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[Aleix Solà <aleixsr@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Adam is there any way to hack kernel without compiling it? I'm not
able to make Intel work.



2010/7/28, Adam Hill <sidepipeuk@xxxxxxxxx>:
> On Wednesday 28 July 2010 03:36:45 Ben Wilson wrote:
>> All of the bios modification threads I've come across thus far are for the
>> 2009 version of the laptop, do you know of any links for the 2010
>> (VPCZ1290) models?
>
> 	Unfortunately I don't, though I'm sure that the BIOS will be pretty much
> the same between the two versions since the laptops are identical.
>
> 	Personally, I'm working on getting both graphics cards to work WITHOUT
> having to mod the bios - I've got the Intel card working, though with kernel
> hacks etc. The NVidia card almost works I think, but currently the X server
> driver thinks that the primary card is in fact the Intel one and so doesn't
> try to initialise the correct one.  I'm hoping that this is the only issue,
> but since I wasn't that bothered about getting that card working I haven't
> looked in to it further yet.
>
> 	In the mean time, booting an old kernel in speed mode, then booting the
> correct one, lets you use the NVidia card with the NVidia proprietary
> drivers
> - that works fine.
>
> Adam.
>
>
>> - Ben
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 5:05 PM, Adam Hill <sidepipeuk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > Yes, you can either boot an older kernel first ( pre 2.6.30 ish ) and
>> > then reboot, or you can modify the bios. In either case having the
>> > switch set to speed mode will result in only the NVidia card showing up.
>> > There are many references to bios modding around.
>> >
>> > Adam
>> >
>> > On 27 Jul 2010 21:57, "Ben Wilson" <benwilson512@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > Is there some way to simply disable the intel graphics device such that
>> > it won't be recognized by the OS at all?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > - Ben
>> >
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