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Re: Samsung RF711 S07 and Optirun

 

This means that it's already loaded. You can either load it every time
you reboot, or permanently load it using:

sudo cp acpi_call.ko /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/acpi/
sudo depmod

On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 1:27 PM, Michel Schweegmann
<michel.schweegmann@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> thanks for your help!
>
> if i try to load the acpi_call.ko to the kernel
> i get the following error:
> "insmod: error inserting 'acpi_call.ko': -1 File exists"
> What should i do?
>
> Thanks for your time.
>
> Michel
> Am 05.07.2011 08:54, schrieb Madura Anushanga:
>>
>> Hi
>> Download the acpi_call module source from here,
>> http://github.com/mkottman/acpi_call
>> you have to compile it by using,
>> make
>> # and load it to kernel
>> sudo insmod acpi_call.ko
>> # runt the test script
>> ./test_off.sh
>>
>> The test script will list the code for turning off your card, just
>> replace OFF in that code with ON for the code that will enable the
>> card, then to enable the card again you just have to
>> echo (CODE)>  /proc/acpi/call
>>
>> Take a look at the howto below to make it run at startup every time.
>> Make sure you edit the bumblebee-enablecard and bumblebee-dsiablecard
>> files bumblebee uses them to enable and disable the card.
>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RcLocalHowto
>>
>> hope it helps,
>>             - Madura A.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 2:06 AM, Michel Schweegmann
>> <michel.schweegmann@xxxxxxxx>  wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello.
>>>
>>> I've a Samsung RF711 S07 with a Nvidia GeForce 540M and a Intel Core i7
>>> (2nd generation).
>>>
>>> I have succesfully installed bumblebee on Ubuntu / Kubuntu 11.04, but
>>> i'm not sure what to do
>>> by editing the scrips to enable/disable the card.
>>> How can i create a script which should work? I can't find a template in
>>> the template folder
>>> from bumblebee.
>>>
>>> If i try to start a appication with optirun programname, it shows me
>>> this message:
>>> _PS0 Enabling nVidia Card failed (Error: AE_NOT_FOUND).
>>> I copied a random template from the scripts to /usr/local/bin. It
>>> doesn't work for me.
>>>
>>> How can i create such scripts for this notebook?
>>>
>>> Sorry for my bad english. I hope you can understand my problem..
>>>
>>> Best regards, Michel
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