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MiguelAngelLV

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Registered: 2013-01-19

Posts: 5

Nvidia Optimus don't show anything (black screen)with propetary driver

I have a MSI GS63VR with Nvidia Optimus + Intel graphics.

The systems works fine with bumbleebe but I can use only nvidia graphics. I configure all systems with the wiki but I get a black screen. Sddm look works fine, but don't show anything.

I have the script in startup of sddm

xrandr --listproviders > /home/miguel/log1.txt 2>&1
xrandr --listmonitors > /home/miguel/log2.txt 2>&1
xrandr --setprovideroutputsource   NVIDIA-0 > /home/miguel/log3.txt 2>&1
xrandr --auto  > /home/miguel/log4.txt 2>&1

I changed setprovideroutputsource for modesetting, Intel, nvidia-0, modesetting nvidia-0... Nothing works.

Always show no monitors. The screen laptop is wired to Intel and HDMI to nvidia. I try with HDMI monitor connected and nothing

My xorg

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

Section "Device"
    Identifier "nvidia"
    Driver "nvidia"
    # Change BusID if necessary. Tips: (lspci | grep 3D) (Change 01:00.0 to 1:0:0)
    BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "nvidia"
    Device "nvidia"
    Option "AllowEmptyInitialConfiguration" "Yes"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier "intel"
    Driver "modesetting"
    # Change BusID if necessary. Tips: (lspci | grep VGA) (Change 00:02.0 to 0:2:0)
    BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
    Option "AccelMethod"  "none"
EndSection

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

I tried changing the modesetting driver to intel

freddie

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Registered: 2010-10-02

Posts: 35

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Re: Nvidia Optimus don't show anything (black screen)with propetary driver

Yeah optimus seems to work different for every user.

This is how i have my configs in my asus x550ln

In xorg i have the top  simple config from there https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NV … ing_nvidia

Then i have installed .
extra/xf86-video-fbdev
extra/xf86-video-vesa
extra/xf86-video-intel
nvidia

In mkinitcpio.conf i have
MODULES=" intel_agp  i915" now you have a newer laptop than me, so you could try with i965 instead.

And i use lightdm just like the wiki says.

Thats it.

freddie

Edit:
disable bumblebee before ..

Last edited by freddie (2017-02-26 16:54:30)