Hi all, Pls excuse my limited attention span;
I own an Asus 1215N & am wondering if someone got this netbook to switch back & forth between the 2 cards. thnx jonas On 8 February 2011 17:52, Bernard Barbosa <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello guys, > > Just coming to tell that i also have the L501X A04 and this worked for me > too. My battery that used to last 1:50h in Linux now lasts 2:50, that's a > HUGE improvement. Thank you. > > Oh yeah, for the newbs in Linux (like myself) you should do a "chmod +x > nvdown" otherwise it won't run the script. It was my first time dealing > directly with scripts, so I didn't know that. =) > > I am preparing a guide of "Things to be done before using Ubuntu x64 10.10 > in your L501X". Just like the guy did for the Asus U35JC on the link. Do you > think it's a good idea? Where should i publish it? > > See you > > Bernard Barbosa da Silva > Bolsista do PET Engenharia Mecânica > 7º período | Universidade Federal Fluminense > Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/2191625341455217 > > > On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 4:32 PM, Jesus Monzon Legido > <[email protected]>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 > >
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