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Just upgraded to 14.04 to try to fix some other issues. Now, something has gone wrong with my graphics.

I have a Thinkpad T530 with Intel and Nvidia graphics cards.

$ inxi -SGx
System:    Host: xyz Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64 (64 bit, gcc: 4.8.2) Desktop: N/A Distro: Ubuntu 14.04 trusty
Graphics:  Card-1: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller bus-ID: 00:02.0 
           Card-2: NVIDIA GF108M [NVS 5400M] bus-ID: 01:00.0 
           X.Org: 1.15.1 drivers: fbdev,vesa,intel,nouveau (unloaded: nvidia) Resolution: 1920x1080@0.0hz 
           GLX Renderer: N/A GLX Version: N/A Direct Rendering: N/A

$ glxinfo
name of display: :0
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Error: couldn't find RGB GLX visual or fbconfig
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Error: couldn't find RGB GLX visual or fbconfig

Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".

I'm not sure what I did but now something is wrong with my graphics, as should be visible from the above commands. nvidia-detector says "none" as well.

I used to have bumblebee but then some website said to remove it and now something's clearly wrong. What's the right way to set things up? Should I try to add bumblebee back?

Here's what's installed now:

$ dpkg --get-selections | grep nvidia
nvidia-319                  install
nvidia-331                  install
nvidia-libopencl1-331               install
nvidia-opencl-icd-331               install
nvidia-prime                    install
nvidia-settings                 install
nvidia-settings-319             install
Espressofa
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2 Answers2

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Before you proceed with the following please consider removing other nvidia drivers that might conflict.

For the latest proprietary Nvidia driver the following commands may be issued :

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nvidia-current nvidia-settings

For Nvidia Optimus technology (Nvidia+Intel) and the benefit of Bumblebee features the following must be issued :

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bumblebee/stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install bumblebee bumblebee-nvidia

A final tip is to remember using optirun command in prefix of the 3D software command 

optirun somegame-or-command

You can also test 3D with the following commands

glxspheres 
optirun glxspheres
Ahmed Sghaier
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You can install all video drivers with the package xserver-xorg-video-all.

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic xserver-xorg-video-all libgl1-mesa-glx libgl1-mesa-dri xserver-xorg-core
Korkel
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