Asus Eee PC 1015PN - graphic cards: Optimus and ION

[Klaster]

Many thanks, mtron! Everything working fine after updating with your package (had issues starting lightdm beforehand).

[mtron]

you're welcome always nice to hear a success story.

[Isma-ct]

Hi,

I'm on Ubuntu 11.10 and 1015pn, the precedent versions of acpitools in precedent Ubuntu versions worked like a charm, but with the last version I can't make the program work.

When I install it and execute display-settings, I obtain the following message:

root@ee:~# display-settings 
INFO: arch is i386
insmod: error inserting '/lib/modules/3.0.0-12-generic/updates/dkms/acpi_call.ko': -1 Invalid module format
ERROR: Could not load /lib/modules/3.0.0-12-generic/updates/dkms/acpi_call.ko. Please rebuild the kernel module

and when I reboot it gets stuck rebooting and I had to purge the program to be able to reboot.

That's the output of the installation:

root@ee:~# apt-get install eee1015pn-acpitools 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
S'instaŀlaran els paquets NOUS següents:
  eee1015pn-acpitools
0 actualitzats, 1 nous a instaŀlar, 0 a suprimir i 0 no actualitzats.
S'ha d'obtenir 0 B/21,3 kB d'arxius.
Després d'aquesta operació s'empraran 81,9 kB d'espai en disc addicional.
S'està seleccionant el paquet eee1015pn-acpitools prèviament no seleccionat.
(S'està llegint la base de dades… hi ha 241116 fitxers i directoris instaŀlats actualment.)
S'està desempaquetant eee1015pn-acpitools (de …/eee1015pn-acpitools_0.6.3-0ubuntu1_all.deb)…
S'estan processant els activadors per a ureadahead…
S'estan processant els activadors per a gnome-menus…
S'estan processant els activadors per a desktop-file-utils…
S'estan processant els activadors per a bamfdaemon…
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf.index...
S'està configurant eee1015pn-acpitools (0.6.3-0ubuntu1)…
cp: cannot stat `/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so': No such file or directory
options nouveau modeset=0
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
S'estan processant els activadors per a initramfs-tools…
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.0.0-12-generic

The only error that I see is this:
cp: cannot stat `/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so': No such file or directory



Someone had the same issue or know how to fix it?
Thanks.

[bero74]

At first I would like to thank mtron for all his work making the grafic switching possible on Ubunu!

I just upgraded to ubuntu 11.10 oneiric and also did run into some problems.

Just as previous post the acpi-call module did not compile correctly, but I think that was a result of not removing the old version correctly before installing the new one. At least I got it to compile correctly after the remove. Both the display-setting program and lsmod shows that it does load correctly.

But after the reboot the computer does stop at the splash screen and it seems that gdm does not load. I'm suspecting that the display-setting script have a problem creating the symlinks for the libglx? Will try to investigate this further later on.

Any way removing the acpitools package and reinstalling intel and nvidia xorg drivers makes gmd load correctly again.

[mtron]

/dkms/acpi_call.ko': -1 Invalid module format

Hello! Please check that you have the build-essential and kernel header package of your used kernel installed.

sudo apt-get install build-essential dkms linux-headers-$(uname -r)

then try to reinstall the acpi_call package.

sudo apt-get install --reinstall acpi-call-dkms acpi-call-source

The only error that I see is this:
cp: cannot stat `/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so': No such file or directory

fix this by reinstalling the packages for mesa-glx and nvidia glx

sudo apt-get install --reinstall xserver-xorg-core 
sudo apt-get install --reinstall nvidia-current
sudo display-settings fix

now restart the xserver.

[mtron]

after the reboot the computer does stop at the splash screen and it seems that gdm does not load.

Press <CTRL> + <ALT> + <F2> and login at the text console. Now run

sudo display-settings fix

and post the output please.


To remove everything:

sudo apt-get remove eee1015pn-acpitools
sudo apt-get install --reinstall xserver-xorg-core 
sudo apt-get install --reinstall nvidia-current

The laptop will be in nvidia only mode after a reboot.

