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[Bilal Akhtar <bilalakhtar@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 06/27/2011 12:02 AM, Cherep wrote:
> after 
> lspci -k
> I found "nouveau" as a module.
> 
> after
> lsmod | grep nvidia
> I found nothing.
> 
> Then I typed
> sudo rmmod nouveau
> 
> Now everything is working without freezing!

To prevent the nouveau module from loading up unnecessarily each time,
just add the line "blacklist nouveau" to the end of
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf .

Then you won't have to remove nouveau after every acpi_call to turn the
dGPU off.

> 
> Joaquín and Aurelgadjo!!! Thank you a lot!
> 
> 27 июня 2011, 00:10 от 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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Bilal Akhtar - Ubuntu Developer <bilalakhtar@xxxxxxxxxx>
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