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    [SOLVED] Re: NVidia Quadro 1000M (ThinkPad W520)

    Hey!

    Did you make sure the script shutting down cpu's is executable?
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    [SOLVED] Re: NVidia Quadro 1000M (ThinkPad W520)

    Just wanted to shoot in that my BIOS version is OOooollld! 1.21 dated 03/30/2011. Even though the words "never change a winning team" repeats in my head, I can feel the tingeling sensation of wanting...
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    [SOLVED] Re: NVidia Quadro 1000M (ThinkPad W520)

    Your very welcome Greg!

    I think the reason I went for Natty was the bumblebee (Optimus support on linux) project. It only ran on Natty I think. It turned out not quite doing it for me though. The...
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    [SOLVED] Re: NVidia Quadro 1000M (ThinkPad W520)

    Hey!

    My charming laptop running bleeding edge kernel turned out to be a dud.. again.
    Fed up with this problem I installed 10.10. This is the certified version of ubuntu for the w520 after all....
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    [SOLVED] Re: NVidia Quadro 1000M (ThinkPad W520)

    Tried apt-get upgrade but no kernel update. How do I get a hold of this?

    Thanks!

    I did a quick search and found it. Works like a charm!! Thank you so much!
    Followed this link:...
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    [SOLVED] Re: NVidia Quadro 1000M (ThinkPad W520)

    Hey!
    Finally got internet at home again!

    No improvement using the newest driver so I reverted to the nvidia-current. Still can't find the /sys/module/i915 folder or any semaphores file anywhere...
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    [SOLVED] Re: NVidia Quadro 1000M (ThinkPad W520)

    Hey!

    Yes, i'm running 64bit Natty.
    I don't have my machine with me now and I'm without net in my home at the moment so I can't post my uname -a

    Did you create this semaphore file or is it...
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    [SOLVED] Re: NVidia Quadro 1000M (ThinkPad W520)

    On my machine (lenovo w520.. doh) there is no /sys/module/i915/parameters/semaphores. Is this a 32bit thing?
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    [SOLVED] Re: NVidia Quadro 1000M (ThinkPad W520)

    Hey Y'all!

    Anyone had the chance to check out the new binaries form NVIDIA? (275.9.7)
    http://www.nvidia.co.uk/object/linux-display-amd64-275.09.07-driver-uk.html

    I don't have a working online...
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    [SOLVED] Re: NVidia Quadro 1000M (ThinkPad W520)

    Hey Peter!

    I'm running ubuntu 11.04 64bit and the latest drivers form the repository. BIOS set to descrete only.
    I've had no trouble with the suspending or hibernating this far. I have also had...
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    [SOLVED] Re: NVidia Quadro 1000M (ThinkPad W520)

    Hey!

    It works fine for me now. There is a slight lag sometimes while the GPU ramps up to full throttle. You can force it to always be at full, but that drains the battery. Please note that I've...
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    [SOLVED] Re: NVidia Quadro 1000M (ThinkPad W520)

    Hi!

    Thanks for the tutorial.
    I had a problem with playing flash video in full screen after following it though. I solved this by commenting out the

    blacklist nvidiafb Does anyone have...
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