Comment 202 for bug 95444

Is normal a logfile with 4,2GB? I test this tool and generate for me a log
toooooo big, using nvidia driver in this moment, and yes, closing de output
image, also SSH or RemoteDesktop don't work in this moment.

I must to try it yesterday in rescue-mode.

By §h@wæ
http://www.islatux.es

2009/1/28 Bem Jones-Bey <email address hidden>

> Ok, to make sure I fully understand: the only reason the framebuffer
> driver might cause a problem is because after the app is run, the
> display might be broken: the data that comes out would still be fine. I
> thought you were saying that the tool wouldn't give good data if the
> framebuffer driver existed in the kernel. So in this case, booting
> single user should be just fine.
>
> Thanks for the clarification. I'll run the vbtracetool as soon as I get
> a chance.
>
> On 01/28/2009 12:08 PM, Thunderbird wrote:
> > You can also use a framebuffer driver (vesafb) but then the display
> > might not get restored and then you would need to guess when to
> > reboot. I would wait lets say 2 minutes when doing it this method and
> > then reboot (just by typing it into another VT)
> >
> > Quoting Bem Jones-Bey<email address hidden>:
> >
> >
> >> On 01/28/2009 11:29 AM, Thunderbird wrote:
> >>
> >>> What might be useful is the following on a fresh boot of your system
> >>> without using the nvidia driver and also without a framebuffer driver
> >>> (a framebuffer driver could prevent an image restore).
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >> Does Ubuntu have a kernel that doesn't have a framebuffer driver, or
> >> would I have to compile my own? (Or does it not load the framebuffer
> >> driver when I boot single user?) And I guess the other option would be
> >> to boot with one of the minimal Linux distros.
> >>
> >> --
> >> No Screen Backlight Control; Notebooks (Vaio, Macbook, HP/Compaq,
> >> Samsung, Zepto et al.) with Nvidia Geforce8/Geforce9/Quadro series
> >> graphics
> >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/95444
> >> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> >> of the bug.
> >>
> >> Status in Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL): Invalid
> >> Status in "hal" source package in Ubuntu: New
> >> Status in "hotkey-setup" source package in Ubuntu: In Progress
> >> Status in "linux" source package in Ubuntu: In Progress
> >> Status in "nvidia-graphics-drivers-177" source package in Ubuntu: In
> Progress
> >>
> >> Bug description:
> >> Using Ubuntu on laptops with Nvidia Geforce8/Geforce9/Quadro vga card:
> >>
> >> On various laptops from Sony, HP, Samsung and others there is no way
> >> to control backlight brightness. In case of Sony e.g. on Vaios with
> >> 8-series adapters, e.g.
> >> nVidia Corporation GeForce 8400M GS
> >> nVidia Corporation GeForce 8600M GT (rev a1)
> >>
> >> The registers have been found (kudos to mikes!) and incorporated into
> >> nvclock, which you can check out by anonymous cvs and install:
> >>
> >> ]$ sudo apt-get install cvs
> >> ]$ cvs
> >> -d:pserver:<email address hidden>:/cvsroot/nvclock
> >> login
> >> ]$ cvs -z3
> >> -d:pserver:<email address hidden>:/cvsroot/nvclock co
> >> -P nvclock
> >> ]$ cd nvclock
> >> ]$ ./autogen.sh
> >> ]$ ./configure
> >> ]$ make
> >> ]$ sudo make install
> >>
> >> To test, make sure you are using nVidia's proprietary driver, then:
> >> ]$ sudo nvclock -S 100
> >> ]$ sudo nvclock -S 15
> >> ]$ sudo nvclock -S +10
> >>
> >> So far mikes' registers have been found to work on:
> >>
> >> Apple laptops
> >> {
> >> Macbook 5,1 Aluminum 13.3" (Geforce 9400M)
> >> }
> >>
> >> HP/Compaq laptops
> >> {
> >> 8510W (Quadro FX 570M, MXM)
> >> 8710P (Quadro NVS 320M, MXM)
> >> }
> >>
> >> Samsung laptops:
> >> {
> >> Q210 (Geforce 9200M)
> >> Q310 (Geforce 9200M)
> >> R510 (Geforce 9200M)
> >> }
> >>
> >> Sony laptops:
> >> {
> >> 8400M GS:
> >> VGN SZ650N, SZ61MN/B, SZ730E, SZ750N, SZ71MN/B, SZ71E
> >>
> >> 8400M GT:
> >> VGN FZ38M, FZ31M, FZ11Z, NR31, AR41E, FZ11S, FZ290, FZ250AE, FZ21E,
> >> FZ21M, FZ21S, FZ470E, FZ340E, FZ190N, FZ18M, FZ31E, FZ18E, FZ260E
> >> NR21Z, NR38S, NR21S
> >>
> >> 8600M GS:
> >> VGN FZ31Z, FZ21Z, FZ31S
> >>
> >> 8600M GT:
> >> VGN AR51SU, AR71S
> >> }
> >>
> >> Zepto laptops
> >> {
> >> Geforce 9600GT based laptops using MXM cards
> >> }
> >>
> >> Add your model to the list by clicking on the "Update description /
> >> tags" link, NOT by asking in a bug comment for someone else to do it.
> >>
> >> To get hotkeys to work, follow the instructions in this comment:
> >>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hotkey-setup/+bug/95444/comments/75
> >> or install the package at :
> >>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hotkey-setup/+bug/95444/comments/111
> >>
> >> Dual-adapter models (SZ6 among others) can get backlight control
> >> with the Intel adapter using xbacklight, and can get hotkey
> >> functionality as per bug #173652.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Bem Jones-Bey (<email address hidden>)
>
> --
> No Screen Backlight Control; Notebooks (Vaio, Macbook, HP/Compaq, Samsung,
> Zepto et al.) with Nvidia Geforce8/Geforce9/Quadro series graphics
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/95444
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>