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First time running Ubuntu 11.04 and getting used to Unity, I decided to install proprietary drivers for my Nvidia graphic card. The output of lspci | grep VGA is:

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Device 0df5 (rev a1)

If I activate the driver that is "recommended", next time I try to login in a Unity session it just changes to the classic. How can that be happening?

I attach the screenshoot of my proprietary driver screen:

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Jorge Castro
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    It would appear that you have two graphics cards: an integrated Intel one and an Nvidia one... although I'm not positive considering that it simply calls the Nvidia board a 'device'. – Nathan Osman Jun 15 '11 at 06:11
  • Yes I do have. But would that be the cause of the problem? – Nobita Jun 15 '11 at 06:17
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    You may also need to change BIOS settings for the NVidia card (e.g. to be displayed first). – Takkat Jun 15 '11 at 06:54
  • Does the order of the output of that command means which one is used as default? – Nobita Jun 15 '11 at 08:42
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    This question has the best answers with optimus: http://askubuntu.com/questions/36930/how-well-do-laptops-with-nvidia-optimus-work – Jorge Castro Jun 21 '11 at 14:16

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Have a look at the bumblebee section in https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux

b) try bumblebee for simultaneously using the intel and nvidia cards:
sudo apt-get install git
# type password
git clone http://github.com/MrMEEE/bumblebee.git
cd bumblebee/
sudo ./install.sh
optirun glxgears
# check the speed and compare to running:
glxgears
# If you have google-chrome installed, you can try it with/without optirun and report the FPS values on the mailing list:
optirun google-chrome http://webglsamples.googlecode.com/hg/aquarium/aquarium.html
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  • I configured it and it seems to work fine. Let's see when the automatic switching comes into action. – Nobita Jun 22 '11 at 09:10
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This happens because of the bad support for intel sandy bridge graphics driver, infact what you have is not a pure nVidia graphics driver, it's an intel graphics with nVidia optimus tecnology.

The nVidia drivers doesn't work for me too.

Fernando Kasten Peinado
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sudo get-apt remove nvidia-common
sudo get-apt remove nvidia-current
sudo get-apt remove nvidia-settings
sudo get-apt install nvidia-common
sudo get-apt install nvidia-current
sudo get-apt install nvidia-settings

Reboot and activate the new driver.

Eliah Kagan
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    A more elegant way to do this with a single command is: sudo apt-get --reinstall install nvidia-common nvidia-current nvidia-settings – Eliah Kagan Aug 24 '12 at 03:36