My laptop is MSi GE620 DX and it has Nvidia Optimus technology. Intel and Nvidia gfx cards. However Ubuntu doesn´t even regonize my Intel HD 3000 at all!
I even tried Fedora 17 on my system and it did regonize Intel HD 3000 straight away. But not in Ubuntu. Can´t set the correct resolution, or run Gnome 3 for example. The card just isn´t regonized.
I tried install mesa-utils, but no, did not help.
I can´t use software that needs 3d in ubuntu, but in fedora, everything works.
I've an Akoya MD 6634 with Nvidia Optimus Technology and it works fine with Ubuntu 12.04. The Installation was a little bit tricky. First, you have to boot with optin "nomodeset"; in other cases yo may get a black screen (see: My computer boots to a black screen, what options do I have to fix it?).
After Installation has completed, there was no Gnome3 (always Fallback-mode). I installed "Bumblebee" - see here: http://bumblebee-project.org/; there is a discription for Ubuntu. After that, everything is fine; normally, Intel graphic is in use; to speed it up, i can use "optirun" and it get's much faster!
