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[bapi <bhaskerchatterjee@xxxxxxxxx>]

yeah absolutely!
Ok if you want that i can post a step-by-step procedure to do that.
I INDEED thought that many people would have been doing that so it would be
worthless writing my findings.( though i thought earlier that i might be
some top ranker in that list.[?])

Shall i write that?


On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 12:41 PM, Wei-Ning Huang <aitjcize@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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> 2011/2/5 bapi <bhaskerchatterjee@xxxxxxxxx>
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>> On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 7:40 AM, Wei-Ning Huang <aitjcize@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
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>>> 2011/2/5 Wei-Ning Huang <aitjcize@xxxxxxxxx>
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>>>> 2011/2/5 Michal Biskup <eiver@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>
>>>>  Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> The real question is: Will acceleration from Sandy Bridge CPU start
>>>>> working after disabling nvidia?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>> Same question here, or is it possible to switch of the Sandy Bridge CPU
>>> and use nVidia instead?
>>> I need CUDA on Linux ..
>>>
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>>  Hey, I am able to run CUDA(non graphics applications) on the same
>>>> machine(i5, 420m gt, 4gb). If you want that then it is not that much of a
>>>> problem.
>>>>
>>> -Bapi
>>
> So you are able to use the integrated GPU and at the same time, run
> CUDA(non graphics of course) applications?
> If so that's real great!
>
> Cheers,
> Wei-Ning Huang
>
>
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>
>>>>> Michal Biskup
>>>>> eiver@xxxxxxxxx
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 02/04/2011 04:32 PM, Jesus Monzon Legido wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hello everybody, I owns a XPS L501X.
>>>>> Upfront:  Linux and Graphics Adaptors are unknown to me, so what I write next might be useless. I cannot judge it.
>>>>>
>>>>> machine: XPS L501X
>>>>> sysversion: A04
>>>>>
>>>>> from lspci I got:
>>>>>
>>>>> 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 18) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
>>>>> 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation Device [10de:0df1] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
>>>>>
>>>>> trying with the 'test_off' i got no positive results. However I fetch a copy of acpi_call from https://github.com/peberlein/acpi_call
>>>>> and running the "m11xr2.sh" script throw some positive results.
>>>>>
>>>>> then, a new lspci:
>>>>>
>>>>> 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 18) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
>>>>> 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation Device [10de:0df1] (rev ff) (prog-if ff)
>>>>>
>>>>> Note how the nVidia line changed. It is not longer labeled as 'VGA controller' so I suppose it is off.
>>>>>
>>>>> On the same way, the 'present rate' of battery consumption (cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/stat) dropped from 2500mW to 2000mW.
>>>>>
>>>>> Finally I follow the steps on [#3 Disable the nvidia gaphics card to increase battery life] adapted to my card
>>>>> http://robbyx.net/blog/?p=190
>>>>>
>>>>> so that it is switched off on each system logon. I attach the nvdown that worked for me (the one in the article is for Asus Laptop).
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Sincerelly I dont know If I really switched off the nVidia card or it is just an illusion. Hope anybody can help me to confirm that
>>>>>
>>>>> -J-
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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