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[william dutton <will.dutt@xxxxxxxxx>]

Looks very similar but the biggest difference is the CPU has the
graphics chip on it, as I have not popped the case of this laptop yet.
I do not know if the motherboard has the display connections or the
discrete board does.

On 08/03/2010, at 7:32 PM, Albert Vilella <avilella@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> also, if you have time, I think it's worth to subscribe to this team
> and ask if anyone has a solution:
> https://launchpad.net/~dv4z
> This laptop "z" series features a discrete ATI graphics card and comes
> with different screen size configurations
> (dv2/dv4/dv5/dv6/dv7/Compaq-CQ4x
>
> yours is a cq36, but I am guessing it's similar to CQ4x
> configurations.
>
> On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 9:27 AM, Albert Vilella <avilella@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>> oh, right. Yes, you need to run a few commands on a terminal to
>> produce the DSDT.dsl file.
>> have you tried ubuntu lucid alpha3 live cd on safe-graphics mode? I
>> think it's F2 menu or something like that...
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 9:18 AM, William Dutton
>> <will.dutt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> i've only been able to collect information that i have been able
>>> to garner
>>> without logging into the system as i can't see what i'm doing. is
>>> the
>>> DSDT.dsl pre made or do you need to generate it from the command
>>> prompt?
>>>
>>> On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 7:07 PM, Albert Vilella
>>> <avilella@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Awesome, can you also attach a DSDT.dsl file to *this* bug? If you
>>>> have already, can you add a comment with the attachment URL?
>>>>
>>>> See the header of this website for a howto:
>>>> http://linux-hybrid-graphics.blogspot.com/
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 9:03 AM, William Dutton
>>>> <will.dutt@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> ok, i've created a new bug, due to not being able to access the
>>>>> system
>>>>> after
>>>>> i boot it, i get at the logs via a virtual box from windows...
>>>>>
>>>>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-meta/+bug/534254
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 5:07 PM, Albert Vilella
>>>>> <avilella@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi William,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Can you open a bug report using:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> apport-bug linux-image-generic
>>>>>>
>>>>>> and attach the dmesg dump to it? David Airlie or someone else
>>>>>> will
>>>>>> then have a look at the dmesg and
>>>>>> be able to find what the problem is,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Albert.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 11:56 PM, William Dutton <will.dutt@xxxxxxxxx
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> hi,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I just found your excellent group in trying to get switchable
>>>>>>> graphics
>>>>>>> working.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I've currently got an issue where i can't manually disable the
>>>>>>> ati
>>>>>>> graphics
>>>>>>> card that resides in my Intel i5 laptop.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> this is a Intel integrated graphics on CPU and a discrete ati
>>>>>>> graphics.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I've got all the details listed below in this forum post
>>>>>>> http://swiss.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=8823919
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> i was about to install server edition ubuntu on my system but
>>>>>>> when it
>>>>>>> went
>>>>>>> into boot the system live, it would enable something on the
>>>>>>> system
>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>> give
>>>>>>> me a black screen with led back light still on.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> does anyone have any pointers to get my system into at least a
>>>>>>> cli
>>>>>>> mode
>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>> display so i can output the exact device info.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> regards
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> william d.
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>>
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