Questions related to switching GPUs using vgaswitcheroo on hybrid graphics systems.
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vgaswitcheroo isn't working in Ubuntu 12.04
I always used vgaswitcheroo to turn off my discrete graphic, I did a script to turn off in boot, but now, vgaswitcheroo isn't working anymore, I don't know why... look
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switcheroo to discrete turns off backlight on laptop screen
AMD cedar/ Intel ironlake hybrid graphics. Custom kernel 3.8.3. Free radeon xorg drivers.
When I switch from integrated to discrete, I do a killall lightdm and X doesn't automatically respawn like it ...
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How to switch between Gfx cards on Macbook Pro 15" 8.2
I have a Macbook 15" Pro 8.2
Which apparently is supposed to be switchable between the GFX cards with vgaswitcheroo.
But /sys/kernel/debug/ contains no switcheroo folder.
syslog gives me this.
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vgaswitcheroo not available on cold boot, only after restart
I am running the new Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit release on my MSI CX420 laptop. It has 2 GPUs, an ATI and an Intel integrated one.
So my problem is that, whenever I start my laptop for the first time, ...
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How to configure UEFI booting on a Macbook 8,2
I googled a while on this so let me give you the details, then the questions
I have a Macbook 8,2 15" with Kubuntu Quantal installed from the MAC+AMD64 Desktop CD image. I removed every MacOS ...
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HybridGraphics vga_switcheroo switch to intel at boot
How can I do that?
I have followed this https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HybridGraphics
but it didn't work
I'm getting the error at boot that the /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch don't exist
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Command on Hibernate 13.04
Now I am currently fiddling with switcheroo on my laptop and am slowly figuring it out. Though I seem to be hitting a hiccup when it comes to hibernation. Upon hibernating and waking the laptop back ...
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Use vga switcheroo on MacBook Pro 8,2?
I have used the instructions provided by tomodachi here to get EFI kernel stub booting working properly. The Radeon card is now properly initialized and lspci is showing both graphics cards, which is ...
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vga_switcheroo and Intel HD 3000 on Ubuntu 12.04
I'm trying to get vga_switcheroo to enable my integrated Intel HD 3000 instead of my ATI card. My problem is that there is no vgaswitcheroo directory in /sys/kernel/debug/ on my system.
> grep -i ...
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Hybrid Graphics on Ubuntu 12.04 switching to discrete
I have a Sony Vaio VPCCB-27FX with hybrid graphics. Using vgaswitcheroo enables me to switch my discrete card off to save power.
Now when i want to switch to the discrete card for performance, my ...
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How can I disable one Graphics card/GPU on my system? (Interchangeable graphics involved)
The problem I have is this:
I have a DELL laptop with 2 GPUs, an Intel integrated and high performance of AMD Radeon HD a 6470m, but Ubuntu does not detect it. However, the two are active at the same ...
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Thinkpad T530 with Optimus and Docking Station
I have a Lenovo Thinkpad T530 with Optimus video, which is not supported on 12.04.1.
I don't normally need the discrete (nVidia) graphics, so I turn it off in the BIOS settings to achieve longer ...
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How can I enable switchable graphics in my Lenovo G770 laptop?
Previously I asked about the same problem in Ubuntu 11.04 with messed up drivers, but now I completely reinstalled system and updated it to latest 11.10.
Last time, I tried using various drivers for ...
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switcheroo says dedicated graphics card is OFF but it is not
when I cat vga_switcheroo I get the following:
0:IGD:+:Pwr:0000:00:02.0
1:DIS: :Off:0000:01:00.0
But I can hear the fan running and the battery time is really low.
Is there anyway to ...
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hdmi audio works only with aplay -D alsa test wavs; open source radeon drivers; kernel 3.5 vgaswitcheroo
I've trolled the internets to make hdmi work on my system
Ubuntu 12.04.
software center kernel 3.5
uname: Linux ubuntu 3.5.0-18-generic #29~precise1-Ubuntu SMP...x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 ...
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'echo DIS > /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch' does not work
I can not use echo DIS > /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch to switch to discrete ATI card. After I run the command, cat /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch still gives:
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How do I stop my fans from going crazy after resuming after suspending?
I'm kinda new to ubuntu, and I have an HP Envy 14-2020nr. The computer has hybrid graphics, and since Ubuntu doesn't yet handle them very well I've been using vga_switcheroo to disable the discrete ...
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vgaswitcheroo + ATI radeon driver
I want both vgaswitcheroo and ati driver on same machine.
vgaswitcheroo is good at powersaving while I also want
powerful processing too. Most of the time I switch between
powersave and performance ...
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Radeon HD + vgaswitcheroo
I have a Hp Envy4 1025tx machine. I've tried vgaswitcheroo and amdcccle. I'm happy with Vgaswitcheroo powersaving efficiency and amdcccle's performance. I want both of them on my system. Is there a ...
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Can't access vgaswitcheroo file, access denied?
Hi I'm trying to change my integrated graphics card to my discrete graphics card (Nvidia GeForce 540m) and when I use the vgaswitcheroo method, I can't access the file doing this:
$ls -l ...
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AMD/AMD GPU Switching
I have two GPU's in my laptop, both of which are AMD.
