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[Shannon VanWagner <shannon.vanwagner@xxxxxxxxx>]

What about bumblebee?
http://bumblebee-project.org/install.html


On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 7:23 PM, anestis.iliadis <latebeat@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I have the same issue but I never went to great lenghts to find the
> solution. Whatever I tried didn't work. Still I would love to hear it if
> there's one.
> Also, would you mind sharing your little script, (I have the bios patched
> as well) just to see how you went about with the xorg and making intel and
> nvidia work.
>
> thank you,
>
> Anestis
>
> On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 3:42 PM, Joël Bourquard <joel.bourquard@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I have a Z13 (model is VPCZ13AFJ) running Gentoo linux with latest
>> everything (kernel 3.7.2, xorg server 1.13.1, intel driver 2.20.18, nvidia
>> driver 313.18).
>>
>> My BIOS is patched so that the Speed/Stamina switch determines which
>> video card gets enabled at next boot. During boot it runs a tiny script
>> that detects which card is active and changes a line in xorg.conf according
>> to that.
>>
>> Now here's the limitation I'm running into:
>>
>> - In Speed (NVIDIA) mode: HDMI output works, but I can't adjust the
>> built-in LCD backlight (always at 100%).
>> - In Stamina (INTEL) mode: I can adjust the built-in LCD backlight, but
>> HDMI output does not work.
>>
>> Is there a way (I mean *any* way) to *simultaneously* have a working
>> HDMI output *and* the ability to adjust the built-in LCD backlight ?
>>
>> Please note:
>> - In NVIDIA mode, I tried "nvclock" (and writing to /proc files) but it
>> has no effect and "nvidia-settings" doesn't offer a way to adjust the
>> backlight.
>> - I don't care about 3D performance nor power consumption. I'd just want
>> both things to work simultaneously.
>>
>> Any help would be much appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
>>
>> Joël
>>
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