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[Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@xxxxxxxxx>]

> ACPI Error: Needed [Buffer/String/Package], found [Integer] f435c690
> (20101013/exresop-590)
> ACPI Exception: AE_AML_OPERAND_TYPE, While resolving operands for
> [OpcodeName unavailable] (20101013/dswexec-460)
> ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.VGA_._DSM] (Node
> f4830ac8), AE_AML_OPERAND_TYPE (20101013/psparse-537)
> failed to evaluate _DSM: 12291
> ACPI Error: Needed [Buffer/String/Package], found [Integer] f435c600
> (20101013/exresop-590)
> ACPI Exception: AE_AML_OPERAND_TYPE, While resolving operands for
> [OpcodeName unavailable] (20101013/dswexec-460)
> ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.VGA_._DSM] (Node
> f4830ac8), AE_AML_OPERAND_TYPE (20101013/psparse-537)
> ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.P0P1.VGA_._DSM]
> (Node f4832e10), AE_AML_OPERAND_TYPE (20101013/psparse-537)
> failed to evaluate _DSM: 12291
> VGA switcheroo: detected DSM switching method \_SB_.PCI0.P0P1.VGA_ handle
>
> They're usually from the nouveau driver probing the _DSM method using
> the wrong data type for Arg3.  But that's ok because asus-switcheroo
> already loaded:
>
> Found VGA device 0000:00:02.0 (\_SB_.PCI0.VGA_): IGD
> Found VGA device 0000:01:00.0 (\_SB_.PCI0.P0P1.VGA_): DIS
> Asus switcheroo: detected DSM switching method \_SB_.PCI0.P0P1.VGA_ handle
>
> It seems you want to use the proprietary nvidia driver, so you
> probably want to blacklist nouveau and load asus-switcheroo with the
> dummy-client=1 option.  The only way I've tried it is to then load the
> nvidia kernel module (which I see getting loaded before
> asus-switcheroo in your dmesg, not sure if it matters), switch to
> discrete, then start X with the nvidia driver.  Thanks,

But i still haven't seen /sys/kerne/debug/vgaswitcheroo directory
is that because of the NVidia proprietary driver issue you mentioned above?

I will try your solution later on

Thanks


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