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[Christine <christine@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 02/02/2012 03:18 PM, Lekensteyn wrote:
> Hi Christine,
>
> Nice anecdote :) Can you confirm that bbswitch functions properly? 
> I.e. does
> writing ON/OFF enable/disable the card?
I can switch it ON, but I can't seem to switch it OFF. At one time, I 
saw a message that an nvidia driver is using it.
> Why would you want to enable the video card on boot? You can't use it
> anyway (unless your BIOS allows for it). See also the question on 
> support of
> Optimus technology: http://askubuntu.com/q/36930/6969

I hadn't seen that. Seems like I should just forget about the nvidia card?


> Peter
>
> On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 3:03 PM, Christine <christine@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
> <mailto:christine@xxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>     On 02/02/2012 02:33 PM, Lekensteyn wrote:
> >     Hi Christine,
> >
> >     Do you have a GTX 555 or GT 555M? bbswitch was designed for
> >     laptops and does AFAIK not work with desktop cards. Unless the
> >     load_state=1 option is passed to bbswitch, loading the module
> >     does not turn the device on.
>     Oh, yes, I have the GT555M. It's an Asus laptop.
> >     Peter
> >
> >     PS. interesting use of "dag" :)
>     I have used "dagdag" in all my emails since 1993. Some six years
>     ago, one of my friends asked me by email "what does dagdag mean...
>     oh, I see, it's just a two character rotation of byebye". It
>     occurred to him because he is a crypto expert, I guess. I've used
>     this sig line ever since. It's the only case that I know of in
>     which a two character rotation provides you a valid translation
>     between Dutch and English :-)
>
>     dagdag
>     Christine
>
>
>
> >     On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 2:08 PM, Christine Karman
> >     <christine@xxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:christine@xxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> >
> >         Hi,
> >         I can switch on my geforce gtx555 with bbswitch. Now I want
> >         to have it switched on at boot, so I can load the proper
> >         drivers at boot too. I added "bbswitch" to /etc/modules in my
> >         ubuntu 11.10, I added bbswitch.ko to
> >         /lib/modules/3.0.0-15-generic/kernel/drivers/acpi/, and I did
> >         the sudo initramfs -u command. But the card stays off at
> >         reboot, there's no message in syslog, like I get when I type
> >         "make load".
> >
> >         How do I turn on the card at boot properly? Thanks in advance.
> >
> >         dagdag
> >         Christine
> >
> >         -- 
> >         dagdag is just a two character rotation of byebye.
> >
> >
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>     -- 
>     dagdag is just a two character rotation of byebye


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