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[Adam Hill <sidepipeuk@xxxxxxxxx>]

Sorry - didn't reply all.
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From: "Adam Hill" <sidepipeuk@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: 26 Nov 2010 19:44
Subject: Re: [Sony-vaio-z-series] Ubuntu 10.10 working on my Vaio Z with
Adam&apos;s kernel
To: "mbiggs" <launchpad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Just because the NVidia card is showing does not mean that it's powered up -
the vaios dynamic switching works that way.

Try echoing "speed" to /sys/devices/platform/sony-laptop/speed_stamina ( may
be the wrong path - I'm not near my laptop at the mo ) and see if power
consumption goes up.

Adam
On 26 Nov 2010 16:34, "mbiggs" <launchpad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I boot into any of Adam's kernels (including the new 2.6.37-6-vaioz), with
> the switch set to Stamina, and lspci still shows the nvidia card, and even
> with laptop-tools all setup I'm still using around 22W (according to
> powertop). So I suppose the nvidia card is still activated? How do I
> switch it off?
>
> Thanks!
>
> __
> mbiggs
>
>
> On Fri, 26 Nov 2010, Ricardo Ferreira wrote:
>> You can see which one (or if both) is activated with lspci.
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 2:53 PM, Giovanni Funchal <gafunchal@xxxxxxxxx
>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I've just installed ubuntu 10.10 on my sony vaio z12 and just wanted
>>> to thank Adam et al for this wonderful piece of work. Thanks!
>>>
>>> Live CD worked but graphics were all messed up and touchpad too. After
>>> install the X server would not launch and I couldn't do CTRL+ALT+F1.
>>> After reboot, I added "nomodeset" to grub and downloaded Adam's
>>> 2.6.26-0 kernel+headers from www.voip-x.co.uk/files/adam. I also
>>> activated the proprietary nvidia driver. Reboot again and everything
>>> works. Touchpad, Fn keys and graphics, except the dynamic switch.
>>>
>>> How can I know if it is the Intel or NVidia card (or both) that is
powered
>>> on?
>>>
>>> -- Giovanni
>>>
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