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[Fra B <frab1215@xxxxxxxxx>]

I'm not an expert oh this, do you have skills to make it?

I think it's possible join in xorg.conf two sections for both graphic card
without problems, but at the moment I think I need (or we need) to improve
nouveau configurations because when X server was started on tv via HDMI
nvidia card wasn't workingvery well. My images wasn't clear.

If you want I can give you my test log and the code I' ve used.
FraB



On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 9:35 AM, Nicolas Joyard <joyard.nicolas@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> This is very good news ! Thanks for your tests.
>
> Would it seem feasible to disassemble/string-search windows drivers to look
> for ACPI method names ? Maybe we could find a method to send the discrete
> video signal to the integrated chip (and thus display it on the flat
> panel)...
>
> Nicolas JOYARD
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 23:09, Fra B <frab1215@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi to all, I have some good news about vga_switcheroo and 1215n.
>>
>> I try to make a summary of my test.
>>
>> I use the 2.6.38 kernel from kernel.org.
>>
>> I boot linux in runlevel 3 and by default my kernel loades module i915 for
>> intel integrated graphic card.
>> Then when I load the module nouveau via modprobe in /var/log/messages file
>> I see cleary that vga_switcheroo is enabled..
>> I connect HDMI port to a tv..
>> At this point I try to switch video cards and it happens that a netbook's
>> flat panel become gray color as the console goes on tv, so I conclude that
>> the nvidia card is actually working.
>> At this point I start the graphical session with the command: init 5
>> and X server doesn't start automatically because it needs nvidia
>> configuration in xorg.conf.
>> So I make a basic configuration and the login screen is prompted to me on
>> the tv, via hdmi.
>>
>> At this point, however, I need your help to better understand how to use
>> flat panel of netbook with the disceret graphic card.
>> In fact, if I do the test without connecting the HDMI cable I get nothing
>> on flat panel ofnetbooks.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>> Thanks to all
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 4:40 PM, Hans Persson <perssonhans78@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> As far as I understand it is not possible to use the nvidia chip on a
>>> Optimus computer in Linux at the moment.
>>> What is possible and what i just did on my ASUS 1215N is to switch off
>>> the nvidia chip to save power.
>>>
>>> I'll paste what I just did below.
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> Hans Persson
>>>
>>> ___________________________________________________
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> That did the trick, now it shuts down nicely.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Hans
>>> - Dölj citerad text -
>>>
>>>
>>> 2011/4/4 Tomasz Famulski <famulski@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> Try to add line
>>>
>>> blacklist nouveau
>>>
>>> to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Tomasz
>>>
>>> On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 5:13 PM, Albert Vilella <avilella@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>> > fwd to the mailing list.
>>> >
>>> > On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 4:10 PM, Hans Persson <perssonhans78@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>> >> Hi Albert,
>>> >>
>>> >> Yes loading and running it works, as seen in attatched file. My power
>>> >> consumption is down by apporx. 4 W.
>>> >>
>>> >> But my computer will not shut down after switching of the NVidia chip.
>>> >> I guess it's because my computer still loads the nv driver?!
>>> >> I still don't know how to stop this driver from loading.
>>> >>
>>> >> There are some error messages while trying to shut down, which I can
>>> not
>>> >> find in dmesg, so I'm afraid I can not send them to you.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> Cheers
>>> >> Hans
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> 2011/4/3 Albert Vilella <avilella@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Hi Hans,
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Can you check if this works for your ASUS 1215N?
>>> >>>
>>> >>> https://lists.launchpad.net/hybrid-graphics-linux/msg00254.html
>>> >>>
>>> >>> On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 4:03 PM, Hans Persson <
>>> perssonhans78@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> >>> wrote:
>>> >>> > Hi all,
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> > I have a ASUS 1215N as follows:
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> > 1215N
>>> >>> > x.x
>>> >>> > 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation N10
>>> Family
>>> >>> > Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:a001] (rev 02) (prog-if 00
>>> [VGA
>>> >>> > controller])
>>> >>> > 05:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation Device
>>> >>> > [10de:0a76] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> > I hope I will be able to help with testing and debugging.
