[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 987401] Re: Ubuntu should poweroff video cards not in use

2014-01-08 Thread madbiologist
Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr now has the 3.13.0-1.16 kernel. Can you please test this version and let us know the results? ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 987401] Re: Ubuntu should poweroff video cards not in use

2014-01-08 Thread Nick Andrik
Good news that the code to enable this has finaly landed in Linux. Unfortunately, I don't have access to the hardware where this bug was initially reported against, so I cannot test this new functionality -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 987401] Re: Ubuntu should poweroff video cards not in use

2014-01-08 Thread madbiologist
OK, I hope you don't mind if I mark this bug as Fix Released. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-ati in Ubuntu.

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 987401] Re: Ubuntu should poweroff video cards not in use

2014-01-07 Thread madbiologist
OK - the runtime power management support I mentioned in comment #30 has finally been enabled on ATI/AMD Radeon graphics hardware in the upstream 3.13 kernel - it has support for dynamically powering down discrete GPUs on PowerXpress systems - see http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dri-

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 987401] Re: Ubuntu should poweroff video cards not in use

2014-01-07 Thread madbiologist
** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu) Status: New = Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-ati in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/987401 Title: Ubuntu should poweroff video

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 987401] Re: Ubuntu should poweroff video cards not in use

2013-09-02 Thread madbiologist
Runtime power management support (to be able to dynamically turn on/off secondary GPUs) is coming in the upstream 3.12 kernel. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-ati in Ubuntu.

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 987401] Re: Ubuntu should poweroff video cards not in use

2012-12-09 Thread madbiologist
Power management for hybrid graphics is coming in the upstream 3.8 kernel. Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail will be based on the 3.8 kernel. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-ati in Ubuntu.

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 987401] Re: Ubuntu should poweroff video cards not in use

2012-12-08 Thread Nick Andrik
** Also affects: xserver-xorg-video-radeonhd (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Package changed: xserver-xorg-video-radeonhd (Ubuntu) = xserver- xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 987401] Re: Ubuntu should poweroff video cards not in use

2012-12-08 Thread Nick Andrik
I also mark this bug against xserver-xorg-video-ati in order to check the status. From what I understand, from muxless ati/intel systems there are two cases (selected by vgaswtcheroo): a) The rendering is done by the Intel card (default case). Intel card is on, ATI card should be off to save