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[matthijs brouwer <matthijsbro@xxxxxxxxx>]

Could Dapper/Mathias confirm if powermanagement of the nvidia card with the
w520 now works properly? I only got it to pretend to work (it didn't safe
me any battery life).

Matthijs



2011/10/24 Lekensteyn <lekensteyn@xxxxxxxxx>

> I cannot find them in the Bumblebee database nor the Ironhide one. Please
> note that the new
> Bumblebee from Bumblebee-Project is a rewritten project aiming for better
> stability and does
> not contain the experimental ACPI calls by default (it's possible to use
> the calls though).
>
> The databases for MrMEEE/bumblebee and Ironhide can be found at
> http://www.martin-juhl.dk/bumblebee/ and
> http://www.martin-juhl.dk/ironhide/
>
> Regards,
> Lekensteyn
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 8:01 PM, Tais Plougmann Hansen <taisph@xxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> I submitted power management scripts for the W520 to Bumblebee some time
>> ago using bumblebee-submitsystem. They should work afaik. You should be
>> able to find them using bumblebee-configuration.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 16:10, Dapper <kedapperdrake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>
>>>  Thanks, bumblebee works for me. Without powermanagemnt, though, but i
>>> already figured that that's still in development. The nvidia crad scores
>>> more than 3 times better than the intle one does.
>>> A big thanks to you!
>>>
>>> Am 21.10.2011 14:20, schrieb Lekensteyn:
>>>
>>> Try Bumblebee or Hybrid-windump. Ironhide is another fork of Martin from
>>> the original MrMEEE/bumblebee codebase where Bumblebee-Project/Bumblebee is
>>> rewritten and maintained by more developers.
>>>
>>> Links:
>>> https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/Bumblebee
>>> https://github.com/LLStarks/hybrid-windump
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Lekensteyn
>>>
>>> On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 12:28 PM, Dapper <kedapperdrake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>
>>>>  Thanks, that worked for me. But now I don't know which solution to
>>>> try: Should I use Bumblebee, Ironhide or hybrid-windump?
>>>>
>>>> Am 21.10.2011 11:21, schrieb Lekensteyn:
>>>>
>>>> By default, the Mesa libraries are already installed. After installing
>>>> nvidia-current (the nvidia
>>>> driver you've installed through the jockey), the default becomes nvidia
>>>> sinds it takes precedence
>>>> over the mesa ones. To change that, use:
>>>>
>>>>      update-alternatives --config i386-linux-gnu_gl_conf
>>>> /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/mesa/ld.so.conf
>>>> Repeat it for x86_64 if you run a 64-bit OS.
>>>>
>>>> Note that Optimus is not supported for Linux, so you really have to use
>>>> a solution like
>>>> Bumblebee or change your BIOS settings.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Lekensteyn
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 9:42 AM, Matthias Loidolt <
>>>> kedapperdrake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>  Yes, I'm still using Ubuntu, it's oneiric on my laptop. How can I
>>>>> install them side-by-side? I installed the nvidia driver via jockey, but i
>>>>> didn't see any configuration there.
>>>>> Should i just install it and then change the alternative?
>>>>>
>>>>> Am 20.10.2011 23:49, schrieb Lekensteyn:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> Are you still using Ubuntu? (I noticed Dapper Drake in your email.)
>>>>>
>>>>> Ubuntu allows for having the libraries installed side-by-side and then
>>>>> use the alternatives
>>>>> system to set the OpenGL at your choice. Bumblebee sets the default
>>>>> driver to Mesa
>>>>> (necessary for the Intel GPU) and sets the ModulePath to the one
>>>>> containing the nvidia
>>>>> drivers.
>>>>>
>>>>> For the Bumblebee project, see
>>>>> https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/Bumblebee.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Lekensteyn
>>>>> https://twitter.com/Lekensteyn
>>>>> Bumblebee Developer
>>>>> https://twitter.com/Team_Bumblebee
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 11:09 PM, Dapper <kedapperdrake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>  Hi guys,
>>>>>> I have a new Thinkpad W520 with Nvidia Quadro 2000M and an Intel HD
>>>>>> 3000.
>>>>>> Maybe you know that it has a hardware mux, so I could use both of
>>>>>> them, but I have to switch in BIOS and install/uninstall the nvidia driver.
>>>>>> In optimus mode, I can only use the Intel card, including 3D
>>>>>> acceleration for it (if nvidia driver isn't installd), but the nvidia card
>>>>>> is still active. Thanks to acpi_call, i think i managed to disable the
>>>>>> nvidia card:
>>>>>> I have to unload nouveau ( rmmod nouveau ), then to load acpi_call (
>>>>>> modprobe acpi_call), and then I can run test_off.sh, which works with the
>>>>>> method \_SB.PCI0.PEG.VID._DSM. After that, the card still shows up in
>>>>>> lspci, but it doesn't show up in powertop anymore.
>>>>>> I adapted Erik Andresen's script for his T420, and now it works for
>>>>>> me.
>>>>>> But there are still 2 problems left:
>>>>>> 1. The rc6 sleep state of the intel gpu doesn't work (not really a
>>>>>> problem for this mailing list, i know)
>>>>>> 2. I can't use 3D acceleration parallel with both GPUs. Do you know a
>>>>>> way how to install the intel and the nvidia driver parallel without letting
>>>>>> nvidia's one overwrite the intel libraries for 3D (I think that's why the
>>>>>> intel one doesn't accelerate when nvidia driver is installed)?
>>>>>> If i could install them parallel, my next step would be to try out
>>>>>> ironhide or bumblebee.
>>>>>> Thanks in advance, and sorry for my english,
>>>>>> Matthias
>>>>>>
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