** Description changed: I have found the following issues when following the instructions at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HybridGraphics: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To have permanent write permissions to the switch file, add the following line, replacing USERNAME with your username, to /etc/init.d/rc.local: chown USERNAME /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I do not add the above command to /etc/init.d/rc.local, i simply just chown the above file as adding the line into the rc.local file does nothing at all and prevents me from using the script by adding a laucher and resulting to me running sudo su in the terminal first. - In addition to the above I have also found that within the gxmessage - script that there is no need for the gnome-session-quit command and all - that is required is the following at the top of the script: + In addition to the above I have also found the following issue when + using the adapted script at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/druellan/precise- + hpenvy1095la#Synaptics_Clickpad: + + within the gxmessage script that there is no need for the gnome-session- + quit command: + + if [ $EUID != 0 ]; then + gksudo "$0" "$@" + gnome-session-quit + exit $? + fi + + and all that is required is the following at the top of the script: if [ $EUID != 0 ]; then gksudo "$0" "$@" exit $? fi + Finally the brightness issue on boot is also resolved by issuing + commands from terminal and not adding in to the rc.local file(as + mentioned in https://wiki.ubuntu.com/druellan/precise- + hpenvy1095la#Synaptics_Clickpad: + + chown $User /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness + echo 1 > /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness regards sean
** Description changed: I have found the following issues when following the instructions at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HybridGraphics: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To have permanent write permissions to the switch file, add the following line, replacing USERNAME with your username, to /etc/init.d/rc.local: chown USERNAME /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - I do not add the above command to /etc/init.d/rc.local, i simply just chown the above file as adding the line into the rc.local file does nothing at all and prevents me from using the script by adding a laucher and resulting to me running sudo su in the terminal first. + I do not add the above command to /etc/init.d/rc.local, i simply just chown the above file. adding the line into the rc.local file does nothing at all for me and prevents me from using the script by simply adding a laucher and results in me running sudo su in the terminal first followed by the switchcards.sh command. In addition to the above I have also found the following issue when using the adapted script at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/druellan/precise- hpenvy1095la#Synaptics_Clickpad: within the gxmessage script that there is no need for the gnome-session- - quit command: + quit command as this as creates a log out option: if [ $EUID != 0 ]; then - gksudo "$0" "$@" - gnome-session-quit - exit $? + gksudo "$0" "$@" + gnome-session-quit + exit $? fi and all that is required is the following at the top of the script: if [ $EUID != 0 ]; then - gksudo "$0" "$@" - exit $? + gksudo "$0" "$@" + exit $? fi Finally the brightness issue on boot is also resolved by issuing commands from terminal and not adding in to the rc.local file(as mentioned in https://wiki.ubuntu.com/druellan/precise- hpenvy1095la#Synaptics_Clickpad: chown $User /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness echo 1 > /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness regards sean -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1053856 Title: switchable graphics HP Envy 14 Ubuntu 12.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1053856/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
