Questions related to switching GPUs using vgaswitcheroo on hybrid graphics systems.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 ...
