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jac

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Registered: 2009-05-19

Posts: 431

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Re: hybrid graphics / vga_switcheroo

I often get that problem too, I think it's due to the still immature state of the code, but I have still not had time to look into it. Are you using a framebuffer?

Chahine

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Registered: 2009-11-01

Posts: 13

Re: hybrid graphics / vga_switcheroo

[EDIT] Sorry, this message was a mistake, and I can't delete it...

Last edited by Chahine (2010-08-28 20:05:16)

koral

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Registered: 2010-08-05

Posts: 26

Re: hybrid graphics / vga_switcheroo

In my case it's not only often, it's always !
I heard about potential problems related to the framebuffer, but I'm not sure to know what this is; according to what I read, I guess I use one since my console is in high resolution.

toxygen

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Registered: 2008-08-22

Posts: 713

Re: hybrid graphics / vga_switcheroo

ok, on my laptop, vgaswitcheroo is now present after enabling radeon module.  i verified it shows "off" for the radeon card, and added the mount and echo commands to rc.local.  so far so good, starts at boot ok.  the temperature did seem to increase so i'm not sure if this is to do with new kernel, new x org, new kde or the card not actually being off.  i will have to test it by disabling the radeon card as i was doing before.

but so far it seems to be working ok.

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koral

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Registered: 2010-08-05

Posts: 26

Re: hybrid graphics / vga_switcheroo

Does anyone know how to manage framebuffer with vgaswitcheroo ?

Last edited by koral (2010-09-04 12:50:23)

koral

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Registered: 2010-08-05

Posts: 26

Re: hybrid graphics / vga_switcheroo

Up ?