Re: vga_switcharoo

2010-04-09 Thread Mail Lists
On 04/09/2010 09:42 AM, Adam Jackson wrote: ignored from then on? > > Depends on your laptop. There seem to be two major varieties. > > One is where there's a BIOS option and you can pick. Your options will > typically be "integrated" (where we'll pick intel), "discrete" (where > we'll pick no

Re: vga_switcharoo

2010-04-09 Thread Adam Jackson
gt; are you saying this will happen even without vga_switcharoo ? Pretty sure this was in F12. And yes, doesn't depend on the switcher code at all. > Do I assume then when I install f12 (f12?) that the intel wins the race > to fedora's display heart and nvidia will be powered do

Re: vga_switcharoo

2010-04-08 Thread Mail Lists
VIDIA one. But I'm just guessing :) >> >> I guessed the same, until google found claims to the contrary '-) > > nouveau has powered down the nvidia if it's not in use for some time > now. > Ah that is good news ... which kernel are we speaking about here

Re: vga_switcharoo

2010-04-08 Thread Matthew Garrett
On Wed, Apr 07, 2010 at 08:27:12PM -0400, Mail Lists wrote: > On 04/07/2010 08:21 PM, Adam Williamson wrote: > > Well, I would think that if you boot with the Intel adapter active, it > > wouldn't power up the NVIDIA one. But I'm just guessing :) > > I guessed the same, until google found claims

Re: vga_switcharoo

2010-04-07 Thread Mail Lists
On 04/07/2010 08:21 PM, Adam Williamson wrote: > On Wed, 2010-04-07 at 20:10 -0400, Mail Lists wrote: >> On 04/07/2010 01:47 PM, Adam Williamson wrote: >>> On Wed, 2010-04-07 at 13:12 -0400, Adam Jackson wrote: >> >>> >>> Ah, wasn't aware of that. Thanks. >> >> Also I think without the switcheroo

Re: vga_switcharoo

2010-04-07 Thread Adam Williamson
On Wed, 2010-04-07 at 20:10 -0400, Mail Lists wrote: > On 04/07/2010 01:47 PM, Adam Williamson wrote: > > On Wed, 2010-04-07 at 13:12 -0400, Adam Jackson wrote: > > > > > Ah, wasn't aware of that. Thanks. > > Also I think without the switcheroo the power consumption may be a lot > higher (rumor

Re: vga_switcharoo

2010-04-07 Thread Mail Lists
On 04/07/2010 01:47 PM, Adam Williamson wrote: > On Wed, 2010-04-07 at 13:12 -0400, Adam Jackson wrote: > > Ah, wasn't aware of that. Thanks. Also I think without the switcheroo the power consumption may be a lot higher (rumor- is that true ?) - lowering power consumption on the unused card may

Re: vga_switcharoo

2010-04-07 Thread Adam Williamson
On Wed, 2010-04-07 at 13:12 -0400, Adam Jackson wrote: > On Wed, 2010-04-07 at 18:11 +0100, Matthew Garrett wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 07, 2010 at 09:14:09AM -0700, Adam Williamson wrote: > > > > > FWIW, I figure the support is currently reasonably useless for NVIDIA > > > chips, as there's nothing fo

Re: vga_switcharoo

2010-04-07 Thread Adam Jackson
On Wed, 2010-04-07 at 18:11 +0100, Matthew Garrett wrote: > On Wed, Apr 07, 2010 at 09:14:09AM -0700, Adam Williamson wrote: > > > FWIW, I figure the support is currently reasonably useless for NVIDIA > > chips, as there's nothing for which nouveau-on-NVIDIA is actually faster > > than intel-on-In

Re: vga_switcharoo

2010-04-07 Thread Matthew Garrett
On Wed, Apr 07, 2010 at 09:14:09AM -0700, Adam Williamson wrote: > FWIW, I figure the support is currently reasonably useless for NVIDIA > chips, as there's nothing for which nouveau-on-NVIDIA is actually faster > than intel-on-Intel in Linux, AFAIK. So aside from going 'ooh, it works, > shiny', t

Re: vga_switcharoo

2010-04-07 Thread Adam Williamson
On Tue, 2010-04-06 at 23:17 -0400, Mail Lists wrote: > I just got an Asus UL30vt which has dual graphics (onbaord intel and > nvidia) - I am aware of some work by Dave Airlie in this area - > > Anyone share the status of whether this might be usable (via cli or > other) in f13 (or f12 for that ma

vga_switcharoo

2010-04-06 Thread Mail Lists
I just got an Asus UL30vt which has dual graphics (onbaord intel and nvidia) - I am aware of some work by Dave Airlie in this area - Anyone share the status of whether this might be usable (via cli or other) in f13 (or f12 for that matter!) Thanks! gene -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fed