2011/2/5 Wei-Ning Huang <[email protected]> > > > 2011/2/5 Michal Biskup <[email protected]> > > Hi, >> >> The real question is: Will acceleration from Sandy Bridge CPU start >> working after disabling nvidia? >> > Same question here, or is it possible to switch of the Sandy Bridge CPU and use nVidia instead? I need CUDA on Linux ...
> > >> Cheers, >> >> Michal Biskup >> [email protected] >> > > >> >> >> On 02/04/2011 04:32 PM, Jesus Monzon Legido wrote: >> >> Hello everybody, I owns a XPS L501X. >> Upfront: Linux and Graphics Adaptors are unknown to me, so what I write >> next might be useless. I cannot judge it. >> >> machine: XPS L501X >> sysversion: A04 >> >> from lspci I got: >> >> 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 18) (prog-if 00 [VGA >> controller]) >> 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation Device >> [10de:0df1] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) >> >> trying with the 'test_off' i got no positive results. However I fetch a copy >> of acpi_call from https://github.com/peberlein/acpi_call >> and running the "m11xr2.sh" script throw some positive results. >> >> then, a new lspci: >> >> 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 18) (prog-if 00 [VGA >> controller]) >> 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation Device >> [10de:0df1] (rev ff) (prog-if ff) >> >> Note how the nVidia line changed. It is not longer labeled as 'VGA >> controller' so I suppose it is off. >> >> On the same way, the 'present rate' of battery consumption (cat >> /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/stat) dropped from 2500mW to 2000mW. >> >> Finally I follow the steps on [#3 Disable the nvidia gaphics card to >> increase battery life] adapted to my card >> http://robbyx.net/blog/?p=190 >> >> so that it is switched off on each system logon. I attach the nvdown that >> worked for me (the one in the article is for Asus Laptop). >> >> >> Sincerelly I dont know If I really switched off the nVidia card or it is >> just an illusion. Hope anybody can help me to confirm that >> >> -J- >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux >> >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> > > > -- > Aitjcize > My blog: http://berelent.blogspot.com/ > -- Aitjcize My blog: http://berelent.blogspot.com/
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