xorg option to switch GPU

[Mateusz Kaduk]

Battery liveliness can be affected by many factors on GNU/Linux platform.

1) Make sure you use on demand CPU governor or powersave one.
2) Install laptop-mode-tools which can slow down your disc when on battery
3) Check your power management (in my case gnome-power-preferences) to
tune screen light and other features
4) Make sure services You use are battery safe.
For example if You use hdaps, install latest version from tp-smapi
source. This one does not poll continuously from sysfs and also saves
lots of battery.

2009/8/16 logangt <jackywolfskin at gmail.com>:
> Hye @ all,
> i own a dell xps 13 since january of this year. This laptop has hybrid sli
> which is not supported in linux.
> I want to know if it's possible to configure xorg to use only the onboard
> GPU and switch the powerful one off?
> In vista i reach more than 4h batterylife in study modus (have some PDF open
> and hear music) by the same activity, in linux a reach only 2h.