bbswitch
Disable discrete graphics (currently nvidia only) (by bamidev)
acpi_call
A linux kernel module that enables calls to ACPI methods through /proc/acpi/call. [maintainer=@teleshoes /@Mic92] (by nix-community)
| bbswitch | acpi_call | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | |
| 0 | 77 | |
| - | - | |
| 1.8 | 3.5 | |
| over 3 years ago | 3 months ago | |
| C | C | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
bbswitch
Posts with mentions or reviews of bbswitch.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-05-10.
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Trying to turn off NVIDIA GPU using acpi_call
bbswitch won't work for you without patch. The problem is that the integrated graphic detected as discrete.
acpi_call
Posts with mentions or reviews of acpi_call.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-11-17.
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E15 g2 and linux
Battery recalibration doesn't work. You will need to install acpi-call-dkms to solve the problem. Sadly the package is outdated in Ubuntu (probably debian too) so you will need to compile a newer version from here.
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Thinkpads, TLP, and Linux kernel 5.13+
And the source code for the kernel module itself: https://github.com/nix-community/acpi_call
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Trying to turn off NVIDIA GPU using acpi_call
try this version of script
What are some alternatives?
When comparing bbswitch and acpi_call you can also consider the following projects:
acpi_call - A linux kernel module that enables calls to ACPI methods through /proc/acpi/call. Now with support for Integer, String and Buffer parameters.
optimus-manager - A Linux program to handle GPU switching on Optimus laptops.
linux - Linux kernel source tree
goodix-fp-dump - All our work to make Goodix fingerprint sensors work on Linux. Thanks to @markusressel and @PJungkamp for sponsoring.
linux - XanMod: Linux kernel source code tree