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[Maraschin <860892@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi, I don't think you should close this bug (problem)!

First of all I don't think you have even read the problem, if you read you will know that what Bryce wrote first makes no sense with the problem/bug in question!
About installing proprietary driver or not, I don't think this is an issue, In my case I do have an ATI and I think it would be a lot better to use the proprietary driver, if it worked... but it does not and it may be because the second card still enabled.

Later he adds:
"No, there is no method supported in Ubuntu for switching between the two (nor any near-term plans to support switching)."

So, It seems NO ONE will/want to fix this... So the PROBLEM STILL THERE!
It is just that no one is planning to do anything about it!

The problem is in ALL new notebooks and computers that have a discrete video card and a more advanced video card in it.
Ubuntu has no decent way to support this, we may have some work around but they are dirty!

And than there are all the related side effects like:
- battery consumption (it could be a lot less if I could switch between the two video cards)
- problems with video drivers, I can't get the ATI to work!

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  Discrete Graphics not working

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