Ok, Joaquin, so is it correct to assume that I can blacklist nouveau, not install bumblebee and continue to use my HD3000 integrated graphics with the NV turned off? thanks, nik.. .
On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 8:38 PM, Joaquín Ignacio Aramendía < [email protected]> wrote: > 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 > >
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