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Re: Trouble getting vga_switcheroo to work

 

Damn! Well, where would that incorrect symlink be that was mentioned earlier
to fix then. I can at least try that.

On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 3:59 PM, Marc Rios <marcrios84@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Depends on the system, but it must be from BIOS, not from OS. It the BIOS
> doesn't allow it, you cannot redirect the buffers.
> El 17/04/2011 15:57, "Gareth McCumskey" <gmccumskey@xxxxxxxxx> escribió:
>
> > Can I not just disable the intel graphics card?
> >
> > On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 3:49 PM, authesserre samuel <sauthess@xxxxxxxxx
> >wrote:
> >
> >> same as my last email, double check libGL libraries (when I had
> >> blackscreen, aticonfig didn't work...)
> >>
> >> It do not occurs all time, sometimes I think installer fails
> something...
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 3:28 PM, Gareth McCumskey <gmccumskey@xxxxxxxxx
> >wrote:
> >>
> >>> Heres a question.
> >>>
> >>> If I use Jockey to install the FGLRX drivers then I get blackscreen
> issues
> >>> as the driver is loaded. However, using the binary drivers off ATi's
> website
> >>> aticonfig doesn't even work.
> >>>
> >>> Somewhere, jockey tells tells the OS to use the driver, but the binary
> one
> >>> doesnt. I think thats the missing point for me as aticonfig doesnt even
> >>> detect the card apparently even though jockey does.
> >>>
> >>> Anyone know a way around that?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 2:11 PM, Antonin Delpeuch <antonin@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> 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
> >>>> > 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?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> --
> >>>>>> Gareth McCumskey
> >>>>>> http://garethmccumskey.blogspot.com
> >>>>>> twitter: @garethmcc
> >>>>>> identi.ca: @garethmcc
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
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> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> --
> >>>>> Authesserre Samuel
> >>>>> 6 rue Romain Gary
> >>>>> 78180 Montigny le Bretonneux
> >>>>> FRANCE
> >>>>> 06-27-28-13-32
> >>>>> sauthess@xxxxxxxxx
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> Authesserre Samuel
> >>>> 6 rue Romain Gary
> >>>> 78180 Montigny le Bretonneux
> >>>> FRANCE
> >>>> 06-27-28-13-32
> >>>> sauthess@xxxxxxxxx
> >>>>
> >>>>
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> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Gareth McCumskey
> >>> http://garethmccumskey.blogspot.com
> >>> twitter: @garethmcc
> >>> identi.ca: @garethmcc
> >>>
> >>>
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> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Authesserre Samuel
> >> 6 rue Romain Gary
> >> 78180 Montigny le Bretonneux
> >> FRANCE
> >> 06-27-28-13-32
> >> sauthess@xxxxxxxxx
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Gareth McCumskey
> > http://garethmccumskey.blogspot.com
> > twitter: @garethmcc
> > identi.ca: @garethmcc
>



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twitter: @garethmcc
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