test_off.sh just sits there and does nothing

[rick2047]

I cloned from git then

rick@Abigail:/acpi_call$ ls
acpi_call.c m11xr2.sh query_dsdt.pl test_off.sh
asus1215n.sh Makefile README windump_hack
rick@Abigail:/acpi_call$ make
make -C /lib/modules/3.0.0-0300-generic/build M=/home/rick/acpi_call modules
make[1]: Entering directory /usr/src/linux-headers-3.0.0-0300-generic' CC [M] /home/rick/acpi_call/acpi_call.o Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST 1 modules CC /home/rick/acpi_call/acpi_call.mod.o LD [M] /home/rick/acpi_call/acpi_call.ko make[1]: Leaving directory/usr/src/linux-headers-3.0.0-0300-generic'
rick@Abigail:/acpi_call$ ls
acpi_call.c acpi_call.mod.o m11xr2.sh Module.symvers test_off.sh
acpi_call.ko acpi_call.o Makefile query_dsdt.pl windump_hack
acpi_call.mod.c asus1215n.sh modules.order README
rick@Abigail:/acpi_call$ ./test_off.sh

This is sitting there for 10 mins now. The laptop is Acer 5742G with NV optimus and Geforce gt 540M

[mkottman]

Actually calling ACPI methods like this project does is black magic, and it surprised me that it worked for me simply like that. Remember that this comes with NO WARRANTY, so if it does nothing for you, or even freezes your computer, simply do not use it. Seems like your laptop has some other way to turn off the GPU.