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List:       linux-thinkpad
Subject:    Re: [ltp] Any experience with Thinkpad X1?
From:       Robert Tomsick <robert () tomsick ! net>
Date:       2011-09-21 20:11:32
Message-ID: 1316635892.5490.21.camel () kestrel ! home ! tomsick ! net
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On Wed, 2011-09-21 at 16:59 -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Sep 2011, Robert Tomsick wrote:
> > Oh, and avoid Optimus.  It can be beaten into submission on Linux,
> but
> > unless you absolutely need it it's probably more trouble than it's
> > worth.
> 
> Does that mean "beat it by disabling the discrete GPU and never using
> it",
> or "beat it by always using the discrete GPU"? 

No, it can work as it should... but AFAIK it's more of a hack than a
straightforward solution:

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=OTQxNg

-Rob

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