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[Joaquín Ignacio Aramendía <samsagax@xxxxxxxxx>]

Try $ lspci -k
Then you will find the kernel module used by the Nvidia card. Should be
"nvidia" or "nouveau"

Then try $ sudo rmmod nouveau

You can turn off the card without freezing
-- 
Joaquín Ignacio Aramendía <samsagax@xxxxxxxxx>

El dom, 26-06-2011 a las 23:33 +0400, Cherep escribió:
> HI Joaquin,
> 
> How can I disable nvidia kernel module?
> 
> I tried this
> sudo modprobe -r nvidia
> with reply
> "FATAL: Module nvidia not found."
> 
> Thank you!
> 
> Cherep
> 
> 26 июня 2011, 23:07 от Joaquín Ignacio Aramendía<samsagax@xxxxxxxxx>:
> > Try to disable nvidia kernel module before turning the card off.
> > That should take care of the freeze issue.
> > 
> > By the way. Is there any Dell Vostro 3500 user that could use the
> > automatic power management under bumblebee? I'm having trouble trying to
> > turn the card ON again and modprobing nvidia. Sometimes it works fine
> > and sometimes just don't. There where a few times that worked.
> > -- 
> > Joaquín Ignacio Aramendía <samsagax@xxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > El dom, 26-06-2011 a las 16:40 +0400, Cherep escribió:
> > > Hi all,
> > > 
> > > I got acpi_call working on my Lenovo Z360. I have used method "
> > > \_SB.PCI0.P0P2.PEGP._DSM" to switch nvidia off which is not in
> > > standard test_off.sh.
> > > (How can one add it to test_off.sh?)
> > > 
> > > However, when my nvidia card is off, I can't use my USB mouse. Once I
> > > move the mouse, the screen becomes frozen. Then I can reboot only
> > > using a power button. At the same time, when my nvidia is off, I can
> > > use a touchpad (works fine).
> > > 
> > > Does anybody know how I can handle this problem with my USB mouse?
> > > 
> > > Scripts are attached! If something is missing, just let me know!
> > > 
> > > Thanks in advance!
> > > 
> > > Some info:
> > > Ubuntu 10.10 (64 bit)
> > > 
> > > cherep@weekend:~/acpi_call$ sudo dmidecode -s system-product-name
> > > [sudo] password for cherep: 
> > > Lenovo IdeaPad Z
> > > cherep@weekend:~/acpi_call$ sudo dmidecode -s system-version
> > > Rev 1.0                 
> > > cherep@weekend:~/acpi_call$ lspci -vnnn | perl -lne 'print if /^\d
> > > +\:.+(\[\S+\:\S+\])/' | grep VGA
> > > 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Core
> > > Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0046] (rev 12) (prog-if
> > > 00 [VGA controller])
> > > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation GT218
> > > [GeForce 310M] [10de:0a70] (rev ff) (prog-if ff)
> > > 
> > > Take care,
> > > Cherep
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