[Isma-ct]

Hello! Please check that you have the build-essential and kernel header package of your used kernel installed.

sudo apt-get install build-essential dkms linux-headers-$(uname -r)

then try to reinstall the acpi_call package.

sudo apt-get install --reinstall acpi-call-dkms acpi-call-source

fix this by reinstalling the packages for mesa-glx and nvidia glx

sudo apt-get install --reinstall xserver-xorg-core 
sudo apt-get install --reinstall nvidia-current
sudo display-settings fix

now restart the xserver.

Hello! Many thanks Mtron, I followed your instructions and still the same error.

sudo apt-get install build-essential dkms linux-headers-$(uname -r)

That was already installed.

And the error bellow doesn't appear after reinstalling the programs you said.
cp: cannot stat `/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so': No such file or directory

But it re-appears after purging (to be able to reboot) and reinstalling eee1015pn-acpitools.


So the output is still:

root@ee:~# display-settings fix
INFO: arch is i386
insmod: error inserting '/lib/modules/3.0.0-12-generic/updates/dkms/acpi_call.ko': -1 Invalid module format
ERROR: Could not load /lib/modules/3.0.0-12-generic/updates/dkms/acpi_call.ko. Please rebuild the kernel module

And I'm still getting stuck in the splash screen, if I do not purge eee1015pn-acpitools

Any other idea?
Thank you very much!

[mtron]

CC'ing a Private Message to this thread:

Hey mtron, its a kind of strange thing...

I figured out that the cpu-temp is always that high if I'm using the nvidia-card. The gpu-temp itself is around 78-80°C and my cpu-temp is even higher at 80-85°C.

Do you experience the same?

Even though I dont know whether the nvidia card is working properly. I tried to view some (hd-videos) at youtube in 720p and it was stucking.

It seems there was not difference with viewing them with the Intel graphic card. Then I downloaded some 720p and 1080p videos (mp4-format) and still I'm not able to watch them fluently. (I was using vlc) e.g. this one -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1bC1kGgM74 nice greetings sebastian

Hello !

Yes, the nvidia chip gets very hot over time. That's why we started this thread to turn it off

When running in intel mode on battery (jupiter power saving setting) the temperatures are ok. My values for oneiric:

Core0: 45°c
Core1: 46°c
HDD: 33°c
nvidia: <powered off>
Current power rate on Battery: 770 mA

in nvidia mode on battery (jupiter power saving setting) the oneiric readings are:

Core0: 57°c
Core1: 58°c
HDD: 33°c
nvidia 64°c
Current power rate on Battery: 1266 mA

Of course the temperatures will get higher in AC-Mode with jupiter "Max Preformance" setting. (heavy plad on the gpu)

Core0: 68°c
Core1: 70°c
HDD: 34°c
nvidia 73°c
Current power rate on Battery: <on AC>


Vdpau Benchmarks for oneiric on AC-Line (Jupiter max preformance) with nvidia driver version 280.13

vdpauinfo & qvdpautest


So the compiz Features and new desktop enviroments don't pull a heavier load from the battery. The power consuption compares to the previous releases, imho.

[mtron]

I followed your instructions and still the same error.

since the acpi_call kernel module does not build in your case the script can't work, thats normal.

So let's find out why it does not build login to a text shell and post "dkms status" or even better, if you have another computer, come to IRC (channel #eee1015pn on freenode.net) to debug this.

[Isma-ct]

since the acpi_call kernel module does not build in your case the script can't work, thats normal.

So let's find out why it does not build login to a text shell and post "dkms status" or even better, if you have another computer, come to IRC (channel #eee1015pn on freenode.net) to debug this.

That's the output of dkms status:

root@ee:~# dkms status
acpicall, 0.1, 2.6.32-27-generic, x86_64: built
acpicall, 0.1, 2.6.38-11-generic, i686: installed
acpicall, 0.1, 3.0.0-12-generic, i686: installed
acpi-call, 240611, 3.0.0-12-generic, i686: installed (WARNING! Diff between built and installed module!)
nvidia-current, 285.05.09, 3.0.0-12-generic, i686: installed

Thank you for your time!