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[Eshwar Venkanna Andhavarapu <eshwar@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Actually not. i ran the acpi_call thing and it managed to turn off the
discrete graphics. thats all the success i had.

but i had a motherboard replacement and on the new board, by accident or
luck, the integrated graphics just does not show. unless it is somehow
connected to me not having installed graphics drivers in windows...



On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 12:20 PM, <rudy.vissers@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> So you are lucky because it is exactly what I want...to use the Nvidia and
> not the Intel...
> Did you make it work using what is described on the
> linux-hybrid-graphics.blogspot.com ?
>
> Regards,
>
> -Rudy-
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 11:06 AM, Eshwar Venkanna Andhavarapu <
> eshwar@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I did that. their online manual even says there is a way to switch of the
>> integrated graphics but in the real bios there isn't that option
>>
>> when you contact support they tell you they dont support linux. nvidia
>> also said they not going to bring switching to linux. so basically we are on
>> our own.
>>
>> if u can, return the laptop. by some sheer luck, my integrated graphics
>> card does not show in lspci. only the discrete one. so i can run the nvidia
>> card. although i have a few problems
>>
>>  On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 10:57 AM, <rudy.vissers@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>  Hi,
>>>
>>> I have just contacted the Dell technical support.
>>> I have told them that it was not displayed  at the purchase of the
>>> computer that there were 2 graphic cards.
>>> It was only displayed that there was a NVIDIA GT 330M with 1 gb of memory
>>> (Vostro 3700).
>>> Should I have been aware I would not have bought the Votro 3700 !!!
>>> It seems there were not aware that there were Customers having this
>>> problem (at least the French speaking support).
>>> So I advise you to call the Dell support and log a call and say that you
>>> can't use the NVIDIA on Linux/UBUNTU,
>>> that they lied because it is not displayed that  there is a Intel and
>>> that you want them to find a solution asap.
>>>
>>> Maybe that can put a little bit the pressure and make them ask Nividia to
>>> fix the problem.
>>>
>>> IMHO, if we do not complain, nothing can happen.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> -Rudy Vissers-
>>>
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