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[Joaquín Ignacio Aramendía <samsagax@xxxxxxxxx>]

Your integrated card does all the work for now. The Nvidia card is just
a power consuming brick.
the kernel module for the intel card is i915 (i think), as long as you
got it there is no problem.
-- 
Joaquín Ignacio Aramendía <samsagax@xxxxxxxxx>

El lun, 20-06-2011 a las 13:13 +0530, Nikunj Vaidya escribió:
> Oh, a small question. 
> Can I blacklist nouveau and not try bumblebee yet? I mean, what runs
> my graphics with nouveau blacklisted? 
> I am still catching up with these things... 
> thanks & regards,
> nik.. .
> 
> On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 1:08 PM, Nikunj Vaidya
> <nikunj.vaidya@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>         Thanks Bilal, I'll check the blacklist. I am taking the test
>         plunge slowly. Will try bumblebee a little later. 
>         regards,
>         nik.. .
>         
>         
>         
>         On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 11:37 AM, Bilal Akhtar
>         <bilalakhtar@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>                 I also have the same system (With 6 GB RAM and i7 and
>                 nvidia 540M ).
>                 
>                 The fix to the random freeze is simple: Add the line
>                 "blacklist nouveau" to /etc/modprobe/blacklist.conf .
>                 
>                 In my case, I'm able to use up the discrete card as
>                 well with bumblebee, you can try if it works for you.
>                 
>                 Hope it helps,
>                 
>                 Bilal Akhtar.
>                 
>                 
>                 
>                 On Monday 20 June 2011 11:28 AM, Nikunj Vaidya wrote:
>                 
>                         
>                         # sudo dmidecode -s system-product-name
>                         Dell System XPS L502X
>                         
>                         # sudo dmidecode -s system-version
>                         Not Specified
>                         
>                         # lspci -vnnn | perl -lne 'print if /^\d
>                         +\:.+(\[\S+\:\S+\])/' | grep VGA
>                         00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]:
>                         Intel Corporation 2nd
>                         Generation Core Processor Family Integrated
>                         Graphics Controller
>                         [8086:0116] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA
>                         controller])
>                         01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]:
>                         nVidia Corporation Device
>                         [10de:0df5] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA
>                         controller])
>                         
>                         Things tried.
>                         
>                         # For hangcheck_ring_idle error,
>                         [drm:i915_hangcheck_ring_idle] *ERROR*
>                         Hangcheck timer elapsed... blt
>                         ring idle [waiting on 17594, at 17594], missed
>                         IRQ?
>                         
>                         # the following work-around works on my
>                         system,
>                         
>                         pathi915Sem="/sys/module/i915/parameters/semaphores"
>                             echo "1" | sudo tee $pathi915Sem
>                         > /dev/null
>                         
>                         # Then tried to turn off the NVIDIA, with the
>                         ACPI call that works on my
>                         system,
>                             sudo insmod acpi_call.ko
>                             m="\_SB.PCI0.PEG0.PEGP._OFF"
>                             pathAcpiCall=/proc/acpi/call
>                             echo $m > $pathAcpiCall
>                         
>                         # But, after that ACPI call is done, the
>                         system tends to freeze after a
>                         short while.
>                         # Typically the freeze is after some idle time
>                         when the display has
>                         blanked; keyboard seems to die after some
>                         time.
>                         # I think I have seen a freeze while working
>                         too -- need more samples;
>                         inputs/suggestions are welcome.
>                         
>                         nik.. .
>                         
>                         
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