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Re: Laptop Model

 

Hey all, I have one of the nvidia K52JC series, and I would love to test
some of these methods, but all this week I am out on a conference. I'll let
you know next week if I can get it working.

     Jon

On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 3:18 PM, Shane Volpe <shanevolpe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> All,
> Thanks for all the info.  I have not had much time to dig into it yet,
> but I did download and compile the kernel module for disabling the
> nvidia graphics.  The module compiles fine but when I run it I get the
> following error:
> kill_nvidia: cannot get ACPI handle: AE_NOT_FOUND
>
> I will try to dig into it more in the near future.
> Regards,
> Shane
>
> On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 1:16 PM, Albert Vilella <avilella@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Also, David Airlie wrote a bit of code, "prime":
> > http://airlied.livejournal.com/#item71734
> >
> > He layered the concept in this proof-of-concept code, and the source
> > code has been waiting for people with interest in looking at linux and
> > multi-gpu support...
> >
> > On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 5:49 PM, Michał Bielawski <d3x@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >> There is a module that allows switching off/on nvidia card on
> >> UL30Vt and similar notebooks:
> >>
> http://linux-macbook-air-killers.blogspot.com/2009/12/solution-to-switch-off-nvidia-card-in.html
> >> I couldn't get it working for my N61Jv (with geforce gt325m),
> >> and I wonder if you will have better luck ;) If you do, please
> >> share a way to properly install the module and tell if it is
> >> notebook/gpu specific. I can provide any info you want, just
> >> ask :)
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> D3X
> >>
> >> On Thu, 3 Jun 2010, Shane Volpe wrote:
> >>
> >>> All,
> >>> I just purchased a ThinkPad T410s with switchable graphics and would
> >>> love to help out with switchable graphics support in Linux.  I have
> >>> written some basic kernel modules so I know my way around the kernel
> >>> code a little.  I'm not a hardcore kernel hacker but I can do the
> >>> basics and I'm pretty proficient in C.  Below is my system info:
> >>>
> >>> #sudo dmidecode -s system-product-name
> >>> 2901CTO
> >>>
> >>> #sudo dmidecode -s system-version
> >>> ThinkPad T410s
> >>>
> >>> #lspci -vnnn | perl -lne 'print if /^\d+\:.+(\[\S+\:\S+\])/' | grep VGA
> >>> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Core
> >>> Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0046] (rev 02)
> >>> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation NVS 3100M
> >>> [10de:0a6c] (rev a2)
> >>>
> >>> Regards,
> >>> Gerrath (Shane)
> >>>
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