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[Albert Vilella <avilella@xxxxxxxxx>]

The alienware m11x r2 models have a different switching procedure:

git clone http://github.com/mkottman/acpi_call.git
cd acpi_call
make
sudo insmod acpi_call.ko
./m11xr2.sh

On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 8:31 AM, Martin Juhl <mj@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I have tried using the script and the asus-module on my Alienware M11X R2...
>
> There doesn't seems to be a mux in this computer, anything I can do???
>
> martin@falcon ~ $ query_dsdt -d . -tokens VGA:EGP:OFF:ON | sort -nk1
> 04 DSDT.dsl {   EGP => 12       OFF => 1        ON => 16        VGA => 2 }
>
> martin@falcon ~ $ query_dsdt -d .
> 03 DSDT.dsl {   0xA4, 0x24, 0x8D, 0x10, 0x08, 0x9D, 0x16, 0x53 => 1
> 0xA6, 0xFA, 0xDD, 0x3D, 0x1B, 0x36, 0xB4, 0x4E => 1     _DSM => 19 }
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> Fra: "Andrew Murray" <amurray@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Til: "Albert Vilella" <avilella@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: hybrid-graphics-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sendt: onsdag, 27. april 2011 17:00:07
> Emne: Re: [Hybrid-graphics-linux] Wiki
>
> Hi Albert,
>
> I ran your script on my DSL file and got the following results:
>
> amurray@summer:~/acpi_call$ perl query_dsdt.pl -d ./ -tokens VGA:EGP:OFF:ON
> 03 DSDT.dsl {   EGP => 7        ON => 24        VGA => 2 }
> amurray@summer:~/acpi_call$ perl ./query_dsdt.pl -d ./
> 01 DSDT.dsl {   _DSM => 6 }
> amurray@summer:~/acpi_call$
>
> How do I use this information with acpi_call to switch my graphics
> card - or is it not that simple?  Documentation on the process from
> taking a DSL file to doing something useful would be useful.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Andrew Murray
>
> On 27 April 2011 15:31, Albert Vilella <avilella@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> The DSDT.dsl files are all in this bug report:
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/lpbugreporter/+bug/752542
>>
>> I wrote a small perl script to look for tokens in all the dsls:
>>
>> https://github.com/avilella/acpi_call/blob/master/query_dsdt.pl
>>
>> perl query_dsdt.pl -d ./alldsdts/ | sort -nk1 | less
>> # or:
>> perl query_dsdt.pl -d ./alldsdts/ -tokens VGA:EGP:OFF:ON | sort -nk1 |
>> less
>>
>> But what would be cool is an ACPI syntax parser to compare all the dsl
>> files to fish out more complicated cases, like the Alienware _PS3
>> calls with parameters which could be buried with different method
>> names in other models.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 2:46 PM, Andrew Murray <amurray@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>> As a user with an unsupported configuration (see earlier post) - I
>>> would find it useful to see a table of current support and progress.
>>>
>>> I understand the community wish for 100% support - to aid this a table
>>> showing various configurations (e.g. a Dell Vostro 3750 laptop) and
>>> the status of support for that - such as 'in progress','no active
>>> development', etc.
>>>
>>> Users with unsupported hardware (like me) can update the table (which
>>> will indicate to this community devices where support is wanted) along
>>> with any other information such as links to DSL files etc. This way it
>>> can also act like a TODO list and can be prioritised by number of
>>> 'bumps' for each configuration.
>>>
>>> Users could also use this table to indicate that there are willing to
>>> help in any testing efforts.
>>>
>>> Andrew Murray
>>>
>>> On 27 April 2011 14:23, Alessandro Accardo <julius8774@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> It would be nice to have even a per-distro guide on the wiki, so a
>>>> non-expert user can make his work for himself and we should have a less
>>>> painful mailing list. :-P
>>>>
>>>> 2011/4/27 Fra B <frab1215@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>
>>>>> this is a good idea
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 3:15 PM, Tyler Wagler <tyler.wagler@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If everyone thinks it would be beneficial, I can start to put together
>>>>>> a
>>>>>> Wiki of devices with working methods for each. Other ideas,
>>>>>> suggestions?
>>>>>>
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