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# ft=conf | |
Section "ServerLayout" | |
Identifier "layout" | |
Screen 1 "nvidia" | |
Inactive "intel" | |
EndSection | |
Section "Device" | |
Identifier "nvidia" | |
Driver "nvidia" | |
BusID "PCI:1:0:0" | |
EndSection | |
Section "Screen" | |
Identifier "nvidia" | |
Device "nvidia" | |
Option "AllowEmptyInitialConfiguration" | |
# Uncomment this line if your computer has no display devices connected to | |
# the NVIDIA GPU. Leave it commented if you have display devices | |
# connected to the NVIDIA GPU that you would like to use. | |
Option "UseDisplayDevice" "none" | |
EndSection | |
Section "Device" | |
Identifier "intel" | |
Driver "intel" | |
#Driver "modesetting" | |
BusID "PCI:0:2:0" | |
EndSection | |
Section "Screen" | |
Identifier "intel" | |
Device "intel" | |
EndSection |
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How to Enable NVIDIA Optimus | |
============================ | |
Author: Naoki Mizuno (NigoroJr) | |
Written: 2016-11-29 | |
This quick how-to is a guide on how to enable NVIDIA Optimus without using | |
Bumblebee. This has worked on my hardware but it is not guaranteed that it will | |
work on any computer. | |
Put the following code snippet as 30nvidia.conf in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ after | |
adjusting the BusID. Make sure you have nvidia-drivers and | |
x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel and VIDEO_CARD in make.conf set to "nvidia | |
intel". | |
# ft=conf | |
Section "ServerLayout" | |
Identifier "layout" | |
Screen 1 "nvidia" | |
Inactive "intel" | |
EndSection | |
Section "Device" | |
Identifier "nvidia" | |
Driver "nvidia" | |
BusID "PCI:1:0:0" | |
EndSection | |
Section "Screen" | |
Identifier "nvidia" | |
Device "nvidia" | |
Option "AllowEmptyInitialConfiguration" | |
# Uncomment this line if your computer has no display devices connected to | |
# the NVIDIA GPU. Leave it commented if you have display devices | |
# connected to the NVIDIA GPU that you would like to use. | |
Option "UseDisplayDevice" "none" | |
EndSection | |
Section "Device" | |
Identifier "intel" | |
Driver "intel" | |
BusID "PCI:0:2:0" | |
EndSection | |
Section "Screen" | |
Identifier "intel" | |
Device "intel" | |
EndSection | |
In your .xinitrc (for startx; probably better considering the caveats written | |
in the next section) or .xsession put the following line: | |
xrandr --setprovideroutputsource Intel NVIDIA-0 | |
xrandr --output HDMI1 --primary --auto --output eDP1 --right-of HDMI1 --auto | |
Don't forget to adjust the output names and the options according to your | |
configurations. | |
Caveats | |
------- | |
The display manager (like SLiM, KDM, GDM etc.) will probably not work (i.e. | |
will show a blank screen) because xrandr is only run after the login. In SLiM, | |
you might be able to set the sessionstart_cmd. Even when the login screen is | |
black it will still accept inputs and you will be able to login if you input | |
the correct username and password. | |
There also seems to be a problem regarding monitor refreshing and sometimes | |
there are black parts on the built-in moniter. This goes away if you make a | |
movement in that moniter. | |
References | |
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Some useful webpages when configuring: | |
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-7309924.html | |
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/NVIDIA/Optimus/xorg.conf | |
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NVIDIA_Optimus |
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