[SOLVED] vgaswitcheroo not working properly anymore

rebootl · 2012-06-28 18:45:59

Hi

Problem: Since my last update, yesterday, I have the impression that vgaswitcheroo is not working properly anymore.
I use it as described in the wiki for hybrid graphics (for ATI, manual method). This used to work fine, clearly seeable in the temperatures output of sensors. When the DGP is switched off I have 40 - 50°C, DGP on 60°C+. I have no idea on how to debug this.

Solution: I use acpi_call to switch off the DGP completely.

System: HPdv6, intel integrated graphics and AMD/ATI HD6400M
I use stable repos only.

Questions: Is this a bug ? If yes, is it known and where would I find the bugreport, so that the next time I can check it by myself ?
I installed acpi_call yesterday w/o changing the vgaswitcheroo config. Now it seems, as I said, vgaswitcheroo is not working anymore. Do vgaswitcheroo and acpi_call conflict with each other ? (I don't think that's the problem. Rather I would tip on a kernel issue.)

pacman.log:

[2012-06-27 16:58] Running 'pacman -Syu'
[2012-06-27 16:58] synchronizing package lists
[2012-06-27 16:58] starting full system upgrade
[2012-06-27 17:03] removed dbus-python (1.0.0-1)
[2012-06-27 17:03] upgraded archlinux-keyring (20120529-1 -> 20120622-1)
[2012-06-27 17:03] Generating locales...
[2012-06-27 17:03]   de_CH.UTF-8... done
[2012-06-27 17:03]   de_CH.ISO-8859-1... done
[2012-06-27 17:03]   en_US.UTF-8... done
[2012-06-27 17:03]   en_US.ISO-8859-1... done
[2012-06-27 17:03] Generation complete.
[2012-06-27 17:03] upgraded glibc (2.15-11 -> 2.15-12)
[2012-06-27 17:03] upgraded libdrm (2.4.33-1 -> 2.4.35-1)
[2012-06-27 17:03] upgraded libglapi (8.0.3-2 -> 8.0.3-3)
[2012-06-27 17:03] upgraded gcc-libs (4.7.0-6 -> 4.7.1-1)
[2012-06-27 17:03] upgraded libgl (8.0.3-2 -> 8.0.3-3)
[2012-06-27 17:03] upgraded ati-dri (8.0.3-2 -> 8.0.3-3)
[2012-06-27 17:03] upgraded isl (0.09-2 -> 0.10-1)
[2012-06-27 17:03] upgraded cloog (0.17.0-1 -> 0.17.0-2)
[2012-06-27 17:03] upgraded xz (5.0.3-2 -> 5.0.4-1)
[2012-06-27 17:03] upgraded libtiff (4.0.1-1 -> 4.0.2-1)
[2012-06-27 17:03] upgraded sane (1.0.22-8 -> 1.0.22-9)
[2012-06-27 17:03] upgraded sqlite (3.7.12.1-1 -> 3.7.13-1)
[2012-06-27 17:03] upgraded kmod (8-2 -> 9-1)
[2012-06-27 17:03] upgraded hwids (20120512-1 -> 20120611-1)
[2012-06-27 17:03] systemd-machine-id-setup: error while loading shared libraries: libsystemd-id128.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
[2012-06-27 17:03] upgraded systemd-tools (185-1 -> 185-3)
[2012-06-27 17:03] upgraded colord (0.1.21-1 -> 0.1.21-2)
[2012-06-27 17:03] installed pambase (20120602-1)
[2012-06-27 17:03] upgraded pam (1.1.5-3 -> 1.1.5-4)
[2012-06-27 17:03] upgraded cronie (1.4.8-1 -> 1.4.8-2)
[2012-06-27 17:03] warning: /etc/group installed as /etc/group.pacnew
[2012-06-27 17:03] warning: /etc/gshadow installed as /etc/gshadow.pacnew
