[FFe] [needs-packaging] switcheroo-control
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Ubuntu GNOME |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Unassigned | ||
switcheroo-control (Debian) |
Fix Released
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Unknown
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switcheroo-control (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Wishlist
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
GNOME Shell 3.24 introduces a "Launch using Dedicated Graphics Card" feature (https:/
This is useful because several computers have both an integrated graphics card (which uses less power) and a dedicated graphics card (which may perform better for gaming or other intensive apps).
gnome-control-
http://
https:/
https:/
License: GPL-3+
This package will probably be maintained by the Debian GNOME team once they package GNOME 3.24
This package is available for early testing in the GNOME3 Staging PPA for zesty along with other packages like Nautilus 3.24.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
Package: gnome-shell 3.23.91-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.10.0-9-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Fri Mar 10 15:57:01 2017
DisplayManager: gdm3
SourcePackage: gnome-shell
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to zesty on 2017-02-28 (9 days ago)
Related branches
summary: |
- "Launch using Dedicated Graphics Card" menu item is missing + [FFe] [needs-packaging] switcheroo-control |
affects: | gnome-shell (Ubuntu) → ubuntu |
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
Changed in debian: | |
status: | Unknown → New |
Changed in ubuntu-gnome: | |
status: | New → In Progress |
milestone: | none → zesty |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
description: | updated |
affects: | debian → switcheroo-control (Debian) |
affects: | ubuntu → switcheroo-control (Ubuntu) |
Changed in switcheroo-control (Ubuntu): | |
status: | In Progress → Fix Committed |
Changed in ubuntu-gnome: | |
status: | In Progress → Fix Released |
Changed in switcheroo-control (Debian): | |
status: | New → Fix Released |
Thank you for reporting this issue and helping to make Ubuntu better.
I have just pushed a switcheroo-control package to the GNOME3 Staging PPA for zesty for you to try out. (Give it an hour or so to build and publish.) I don't have a dual-GPU computer so I'm dependent on people like you to let me know if things work.
Here's the package description I have. Could you help fill in the blank?
Description: D-Bus service to check the availability of dual-GPU integrated= 0 as a kernel command-line option in your
For systems that have both an integrated GPU and a dedicated GPU, this
package by default will force the integrated GPU to be used to save power.
.
You can launch individual apps using the dedicated GPU by ___________
Or you can right-click on the app in GNOME Shell's Activities Overview
and choose the "Launch using Dedicated Graphics Card" option.
.
If this default behavior is not appropriate, uninstall this package or
set xdg.force_
bootloader.