Please read though this thread: http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=248837&highlight=M11x
In there you will learn that the implementation of optimus is rather different from the stuff we see in others. But someone made a customized version of the kernel hack that DOES turn off the nVidia GPU to reduce power draw. There is not yet a method that will enable the nvidia core for video output and lately there hasn't been any work on that as far as I can see. Your dream of playing games with high performance will need to wait until someone comes up with how this is done.
Also, in the thread, you will see my own contribution of adding automatic compile and installation of new kernel hack modules when new kernels are updated.
On 01/17/2011 01:48 PM, Marco Maso wrote:
forwarding to the ML Inizio messsaggio inviato: Data: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 17:32:13 -0000 Da: hfzorman<[email protected]> A: Marco Maso<[email protected]> Oggetto: Log of an Alienware M11x R2 (Optimus powered-netbook) I have tried the instructions described in the "Resources" section just to help out here. I would love to stop using Windows to play games. Anyway, I got everything else fine but when I run the "turns off" script everything fails. Here is the information required in the initial page and the output I got when everything failed. 1. System information: hfranqui@hfranqui-M11x-R2:~/acpi_call$ sudo dmidecode -s system-product- name M11x R2 hfranqui@hfranqui-M11x-R2:~/acpi_call$ sudo dmidecode -s system-version A03 hfranqui@hfranqui-M11x-R2:~/acpi_call$ lspci -vnnn | perl -lne 'print if /^\d+\:.+(\[\S+\:\S+\])/' | grep VGA 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]: nVidia Corporation GT215 [GeForce GT 335M] [10de:0caf] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) 2. Output following the "resources" section: hfranqui@hfranqui-M11x-R2:~$ git clone http://github.com/mkottman/acpi_call.git Initialized empty Git repository in /home/hfranqui/acpi_call/.git/ remote: Counting objects: 90, done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (46/46), done. remote: Total 90 (delta 50), reused 77 (delta 42) Unpacking objects: 100% (90/90), done. hfranqui@hfranqui-M11x-R2:~$ cd acpi_call hfranqui@hfranqui-M11x-R2:~/acpi_call$ make make -C /lib/modules/2.6.35-24-generic/build M=/home/hfranqui/acpi_call modules make[1]: se ingresa al directorio ��/usr/src/linux- headers-2.6.35-24-generic�� CC [M] /home/hfranqui/acpi_call/acpi_call.o Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST 1 modules CC /home/hfranqui/acpi_call/acpi_call.mod.o LD [M] /home/hfranqui/acpi_call/acpi_call.ko make[1]: se sale del directorio ��/usr/src/linux- headers-2.6.35-24-generic�� hfranqui@hfranqui-M11x-R2:~/acpi_call$ sudo insmod acpi_call.ko hfranqui@hfranqui-M11x-R2:~/acpi_call$ ./test_off.sh Trying \_SB.PCI0.P0P1.VGA._OFF: failed Trying \_SB.PCI0.P0P2.VGA._OFF: failed Trying \_SB_.PCI0.OVGA.ATPX: failed Trying \_SB_.PCI0.OVGA.XTPX: failed Trying \_SB.PCI0.P0P3.PEGP._OFF: failed Trying \_SB.PCI0.P0P2.PEGP._OFF: failed Trying \_SB.PCI0.P0P1.PEGP._OFF: failed Trying \_SB.PCI0.MXR0.MXM0._OFF: failed Trying \_SB.PCI0.PEG1.GFX0._OFF: failed Trying \_SB.PCI0.PEG1.GFX0.DOFF: failed Trying \_SB.PCI0.XVR0.Z01I.DGOF: failed Trying \_SB.PCI0.PEGR.GFX0._OFF: failed Trying \_SB.PCI0.PEG.VID._OFF: failed Trying \_SB.PCI0.P0P2.DGPU._OFF: failed Trying \_SB.PCI0.P0P4.DGPU.DOFF: failed Trying \_SB.PCI0.IXVE.IGPU.DGOF: failed Trying \_SB.PCI0.RP00.VGA._PS3: failed Trying \_SB.PCI0.RP00.VGA.P3MO: failed Trying \_SB.PCI0.GFX0.DSM._T_0: failed Trying \_SB.PCI0.LPC.EC.PUBS._OFF: failed Trying \_SB.PCI0.P0P2.NVID._OFF: failed Hope this helps you in anyway. I would love to help as much as I can because I really want to use all the power of this notebook under Ubuntu. H��ctor
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