The problem with the SPEED mode (NVidia) is that the brightness stays at max, and in most circumstances it's too bright. That's pretty much the only reason why I use the Intel card right now.
Best regards, Joël On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 9:43 AM, Piotr Zalewa <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Adam > > > On 06/22/11 08:06, Adam Hill wrote: > >> >> To be honest I'm not sure that there is any need to use my kernel >> any >> more - it was useful when the Intel graphics just didn't work from the >> stock >> kernels but recent versions work pretty well out of the box. So, my advice >> would be just to find the latest kernel you can for Gentoo - someone will >> have >> compiled the latest mainline one somewhere! >> > > OK - I thought it does something else as well - my stamina mode is working > fine - it's NVidia I wanted to switch on on choice. > I'm using 2.6.38-gentoo > > > There are still a few tweaks that you need to do... either: >> >> 1) If you never ( or hardly ever ) run Windows, add acpi_osi="" to the >> kernel >> boot parameters. This will set the BIOS in to static switching mode >> whenever >> you shutdown/reboot when running Linux. I.e. the first time you run Linux, >> you >> will need to reboot, but from then on the appropriate speed/stamina LED >> should >> come on as soon as the machine powers up and only one card will be >> visible. If >> you want to switch between the two cards you'll need to switch the >> speed/stamina switch and reboot, and then use some sort of trickery to >> make >> sure that the correct X drivers and libraries are loaded. I've posted a >> script >> which may work for this purpose but would have to be modified for Gentoo ( >> Ubuntu users can use the neater "alternatives" method. ) >> > > This would be my case - I don't even have Windows installed at the moment. > Trying it now. > > > zalun > > ______________________________**_________________ > Mailing list: > https://launchpad.net/~sony-**vaio-z-series<https://launchpad.net/%7Esony-vaio-z-series> > Post to : > sony-vaio-z-series@lists.**launchpad.net<[email protected]> > Unsubscribe : > https://launchpad.net/~sony-**vaio-z-series<https://launchpad.net/%7Esony-vaio-z-series> > More help : > https://help.launchpad.net/**ListHelp<https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp> >
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