18.525+13:00@deleted: When I upgraded to 12.10 using the updat...@deleted: When I upgraded to 12.10 using the update utility, it Just Worked. You don't need the ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates PPA, as nvidia-current on 12.10 has support for this hardware.<br /><br />@3dto2dnoob: These instructions are for Ubuntu, but the basic idea still applies.Chris Pearcehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13735147508549619230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537325711190185140.post-80223164395623205832013-01-12T04:51:46.233+13:002013-01-12T04:51:46.233+13:00Hi I'm new to Linux and I have Red Hat Enterpr...Hi I'm new to Linux and I have Red Hat Enterprise open client. Will this work? Just tryiing not to mess up a good thing right now.3dto2dnoobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05661261703415988460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537325711190185140.post-52996267415836342432013-01-12T04:45:00.959+13:002013-01-12T04:45:00.959+13:00Hey guys I need help. New to Linux and I also have...Hey guys I need help. New to Linux and I also have the thinkpad w530. I have red hat linux enterprise open client. Will this work for me?<br /><br />-I am not a robot3dto2dnoobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05661261703415988460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537325711190185140.post-84725073361890334482013-01-10T06:43:54.131+13:002013-01-10T06:43:54.131+13:00Does anyone have this working on 12.10?
I followe...Does anyone have this working on 12.10?<br /><br />I followed these instructions, but when I reboot after switching to discrete graphics in the bios, I have a really small resolution, and then Ubuntu fails to load properly. It just gets stuck after I log in.<br /><br />Any ideas? Thanks.deletedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00500577361384545709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537325711190185140.post-71577350147665555462013-01-04T02:44:41.155+13:002013-01-04T02:44:41.155+13:00Unfortunately I never measured this, as I'm no...Unfortunately I never measured this, as I'm not away from a power source much with my w530. However IIRC the estimated battery power/time remaining was better in integrated mode than discrete, which implies that it would be better in optimus mode too. The fan was also quieter in integrated mode, implying the system isn't using as much power.Chris Pearcehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13735147508549619230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537325711190185140.post-39301646575879439492013-01-03T23:58:36.353+13:002013-01-03T23:58:36.353+13:00But what I wanted to know was the battery life wit...But what I wanted to know was the battery life with discrete only mode, about how many hours can it go without being plugged into a power source?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08820264441656896317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537325711190185140.post-6505374839053563082013-01-03T13:32:08.395+13:002013-01-03T13:32:08.395+13:00I find battery life is better on integrated mode t...I find battery life is better on integrated mode than on discrete mode, and the driver is more reliable. I've never gotten Optimus mode working under Linux, so I can't tell you how good that is.<br /><br />Chris Pearcehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13735147508549619230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537325711190185140.post-56838580564414541162013-01-03T08:39:26.636+13:002013-01-03T08:39:26.636+13:00Hi, thanks for the tutorial. I have a W520 with nV...Hi, thanks for the tutorial. I have a W520 with nVidia 1000M and I've tried to migrate from Windows (8) to Ubuntu but I gave up because I couldn't get nVidia optimus to work correctly. Battery life is important to me as I don't always have access to external power. Now I haven't tried with discrete only mode yet and I was wondering - how good is battery life with that? On my current Windows 8 install I get about 5/6 hours before it goes dead so I hope it's close to that. Thanks!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08820264441656896317noreply@blogger.com