Arch Linux

Aluroth

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Registered: 2015-09-26

Posts: 5

Laptop display not working with Nvidia proprietary and Optimus

Hey Guys,

I've recently installed arch linux. I followed the beginner's guide and installed everything up to the DE. After installing the Nvidia proprietary drivers on the Optimus guide and disabling the intel drivers, my laptop display stays on the boot command but my HDMI out works perfect. This is the text displayed on my Laptop display (my root is on /dev/sda6, I'm dualbooting with Windows).  I'm using KDE Plasma 5 with SDDM.

[0.021310] Ignoring BGRT: invalid status 0 (expected 1)
starting version 226
/dev/sda6: clean...

Here is the output of xrandr:

Screen 0: minimum 8 x 8, current 1920 x 1080, maximum 16384 x 16384
HDMI-0 connected primary 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 509mm x 286mm
   1920x1080     60.00*+  59.94    50.00    60.05    60.00    50.04  
   1280x1024     75.02    60.02  
   1280x720      60.00    59.94    50.00  
   1152x864      75.00  
   1024x768      75.03    60.00  
   800x600       75.00    60.32  
   720x576       50.00    50.08  
   720x480       59.94    60.05  
   640x480       75.00    59.94    59.93  

and here is my xorg.conf

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier "layout"
    Screen 0 "nvidia"
    Inactive "intel"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier "intel"
    Driver "intel"
    BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
    Option "AccelMethod" "SNA"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "intel"
    Device "intel"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier "nvidia"
    Driver "nvidia"
    BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
    Option "ConstrainCursor" "off"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "nvidia"
    Device "nvidia"
    Option "AllowEmptyInitialConfiguration" "on"
    Option "IgnoreDisplayDevices" "CRT"
EndSection

I haven't blacklisted any drivers or have Nouveau installed.

If you need anything else, please ask.

Regards

Edit: Forgot to mention, I have the Asus N56VZ, with Nvidia GT650M and Intel HD4000. Booting in EFI mode if that changes anything

Also I previously tried Bumblebee (and reformatted afterwards) but couldn't get xrandr to detect my hdmi out.

Last edited by Aluroth (2015-09-26 13:32:37)