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Re: Start X on nvidia card - xorg.conf BusID

 

I've tried on Fedora 15 and failed as well.

On Fri, 2011-07-01 at 15:28 +1000, Dave wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Possibly silly question, but couldn't see a clear answer anywhere.
> 
> On hybrid graphic laptops (eg: Dell XPS 17) is it possible to specify
> the nvidia device BusID in /etc/X11/xorg.conf so that X starts using
> the nvidia card from the get go? eg:
> 
> Section "Device"
>     Identifier     "Device1"
>     Driver         "nvidia"
>     VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
>     BusID          "PCI:01:00:0"
>     Option         "IgnoreEDID"
>     Option         "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP-0"
> EndSection
> 
> 
> (this doesn't work but maybe I'm doing it wrong)
> 
> 
> dtbaker@Dellbuntu:~$ lspci|grep VGA
> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation
> Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Device 0dcd (rev ff)
> 
> Cheers,
> Dave
> 
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