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[Aleix Solà <aleixsr@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi it's working like a charm, but waht about Intel Brightness Control? Is
there any way it works?

*Aleix Solà.*



2010/10/16 Simon Barber <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> Add --force-architecture to the dpkg -i command.
>
> Simon
>
>
>
> On 10/16/2010 03:05 AM, Leonid Novitsky wrote:
>
>> Good day Adam.
>>
>> Could you place sources of your patched kernel or rebuild it for 32 bit
>> platform.
>> I am to use 32-bit kubuntu, and cann't use amd64 version.
>>
>> Thanks a lot...
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Thu, 14 Oct 2010 18:07:47 +0100 письмо от Adam Hill<sidepipeuk@xxxxxxxxx
>> >:
>>
>>
>>> And (only) this was working for me. The single patches mentioned in the
>>>> freedesktop bug about this resume issue did not do the trick for me (and
>>>> I assume that is the patch you picked).
>>>>
>>> Ok, though have you got to the bottom of your flicker issues yet? I'm not
>>> seeing them on my kernel but of course it could be the combination of X
>>> driver
>>> etc that is causing it for you - but what I don't want to do is update
>>> the
>>> kernel with that commit and find that the flickering problem happens :(.
>>> I guess that the question has to be whether the problem you have happened
>>> before the fix for resume - if so then I'm probably fairly safe updating,
>>> but
>>> if not then I probably shouldn't....
>>> Adam.
>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> Knuth
>>>>
>>>> ---
>>>>
>>>> On 10/14/2010 12:21 PM, Adam Hill wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> However: resume from suspend mostly does not work (leaves the
>>>>>>
>>>>> screen
>>>
>>>>  black).
>>>>>>
>>>>>>        I would guess that means that more changes are required to make
>>>>>
>>>> this
>>>
>>>>
>>>>> work. The problem here is that the kernel which Jesse from Intel has
>>>>>
>>>> that
>>>
>>>> seems to work when resumed is a little different to this one. When I
>>>>>
>>>> get
>>>
>>>> a chance I'll have another look to see if I can work out what is
>>>>>
>>>> needed.
>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Adam.
>>>>>
>>>>> I am about to try Ubuntu 10.10 next with this kernel (2.6.36).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Philippe
>>>>>>
>>>>>>        The problem is not with the kernel but with the NVidia and
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Nouveau
>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>> drivers ( or at least that is how it appears. ) The problem
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> is that in
>>>
>>>>  both modes, both cards appear on the bus, and at boot time
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> the BIOS
>>>
>>>>  sets up the Intel card REGARDLESS of the mode ( well,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> without booting
>>>
>>>>  the old kernel or setting static switching using the BIOS
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> hack. ) So,
>>>
>>>>  when the NVidia driver tries to load, it assumes that it
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> already has
>>>
>>>>  its resources mapped but in fact it doesn't - only the
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Intel card has
>>>
>>>>  been mapped in. So, you STILL have to boot the old kernel to
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> use the
>>>
>>>>  NVidia card so that the Intel one is completely disabled and
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> not
>>>
>>>>  mapped at boot time.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  glxinfo | grep ender
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This does not work, since I have no working glx module
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ("extension GLX
>>>
>>>>   missing").
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>        I think that the issue here may be that the NVidia driver
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> also has
>>> its
>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>> own mesa/glx libraries. I think that to get GLX working with
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Intel you
>>>
>>>>  will have to re-install the Ubuntu ones, and then again to
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> get the
>>>
>>>>  NVidia working install the NVidia ones again. In my files
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> directory is
>>>
>>>>  an rc.local file which in theory could be re-written to copy
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> the
>>>
>>>>  appropriate files when needed... it should be fairly easy to
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> do but
>>>
>>>>  unfortunately I don't have the time at the mo... if I
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> get some time in
>>>
>>>>  the near future I'll give it a go.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>         That would seem a little odd if you say you get the
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> desktop - the
>>>
>>>>          desktop
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> would seem to constitute a "screen" ! For
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> speed mode you should not
>>>
>>>>   need an xorg.conf file at all - if you have one move
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> it out of the
>>>
>>>>   way.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> There must be something wrong with my system
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> configuration. I just
>>>
>>>>   started in Speed mode a few times. X loads the i915
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> driver (lsmod
>>>
>>>>   shows i915 loaded), although I blacklisted that, my
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> xorg.conf
>>>
>>>>   specifies "nvidia". X also tries to load the
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> NVIDIA glx module.
>>>
>>>>   Excerpt from my
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Xorg.0.log in Speed mode:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>        As above, in "speed" mode both the Intel and
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> NVidia cards are active.
>>>
>>>>         The
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> NVidia driver needs to realise that! Also, in theory we
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> should probably
>>>
>>>>  patch the i915 driver to not load in speed mode, but this
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> would be a
>>>
>>>>  very Vaio-Z specific patch unless it could be fitted in with
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> the vga
>>>
>>>>  switcheroo code.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I can currently only use my Z11 without problems if I
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> boot the
>>>
>>>>   2.6.31-20 kernel with the NVIDIA proprietary drivers and
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> an xorg.conf
>>>
>>>>   that specifies to use the nvidia driver.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>        It should also work if you boot my 2.6.28 kernel which
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> reboots ( then
>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>> select the 2.6.36-0-vaioz one. )
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>        I'm sure that one day this will all "just
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> work" :(.
>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>> Adam
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I hope this helpt in making the kernel work for
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> everybody.
>>>
>>>>   I'd gladly do some more testing.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Philippe
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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