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[Peter Fern <sonylinux@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Back up the file at /etc/X11/xorg.conf, then use nvidia-xconfig to
generate a new one.  If that works, we can look at automating the
switching for you.  If not, replace the generated file with your backup,
and please post the output of `lspci -v` when booted in speed mode.

On 31/05/10 17:28, Ben Klausner wrote:
> How would I create a custom Xorg config?
>
> On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 00:13, Peter Fern <sonylinux@xxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:sonylinux@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>     Apologies, my other comments stand though...
>
>
>     On 31/05/10 16:57, Ben Klausner wrote:
>>     As I said in the original post, the janitor script was where I
>>     started.
>>
>>     On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 23:30, Peter Fern <sonylinux@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>     <mailto:sonylinux@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>
>>         It's still initializing the Intel card, my hard switch would
>>         work for you here, but first try creating a specific Xorg
>>         config for the nVidia card - are you using the janitor scripts?
>>
>>
>>         On 31/05/10 14:13, Ben Klausner wrote:
>>>         Well my last boot was with the arguments:
>>>
>>>         GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=”i915.modeset=1″
>>>
>>>         which I don't think is what you want. The previous boot was
>>>         with no args for that variable. The file for that is too big
>>>         to append to a list, so I've put a copy here
>>>         <http://www.frijoles.net/Xorg.0.log.old.gz> temporarily.
>>>
>>>         On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 20:49, Peter Fern
>>>         <sonylinux@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:sonylinux@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>>
>>>             What does /var/log/Xorg.0.log say?
>>>
>>>             On 31/05/10 13:21, Ben Klausner wrote:
>>>>             It's a VGN-Z530N, which was one of the earliest Z
>>>>             series. I've run W7 on it, but don't know if it is
>>>>             officially W7 supporting.
>>>>
>>>>             That said, my problem is not what you describe in the
>>>>             blog post. I get a readable display, but can't start X.
>>>>
>>>>             On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 16:34, Peter Fern
>>>>             <sonylinux@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:sonylinux@xxxxxxxxxxx>>
>>>>             wrote:
>>>>
>>>>                 If you have a Win7 supporting BIOS, that doesn't
>>>>                 work any more... is this a VPC, or VGN?  For VGNs,
>>>>                 you can read my post here:
>>>>
>>>>                 http://0xc0dedbad.com/blog/2010/01/30/dual-boot-linux-and-windows-7-on-sony-vaio-z/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>                 On 31/05/10 05:47, Ben Klausner wrote:
>>>>>                 Running Ubuntu 10.04 on a Z530N. Ran the janitor
>>>>>                 script, which seemed to be successful. Made sure
>>>>>                 that /etc/default/grub had the line:
>>>>>
>>>>>                 GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="acpi_osi=\\\"!Windows 2006\\\""
>>>>>
>>>>>                 Rebooted a couple of times, and noticed that the
>>>>>                 boot messages came up in a much smaller font than
>>>>>                 before, presumably because the screen was at a
>>>>>                 higher res setting.
>>>>>
>>>>>                 But instead of the login splash, I get an error
>>>>>                 "can't open display", and get dumped to the
>>>>>                 command line! Put GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX back the way
>>>>>                 it was, rebooted twice (why does it take two
>>>>>                 boots?), and got back where I was, with graphics,
>>>>>                 but locked in STAMINA mode.
>>>>>
>>>>>                 Suggestions?
>>>>>
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