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[Nikunj Vaidya <nikunj.vaidya@xxxxxxxxx>]

Great! I need to understand this framework more but this is good news to me.

thanks to you all,
nik.. .

On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 10:29 PM, Bilal Akhtar <bilalakhtar@xxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> On Monday 20 June 2011 01:13 PM, Nikunj Vaidya wrote:
>
>> 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,
>>
>
> Yup, I had nouveau blacklisted even before Bumblebee came up :)
>
>> nik.. .
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 1:08 PM, Nikunj Vaidya <nikunj.vaidya@xxxxxxxxx
>> <mailto:nikunj.vaidya@gmail.**com <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 <mailto: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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