I assume this should be with GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="acpi_osi=\\\"!Windows 2006\\\""
and GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=”i915.modeset=1″ removed. . Attached is the *before* output of `lspci -v` On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 00:32, Peter Fern <[email protected]> wrote: > 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]> 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]> 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]> 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]>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] >>>>> 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] >>>>> 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] >>> 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] >> 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] > 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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