24th January 2017, 12:11
Hi kdemeoz,
This is quite normal. Since you did not even get to the login screen, the network manager never started, so you didn't have the network at all. For me it was the same with this Nvidia crap. So I would call it "a feature"
As for the "Big O" as you call it, it's easy to find it out - run the following command from console:
If you get something like the following (my case), then you have Optimus:
The GPU that has [VGA controller] at the end is the one that is used by the system. If you only get 1 GPU, then you don't have Optimus.
This is quite normal. Since you did not even get to the login screen, the network manager never started, so you didn't have the network at all. For me it was the same with this Nvidia crap. So I would call it "a feature"
As for the "Big O" as you call it, it's easy to find it out - run the following command from console:
Code:
lspci -vnnn | perl -lne 'print if /^\d+\:.+(\[\S+\:\S+\])/' | grep VGAIf you get something like the following (my case), then you have Optimus:
Code:
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0416] (rev 06) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation GK106GLM [Quadro K2100M] [10de:11fc] (rev ff) (prog-if ff)The GPU that has [VGA controller] at the end is the one that is used by the system. If you only get 1 GPU, then you don't have Optimus.