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[Norbert Preining <preining@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

I have experienced regular breakage of OpenGL programs due to the
following reason: Following the tutorial on switching graphics cards
we have
	/usr/lib/libGL.so.1.INTEL	(intel)
	/usr/lib/libGL.so.185.NN.MM	(nvidia)
The current code from the tutorial (switch-graphics init file) does:
	ln -sf /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.INTEL /usr/lib/libGL.so.1
in the Intel case.

Now the problem is that 185 > 1, so calling ldconfig will revert that
change. So after running ldconfig we have
	/usr/lib/libGL.so.1 -> libGL.so.185.NN.MM
although running Intel card.

I have changed the code as follows: In both cases we create a link
	/usr/lib/libGL.so.100000 -> libGL.so.1.INTEL
or
	/usr/lib/libGL.so.100000 -> libGL.so.185.NN.MM
and then a link
	/usr/lib/libGL.so.1      -> libGL.so.10000

That way calling ldconfig will not destroy the libGL.so.1 link
(unless nVidia comes out with a version higher than 10000 ;-)

I attach the script I am using ATM.


Ah, in additon I have added -q to the grep option in the beginning
so that the output is supressed and only the return code given.

Best wishes

Norbert

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#!/bin/sh
lspci | grep -q "00:02.0"
# if we find the Intel chipset, use Intel drivers & settings
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
	logger "Setting graphics card to INTEL"
	cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf.INTEL /etc/X11/xorg.conf
	ln -sf /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.INTEL /usr/lib/libGL.so.100000
	ln -sf /usr/lib/libGL.so.100000 /usr/lib/libGL.so.1
	ln -sf /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so.INTEL /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
	# this one saves a lot of energy!
	echo stamina > /sys/devices/platform/sony-laptop/speed_stamina
	# modprobe nvidia-control
else
	# otherwise use nVidia drivers & settings
	logger "Setting graphics card to NVIDIA"
	cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf.NVIDIA /etc/X11/xorg.conf
	ln -sf /usr/lib/libGL.so.185.18.31 /usr/lib/libGL.so.100000
	ln -sf /usr/lib/libGL.so.100000 /usr/lib/libGL.so.1
	ln -sf /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so.185.18.31 /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
	echo speed > /sys/devices/platform/sony-laptop/speed_stamina
fi