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[Joël Bourquard <joel.bourquard@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Heikki,

Thank you!  I finally took the time to setup Bumblebee on my machine, and
technically it works. To get the correct resolution on the external screen
I added the "CustomEDID" option in /etc/bumblebee/xorg.conf.nvidia. The two
X servers are running simultaneously and I can open a window on the
external screen by doing:

DISPLAY=:8 konsole

Of course, I can't interact with the external screen yet, as the
keyboard/trackpad input isn't replicated.

I'm not fond of running with two separate "sessions", so ideally I'd like
to clone (or otherwise switch) the output to the external display, without
restarting the X server(s). I don't mind "losing" the internal display
while sending graphics to the external one. Would that be possible?

Thanks,

Joël


On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 7:21 AM, Heikki Wilenius <heikki.wilenius@xxxxxx>wrote:

> Yeah, I can confirm that Bumblebee works with Z13, but the whole point
> is to have both GPUs enabled simultaneously, and let the bumblebee
> daemon decide when to use the the NVIDIA card, so you might need to
> disable the BIOS hack? I've never used it, so I'm not sure.
>
> With Bumblebee, brightness control always works, and so does HDMI, but
> it is a bit fiddly to set up. For me it is a perfect setup, except
> that with the latest Ubuntu 12.10, I haven't been able to make HDMI
> audio work.
>
> For more information, check out this thread:
>
>
> http://www.mail-archive.com/sony-vaio-z-series@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg02650.html
>
> and the Bumblebee wiki:
>
> https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/Bumblebee/wiki/Multi-monitor-setup
>
> Cheers,
> Heikki
>
> On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 7:47 AM, Shannon VanWagner
> <shannon.vanwagner@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 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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