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[authesserre samuel <sauthess@xxxxxxxxx>]

Sorry, little correction :

they *can't* use the card at the same time

On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 11:44 AM, authesserre samuel <sauthess@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> it's normal, vga_switcheroo is the open source implementation that need
> intel + radeon oepnsource drievrs loaded.
> When you install fglrx, radeon is blacklisted (they can use the card at the
> same time) so vga_switcheroo isn't usable anymore.
>
> The only solution you have is to uninstall fglrx drivers... (or at list
> unload fglrx module and load radeon one...)
>
> Hope this clarify the situation,
>
> BR,
>
> On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 11:14 AM, Gareth McCumskey <gmccumskey@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I just got myself a new notebook (HP Pavilion dv7) yesterday, and was
>> disappointed to see it struggling with the hybrid graphics.
>>
>> I tried to follow the steps at http://asusm51ta-with-linux.blogspot.com/but it doesn't work with the error message saying no such file or directory
>> at /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch. This was after installing the
>> FGLRX drivers through jockey-gtk. Any tips on getting that rc.local script
>> to work correctly, i.e. have /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo actually be
>> there?
>>
>> --
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