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vanjo9800
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 Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2015 4:56 pm Post subject: Xrandr not listing discrete GPU [SOLVED] |
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I have an Optimus laptop with Nvidia and Intel GPUs. The Intel GPU is connected to the desktop and because of kernel dynamic power management the Nvidia GPU is turned off. I am using the open-source Nouveau driver for nvidia. However, xrandr is listing only my Intel GPU and I cannot use my Nvidia GPU with PRIME.
These are the models of the GPUs:
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00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor DRAM Controller (rev 09)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor PCI Express Root Port (rev 09)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller (rev 09)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI Host Controller (rev 04)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev c4)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev c4)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev c4)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation HM76 Express Chipset LPC Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series Chipset Family 6-port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 04)
01:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation GK208M [GeForce GT 740M] (rev a1)
08:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9565 / AR9565 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Qualcomm Atheros QCA8171 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10)
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Here is the output of Xrandr:
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user@localhost ~ $ xrandr --listproviders
Providers: number : 1
Provider 0: id: 0x48 cap: 0xb, Source Output, Sink Output, Sink Offload crtcs: 4 outputs: 5 associated providers: 0 name:Intel
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Thank you in advance for your help!!!
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lovelytux
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vanjo9800
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| Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2015 3:51 pm Post subject: |
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| I know that nvidia has its own binary not open-source drivers. However, I have been using nouveau in Arch Linux and xrandr detected the NVIDIA card. |
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chithanh
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| Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2015 3:33 pm Post subject: |
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| Do you have nouveau enabled in your kernel and xf86-video-nouveau installed? Do you have any xorg.conf file? |
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vanjo9800
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| Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2015 5:46 pm Post subject: |
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I have the nouveau driver installed and loaded. It even shows the temperature of my video card, which now is "N/A," because the card is on dynamic power management. It seems that I do not have a clear xorg.conf file, but I have made one configuration for my intel video card as it is mentioned there: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Intel. Do I need to have a specific file named "xorg.conf"?
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chithanh
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| Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2015 6:07 pm Post subject: |
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Usually, no xorg.conf is needed unless you have some special setup.
Try renaming or removing xorg.conf and check xrandr --listproviders again after restarting X. |
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vanjo9800
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| Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2015 7:22 pm Post subject: |
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I have no file "xorg.conf" however I have some files in /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/ .
Restarting X does not work, unfortunately. |
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chithanh
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| Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2015 11:53 am Post subject: |
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| I mean xorg.conf or anything in xorg.conf.d/ with a Device section. |
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vanjo9800
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| Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2015 5:23 pm Post subject: |
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By removing the device_no_vesa.conf it worked.
Thank you very much!!! |
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