HybridGraphics vga_switcheroo switch to intel at boot

Question

How can I do that?

I have followed this https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HybridGraphics
but it didn't work

I'm getting the error at boot that the /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch don't exist
, so the problem seems to be that the /sys/kernel/debug don't exist when the grub parameters are processed and it is created after the grub parameter processing.

So far I have made an alternative method, which works. In rc.local I granted full access to my user to /sys/kernel/debug then also to /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch and then I have made a simple script to switch the graphics to intel and putted it in ~./confif/autostart. The script is executed every time I log in to gnome. It's working however it would be nice if it worked at boot, as is described at that help.ubuntu.com page.

Any ideas?

Thanks

tsl · Answer

The commands in rc.local are executed every time your computer boots.

So you just need to add the commands that power down the discrete adapter right before you chown the vgaswitcheroo/switch file

I turn off my radeon adapter every time I boot as well. My rc.local is very simple:

# [...]
# By default this script does nothing.

# turn off the discrete video adapter
echo OFF > /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch

exit 0

I don't bother with any other scripts, but if you do they should still work just fine. Just put the echo OFF before the chown or any of the other user scripts.

Ubuntu has hibernation turned off by default, but note that if you do turn it on this method doesn't get a chance to run when you come out of hibernation (not sleep) so both adapters will be powered up.

HybridGraphics vga_switcheroo switch to intel at boot

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