[This is an old post, check the launchpad website for acpi_call and bumblebee]
https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux
One of the hybrid-graphics team members has posted the detailed instructions on how to switch on/off the discrete nvidia graphics card on the optimus (r2) models for the Alienware M11x laptop:
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showpost.php?p=1402584&postcount=45
This works with a modified module that calls ACPI methods with the right parameters to switch on/off the graphics card. The code is here:
m11xr2hack-dot-c.txt
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=20129&d=1285685272
Makefile.txt
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=20130&d=1285685283
https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux
One of the hybrid-graphics team members has posted the detailed instructions on how to switch on/off the discrete nvidia graphics card on the optimus (r2) models for the Alienware M11x laptop:
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showpost.php?p=1402584&postcount=45
This works with a modified module that calls ACPI methods with the right parameters to switch on/off the graphics card. The code is here:
m11xr2hack-dot-c.txt
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=20129&d=1285685272
Makefile.txt
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=20130&d=1285685283