Switch on/off nvidia card Asus UL30Vt, UL50V, UL80V laptops

[hojgaard]

I'm also on a ul30vt 64-bit ubuntu lucid, and it works here. Strange . Are you sure you're not using the nvidia card?

Now i got it figured out... i had changed the bios settings..

Has anyone got compiz working on the intel gpu on ul30vt?

[sokekoke]

I hope someone finds a solution to making brightness +/- keys work for ausu UL series on ubuntu 10.04 i got some ebooks i need to read for an upcomming exam and screen is so brighttt!

[mediamind]

I hope someone finds a solution to making brightness +/- keys work for ausu UL series on ubuntu 10.04 i got some ebooks i need to read for an upcomming exam and screen is so brighttt!

If you're using the Nvidia driver/card, as a workaround you can add the "Brightness Applet" to your panel to control the screen brightness. See my post on the "UL30 anyone?" thread for more info.

[sokekoke]

If you're using the Nvidia driver/card, as a workaround you can add the "Brightness Applet" to your panel to control the screen brightness. See my post on the "UL30 anyone?" thread for more info.

Haha thats great! thanks for sharing, my eyes thank you

[j.long]

Works fine on 10.04.

UPDATE:

to get the nvidia card to work you have to do this:

this is how you get g210m to work on ubuntu 9.10 / 10.04.

1. download and install nvidia drivers. (i have only tested the ones in the repos)

2. make sure you got an Xorg.conf that is correct. ( if not, run nvidia-xconfig )

3. reboot into bios (press delete while booting)

4. change the SATA option in the bios from enhanced to compatibility. ( yea, this makes sense? NOT! )

5. boot into linux and smile!

Confirmed on my UL50VT. Also confirmed about pressing F2 instead of "del".

Thanks dakilla, I've tried quite a few things and finally this obscure bios setting worked.

[Richardarkless]

Hi im thinking about getting a ul80vt

I got some questions

How do I switch between the graphics cards and does this work in Ubuntu 10.04 (64bit)

What does and doesn't work with this model and what is the solutions to these problems

I really like this laptop because of the great battery life which is perfect as im going to university (UK version of university) in September

[ckankiewicz]

Hi im thinking about getting a ul80vt
How do I switch between the graphics cards and does this work in Ubuntu 10.04 (64bit)

You can't switch, not on the fly anyway. You have to change a bios setting (stated earlier in this thread) and install/uninstall nvidia drivers (if you want to use them) to switch between the cards.

What does and doesn't work with this model and what is the solutions to these problems

The only thing I've found that doesn't work at all are the brightness hotkeys. They make the brightness meter move but don't actually affect screen brightness. I still haven't found a solution for this (please PM if you have one) and it bugs me all the time. But for that being the only unsolved problem with this laptop I'm rather satisfied.

Also, with the Nvidia card turned off using the method in this thread, I easily get 4-6 hours battery life.

[Richardarkless]

You can't switch, not on the fly anyway. You have to change a bios setting (stated earlier in this thread) and install/uninstall nvidia drivers (if you want to use them) to switch between the cards.



The only thing I've found that doesn't work at all are the brightness hotkeys. They make the brightness meter move but don't actually affect screen brightness. I still haven't found a solution for this (please PM if you have one) and it bugs me all the time. But for that being the only unsolved problem with this laptop I'm rather satisfied.

Also, with the Nvidia card turned off using the method in this thread, I easily get 4-6 hours battery life.

ok thanks so if I set the nvidia card in the bios then it will turn the intergrated one off and turn on the nvidia one and vice versa

out of curiosity what is the integraed graphics card that is in the laptop (intel, nvidia or ati)

As for the brightness keys not working, does the applet work or isnt it seeing it capable of the brightness being changed

EDIT: I may just leave windows 7 on the laptop (instead of having ubuntu installed and xp in a vm) as it seems too much hastle, hopefully it gets less troublesome in future versions plus most of my course needs windows only apps anyway

Will still be using ubuntu on my desktop anyway

[stub]

Has anyone built a .deb or got a PPA with the patched kernel module that works with suspend/resume?

[Ashen001]

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