[2012-06-27 17:03] warning: directory permissions differ on root/
filesystem: 755  package: 750
[2012-06-27 17:03] warning: directory permissions differ on sys/
filesystem: 755  package: 555
[2012-06-27 17:03] upgraded filesystem (2012.6-2 -> 2012.6-4)
[2012-06-27 17:03] installed libsystemd (185-3)
[2012-06-27 17:03] upgraded dbus-core (1.4.20-2 -> 1.6.0-5)
[2012-06-27 17:03] upgraded dbus (1.4.20-1 -> 1.6.0-1)
[2012-06-27 17:03] upgraded dbus-glib (0.98-1 -> 0.100-1)
[2012-06-27 17:03] installed python-dbus-common (1.1.1-1)
[2012-06-27 17:03] installed python2-dbus (1.1.1-1)
[2012-06-27 17:03] upgraded desktop-file-utils (0.19-1 -> 0.20-1)
[2012-06-27 17:03] upgraded device-mapper (2.02.95-6 -> 2.02.96-2)
[2012-06-27 17:03] upgraded e2fsprogs (1.42.3-1 -> 1.42.4-1)
[2012-06-27 17:03] upgraded poppler (0.20.0-1 -> 0.20.1-1)
[2012-06-27 17:03] upgraded poppler-glib (0.20.0-1 -> 0.20.1-1)
[2012-06-27 17:03] upgraded epdfview (0.1.8-3 -> 0.1.8-4)
[2012-06-27 17:03] upgraded ethtool (1:3.2-1 -> 1:3.4-1)
[2012-06-27 17:03] upgraded nspr (4.9-1 -> 4.9.1-1)
[2012-06-27 17:03] upgraded nss (3.13.4-2 -> 3.13.5-1)
[2012-06-27 17:03] upgraded firefox (13.0-2 -> 13.0.1-1)
[2012-06-27 17:03] upgraded firefox-i18n-de (13.0-1 -> 13.0.1-1)
[2012-06-27 17:03] upgraded freetype2 (2.4.9-2 -> 2.4.10-1)
[2012-06-27 17:03] upgraded gcc (4.7.0-6 -> 4.7.1-1)
[2012-06-27 17:03] upgraded gzip (1.4-4 -> 1.5-1)
[2012-06-27 17:03] upgraded intel-dri (8.0.3-2 -> 8.0.3-3)
[2012-06-27 17:03] upgraded iproute2 (3.3.0-1 -> 3.4.0-2)
[2012-06-27 17:03]  >> Traceroute is now provided by core/traceroute
[2012-06-27 17:03] upgraded iputils (20101006-2 -> 20101006-3)
[2012-06-27 17:03] upgraded libldap (2.4.31-2 -> 2.4.31-3)
[2012-06-27 17:03] upgraded krb5 (1.10.2-1 -> 1.10.2-2)
[2012-06-27 17:03] upgraded lib32-dbus-core (1.4.20-1 -> 1.6.0-1)
[2012-06-27 17:03] upgraded lib32-freetype2 (2.4.9-1 -> 2.4.10-1)
[2012-06-27 17:03] upgraded lib32-gcc-libs (4.7.0-6 -> 4.7.1-1)
[2012-06-27 17:03] upgraded lib32-libdrm (2.4.33-1 -> 2.4.35-1)
[2012-06-27 17:03] upgraded lib32-libglapi (8.0.3-3.1 -> 8.0.3-3.2)
[2012-06-27 17:03] upgraded lib32-libgl (8.0.3-3.1 -> 8.0.3-3.2)
[2012-06-27 17:03] upgraded libpng (1.5.10-1 -> 1.5.11-1)
[2012-06-27 17:03] upgraded lib32-libpng (1.5.10-2 -> 1.5.11-1)
[2012-06-27 17:03] upgraded lib32-libtiff (4.0.1-1 -> 4.0.2-1)
[2012-06-27 17:03] upgraded lib32-sqlite3 (3.7.11-1 -> 3.7.13-1)
[2012-06-27 17:03] upgraded lib32-util-linux (2.21.1-1 -> 2.21.2-1)
[2012-06-27 17:03] upgraded libcups (1.5.3-4 -> 1.5.3-5)
[2012-06-27 17:03] upgraded libidn (1.24-1 -> 1.25-1)
[2012-06-27 17:03] upgraded libltdl (2.4.2-5 -> 2.4.2-6)
[2012-06-27 17:04] upgraded libreoffice-common (3.5.4-1 -> 3.5.4-2)
[2012-06-27 17:04] upgraded libreoffice-writer (3.5.4-1 -> 3.5.4-2)
[2012-06-27 17:04] upgraded libtool (2.4.2-5 -> 2.4.2-6)
