I just moved to Ubuntu 10.10 and the kernel support for the switchable graphics improves things substantially. I'm now able to switch between graphics adapters, although I haven't been able to take advantage of my ATI card's abilities yet (need to spend some time on that) and I can turn off the ATI card now. My battery is very happy about that :).
Support isn't quite transparent yet but it is a lot better... On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 3:26 AM, Albert Vilella <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: > https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux<https://launchpad.net/%7Ehybrid-graphics-linux> > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : > https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux<https://launchpad.net/%7Ehybrid-graphics-linux> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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