[Pkg-fglrx-devel] Bug#643773: Bug#643773: fglrx-driver: Include script for switching between integrated and discrete graphics

[Patrick Matthäi]

On 29.09.2011 17:02, Carlos Alberto Lopez Perez wrote:
> On 29/09/11 16:44, Patrick Matthäi wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> we are using the alternatives system for it as per Debian policy
>>
> 
> Sorry.. what do you mean with this? Which is the Debian way for switching from the integrated to the discrete GPU? Executing update-alternatives manually?
> 
> 
> If I execute aticonfig --px-dgpu or aticonfig --px-igpu I simply get:
> PowerXpress error: Cannot stat '/usr/lib/fglrx/switchlibGL': No such file or directory
> 
> 
> The Ubuntu folks have implemented a python script for this task. Just download the last package from their web and checkout it out
> 
> See:
> 
> ./debian/pxpress/switchlibGL
> ./debian/pxpress/switchlibglx

@Andreas:
What do you think of writing a similar script, which returns the status
and also switches between mesa/fglrx (about alternatives)?

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