Back up the file at /etc/X11/xorg.conf, then use nvidia-xconfig to generate a new one. If that works, we can look at automating the switching for you. If not, replace the generated file with your backup, and please post the output of `lspci -v` when booted in speed mode.
On 31/05/10 17:28, Ben Klausner wrote: > How would I create a custom Xorg config? > > On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 00:13, Peter Fern <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Apologies, my other comments stand though... > > > On 31/05/10 16:57, Ben Klausner wrote: >> As I said in the original post, the janitor script was where I >> started. >> >> On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 23:30, Peter Fern <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> It's still initializing the Intel card, my hard switch would >> work for you here, but first try creating a specific Xorg >> config for the nVidia card - are you using the janitor scripts? >> >> >> On 31/05/10 14:13, Ben Klausner wrote: >>> Well my last boot was with the arguments: >>> >>> GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=”i915.modeset=1″ >>> >>> which I don't think is what you want. The previous boot was >>> with no args for that variable. The file for that is too big >>> to append to a list, so I've put a copy here >>> <http://www.frijoles.net/Xorg.0.log.old.gz> temporarily. >>> >>> On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 20:49, Peter Fern >>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> What does /var/log/Xorg.0.log say? >>> >>> On 31/05/10 13:21, Ben Klausner wrote: >>>> It's a VGN-Z530N, which was one of the earliest Z >>>> series. I've run W7 on it, but don't know if it is >>>> officially W7 supporting. >>>> >>>> That said, my problem is not what you describe in the >>>> blog post. I get a readable display, but can't start X. >>>> >>>> On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 16:34, Peter Fern >>>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> If you have a Win7 supporting BIOS, that doesn't >>>> work any more... is this a VPC, or VGN? For VGNs, >>>> you can read my post here: >>>> >>>> >>>> http://0xc0dedbad.com/blog/2010/01/30/dual-boot-linux-and-windows-7-on-sony-vaio-z/ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 31/05/10 05:47, Ben Klausner wrote: >>>>> Running Ubuntu 10.04 on a Z530N. Ran the janitor >>>>> script, which seemed to be successful. Made sure >>>>> that /etc/default/grub had the line: >>>>> >>>>> GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="acpi_osi=\\\"!Windows 2006\\\"" >>>>> >>>>> Rebooted a couple of times, and noticed that the >>>>> boot messages came up in a much smaller font than >>>>> before, presumably because the screen was at a >>>>> higher res setting. >>>>> >>>>> But instead of the login splash, I get an error >>>>> "can't open display", and get dumped to the >>>>> command line! Put GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX back the way >>>>> it was, rebooted twice (why does it take two >>>>> boots?), and got back where I was, with graphics, >>>>> but locked in STAMINA mode. >>>>> >>>>> Suggestions? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~sony-vaio-z-series >>>>> <https://launchpad.net/%7Esony-vaio-z-series> >>>>> Post to : [email protected] >>>>> <mailto:[email protected]> >>>>> Unsubscribe : >>>>> https://launchpad.net/~sony-vaio-z-series >>>>> <https://launchpad.net/%7Esony-vaio-z-series> More >>>>> help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Mailing list: >>>> https://launchpad.net/~sony-vaio-z-series >>>> <https://launchpad.net/%7Esony-vaio-z-series> >>>> Post to : >>>> [email protected] >>>> <mailto:[email protected]> >>>> Unsubscribe : >>>> https://launchpad.net/~sony-vaio-z-series >>>> <https://launchpad.net/%7Esony-vaio-z-series> >>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~sony-vaio-z-series >> <https://launchpad.net/%7Esony-vaio-z-series> >> Post to : [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~sony-vaio-z-series >> <https://launchpad.net/%7Esony-vaio-z-series> >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~sony-vaio-z-series > <https://launchpad.net/%7Esony-vaio-z-series> > Post to : [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~sony-vaio-z-series > <https://launchpad.net/%7Esony-vaio-z-series> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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