Originally posted by agd5f
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1. It seems to be an issue with xf86-video-ati/intel, which I had assumed
2. When using latest git builds of either, disabling the discrete card via vgaswitcheroo causes /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo to disappear, meaning I can't re-enable it
3. When using the stable versions from the Arch Linux repos ( https://www.archlinux.org/packages/e...6-video-intel/ && https://www.archlinux.org/packages/e...f86-video-ati/ ) vgaswitcheroo/switch reports the discrete card being OFF. However, once I start X, /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo disappears so I cannot re-start the discrete card
4. When using a recent git build of linux-next + stable intel/ati drivers I can start X successfully but the entire machine then crashes after about a minute with an error "unable to handle paging request", which was just dumped to stdout so I'll need to try to replicate that and capture the error. With this test I am *not* using vgaswitcheroo at all; I assume the crash occurs when the system tries to disable the discrete card
I'm still digging around with this to see what I can find. I'm *hoping* it's not bad hardware T__T
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