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> > Regards
>>> >>> > Hans Persson
>>> >>> >
>>>
>>> 2011/4/11 Fra B <frab1215@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>>>  Hi to everyone,
>>>> I've got an Asus 1215N.
>>>> I use Mandriva 2010.2 x86_64.
>>>>
>>>> Recently I've compiled kernel 2.6.38 from kernel.org.
>>>>
>>>> In my linux distribution i915 and nouveau kernel module are blacklisted,
>>>> and I've uncomment this 2 line in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-mdv.
>>>> So I can load both this 2 modules:
>>>>
>>>> # lsmod | grep i915
>>>> i915                  487045  2
>>>> drm_kms_helper         34769  2 nouveau,i915
>>>> drm                   215732  5 nouveau,ttm,i915,drm_kms_helper
>>>> i2c_algo_bit            5705  2 nouveau,i915
>>>> button                  6065  2 nouveau,i915
>>>> i2c_core               30375  7
>>>> nouveau,videodev,i2c_i801,i915,drm_kms_helper,drm,i2c_algo_bit
>>>> video                  12802  2 nouveau,i915
>>>>
>>>> # lsmod | grep nouveau
>>>> nouveau               675181  0
>>>> ttm                    66834  1 nouveau
>>>> drm_kms_helper         34769  2 nouveau,i915
>>>> drm                   215732  5 nouveau,ttm,i915,drm_kms_helper
>>>> i2c_algo_bit            5705  2 nouveau,i915
>>>> button                  6065  2 nouveau,i915
>>>> i2c_core               30375  7
>>>> nouveau,videodev,i2c_i801,i915,drm_kms_helper,drm,i2c_algo_bit
>>>> video                  12802  2 nouveau,i915
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I've this in /etc/fstab:
>>>> # cat /etc/fstab | grep debugfs
>>>> none            /sys/kernel/debug debugfs defaults 0 0
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> When both i915 and nouveau are loaded in the kernel I can see this in
>>>> /var/log/messages :
>>>>
>>>> kernel: VGA switcheroo: detected DSM switching method
>>>> \_SB_.PCI0.P0P4.GFX0 handle
>>>> kernel: nouveau 0000:04:00.0: power state changed by ACPI to D0
>>>> kernel: nouveau 0000:04:00.0: power state changed by ACPI to D0
>>>> kernel: nouveau 0000:04:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0003)
>>>> kernel: nouveau 0000:04:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
>>>> kernel: [drm] nouveau 0000:04:00.0: Detected an NV50 generation card
>>>> (0x0a8b00b1)
>>>> kernel: vga_switcheroo: enabled
>>>> kernel: [drm] nouveau 0000:04:00.0: Attempting to load BIOS image from
>>>> PRAMIN
>>>> kernel: [drm] nouveau 0000:04:00.0: ... BIOS signature not found
>>>> kernel: [drm] nouveau 0000:04:00.0: Attempting to load BIOS image from
>>>> PROM
>>>> kernel: [drm] nouveau 0000:04:00.0: ... BIOS signature not found
>>>> kernel: [drm] nouveau 0000:04:00.0: Attempting to load BIOS image from
>>>> PCIROM
>>>> kernel: nouveau 0000:04:00.0: Invalid ROM contents
>>>> kernel: [drm] nouveau 0000:04:00.0: ... BIOS signature not found
>>>> kernel: [drm] nouveau 0000:04:00.0: Attempting to load BIOS image from
>>>> ACPI
>>>> kernel: [drm] nouveau 0000:04:00.0: ... appears to be valid
>>>> kernel: [drm] nouveau 0000:04:00.0: BIT BIOS found
>>>> kernel: [drm] nouveau 0000:04:00.0: Bios version 70.18.55.00
>>>> kernel: [drm] nouveau 0000:04:00.0: Pointer to BIT loadval table invalid
>>>> kernel: [drm] nouveau 0000:04:00.0: TMDS table version 2.0
>>>> kernel: [drm] nouveau 0000:04:00.0: Found Display Configuration Block
>>>> version 4.0
>>>> kernel: [drm] nouveau 0000:04:00.0: Raw DCB entry 0: 02010300 00000000
>>>> kernel: [drm] nouveau 0000:04:00.0: Raw DCB entry 1: 02021362 00020010
>>>> kernel: [drm] nouveau 0000:04:00.0: Raw DCB entry 2: 0000000e 00000000
>>>> kernel: [drm] nouveau 0000:04:00.0: DCB connector table: VHER 0x40 5 16
>>>> 4
>>>> kernel: [drm] nouveau 0000:04:00.0:   0: 0x00000000: type 0x00 idx 0 tag
>>>> 0xff
>>>> kernel: [drm] nouveau 0000:04:00.0:   1: 0x00002161: type 0x61 idx 1 tag
>>>> 0x08
>>>> kernel: [drm] nouveau 0000:04:00.0: Adaptor not initialised, running
>>>> VBIOS init tables.
