Great report. Thanks Benoit for taking the time for writing this email. Would you be able to use the information in this email to create a launchpad bug report?
Something similar to this: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/558395 Starting from here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+filebug?no-redirect Cheers, Albert. On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 10:43 AM, Benoit Gschwind <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > I tryed successfully the switcheeroo patch v13 by switching to radeon in > console before starting X, I didn't try another way on Envy 13 > (1050ef). This patch is for testing purpose currently, imo only > advanced linux user should try it. > > Patch can be dowloaded here : > http://people.freedesktop.org/~airlied/vgaswitcheroo/0001-vga_switcheroo-initial-implementation-v13.patch > > I used the vanilla kernel 2.6.33.2 and patch it with switcheeroo v13 on > gentoo with a recent Xorg radeon driver currently 6.13.0 in gentoo > denomination. > > In my case I made i915 and radeon driver as module with modeset disable > by default. Then I made a little init.d script that load those modules > with modeset enable, then switch to radeon card. The durty little script > look like folowing and do any check, use it without waranty : > > modprobe i915 modeset=1 > sleep 1 > modprobe radeon modeset=1 > sleep 1 > if [ ! -e /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch ]; then > mount -t debugfs none /sys/kernel/debug > fi > echo DDIS > /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch > sleep 1 > > I don't know if the load order have impact but for my linux that order work. > > Note that error in script or mistake on loading this modules can leave > you with a blank screen, and some time freeze the computeur. > > Since I use this script I have not a lot of trouble. The first bug I > noticed is that in radeon as output the britghness of the screen cannot > be changed. > The second issue is, when I closse the screen and I open it back, the > computer seems to freeze. > > I hope this help, if I have time I will produce a step by step tutorial :) > > Best regards. > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~hp-envy > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~hp-envy > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~hp-envy Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~hp-envy More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
