You are not logged in.
Hi, I have a lenovo w520 with Nvidia Optimus technology. Way back I managed to get it working on 3 monitors (laptop monitor + 2 external). I managed to get it working using 2 methods. One was an extensive xorg.conf file and the other one was using optirun + intel-virtual-output.
I don't know what the difference between them was - both worked and each appeared to have some flaws below the surface but for the most part they worked. I always prefered the optirun + intel-virtual-output method.
Anyway, after a few updates (pacman -Suy) the optirun + intel-virtual-output method stopped working - only one of my external displays was working. Then a few updates later it stopped working completely. After updating this week it seems to be working again and even better than the first time.
So I'm wondering now what to do for any further updates. I really don't like falling back to the xorg.conf method because it had really annoying flaws. Should I hold the xorg, xorg-intel and nvidia packages so they stay at the virsion they are now? I really only use my laptop for coding. I don't do 3D or CAD applications or anything that is GPU intensive.
Last edited by s5s (2014-08-08 12:54:25)
Offline