[2012-06-27 17:04] upgraded libusbx (1.0.11-2 -> 1.0.12-1)
[2012-06-27 17:04] installed khrplatform-devel (8.0.3-3)
[2012-06-27 17:04] installed libegl (8.0.3-3)
[2012-06-27 17:04] upgraded libva (1.0.15-1 -> 1.1.0-1)
[2012-06-27 17:04] upgraded libwbclient (3.6.5-3 -> 3.6.6-1)
[2012-06-27 17:04] upgraded linux-firmware (20120227-2 -> 20120625-1)
[2012-06-27 17:04] upgraded mkinitcpio (0.9.2-1 -> 0.9.2-2)
[2012-06-27 17:04] >>> Updating module dependencies. Please wait ...
[2012-06-27 17:04] >>> Generating initial ramdisk, using mkinitcpio.  Please wait...
[2012-06-27 17:04] ==> Building image from preset: 'default'
[2012-06-27 17:04]   -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux.img
[2012-06-27 17:04] ==> Starting build: 3.4.4-2-ARCH
[2012-06-27 17:04]   -> Running build hook: [base]
[2012-06-27 17:04]   -> Running build hook: [udev]
[2012-06-27 17:04]   -> Running build hook: [autodetect]
[2012-06-27 17:04]   -> Running build hook: [pata]
[2012-06-27 17:04]   -> Running build hook: [scsi]
[2012-06-27 17:04]   -> Running build hook: [sata]
[2012-06-27 17:04]   -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
[2012-06-27 17:04]   -> Running build hook: [usbinput]
[2012-06-27 17:04]   -> Running build hook: [fsck]
[2012-06-27 17:04] ==> Generating module dependencies
[2012-06-27 17:04] ==> Creating gzip initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-linux.img
[2012-06-27 17:04] ==> Image generation successful
[2012-06-27 17:04] ==> Building image from preset: 'fallback'
[2012-06-27 17:04]   -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img -S autodetect
[2012-06-27 17:04] ==> Starting build: 3.4.4-2-ARCH
[2012-06-27 17:04]   -> Running build hook: [base]
[2012-06-27 17:04]   -> Running build hook: [udev]
[2012-06-27 17:04]   -> Running build hook: [pata]
[2012-06-27 17:04]   -> Running build hook: [scsi]
[2012-06-27 17:04]   -> Running build hook: [sata]
[2012-06-27 17:04]   -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
[2012-06-27 17:04]   -> Running build hook: [usbinput]
[2012-06-27 17:04]   -> Running build hook: [fsck]
[2012-06-27 17:04] ==> Generating module dependencies
[2012-06-27 17:04] ==> Creating gzip initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img
[2012-06-27 17:04] ==> Image generation successful
[2012-06-27 17:04] upgraded linux (3.3.8-1 -> 3.4.4-2)
[2012-06-27 17:04] upgraded lirc-utils (1:0.9.0-16 -> 1:0.9.0-18)
[2012-06-27 17:04] upgraded lm_sensors (3.3.2-2 -> 3.3.2-3)
[2012-06-27 17:04] upgraded logrotate (3.8.1-1 -> 3.8.1-2)
[2012-06-27 17:04] upgraded lvm2 (2.02.95-6 -> 2.02.96-2)
[2012-06-27 17:04] upgraded lxpanel (0.5.9-1 -> 0.5.10-1)
[2012-06-27 17:04] upgraded man-db (2.6.1-1 -> 2.6.2-1)
[2012-06-27 17:04] upgraded mesa (8.0.3-2 -> 8.0.3-3)
[2012-06-27 17:04] upgraded nmap (6.00-1 -> 6.01-1)
[2012-06-27 17:04] upgraded ntp (4.2.6.p5-6 -> 4.2.6.p5-7)
