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[Aleix Solà <aleixsr@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you very much.
When you've .deb packages I'll host it in my website ok?


2010/7/30 Adam Hill <sidepipeuk@xxxxxxxxx>

> Hi Xavier/Aleix/Anyone whos interested(!),
>
>        Thanks for this. Sorry for the delay but I've been having no end of
> trouble getting this to work, because it seems to be a very specific set of
> modules and configs which make it possible. Hopefully this will improve
> over
> time, but for now we are where we are. I'm also running out of time to work
> on
> it, so it won't be perfect by any means.
>
>        What I hope to end up with once I've tested everything is:
>
> - You will be able to switch to "speed", select an old kernel from the boot
> menu, and the machine will automatically boot then re-boot in to my kernel,
> which will allow the proprietary NVidia drivers to run with only that card
> enabled. Without booting the old kernel first there is no easy way to stop
> the
> Intel card from stealing resources at boot and so the NVidia drivers don't
> work. The Neoveau ones nearly work, but don't detect any outputs being
> connected, so this may be fixed soon, but for now to use the NVidia card
> you
> are stuck with this solution.
>
> - In "speed" or "auto" mode, you should just be able to boot my kernel, and
> everything will work with the Intel drivers ( i.e. no booting an old kernel
> first. )
>
>        I could not get the Debian kernel to work, and so I am having to use
> the
> normal Linux 2.6.35-rc6 without Debian patches, but that should be ok for
> this
> - better to have a machine which doesn't eat the battery.
>
>        Hopefully I'll have something later today.
>
> Adam.
>
>
> On Wednesday 28 July 2010 17:27:56 xh@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > Hi
> > I'm ok to host it.
> > send me a mail when your kernel is ready.
> >
> > Xavier.
> >
> > ----- Message d'origine -----
> >
> > > On Wednesday 28 July 2010 08:46:05 Aleix Solà wrote:
> > > > Hi Adam is there any way to hack kernel without compiling it? I'm not
> > > > able to make Intel work.
> > >
> > >     There is no way without compiling a kernel or getting someone to
> > > compile   one for you, no. I could maybe look at building a Ubuntu
> lucid
> > > kernel with my   changes in, but would then need to find some kind soul
> > > to host it.
> > >
> > > Adam.
> > >
> > > > 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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