Re: [gentoo-user] Nvidia and optimus
Hi, Heiko Baums writes: It's not possible, because the Nvidia Optimus chip isn't a full featured graphics card, and doesn't write directly to the screen. Joost already explained it pretty well. I'm using a T530 with Optimus. I can only external monitors only with the NVidia-Card, not with the integrated one. I tried to get the following working roughly two years ago, but I failed: I'd like to use the internal card most of the time since I don't care about 3D acceleration but I do care alot about power saving. When using an external monitor I'd like to use the NVidia card. Currently my solution is to reboot and change bios settings, being able to switch at runtime would be a real enhancement for me. Is this possible? Regards, -- Christian Kruse http://ck.kennt-wayne.de/ signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Laptop Overheat
Hi, Stefan G. Weichinger writes: When I compile bigger packages on my small ThinkPad X220 I sometimes put it into the fridge ;-) This effectively cools it down rather quickly ... and I ssh in via wifi. Haha, this whole thread reminded me of this XKCD: http://xkcd.com/1172/ Regards, -- Christian Kruse http://ck.kennt-wayne.de/ signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] new installation - partitions
Hi, At Wed, 3 Sep 2014 22:30:32 -0600, Joseph wrote: But they omitted the Boot partition. Device Start End Size Type /dev/sda1 2048 6143 2M BIOS boot partition /dev/sda2 6144 4200447 2G Linux swap /dev/sda3 4200448117231374 53.9G Linux filesystem There is Bios Boot 2MB but no Boot partition where kernel is located. The 2M partition is the boot partition. But it is much to small, I've been re-sizing it to 1G. That's more than enough for the initrd image, grub and the kernel. By the way, keep in mind that if you plan to use suspend to disk you will need 2x RAM disk space on swap in the worst case. Best regards, -- Christian Kruse http://ck.kennt-wayne.de/ pgpCumREjehHJ.pgp Description: OpenPGP Digital Signature
Re: [gentoo-user] making bootable USB
Hi, At Tue, 02 Sep 2014 01:23:45 -0500, Dale wrote: DeviceBoot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 *0389119 194560 17 Hidden HPFS/NTFS I don't know if it matters or not but on one of my sticks, I get this: DeviceBoot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sde1 *1 3915775 1957887+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA) Mine is FAT32 where yours is NTFS. Could that difference cause this problem? I get HPFS/NTFS as well. The difference is weird. Best regards, -- Christian Kruse http://ck.kennt-wayne.de/
Re: [gentoo-user] making bootable USB
Hi, At Mon, 1 Sep 2014 21:13:14 +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: No, the current minimal ISO image can't be dd'ed to an USB stick. Tried it yesterday for a fresh install on a new box, it doesn't work. It definitely works here, and fdisk shows it to be a hybrid image. You are writing it to the USB device itself and not a partition on it? Yeah, I'm sure. But it might be a weird BIOS problem, since I can only boot from USB sticks when they're sticked into a USB slot at the back. Regards, -- Christian Kruse http://ck.kennt-wayne.de/
Re: [gentoo-user] making bootable USB
Hi, On 01/09/14 12:38, Christopher Jones wrote: I had the minimal ISO on a usb stick so it can be done. No, the current minimal ISO image can't be dd'ed to an USB stick. Tried it yesterday for a fresh install on a new box, it doesn't work. I used System Rescue CD then. Regards, -- Christian Kruse http://ck.kennt-wayne.de/ pgplpSQffy4CA.pgp Description: PGP signature
