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10.6.4 in 64 bit on Dell Inspiron 1520


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I managed to install SL 10.6.4 in 64bit on my 1520.

Almost everything works, except sleep and shutdown.

For sleep I don't really care, but the shutdown problems is killing me.

If set GraphicsEnabler to No then the laptop shuts down completely, if is set to Yes it hangs. So I guess the problem is with the graphics driver? In System Profiler I see my geforce 8400m gs with 128mb.

 

Everything work fine, video, sound, lan, wifi, mic, webcam, card reader, keyboard, touchpad(even 2 finger scroll). Also works with an external display and is great. Display runs at full resolution(1440*990*32).

 

Now. How can I fix my shutdown? I've been searching for 2 weeks now. I would appreciate some help.

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I managed to install SL 10.6.4 in 64bit on my 1520.

Almost everything works, except sleep and shutdown.

For sleep I don't really care, but the shutdown problems is killing me.

If set GraphicsEnabler to No then the laptop shuts down completely, if is set to Yes it hangs. So I guess the problem is with the graphics driver? In System Profiler I see my geforce 8400m gs with 128mb.

 

Everything work fine, video, sound, lan, wifi, mic, webcam, card reader, keyboard, touchpad(even 2 finger scroll). Also works with an external display and is great. Display runs at full resolution(1440*990*32).

 

Now. How can I fix my shutdown? I've been searching for 2 weeks now. I would appreciate some help.

 

I have a Vostro 1500 with the same Graphic Card (nVidia GeForce 8400M GS) and the sleep and shutdown does not work at all. I couldn't figure out how to do so. Also, for Nvidia GeForce 8400M GS the dual-monitor works gracefully, except when I choose Mirroring (the first monitor goes black). Have you tested Mirroring? Does it work?

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I connected my external display, a 23" Dell.

Dual screen work. I can arrange the displays position for mouse positioning.

When I set it to mirror my laptops display goes blue and my desktop is on external display. Is this the right behavior?

I guess not, since I can only see the mouse on both screens but nothing else on the laptop display.

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I connected my external display, a 23" Dell.

Dual screen work. I can arrange the displays position for mouse positioning.

When I set it to mirror my laptops display goes blue and my desktop is on external display. Is this the right behavior?

I guess not, since I can only see the mouse on both screens but nothing else on the laptop display.

 

This isn't the right behaviour! When mirroring we should see the same desktop on both screens (laptop and external Dell). So you do have the same problem as I'm passing through. I've already tested NVenabler, NVInject and GraphicEnabler=Yes. All of them returns the same problem. And I guess the display driver is also the one who's generating problems for shutdown and sleep.

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