Julian DeMarchi <jul...@jdcomputers.com.au> writes: > On 09/13/2012 04:12 AM, lee wrote: >> Everything works fine with the intel card unless you want to play games. >> Its performance for that is pathetic at best, though even that works. >> >> >> Other than that, it's only a pointer for the OP so he has an idea of >> what he needs to look for and what he can try. If he's lucky, I'm wrong >> and with the hardware he has, he can even switch /and/ have output on >> screen. > > Pointer indeed thanks! > > So I have adequte video using the intel now. > > Here is what I ended up doing to get it to work. > > - compiled a 3.6 kernel using fakeroot. I ensured I build the image and > header kernel debs > - installed compat-3.6-rc5-c > - configured /etc/modprobe.d/i916-kms.conf to have the contents > options i915 modeset=1 > > Following the above I now have intel i915 working fine at 1920x1080 and > my ALX ethernet card working.
Hm I think you should be fine with the Debian kernel. There was also a way to turn the second graphics card off --- that might not happen by default and turning it off can increase the possible run time on battery quite a bit. It's also nice because it can keep the temperatures down so that the fan doesn't need to run so much. There are a lot of other things that can be done for saving power; turning off the graphics card is one of the simpler ones ... > I still can't use the nvidia card, but I think these features will come > with time. Patience... :-) Hopefully these laptops aren't outdated before that happens ... :) -- Debian testing amd64 -- 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/87wqzytxnf....@yun.yagibdah.de