>>>> kernel: [drm] nouveau 0000:04:00.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 0 at offset
>>>> 0xDE31
>>>> kernel: [drm] nouveau 0000:04:00.0: 0xDD98: i2c wr fail: -6
>>>> kernel: [drm] nouveau 0000:04:00.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 1 at offset
>>>> 0xE2DC
>>>> kernel: [drm] nouveau 0000:04:00.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 2 at offset
>>>> 0xEE88
>>>> kernel: [drm] nouveau 0000:04:00.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 3 at offset
>>>> 0xEEA1
>>>> kernel: [drm] nouveau 0000:04:00.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 4 at offset
>>>> 0xEF88
>>>> kernel: [drm] nouveau 0000:04:00.0: Parsing VBIOS init table at offset
>>>> 0xEFED
>>>> kernel: [drm] nouveau 0000:04:00.0: 3 available performance level(s)
>>>> kernel: [drm] nouveau 0000:04:00.0: 0: memory 135MHz core 135MHz shader
>>>> 270MHz voltage 850mV
>>>> kernel: [drm] nouveau 0000:04:00.0: 1: memory 405MHz core 405MHz shader
>>>> 810MHz voltage 850mV
>>>> kernel: [drm] nouveau 0000:04:00.0: 3: memory 790MHz core 475MHz shader
>>>> 1092MHz voltage 900mV
>>>> kernel: [drm] nouveau 0000:04:00.0: c: memory 950MHz core 550MHz shader
>>>> 200MHz voltage 850mV
>>>> kernel: [TTM] Zone  kernel: Available graphics memory: 1024824 kiB.
>>>> kernel: [TTM] Initializing pool allocator.
>>>> kernel: [drm] nouveau 0000:04:00.0: Detected 512MiB VRAM
>>>> kernel: [drm] nouveau 0000:04:00.0: 512 MiB GART (aperture)
>>>> kernel: [drm] Supports vblank timestamp caching Rev 1 (10.10.2010).
>>>> kernel: [drm] No driver support for vblank timestamp query.
>>>> kernel: [drm] nouveau 0000:04:00.0: ACPI backlight interface available,
>>>> not registering our own
>>>> kernel: [drm] nouveau 0000:04:00.0: allocated 1024x768 fb: 0x60000000,
>>>> bo ffff8800519ac400
>>>> kernel: fb1: nouveaufb frame buffer device
>>>> kernel: [drm] Initialized nouveau 0.0.16 20090420 for 0000:04:00.0 on
>>>> minor 1
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I've this in debug fs:
>>>> # cat /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch
>>>> 0:IGD:+:Pwr:0000:00:02.0
>>>> 1:DIS: :Pwr:0000:04:00.0
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> so vga_switcheroo seems to be enabled, but if I try to switch whit this
>>>> command:
>>>> # echo "DIS" > /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch
>>>> my screen goes in a gray color state, it doesn't off, but I can't interact
>>>> with the system
>>>>  and I need to poweroff pc with power button.
>>>> I've see this in messages:
>>>> kernel: fbcon: Remapping primary device, fb1, to tty 1-63
>>>> kernel: i915: switched off
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Any suggestions to make other steps to enable the nvidia card? What I
>>>> can do now?
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
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>>
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