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[Albert Vilella <avilella@xxxxxxxxx>]

Great to hear things start to work for people with this laptop model.
As for the guide, one option is ubuntuforums.org

On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 4:52 PM, Bernard Barbosa <bethnard@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello guys,
> Just coming to tell that i also have the L501X A04 and this worked for me
> too. My battery that used to last 1:50h in Linux now lasts 2:50, that's a
> HUGE improvement. Thank you.
> Oh yeah, for the newbs in Linux (like myself) you should do a "chmod +x
> nvdown" otherwise it won't run the script. It was my first time dealing
> directly with scripts, so I didn't know that. =)
> I am preparing a guide of "Things to be done before using Ubuntu x64 10.10
> in your L501X". Just like the guy did for the Asus U35JC on the link. Do you
> think it's a good idea? Where should i publish it?
> See you
> Bernard Barbosa da Silva
> Bolsista do PET Engenharia Mecânica
> 7º período | Universidade Federal Fluminense
> Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/2191625341455217
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 4:32 PM, Jesus Monzon Legido <gsusmonzon@xxxxxxxx>
> 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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