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nik10110

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Registered: 2015-10-11

Posts: 10

Hdmi prioritized over Displayport during boot-up

Hey,

I just installed Arch in the weekend, after a long linux hiatus of maybe 8 years or so... things seem mostly fine and Arch feels as snappy as I remember it, but I have a few minor display gripes.

1. My main display is connected to my Nvidia GTX 970 using Displayport. I also have a TV / receiver combo connected through Hdmi. All terminal output seems to be sent to the receiver / TV, even if they are off. Is there some way to prioritize the Displayport connection?

2. I'm have a Nvidia GTX 970 gpu and had to set the kernel flag 'nomodeset' to see terminal output at all. Am I missing out on something?

cheers,
nik

x33a

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Registered: 2009-08-15

Posts: 4,587

Re: Hdmi prioritized over Displayport during boot-up

Which nvidia driver are you using? Because modesetting only works with nouveau AFAIK and I don't think GTX 970 has good nouveau support. I suggest you give the official nvidia blob a try if you aren't using it already.

Last edited by x33a (2015-10-13 05:04:03)

nik10110

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Registered: 2015-10-11

Posts: 10

Re: Hdmi prioritized over Displayport during boot-up

Thanks x33a. Yeah I'm already using the proprietary nvidia drivers, haven't even tried the open-source ones tbh... Any idea how good they are these days? Do they compare?

What about the Displayport / Hdmi issue. Is there a way to make sure the terminal uses the Displayport? Or mirrors to both?

x33a

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Registered: 2009-08-15

Posts: 4,587

Re: Hdmi prioritized over Displayport during boot-up

nouveau drivers are coming along nicely, but the latest or high end hardware usually has issues with them. As for the displayport/hdmi issue, unfortunately I don't have any solution.