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fredoche / vgaswitcheroo_systemd

Deactivate the discrete graphic adapter on startup using systemd.
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Wait for radeon module on slow machines #2

Closed mib1982 closed 11 years ago

mib1982 commented 11 years ago

Hey Fred,

a user on Arch Linux proposed to wait after the 'modprobe radeon' command until the 'switch'-file in the debug-system can be found.

How is your Gnome-shell doing?

Regards, Michael

fredoche commented 11 years ago

Hello,

This seems like a sensible idea. Your commit also includes the fact that the switch may never show up after ten seconds, which is cool. I'll merge the commit since people find it useful. The gnome-shell attempt is a failed one. I got most the intricacies of gnome shell extensions design and policyKit to allow non-root to use the service, but turning OFF the radeon at runtime crashes the computer, which is frustrating and actually make the extension useless. I havent been through the latest news about vgaswitcherroo stability, so it may have improved. I'll look into it someday :)

Thanks for the patch