Jan-Raphael Chua, as per http://www.msi.com/product/nb/CX420.html#?div=BIOS an update is available for your BIOS (1.1P). If you update to this following https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BiosUpdate , does it change anything? If it doesn't, could you please both specify what happened, and just provide the output of the following terminal command: sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date
Please note your current BIOS is already in the Bug Description, so posting this on the old BIOS would not be helpful. For more on BIOS updates and linux, please see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#Bug_reporting_etiquette . Thank you for your understanding. ** Summary changed: - vgaswitcheroo is not activated even after multiple restarts + [MSI CX420] vgaswitcheroo is not activated even after multiple restarts ** Tags added: bios-outdated-1.1p needs-upstream-testing regression- update ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1005720 Title: [MSI CX420] vgaswitcheroo is not activated even after multiple restarts Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: I am running Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit on a MSI CX-420 machine. It as two GPUs, an ATI HD 5470 and an onboard Intel HD Graphics. I do not usually use the ATI card and turn it off all the time on boot as it heats up my computer. At first, I did not have a problem with turning off the GPU from ubuntu 10.10, 11.10 (not counting the time when the kernel would crash on me on removable storages since it was fixed - thanks!), and then 12.04 until very recently. Whenever I boot my computer up, the /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo directory does not exist until I restart it again. However, now, I have restarted my computer for the third time already and the vgaswitcheroo directory still does not exist. Running the command " lspci | grep VGA " only outputs the ff: 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 12) when it should have reported 2 GPUs I am thinking this should be a problem in the kernel since it is the vgaswitcheroo (or the detection of GPU hardware) that I am having problems with. I hope I am not mistaken in sending this bug report. Hoping this gets fixed soon ('cause it's an LTS release, people really are expecting a lot) and thanks in advance ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: linux-image-3.2.0-24-generic 3.2.0-24.39 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.39-generic 3.2.16 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64 AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC662 rev1 Analog [ALC662 rev1 Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: aeroheart-c6 1968 F.... pulseaudio Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf7c00000 irq 45' Mixer name : 'Intel IbexPeak HDMI' Components : 'HDA:10ec0662,14621038,00100101 HDA:80862804,80860101,00100000' Controls : 24 Simple ctrls : 11 Date: Tue May 29 11:16:59 2012 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=8f715962-cf5f-4ed1-8fb1-de82559527a6 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425) Lsusb: Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub Bus 002 Device 003: ID 15d9:0a4c Trust International B.V. USB+PS/2 Optical Mouse MachineType: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD MS-1453 ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_PH:en TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_PH.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-24-generic root=UUID=a00b38d0-92d5-4fdc-9cd3-bf6623b24204 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.2.0-24-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.2.0-24-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.79 RfKill: 0: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no SourcePackage: linux StagingDrivers: mei UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 03/30/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: E1453IMS.119 dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.board.name: MS-1453 dmi.board.vendor: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD dmi.board.version: REV:1.0 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: MS-1453 dmi.chassis.version: N/A dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrE1453IMS.119:bd03/30/2010:svnMICRO-STARINTERNATIONALCO.,LTD:pnMS-1453:pvrREV1.0:rvnMICRO-STARINTERNATIONALCO.,LTD:rnMS-1453:rvrREV1.0:cvnMS-1453:ct10:cvrN/A: dmi.product.name: MS-1453 dmi.product.version: REV:1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1005720/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
