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

[luk4]

Hello everyone, I just wanted to have a couple of questions: On my netbook I,ve installed Xubuntu 14.04.1 (LTS). What is the correct procedure to install the switch?


this:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo add-apt-repository ppa: Mtron / eee1015pn
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essential eee1015pn-acpitools


or this:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa: Mtron / eee1015pn
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get install eee1015pn-acpitools


Keyboard brightness controls will work after installation?
I also have to install the nvidia driver?


Many thanks and congratulations to Mtron for the great work!

[mtron2]

doesn't really matter. Use the first one to be on the safe side.

But a user reported that the acpi_call kernel module does not work with 3.13 so you might want to wait until we can figure out whats wrong.

[luk4]

Thanks Mtron, after installation I was finally able to use the integrated VGA (Intel). The only thing that does not work is the brightness control; after every reboot is activated at maximum brightness. Is it the problem of acpi-call were talking about? Is there any solution? Thanks again, bye.

[mtron2]

No, Brightness control works flawlessly on my system with intel and nvidia.
Do you use any special kernel command line parameters in grub?
like pci=noacpi or acpi=force or acpi_osi="Linux" (or any other non default parameter ?

If so remove all of them. They are not needed and do more harm than help.

I am a bit surprised that the acpi call module build for you. yanndan reported that the kernel module does not build with 3.13. Can you please post a 'uname -a' and 'dkms status' output?

[luk4]

Mtron Hello, I'm not very experienced with Linux, but if you explain to me how to do, now I will post what I get. I have not added anything in the grub. How do I check that the parameters have to show me?

[luk4]

Hello Mtron, these are the details that you needed?

luk@X-ino:~$ uname -a
Linux X-ino 3.13.0-39-generic #66-Ubuntu SMP Tue Oct 28 13:30:27 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
luk@X-ino:~$ dkms status
acpi-call, 1.1.2, 3.13.0-39-generic, x86_64: installed
bbswitch, 0.8, 3.13.0-39-generic, x86_64: installed
nvidia-304, 304.117, 3.13.0-39-generic, x86_64: installed

[mtron2]

Hello Luk!

the kernel module is build so its all good with the gpu switching.

Did adjusting display brightness work before you installed the eee1015pn-acpitools package?

you could start with debugging by testing if setting the brightness via terminal works. Also please do what Toz suggests in this post and post the pastebin link.

Cheers!

[luk4]

Hi Mtron, this is my pastebin link:

luk@X-ino:~$ cat /proc/cmdline
BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-39-generic root=UUID=2148aa82-79df-4e39-b188-168a1e11f5d3 ro quiet acpi_osi=Linux acpi_backlight=vendor splash
luk@X-ino:~$ for i in /sys/class/backlight/*; do echo $i; cat $i/brightness; cat $i/max_brightness; done
/sys/class/backlight/eeepc
0
15
/sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight
250
250
luk@X-ino:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
hid_microsoft 12805 0
hidp 23826 1
hid 106148 2 hidp,hid_microsoft
ctr 13049 2
ccm 17773 2
bbswitch 13943 0
acpi_call 12714 0
bnep 19624 2
rfcomm 69160 12
binfmt_misc 17468 1
arc4 12608 2
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 46368 4
brcmsmac 563041 0
cordic 12574 1 brcmsmac
brcmutil 15618 1 brcmsmac
b43 387371 0
mac80211 630653 2 b43,brcmsmac
cfg80211 484040 3 b43,brcmsmac,mac80211
ssb 62379 1 b43
snd_hda_codec_realtek 65580 1
keucr 72238 0
usb_storage 62209 0
uvcvideo 80885 0
videobuf2_vmalloc 13216 1 uvcvideo
videobuf2_memops 13362 1 videobuf2_vmalloc
videobuf2_core 40664 1 uvcvideo
videodev 134688 2 uvcvideo,videobuf2_core
coretemp 13435 0
snd_seq_midi 13324 0
snd_seq_midi_event 14899 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_hda_intel 56451 10
snd_rawmidi 30144 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_hda_codec 192906 3 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_i ntel
joydev 17381 0
snd_seq 61560 2 snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq_midi
snd_hwdep 13602 1 snd_hda_codec
i915 783961 4
serio_raw 13462 0
snd_pcm 102099 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
snd_seq_device 14497 3 snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_midi
snd_page_alloc 18710 2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel
btusb 32412 0
drm_kms_helper 55071 1 i915
lpc_ich 21080 0
bluetooth 391136 27 bnep,hidp,btusb,rfcomm
snd_timer 29482 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
drm 303102 5 i915,drm_kms_helper
snd 69322 31 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_ codec_hdmi,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_hda_cod ec,snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_device,snd_seq_midi
bcma 52096 3 b43,brcmsmac
soundcore 12680 1 snd
i2c_algo_bit 13413 1 i915
eeepc_laptop 19867 0
mxm_wmi 13021 0
asus_wmi 24191 0
sparse_keymap 13948 2 eeepc_laptop,asus_wmi
video 19476 2 i915,asus_wmi
wmi 19177 2 mxm_wmi,asus_wmi
mac_hid 13205 0
parport_pc 32701 0
ppdev 17671 0
lp 17759 0
parport 42348 3 lp,ppdev,parport_pc
ahci 25819 3
psmouse 106714 0
libahci 32716 1 ahci
atl1c 46086 0
luk@X-ino:~$ pastebinit /var/log/dmesg


http://paste.ubuntu.com/9204622/

Bye.

[luk4]

Hi Mtron, I've tried to change live VGA through nVidia Prime, but this is the result. My error, or impossible think?

[casio2]

Hey there,

I gave it a try with elementary OS 0.3 (based on ubuntu 14.04) -> Kernel 3.13, nvidia 331 drivers, seems to work as the system settings show both graphics cards if I reboot into Optimus, only Intel rebooting into Intel mode,..

uname -a:
Linux casio-1015PN 3.13.0-46-generic #77-Ubuntu SMP Mon Mar 2 18:26:13 UTC 2015 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux

dkms status:
acpi-call, 1.1.2, 3.13.0-46-generic, i686: installedbbswitch, 0.7, 3.13.0-46-generic, i686: installed
bcmwl, 6.30.223.248+bdcom, 3.13.0-45-generic, i686: installed
bcmwl, 6.30.223.248+bdcom, 3.13.0-46-generic, i686: installed
nvidia-331, 331.113, 3.13.0-46-generic, i686: installed
nvidia-331-uvm, 331.113, 3.13.0-46-generic, i686: installed

But I can't seem to use the Optimus Mode, I get the same Error as luk4. I can also start the X-Server settings in Intel mode, getting the same error when trying to switch vga mode.
I was able to adjust brightness before installing the acpi tools, afterwards I wasn't but adding kernel parameters acpi_osi=Linux acpi_backlight=vendor did help me though.

What really annoys me is that booting takes forever, it seems to be stuck on
'*Stopping Read required files in advance'
for quite a while.
'*Starting NVIDIA Persistenced Daemon' seems to fail a couple of times during boot up.

I hope to get that old netbook to work on optimus again!