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[Albert Vilella <avilella@xxxxxxxxx>]

Great report. Thanks Benoit for taking the time for writing this email.

Would you be able to use the information in this email to create a
launchpad bug report?

Something similar to this:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/558395

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

Cheers,

Albert.

On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 10:43 AM, Benoit Gschwind <gschwind@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I tryed successfully the switcheeroo patch v13 by switching to radeon in
> console before starting X, I didn't try another way on Envy 13
> (1050ef).  This patch is for testing purpose currently, imo only
> advanced linux user should try it.
>
> Patch can be dowloaded here :
> http://people.freedesktop.org/~airlied/vgaswitcheroo/0001-vga_switcheroo-initial-implementation-v13.patch
>
> I used the vanilla kernel 2.6.33.2 and patch it with switcheeroo v13 on
> gentoo with a recent Xorg radeon driver currently  6.13.0 in gentoo
> denomination.
>
> In my case I made i915 and radeon driver as module with modeset disable
> by default. Then I made a little init.d script that load those modules
> with modeset enable, then switch to radeon card. The durty little script
> look like folowing and do any check, use it without waranty :
>
>  modprobe i915 modeset=1
>  sleep 1
>  modprobe radeon modeset=1
>  sleep 1
>  if [ ! -e /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch ]; then
>  mount -t debugfs none /sys/kernel/debug
>  fi
>  echo DDIS > /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch
>  sleep 1
>
> I don't know if the load order have impact but for my linux that order work.
>
> Note that error in script or mistake on loading this modules can leave
> you with a blank screen, and some time freeze the computeur.
>
> Since I use this script I have not a lot of trouble. The first bug I
> noticed is that in radeon as output the britghness of the screen cannot
> be changed.
> The second issue is, when I closse the screen and I open it back, the
> computer seems to freeze.
>
> I hope this help, if I have time I will produce a step by step tutorial :)
>
> Best regards.
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