Set to Integrated Only, but randomly switches to Dynamic

[abutler76]

My discrete graphics card is dying in my MacBook Pro and causes a kernel panic whenever I use it, so I I'm using gfxCardStatus to only use the integrated card. But the setting seems to randomly shift to Dynamic whenever I put a lot of stress on the graphics card and then I get the aforementioned kernel panic. It also sometimes reverts to Dynamic when I restart the computer, so I'll sometimes get a crash from that.

So I don't know if I'm missing a setting or this is a bug. Thanks, gfxCardStatus has totally extended the life of my computer!

[codykrieger]

You're seeing a couple of different things:

• Assuming you're using a 2010 MacBook Pro and not a newer model, when you quit apps that would turn the discrete GPU on if in Dynamic mode, then you revert from Integrated Only => Dynamic. That's the subject of Fixed issue where 2010 MBPs switch to Discrete Only after apps quit #107.
• gfxCardStatus setting the mode to Dynamic as soon as it launches, which is intentional. Add a preference to start in Integrated Only mode #150 is tracking adding a preference to launch in a particular mode instead of unconditionally setting the mode to Dynamic.

Thanks for the report!

[abutler76]

Thank you!