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["Christopher M. Penalver" <christopher.m.penalver@xxxxxxxxx>]

Jan-Raphael Chua, as per http://www.msi.com/product/nb/CX420.html#?div=BIOS an update is available for your BIOS (1.1P). If you update to this following https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BiosUpdate , does it change anything? If it doesn't, could you please both specify what happened, and just provide the output of the following terminal command:
sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date

Please note your current BIOS is already in the Bug Description, so
posting this on the old BIOS would not be helpful.

For more on BIOS updates and linux, please see
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#Bug_reporting_etiquette
.

Thank you for your understanding.

** Summary changed:

- vgaswitcheroo is not activated even after multiple restarts
+ [MSI CX420] vgaswitcheroo is not activated even after multiple restarts

** Tags added: bios-outdated-1.1p needs-upstream-testing regression-
update

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Incomplete

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Title:
  [MSI CX420] vgaswitcheroo is not activated even after multiple
  restarts

Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  I am running Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit on a MSI CX-420 machine. It as two
  GPUs, an ATI HD 5470 and an onboard Intel HD Graphics. I do not
  usually use the ATI card and turn it off all the time on boot as it
  heats up my computer.

  At first, I did not have a problem with turning off the GPU from
  ubuntu 10.10, 11.10 (not counting the time when the kernel would crash
  on me on removable storages since it was fixed - thanks!), and then
  12.04 until very recently. Whenever I boot my computer up, the
  /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo directory does not exist until I
  restart it again. However, now, I have restarted my computer for the
  third time already and the vgaswitcheroo directory still does not
  exist.

  Running the command " lspci | grep VGA " only outputs the ff:
      00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 12)
  when it should have reported 2 GPUs

  I am thinking this should be a problem in the kernel since it is the
  vgaswitcheroo (or the detection of GPU hardware) that I am having
  problems with. I hope I am not mistaken in sending this bug report.

  Hoping this gets fixed soon ('cause it's an LTS release, people really
  are expecting a lot) and thanks in advance

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: linux-image-3.2.0-24-generic 3.2.0-24.39
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.39-generic 3.2.16
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64
  AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
  Architecture: amd64
  ArecordDevices:
   **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
   card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC662 rev1 Analog [ALC662 rev1 Analog]
     Subdevices: 1/1
     Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
   /dev/snd/controlC0:  aeroheart-c6   1968 F.... pulseaudio
  Card0.Amixer.info:
   Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf7c00000 irq 45'
     Mixer name	: 'Intel IbexPeak HDMI'
     Components	: 'HDA:10ec0662,14621038,00100101 HDA:80862804,80860101,00100000'
     Controls      : 24
     Simple ctrls  : 11
  Date: Tue May 29 11:16:59 2012
  HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=8f715962-cf5f-4ed1-8fb1-de82559527a6
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
  Lsusb:
   Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
   Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
   Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
   Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
   Bus 002 Device 003: ID 15d9:0a4c Trust International B.V. USB+PS/2 Optical Mouse
  MachineType: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD MS-1453
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_PH:en
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_PH.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-24-generic root=UUID=a00b38d0-92d5-4fdc-9cd3-bf6623b24204 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   linux-restricted-modules-3.2.0-24-generic N/A
   linux-backports-modules-3.2.0-24-generic  N/A
   linux-firmware                            1.79
  RfKill:
   0: phy0: Wireless LAN
   	Soft blocked: no
   	Hard blocked: no
  SourcePackage: linux
  StagingDrivers: mei
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 03/30/2010
  dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: E1453IMS.119
  dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
  dmi.board.name: MS-1453
  dmi.board.vendor: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD
  dmi.board.version: REV:1.0
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: MS-1453
  dmi.chassis.version: N/A
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrE1453IMS.119:bd03/30/2010:svnMICRO-STARINTERNATIONALCO.,LTD:pnMS-1453:pvrREV1.0:rvnMICRO-STARINTERNATIONALCO.,LTD:rnMS-1453:rvrREV1.0:cvnMS-1453:ct10:cvrN/A:
  dmi.product.name: MS-1453
  dmi.product.version: REV:1.0
  dmi.sys.vendor: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD

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