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Re: Asus U35JC nvidia card on Was: please report successful apci_call on nvidia optimus laptops

 

For what people have reported so far, a difference between 17388 mW
and 11760 mW is reasonable for the nvidia card...

On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 11:25 AM, jean citron <monsieurweller@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> More precisely:
> paul@paul-laptop:~/Bureau/acpi_call$ cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/state
> present:                 yes
> capacity state:          ok
> charging state:          discharging
> present rate:            17388 mW
> remaining capacity:      45528 mWh
> present voltage:         14688 mV
> paul@paul-laptop:~/Bureau/acpi_call$ ./test_off.sh
> Trying \_SB.PCI0.P0P1.VGA._OFF: failed
> Trying \_SB_.PCI0.OVGA.ATPX: failed
> Trying \_SB_.PCI0.OVGA.XTPX: failed
> Trying \_SB.PCI0.P0P2.PEGP._OFF: failed
> Trying \_SB.PCI0.MXR0.MXM0._OFF: failed
> Trying \_SB.PCI0.PEG1.GFX0._OFF: works!
> paul@paul-laptop:~/Bureau/acpi_call$ cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/state
> present:                 yes
> capacity state:          ok
> present rate:            11760 mW
> remaining capacity:      45486 mWh
> present voltage:         14706 mV
>
>
> But i don't understand what it does: does it deactivate the nvidia card? I
> was expecting that the battery economy will be more important.
> And so, is there a way to deactivate definitively the nvidia card?
> Thanks for all the work you've done guys. It's awesome! :)
>



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