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[Johnathon Sanders <outdooricon@xxxxxxxxx>]

Sebastian,
   Are you using the hacked BIOS, or the locked down version included
on the laptop?

~Johnathon

On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 09:41, Sebastian Daehne <daehne@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> To disable the nvidia gpu, you can try the small modification to the
>> sony-laptop module i've posted in the other thread (change OVGA by GFX0).
>> It seems to disable the gpu fine, just doesn't re-enable properly, but
>> at least heat and power consumption should be better.
>> The module also tries to re-enable the intel gpu at wake up. I haven't
>> tested if it works.
>> Til either I figure out (probably aka find time for reading and learning
>> ACPI deeper), or someone else with more knowledge does it.
>
> I just tried this module and applied the patch (=~s/OVGA/GFX0/) as well,
>  but
> this only made the speed and stamina led working. Lspci still lists both
> cards
> and after pm-suspend my display stays black even with the module loaded :(
>
>
> regards
>
> Sebastian
>
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