Bug#887460: nvidia-kernel-dkms: Laptop cannot start nvidia.ko when in battery mode

[Luca Boccassi]

On Tue, 2018-01-16 at 21:18 +0100, Volker Linke wrote:
> Package: nvidia-kernel-dkms
> Version: 384.111-3
> Severity: important
> Tags: a11y
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> *** Reporter, please consider answering these questions, where
> appropriate ***
> 
>    * What led up to the situation?
> 
> Didn't know, what made kernel-module nvidia start or did not start
> when booting.
> 
>    * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
>      ineffective)?
> 
> Booting the laptop, which didn't make bumblebee run.
> 
>    * What was the outcome of this action?
>    * What outcome did you expect instead?
> 
> Now knowing that you need online power supply for working with
> optimus when starting laptop.

Hi,

I'm pretty sure there's no such limitation on software side, so it
smells like something hardware-specific.

What's the exact laptop model?

-- 
Kind regards,
Luca Boccassi
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