Is normal a logfile with 4,2GB? I test this tool and generate for me a log toooooo big, using nvidia driver in this moment, and yes, closing de output image, also SSH or RemoteDesktop don't work in this moment.
I must to try it yesterday in rescue-mode. By �...@wæ http://www.islatux.es 2009/1/28 Bem Jones-Bey <b...@jones-bey.org> > Ok, to make sure I fully understand: the only reason the framebuffer > driver might cause a problem is because after the app is run, the > display might be broken: the data that comes out would still be fine. I > thought you were saying that the tool wouldn't give good data if the > framebuffer driver existed in the kernel. So in this case, booting > single user should be just fine. > > Thanks for the clarification. I'll run the vbtracetool as soon as I get > a chance. > > On 01/28/2009 12:08 PM, Thunderbird wrote: > > You can also use a framebuffer driver (vesafb) but then the display > > might not get restored and then you would need to guess when to > > reboot. I would wait lets say 2 minutes when doing it this method and > > then reboot (just by typing it into another VT) > > > > Quoting Bem Jones-Bey<b...@jones-bey.org>: > > > > > >> On 01/28/2009 11:29 AM, Thunderbird wrote: > >> > >>> What might be useful is the following on a fresh boot of your system > >>> without using the nvidia driver and also without a framebuffer driver > >>> (a framebuffer driver could prevent an image restore). > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> Does Ubuntu have a kernel that doesn't have a framebuffer driver, or > >> would I have to compile my own? (Or does it not load the framebuffer > >> driver when I boot single user?) And I guess the other option would be > >> to boot with one of the minimal Linux distros. > >> > >> -- > >> No Screen Backlight Control; Notebooks (Vaio, Macbook, HP/Compaq, > >> Samsung, Zepto et al.) with Nvidia Geforce8/Geforce9/Quadro series > >> graphics > >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/95444 > >> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > >> of the bug. > >> > >> Status in Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL): Invalid > >> Status in "hal" source package in Ubuntu: New > >> Status in "hotkey-setup" source package in Ubuntu: In Progress > >> Status in "linux" source package in Ubuntu: In Progress > >> Status in "nvidia-graphics-drivers-177" source package in Ubuntu: In > Progress > >> > >> Bug description: > >> Using Ubuntu on laptops with Nvidia Geforce8/Geforce9/Quadro vga card: > >> > >> On various laptops from Sony, HP, Samsung and others there is no way > >> to control backlight brightness. In case of Sony e.g. on Vaios with > >> 8-series adapters, e.g. > >> nVidia Corporation GeForce 8400M GS > >> nVidia Corporation GeForce 8600M GT (rev a1) > >> > >> The registers have been found (kudos to mikes!) and incorporated into > >> nvclock, which you can check out by anonymous cvs and install: > >> > >> ]$ sudo apt-get install cvs > >> ]$ cvs > >> -d:pserver:anonym...@nvclock.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/nvclock > >> login > >> ]$ cvs -z3 > >> -d:pserver:anonym...@nvclock.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/nvclock co > >> -P nvclock > >> ]$ cd nvclock > >> ]$ ./autogen.sh > >> ]$ ./configure > >> ]$ make > >> ]$ sudo make install > >> > >> To test, make sure you are using nVidia's proprietary driver, then: > >> ]$ sudo nvclock -S 100 > >> ]$ sudo nvclock -S 15 > >> ]$ sudo nvclock -S +10 > >> > >> So far mikes' registers have been found to work on: > >> > >> Apple laptops > >> { > >> Macbook 5,1 Aluminum 13.3" (Geforce 9400M) > >> } > >> > >> HP/Compaq laptops > >> { > >> 8510W (Quadro FX 570M, MXM) > >> 8710P (Quadro NVS 320M, MXM) > >> } > >> > >> Samsung laptops: > >> { > >> Q210 (Geforce 9200M) > >> Q310 (Geforce 9200M) > >> R510 (Geforce 9200M) > >> } > >> > >> Sony laptops: > >> { > >> 8400M GS: > >> VGN SZ650N, SZ61MN/B, SZ730E, SZ750N, SZ71MN/B, SZ71E > >> > >> 8400M GT: > >> VGN FZ38M, FZ31M, FZ11Z, NR31, AR41E, FZ11S, FZ290, FZ250AE, FZ21E, > >> FZ21M, FZ21S, FZ470E, FZ340E, FZ190N, FZ18M, FZ31E, FZ18E, FZ260E > >> NR21Z, NR38S, NR21S > >> > >> 8600M GS: > >> VGN FZ31Z, FZ21Z, FZ31S > >> > >> 8600M GT: > >> VGN AR51SU, AR71S > >> } > >> > >> Zepto laptops > >> { > >> Geforce 9600GT based laptops using MXM cards > >> } > >> > >> Add your model to the list by clicking on the "Update description / > >> tags" link, NOT by asking in a bug comment for someone else to do it. > >> > >> To get hotkeys to work, follow the instructions in this comment: > >> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hotkey-setup/+bug/95444/comments/75 > >> or install the package at : > >> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hotkey-setup/+bug/95444/comments/111 > >> > >> Dual-adapter models (SZ6 among others) can get backlight control > >> with the Intel adapter using xbacklight, and can get hotkey > >> functionality as per bug #173652. > >> > >> > > > > > > > -- > Bem Jones-Bey (b...@jones-bey.org) > > -- > No Screen Backlight Control; Notebooks (Vaio, Macbook, HP/Compaq, Samsung, > Zepto et al.) with Nvidia Geforce8/Geforce9/Quadro series graphics > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/95444 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > -- No Screen Backlight Control; Notebooks (Vaio, Macbook, HP/Compaq, Samsung, Zepto et al.) with Nvidia Geforce8/Geforce9/Quadro series graphics https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/95444 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
