On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 11:17 AM, Shawn Webb <lattera_at_gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 11:14 AM, Henry Hu <henry.hu.sh_at_gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >> On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 11:02 AM, Shawn Webb <lattera_at_gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hey All, >>> >>> More new laptop woes. The good-ish news is that the VESA driver works, >>> but >>> x11/nvidia-driver doesn't. I'm on a Lenovo Y50-70. When I run `startx`, >>> it >>> appears that xorg switches to a new vty, but doesn't actually bring up >>> the >>> UI. I see a new console (as in vty) with a cursor at the top left corner. >>> >>> xorg.conf is pasted here: http://ix.io/1Dr >>> Xorg.0.log is pasted here: http://ix.io/1Dq >>> >>> I'll just use the VESA driver for now, but it'd be nice to be able to >>> hook >>> the laptop up to a second monitor or a projector, which I can't do with >>> the >>> VESA driver. >>> >> >> Is it an optimus laptop? Have you tried uninstalling nvidia driver and >> try the intel driver? >> > > It's a Lenovo Y50-70, which is running Intel Haswell, so the intel driver > won't work. > I'm afrad that the nvidia card would not work either, at least for the internal LCD. Some optimus cards only provide 3d acceleration, and some are only connected to HDMI/DisplayPort outputs. Have you tried other outputs on the laptop? > > Thanks, > > Shawn > -- Cheers, HenryReceived on Wed Dec 10 2014 - 15:23:23 UTC
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