2013/9/16 Michael Prokop <bts@bts.grml.org>

>
> Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> added the comment:
>
> * Martin Kielhorn wrote in grml's BTS on 20130916 / 23:52:
>
> > i have news with regards to this overheating bug.
>
> > i tried loading the module https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/bbswitch
>
> > this way i can disable the discrete nvidia graphics card and it seems to
> > prevent the heat problem.
>
> > i understand this issues some acpi commands that disables the discrete
> > nvidia graphics.
> > however, i'm not sure how save this would be to provide with grml.
>
> > my notebook is an Acer TravelMate 5760G with a nvidia geforce GT 540M as
> > discrete graphics card.
>
> You could try grabbing a Grml ISO, making sure that the according
> linux-headers package is installed (like
> linux-headers-3.10-1-grml-all for 2013.09-rc1) and then install
> bbswitch-dkms to see whether building, installing and using this
> kernel module works.
>

This works fine. I just tried it.
I just had to do
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-3.10-1-grml-all build-essential




>
> (I'm afraid we don't have a sane mechanism to ship it via Grml
> by default though.)
>


I had a look at the code of the module but I don't understand it well
enough to say if its possible to replace it with a script in userlevel.
Also, I think this is just to dangerous to put on live CD.


>
> regards,
> -mika-
>
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