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Re: Sucessefull switch - Vostro 3700

 

Hi,

Following Arnaldo instructions, I successfully switched my Vostro 3700 to
NVidia Card.

Actually, I think, because I don't know how to be SURE. How can I be sure
??!!

Regards

2011/2/28 Pedro Salgueiro <pds@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

> Arnaldo:
>
> I tried to follow your method in Ubuntu 10.10 but with no success.
> When I try to build the kernel with your patch, I get the following error:
>
> ERROR: "mxm_wmi_supported" [drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau.ko] undefined!
> ERROR: "mxm_wmi_call_mxds" [drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau.ko] undefined!
>
> I used the kernel 2.6.37.2 from kernel.org, what exact kernel did you use
> to make the patch?
>
> I would like to try and see if this works on my Asus N43JM.
>
> Best regards,
> Pedro Salgueiro
>
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 7:14 PM, Arnaldo Coelho <arnaldo.coelho@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> I'm writing to report a sucessul switch with a Dell Vostro 3700 using
>> the method i described here:
>> https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=112237
>>
>> My machine:
>>
>> # dmidecode -s system-product-name
>> Vostro 3700
>>
>> #dmidecode -s system-version
>> A10
>>
>> # 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])
>> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation GT216
>> [GeForce GT 330M] [10de:0a29] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
>>
>> I hope this help other Vostro users.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Arnaldo.
>>
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