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Re: Lost of speed/stamina switch when updating to 2.6.31-16

 

I don't know but, wasn't it a grub update ? and you choose to install the
maintainer's version of /etc/default/grub ?

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Wayde.

On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 11:28 AM, pierre.fr34 <pierre.fr34@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am really happy with Raphael's script on my VGN-Z31WN. Everything worked
> like a charm. Thanks a lot for that work.
>
> Then, my kernel was automatically updated to 2.6.31-16, and, thanks to
> dkms, sony-laptop was rebuild immediately.
>
> However, no more switch anymore, my laptop was using only the INTEL card. I
> tried rerun the janitor script: no success. It told me that everything was
> OK.
>
> I checked /etc/default/grub and found:
> GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""
> So, I changed to:
> GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="acpi_osi=\\\"!Windows 2006\\\""
> Then, I rebboted twice and it was fixed.
>
> Would it be possible that kernel update reset GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""? If so,
> could the /etc/default/grub modification be included in the dkms procedure
> (i am ignorant about that) or at least in the script (when rerun for
> maintenance) ?
>
> Thanks for your help,
>
> Pierre
>
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