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nvidia ION on eeepc 1215n

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• Started 11 years ago by AmiNimA
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   AmiNimA
   

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   Hi, first of all thank you for this fantastic tiny distro. maybe I'm the only Persian user of slitaz, greetings from Iran... :)

   I own a 1215n Asus eeepc. I need to turn the nvidia ION off. I searched a lot, but couldn't find any issue about nvidia ION graphic cards in slitaz.
   in debian, there is a project calling Bumblebee / deBumblebee, by which we can turn on/off the nvidia card. I installed bumblebee in slitaz (!) but it's useless for now.
   I need to insert a module "acpi_call" to be able to disable nvidia card completely. there is a deb package acpicall-dkms which does this in debian. now, how can I do this? is it possible?

   Thank you in advance
   Amin

   Posted 11 years ago #
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   AmiNimA
   

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   I tried to install non-free nvidia drivers. but it seems nvidia definitely loves fighting! I followed lots of instructions in this forum and even all over the world wide web!!! finally, I found a patch that makes the nvidia installer compatible to 2.6.+ but again without any success. every time nvidia says unable to find source, unable to insert module, unable to FFFFFF. etc... :X

   I installed the nvidia drivers from package manager, but it's 173. and says it's too old for my hardware. and I have no GUI after installing this pckages from package manager.

   Just tell me how to turn off the nvidia. it's eating my battery!

   p.s:
   1215n eeepc has Intel + Nvidia (ION), which intel is enough for everything, even compiz. Nvidia should be ON only for games, HD videoes, and such jobs that need a higher process.

   Posted 11 years ago #
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   AmiNimA
   

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   yesss. Finally I disabled nvidia. this is how to:

   1- install linux-module-headers
   2- download acpi_call from here: https://github.com/mkottman/acpi_call
   3- cd to acpi_call directory
   4- type make in terminal.
   5- type /sbin/insmod acpi_call.ko (this loads acpi_call module to the kernel) ( I must find out how can I make it automatic in slitaz)

   every laptop has a special nvidia card, in my 1215n to disable the card, download this file and run it with sh.
   http://aminima.opendrive.com/files/53235216_3EVOw_3994/disablecard.zip

   to enable the card:
   http://aminima.opendrive.com/files/53235219_2uuI2_98af/enablecard.zip
   (it does not work now. due to nvidia module which is not in modules.dep)

   and to check the status:
   http://aminima.opendrive.com/files/53235220_yHG5c_28ca/nvidiastatus.zip

   now I have 4.40 min battery life. (instead of 3 hours!)
   so there is no need to install nvidia driver. but it would be good if anyone could help me to install it.

   Posted 11 years ago #

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