[2012-06-27 17:04] upgraded openssh (6.0p1-2 -> 6.0p1-3)
[2012-06-27 17:04] warning: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist installed as /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.pacnew
[2012-06-27 17:04] upgraded pacman-mirrorlist (20120211-1 -> 20120626-1)
[2012-06-27 17:04] upgraded pcmanfm (0.9.10-1 -> 0.9.10-2)
[2012-06-27 17:04] upgraded psmisc (22.17-1 -> 22.18-2)
[2012-06-27 17:04] upgraded qt (4.8.2-1 -> 4.8.2-2)
[2012-06-27 17:04] upgraded skype (2.2.0.35-3 -> 4.0.0.7-1)
[2012-06-27 17:04] upgraded smartmontools (5.42-3 -> 5.42-4)
[2012-06-27 17:04] upgraded smbclient (3.6.5-3 -> 3.6.6-1)
[2012-06-27 17:04] upgraded xf86-input-synaptics (1.6.1-1 -> 1.6.2-1)
[2012-06-27 17:04] upgraded xf86-video-ati (6.14.99-1.20120517 -> 1:6.14.5-1)
[2012-06-27 17:04] upgraded xterm (279-1 -> 281-1)
[2012-06-27 20:38] Running 'pacman -S linux-header'
[2012-06-27 20:38] Running 'pacman -S linux-headers'
[2012-06-27 20:38] installed linux-headers (3.4.4-2)
[2012-06-27 20:46] Running 'pacman -S git'
[2012-06-27 20:46] installed perl-error (0.17017-1)
[2012-06-27 20:46] installed git (1.7.11.1-1)
[2012-06-27 20:47] Running 'pacman -U acpi_call-git-20120627-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz'
[2012-06-27 20:48] 
[2012-06-27 20:48] [+] modprobe acpi_call
[2012-06-27 20:48] >>> run /usr/bin/test_off.sh to test/view different acpi_call functions to see if it disables your secondary/hybrid video card
[2012-06-27 20:48] >>> FYI: there are 2 scripts in /usr/share/acpi_call/ for specific laptops => asus1215n.sh and m11xr2.sh 
[2012-06-27 20:48] installed acpi_call-git (20120627-1)
[2012-06-28 02:54] Running 'pacman -S libsystemd'
[2012-06-28 02:54] upgraded libsystemd (185-3 -> 185-3)

Last edited by rebootl (2012-07-01 14:38:38)

Inxsible · 2012-06-28 19:11:08

a lot of users have had issues with the latest dbus update. I am not sure if that's your problem but you could try downgrading dbus and see if that helps. Of course this would be a temporary solution.

rebootl · 2012-06-29 01:24:15

Hey, thanks. That's a direction at least. I think I'll go with acpi_call for now. And maybe think about getting rid of dbus. (Only needed it for wicd.)
It's just frustrating me, when updating breaks working things.

Last edited by rebootl (2012-06-29 01:29:36)

Inxsible · 2012-06-29 01:52:19

rebootl wrote:

It's just frustrating me, when updating breaks working things.

That comes with Arch. If you use Arch, you should be ready for breakage.

Arch Linux

#1 2012-06-28 18:45:59

[SOLVED] vgaswitcheroo not working properly anymore

#2 2012-06-28 19:11:08

Re: [SOLVED] vgaswitcheroo not working properly anymore

#3 2012-06-29 01:24:15

Re: [SOLVED] vgaswitcheroo not working properly anymore

#4 2012-06-29 01:52:19

Re: [SOLVED] vgaswitcheroo not working properly anymore

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