On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 10:44 PM, Orion <orion200...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > As can be seen in subject, my query if anyone has found a working method to > switch ON discreet graphics and OFF integrated. > > My hardware is a HP Pavilion dm4-1050 with the least usable BIOS I have ever > seen. One upgrade actually broke the possibility in both Win7 (have kept a > partition) and Linux to switch wireless on/off. Only good thing is that it > allows downgrading bios so I got that functionality back. > > OS: Kubuntu 10.10 32-bit with all upgrades > Model details: > HP Pavilion dm4 Notebook PC > 048E100000242B10000020000 > > Graphics Details: > 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Core Processor > Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0046] (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [VGA > controller]) > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc Manhattan > [Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series] [1002:68e0] (rev ff) (prog-if ff > > using vga-switcheroo I can switch OFF discreet graphics and run on > integrated only or switch ON both and get a hot, batterychewing computer. > Vga-switcheroo can not switch over to discreet only, I get this from dmesg: > [ 6514.974672] radeon 0000:01:00.0: GRBM_STATUS=0x00003828 > [ 6514.974676] radeon 0000:01:00.0: GRBM_STATUS_SE0=0x00000007 > [ 6514.974680] radeon 0000:01:00.0: GRBM_STATUS_SE1=0x00000007 > [ 6514.974684] radeon 0000:01:00.0: SRBM_STATUS=0x200000C0 > [ 6514.975044] radeon 0000:01:00.0: GRBM_SOFT_RESET=0x00007F6B > [ 6514.975150] radeon 0000:01:00.0: GRBM_STATUS=0x00003828 > [ 6514.975154] radeon 0000:01:00.0: GRBM_STATUS_SE0=0x00000007 > [ 6514.975158] radeon 0000:01:00.0: GRBM_STATUS_SE1=0x00000007 > [ 6514.975162] radeon 0000:01:00.0: SRBM_STATUS=0x200000C0 > [ 6514.979764] [drm] Clocks initialized ! > [ 6515.020519] [drm] ring test succeeded in 1 usecs > [ 6515.020545] [drm] ib test succeeded in 0 usecs > [ 6515.021186] vga_switcheroo: client 1 refused switch > [ 6515.021188] vga_switcheroo: setting delayed switch to client 1 > > and that is it. I tried to compile the module and run the test.off script. > Managed to compile but the kernel I was in went nonresponsive completely on > running the script. Lucky I have several generations so managed to sort that > problem.
Did you log out of X after this point? Dave. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux Post to : hybrid-graphics-linux@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