Whenever I use the Catalyst Control Centre to change the GPU, nothing changes after reboot. In fact, when I do the fglrxinfo command the ...
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vgaswitcheroo - switch GPU based on load?
Is it possible to make vgaswitcheroo switch between GPU based on load?
For example, when computer would be in idle it would turn off discrete and use only integrated; when enough load would ...
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How to enable vga switcheroo on an Asus U41S?
I have Asus U41S notebook with 2 wideocards, Intel HD Graphics 3000 and GeForce GT540M.
I want to turn off the GF videocard, and work only with Intel.
On the internet I found out how to do this ...
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Use vgaswitcheroo without restart x server
I want to use the vgaswitcheroo script without loging out and again in from x server.
I have a Asus B53-J with an Intel integraded GPU and an ATI Mobility Radeon HD5470 graphic.
I used the ...
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About output of vga_switcher
When IGD and DIS both exist in my pc,and I want to disable DIS,so I create a service to switch on and off the DIS.It works.Finally,I decide to add the service command into /etc/rc.local so that DIS ...
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How can I choose which GPU to use from grub using vgaswitcheroo? [closed]
I have a notebook with switchable AMD/Intel Graphics. I use, successfully, vgaswitcheroo to choose the active GPU and disable the unused one by a script in rc.local.
However, I would like to be able ...
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Random boot error when turning off Radeon graphics at startup
On my Xubuntu 11.10 I placed a command in /etc/rc.local to shutdown the discrete useless power-consuming Radeon graphic card (my laptop has two graphics). This command is named /usr/bin/radeon_off, ...
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How to permanently switch off discrete graphic card?
I got a integrated GD, which is Intel, and another discrete GD, AMD Radeon 6490 HD
I am using ubuntu 11.10
1st, when I boot into Windows, my GD is indeed AMD Radeon 6490 HD, but when I boot into ...
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Help needed in understanding this command?
echo OFF | sudo tee /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch
In one of the questions in this forum, someone had posted this command to switch off graphics card to save power consumption and this ...
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how to install swichable radoen hd 6470M drivers for ubuntu 12.04 LTS [duplicate]
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ATI 6470m & intel HD graphics 3000 drivers?
i have hp pavilion g6 i5 laptop with Radoen hd 6470M switchable VGA. i installed it the Ubuntu 12.04 LTS but VGA drivers ...
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Ubuntu 11.10 and ATI/AMD Radeon 5650
I have a laptop with freshly installed Ubuntu 11.10 and ATI 4200/AMD Radeon 5650 hybrid graphics. The problem is that I can't switch between integrated and discrete video while using Catalyst driver ...
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how to switch back to ATI card after using switcheroo?
I have been using switcheroo to turn off my ATI Radeon HD5650 using the switch:
echo OFF > /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch
This has worked perfectly. I've added it to /etc/rc.local.
The ...
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Vgaswitcheroo with kernel 3.3 [closed]
because kernel 3.3 is way cooler than everything else, i wanted to switch to it.
unfortunately, i can't find /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo anymore.
i tried using modeset=1 and radeon.modeset=1, also ...
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/sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo missing
i wanted to install and use asus_switcheroo but unfortunately the vgaswitcheroo folder is missing.
I already checked whether vgaswitcheroo is actually enabled and as i use the vanilla kernel it is ...
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AMD Switchable Graphics (HP Probook 4530s-specific) - any way to enable?
I'm proud owner of not-that-expensive, yet powerful laptop (HP Probook 4530s). Being a fan, and every-day user of Ubuntu I was unable a way to use discrete GPU from of my laptop (hd6490), the only way ...
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vgaswitcheroo not selecting discrete card
I have a Dell 5110 laptop that has hybrid graphics. I have tried using vgaswitcheroo to some limited success, but I have still not been able to select my discrete ATI 6470 card. I use the following ...
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I have an Intel GPU and a AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5400 series GPU, multiple questions
They are the supposed to be Switchable, the Hybrid Graphics page seems to be a little dated (talking about 10.10 and kernel 2.6)
I'm not sure the AMD MRHD is working, how can I tell which graphics ...
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Do I need to use open source drive of ati for Switcheroo?
In ubuntu11.10 , I still need to use open source drive of ATI when using Switcheroo ? The 'addon driver' in system menu is about open drive or propriety driver ? Thanks
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I can not find /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch
I have enable switcheroo in kernel config .
Why is there not /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch ?
Linux ubuntu-raid-w500 2.6.38-10-generic #46-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jun 28 15:07:17 UTC 2011 x86_64 ...
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System freezes when using vgaswitcheroo [closed]
I'm using hybrid graphics on my notebook. It has an integrated Intel and a discrete Radeon HD 6650M graphic card.
When I want to switch to discrete card, the screen freezes and I can't do anything.
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How do I get the Radeon HD 6650M in my Lenovo G770 laptop working?
As stated in the topic, I have the following problem: there're two VGAs in my Lenovo G770 laptop with Ubuntu 11.04, namely Intel Mobile HD and AMD Radeon HD 6650M. And if integrated videocard is ...
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I can not find /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch Ubuntu 11.10 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
I can not find /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch
Linux segavax-UL80VT 3.0.0-12-generic #20-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 7 14:56:25 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
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