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Re: nvidia graphics drivers ul30vt model. confirmation?

 

This is great info. Thanks for all the details. Would you please be
able to submit a launchpad bug report with this info?

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+filebug?no-redirect

We can then add more info to a specific bug id to pass it on to the
relevant developers,

Cheers.

On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 11:04 AM, Pascal Clémot <clemotp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Works for me too on UL30VT running Fedora 12.
>
> It seems that turning SATA operation mode to compatible
> completely disables the Intel card, as it is no more listed
> by lspci.
>
> To revert to the intel card it is not necessary to remove the nvidia driver,
> you have to:
> - turn SATA mode to enhanced
> - remove the libGL provided by nvidia from available bindings:
>     $ ldconfig -p | grep "libGL\."
>         libGL.so.1 (libc6,x86-64) => /usr/lib64/nvidia/libGL.so.1
>         libGL.so.1 (libc6,x86-64) => /usr/lib64/libGL.so.1
> simply comment the line "/usr/lib64/nvidia" in your /etc/ld.so.conf
> and run "ldconfig" as root
> - comment or remove the following line from your /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>       ModulePath   "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia"
>
>
>
> 2010/5/5 octagonhead <octagonhead@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Works here!
>>
>> On the downside, SATA compatibilty mode makes things a little sluggish for
>> me
>> (or at least in grub, which seems to hang about 30 secs looking for the
>> disk)
>>
>> Also, I couldn't find an easy to switch back using the intel card for
>> acceleration.
>> (it seems that it is necessary to remove nvidia-current & reboot if you
>> wish
>> to go back to intel-provided glx)
>>
>>
>> Still, it is a very promising start!
>>
>>
>> On 10-05-03 12:59 AM, dzintyuriki wrote:
>> > 02.05.2010 19:37, Albert Vilella написав(ла):
>> >
>> >> A user has posted the following instructions on the ubuntuforums.org
>> >> page. Can people
>> >> confirm if this works?
>> >>
>> >> [ubuntu] Asus UL30VT hybrid video card - Ubuntu Forums
>> >>
>> >>     Re: Asus UL30VT hybrid video card
>> >>     you can check the /etc/X11/xorg.conf if you have any.
>> >>
>> >>     you probably use the intel card.
>> >>
>> >>     to get the nvidia card to work you have to do this:
>> >>
>> >>     this is how you get g210m to work on ubuntu 9.10 / 10.04.
>> >>
>> >>     1. download and install nvidia drivers. (i have only tested the
>> >> ones in the repos)
>> >>
>> >>     2. make sure you got an Xorg.conf that is correct. ( if not, run
>> >> nvidia-xconfig )
>> >>
>> >>     3. reboot into bios (press delete while booting)
>> >>
>> >>     4. change the SATA option in the bios from enhanced to
>> >> compatibility. ( yea, this makes sense? NOT! )
>> >>
>> >>     5. boot into linux and smile!
>> >>
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