Your integrated card does all the work for now. The Nvidia card is just a power consuming brick. the kernel module for the intel card is i915 (i think), as long as you got it there is no problem. -- Joaquín Ignacio Aramendía <[email protected]>
El lun, 20-06-2011 a las 13:13 +0530, Nikunj Vaidya escribió: > Oh, a small question. > Can I blacklist nouveau and not try bumblebee yet? I mean, what runs > my graphics with nouveau blacklisted? > I am still catching up with these things... > thanks & regards, > nik.. . > > On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 1:08 PM, Nikunj Vaidya > <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Bilal, I'll check the blacklist. I am taking the test > plunge slowly. Will try bumblebee a little later. > regards, > nik.. . > > > > On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 11:37 AM, Bilal Akhtar > <[email protected]> wrote: > I also have the same system (With 6 GB RAM and i7 and > nvidia 540M ). > > The fix to the random freeze is simple: Add the line > "blacklist nouveau" to /etc/modprobe/blacklist.conf . > > In my case, I'm able to use up the discrete card as > well with bumblebee, you can try if it works for you. > > Hope it helps, > > Bilal Akhtar. > > > > On Monday 20 June 2011 11:28 AM, Nikunj Vaidya wrote: > > > # sudo dmidecode -s system-product-name > Dell System XPS L502X > > # sudo dmidecode -s system-version > Not Specified > > # lspci -vnnn | perl -lne 'print if /^\d > +\:.+(\[\S+\:\S+\])/' | grep VGA > 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: > Intel Corporation 2nd > Generation Core Processor Family Integrated > Graphics Controller > [8086:0116] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA > controller]) > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: > nVidia Corporation Device > [10de:0df5] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA > controller]) > > Things tried. > > # For hangcheck_ring_idle error, > [drm:i915_hangcheck_ring_idle] *ERROR* > Hangcheck timer elapsed... blt > ring idle [waiting on 17594, at 17594], missed > IRQ? > > # the following work-around works on my > system, > > pathi915Sem="/sys/module/i915/parameters/semaphores" > echo "1" | sudo tee $pathi915Sem > > /dev/null > > # Then tried to turn off the NVIDIA, with the > ACPI call that works on my > system, > sudo insmod acpi_call.ko > m="\_SB.PCI0.PEG0.PEGP._OFF" > pathAcpiCall=/proc/acpi/call > echo $m > $pathAcpiCall > > # But, after that ACPI call is done, the > system tends to freeze after a > short while. > # Typically the freeze is after some idle time > when the display has > blanked; keyboard seems to die after some > time. > # I think I have seen a freeze while working > too -- need more samples; > inputs/suggestions are welcome. > > nik.. . > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: > https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux > Post to : > [email protected] > Unsubscribe : > https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux > More help : > https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
