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[Antonin Delpeuch <antonin@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Is it the same thing for nVidia cards ? I can't manage anymore to have
the switch file show up again since I upgraded my kernel, even if
vgaswitcheroo is still included in my kernel.
I'm currently using a kernel with nouveau and i915 loaded.

Thanks

Antonin Delpeuch

On 17/04/2011 11:44, authesserre samuel wrote:
> 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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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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