I have tried over and over installing the latest drive for my 630m on Ubuntu 12.04 but all it succeeds in doing is changing my resolution and I have to remove it again, the laptop came with both a chipset graphics and the gpu but will only recognise the chipset any advise?
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type in the Terminal: lspci -nn | grep VGA and put the results – Suhaib Aug 23 '12 at 01:29
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Just tried but my resolution is so messed up can only see half the terminal – Fletcher Aug 23 '12 at 01:34
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Ok got my resolution fixed again the command you gave has given me a list of options – Fletcher Aug 23 '12 at 01:44
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Nothing happens – Fletcher Aug 23 '12 at 01:51
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Just a list of options again – Fletcher Aug 23 '12 at 02:07
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what are these options !! – Suhaib Aug 23 '12 at 02:11
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UPDATE:LINK has been corrected also, check this Question which asks about the 630M : [link](http://askubuntu.com/questions/36930/how-well-do-laptops-with-nvidia-optimus-work/36936#36936) – Suhaib Aug 23 '12 at 02:15
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Basic display mode – Fletcher Aug 23 '12 at 02:23
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Display options, resolving of device IDs to names, selection of devices and the list goes on sorry I can't screen shot am having to do this from my phone – Fletcher Aug 23 '12 at 02:25
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Bumblebee Project: Bumblebee aims to provide support for NVIDIA Optimus laptops for GNU/Linux distribution
Check the wiki for a step by step to installation
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I have followed the instructions on the bumblebee web site but after entering the last command line(sudo apt-get install bumblebee bumblebee-nvidia) I get the answer E: unable to locate package bumblebee, E: unable to locate package bumblebee-nvidia – Fletcher Aug 23 '12 at 03:27