Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Linux Ubuntu 12.04 - Ati / AMD discrete graphics

After searching "A LOT" on the web, forums, etc... i found a page that has a tip that works to change linux xserver to discrete graphics.

http://thealarmclocksixam.wordpress.com/2012/03/23/ubuntu-12-04-and-hybrid-graphics-on-sony-vaio-s/

I used this on my laptop HP dv6

Here are the steps;
1. edit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
 
2. add these 2 lines to the end of the file 
# radeon
blacklist radeon
 
3. edit /etc/rc.local
modprobe radeon
chown -R $USER:$USER /sys/kernel/debug
echo OFF > /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch
 
4. reboot and it should be good
 
5. you can check if it worked
cat /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch
 
no more fan's noise, no more temperature...
Very nice hack
 
:D

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