On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 06:48:33PM +0200, lee wrote: > Julian De Marchi <jul...@jdcomputers.com.au> writes: > > > My major issue is the video devices. They are apparently a switchable > > "type", so you have the choice to use either the intel or nvidia > > GPUs. > > You might be out of luck depending on what hardware is in your > laptop. Google for "muxless"; if your laptop is muxless, switching to > the NVIDIA card won't get you any further than to a blank display. IIRC, > there's some file under /sys that has something to do with vgaswitcheroo > which would allow you to switch between the cards if you have compiled > support for it into the kernel. That will take you to a blank screen/no > video output, so make sure you use a script that switches back > automatically when you try it.
Are you sure lee? Wouldn't some sort of module blacklisting/whitelisting work? Disclaimer: This is just off the top of my head, but is where I'd start looking. Although I'd probably do a google search with various combinations of search terms just to see if I could get a slight smell of a clue of what to start looking at. Looks good though: http://eu.computers.toshiba-europe.com/innovation/series/Satellite-P870-series/1122238/ -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120912132014.GE28111@tal
