i switched off NVIDIA on ASUS 1215N - OPTIMUS technology

[marzio2011]

Hi all...
if anyone is interested ... here is how i did for switching off the Discrete Card (NVIDIA) in my case


1)download the ACPI_CALL module with this command:
git clone http://github.com/peberlein/acpi_call.git
(you need to have the git utility and his dependencies--> install it via software manager)

2) cd acpi_call

3)make

4)insmod acpi_call.ko

5) ./asus1215n.sh off

point 3) 4) 5) you have to become root

bye
Marzio

[doktor5000]

5) ./asus1215n.sh off

This script comes with acpi_call?

[marzio2011]

yessss sure

..u will find that script inside the directory /acpi_call
that directory is created by the git clone etc... when u download the module...

bye

[doktor5000]

Interesting, nice to know

[marzio2011]

yes... it's interesting...

but the next step should be ... to activate NVIDIA card and make the apps...to use it!!

this step is a little more difficult..
the best project at the moment is Bumblebee.. but it's available only for some linux distributions.(Ubuntu, Suse Arch Debian Fedora). and Mageia is not one of those!!!

hope in the near future!!!

bye

[iamond]

I wish it works on my Asus laptop!But I think I will have to do step 5) (./asus1215n.sh off) every time I log in.This will be a little annoy I think.Maybe script can help.

Bumblebee can be installed from the backport resp of Mandriva 2011.
Bumblebee is very good and easy to use.You don't have to do anything without installing it.