I've googled a bit, and it seems the newest ATI hybrid configurations are a problem for people. For example, installing the ATI binary drivers seems to be a problem:
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-1591280.html The vga_switcheroo code was first developed with ATI hybrid graphics in mind, but it's been a while, the situation may have changed hardware-wise lately... On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 3:36 PM, Chris Bell <[email protected]> wrote: > I have basically the same laptop (HP with ATI card) and I get the same > results. VGA switcheroo fails and I can't generate a DSDT.dat - segmentation > fault. > > It looks like most of the focus has been on nVidea cards. > > HP doesn't (and won't) support a switch in the BIOS. The ATI card performs > very well under Windoze and should rock under Linux - if only it could work. > I'm happy to help if I can. > > ....Chris > > On Nov 26, 2010, at 2:50 AM, "Ing. Luis Manuel Garcés Socarrás"< > [email protected]> wrote: > > Vga_switcheroo in not working for me either.... > I got this... > lmgarc...@drake:~$ sh ./switch_between_cards.sh > [: 120: :+:Pwr:: unexpected operator > [: 120: :+:Pwr:: unexpected operator > [: 120: :+:Pwr:: unexpected operator > [: 120: :+:Pwr:: unexpected operator > I the program detected both card and it said that Intel Card is power on > and ATI doesn't... > Could somebody helpme???? > Cheers Luis > > El 26/11/10 11:13, Albert Vilella escribió: > > have you tried vga_switcheroo? > > <http://asusm51ta-with-linux.blogspot.com/> > http://asusm51ta-with-linux.blogspot.com/ > > On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 9:58 AM, "Ing. Luis Manuel Garcés Socarrás" > <<[email protected]> > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi... >> I have a Laptop HP Pavalion Dv6-3031ss, it have an ATI Radeon HD 5470 and >> an Intel HD.... by default, when Linux start the active card is the Intel >> HD, I don't know if the ATI is powered or not. I use Kubuntu Maverick 10.10 >> as OS. My first problem is that to slow and that is for the Video Card >> because KDE use a lot of video features. So I need to turn off my Intel Card >> and work with the ATI card.... >> Here are the results of my tests... >> >> lmgarc...@drake:~$ sudo acpidump > acpidump.txt && sudo acpixtract >> acpidump.txt && iasl -d DSDT.dat && ls -l DSDT.dsl >> Acpi table [DSDT] - 61269 bytes written to DSDT.dat >> Acpi table [SSDT] - 2545 bytes written to SSDT1.dat >> Acpi table [SSDT] - 6726 bytes written to SSDT2.dat >> >> Intel ACPI Component Architecture >> AML Disassembler version 20090521 [Jun 30 2009] >> Copyright (C) 2000 - 2009 Intel Corporation >> Supports ACPI Specification Revision 3.0a >> >> Loading Acpi table from file DSDT.dat >> Acpi table [DSDT] successfully installed and loaded >> Pass 1 parse of [DSDT] >> Pass 2 parse of [DSDT] >> Parsing Deferred Opcodes (Methods/Buffers/Packages/Regions) >> ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................< >> wbr>........................................................................................................................................................................................................... >> Parsing completed >> >> Found 8 external control methods, reparsing with new information >> *Fallo de segmentación* >> >> lmgarc...@drake:~/acpi_call$ sudo insmod acpi_call.ko >> lmgarc...@drake:~/acpi_call$ ./test_off.sh >> Trying \_SB.PCI0.P0P1.VGA._OFF: failed >> Trying \_SB.PCI0.P0P2.VGA._OFF: failed >> Trying \_SB_.PCI0.OVGA.ATPX: failed >> Trying \_SB_.PCI0.OVGA.XTPX: failed >> Trying \_SB.PCI0.P0P2.PEGP._OFF: failed >> Trying \_SB.PCI0.P0P1.PEGP._OFF: failed >> Trying \_SB.PCI0.MXR0.MXM0._OFF: failed >> Trying \_SB.PCI0.PEG1.GFX0._OFF: failed >> Trying \_SB.PCI0.PEG1.GFX0.DOFF: failed >> Trying \_SB.PCI0.XVR0.Z01I.DGOF: failed >> Trying \_SB.PCI0.PEGR.GFX0._OFF: failed >> Trying \_SB.PCI0.PEG.VID._OFF: failed >> Trying \_SB.PCI0.P0P2.DGPU._OFF: failed >> Trying \_SB.PCI0.IXVE.IGPU.DGOF: failed >> Trying \_SB.PCI0.RP00.VGA._PS3: failed >> Trying \_SB.PCI0.RP00.VGA.P3MO: failed >> Trying \_SB.PCI0.GFX0.DSM._T_0: failed >> Trying \_SB.PCI0.LPC.EC.PUBS._OFF: failed >> Trying \_SB.PCI0.P0P2.NVID._OFF: failed >> >> lmgarc...@drake:~/acpi_call$ sudo dmidecode -s system-product-name >> *HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC* >> >> lmgarc...@drake:~/acpi_call$ sudo dmidecode -s system-version >> 049E100000243110000020000 >> >> lmgarc...@drake:~/acpi_call$ lspci -vnnn | perl -lne 'print if >> /^\d+\:.+(\[\S+\:\S+\])/' | grep VGA >> *00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Core >> Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0046] (rev 02) (prog-if 00 >> [VGA controller])* >> *01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc Manhattan >> [Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series] [1002:68e0] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) >> * >> >> I really need a solution because I don't want to use Windows any more... I >> have been using Linux since 2007 but just like a normal user. I tried to >> recompile Linux kernel but it doesn't work either... >> Please I need to figure out how to solve this as soon as posible... >> Figure out that on the instruction iasl -d DSDT.dat I had a Segmentation >> Failed.... >> Cheer and hopping to heard from you soon... >> Luis >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: <https://launchpad.net/%7Ehybrid-graphics-linux> > https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux<https://launchpad.net/%7Ehybrid-graphics-linux> > Post to : <[email protected]> > [email protected] > Unsubscribe : <https://launchpad.net/%7Ehybrid-graphics-linux> > https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux<https://launchpad.net/%7Ehybrid-graphics-linux> > More help : <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp> > https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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