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[Oier Mees <oier.mees@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks, here are the scripts, but as I mentioned I just copied them from the
documentation.

#!/bin/bash
# This script should contain the command(s) nessesary to switch on the
# nVidia card.
# As an example i've included the script for the Dell Vostro 3500, provided
by pauloxnet..
# Please note that the acpi_call module is need for these operations:
#
#
http://linux-hybrid-graphics.blogspot.com/2010/07/using-acpicall-module-to-switch-onoff.html

modprobe acpi_call

if ! lsmod | grep -q acpi_call; then
    echo "Error: acpi_call module not loaded"
    exit
fi

acpi_call () {
    echo "$*" > /proc/acpi/call
    result=$(cat /proc/acpi/call)
    case "$result" in
     Error*)
      echo "Enabling nVidia Card failed ($result)."
      ;;
     *)
      echo "Enabling nVidia Card Succeded."
     ;;
    esac
}

echo _PS0 $(acpi_call "_SB.PCI0.POP1.PEGP._OFF")
modprobe nvidia-current





#!/bin/bash
# This script should contain the command(s) nessesary to switch off the
# nVidia card.
# As an example i've included the script for the Dell Vostro 3500, provided
by pauloxnet..
# Please note that the acpi_call module is need for these operations:
#
#
http://linux-hybrid-graphics.blogspot.com/2010/07/using-acpicall-module-to-switch-onoff.html

rmmod nvidia
if lsmod | grep -q nvidia; then
 echo "Error: could not unload nvidia module, leaving card turned on"
 exit
fi
modprobe acpi_call

if ! lsmod | grep -q acpi_call; then
    echo "Error: acpi_call module not loaded"
    exit
fi

acpi_call () {
    echo "$*" > /proc/acpi/call
    result=$(cat /proc/acpi/call)
    case "$result" in
     Error*)
      echo "Disabling nVidia Card failed ($result)."
      ;;
     *)
      echo "Disabling nVidia Card
Succeded."

     ;;
    esac
}

echo _PS0 $(acpi_call "_SB.PCI0.POP1.PEGP._OFF")


2011/5/27 MASSUCHETTI Jonathan <iletaitunfois@xxxxxxxxxx>

> Hi,
>
> Dell Vostro 3X00 have a specific power management relative to the nVidia
> card. Can we see you script to enable & disable card please ?
>
> 2011/5/27 Oier Mees <oier.mees@xxxxxxxxx>
>
>> Hi,
>> I installed bumblebee on Ubuntu 11.04 with nvidia 310m (Vostro 3500) and
>> the optirun64 glxgears works succesfully. Since there is a example
>> documentation of vostro 3500 provided, I copied and renamed this examples to
>> /usr/local/bin/bumblebee-enablecard and disablecard.
>> While I run optirun64 glxgears the nvidia module is loaded (checked with
>> lsmod) and when I exit glxgears, unloaded. But I get keeping the following
>> message while I run optirun64 or I try enabling and disabling the card:
>> $ optirun64 glxgears
>>  * Starting Bumblebee X server
>> bumblebee                                        _PS0 Enabling nVidia Card
>> failed (Error: AE_BAD_PARAMETER).
>>                                                                          [
>> OK ]
>> 2731 frames in 5.0 seconds = 546.133 FPS
>> 2851 frames in 5.0 seconds = 570.166 FPS
>> 2662 frames in 5.0 seconds = 532.364 FPS
>> [VGL] ERROR: in readback--
>> [VGL]    362: Window has been deleted by window manager
>>  * Stopping Bumblebee X server
>> bumblebee                                         *
>> .
>> _PS0 Disabling nVidia Card failed (Error: AE_BAD_PARAMETER).
>>
>>
>> If modprobe and rmmod work, does this mean that turning the card on and
>> off also works? What does the error message mean?
>> Regards,
>> Oier
>>
>>
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