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MickeyMouth

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Registered: 2017-02-18

Posts: 7

bios option "iGPU multi-monitor" with nvidia

Hello I am trying out Arch linux for the first time and Im struggling a bit with a specific multiscreen case.

I'm dual booting win10 and arch linux, and ive been using a setting called "iGPU multi-monitor" on windows so that both the integrated and dedicated video card are powering one screen. Main reason I've ran with this is that the video card idles at 20 degrees celcius lower when I only have 1 screen connected.

iGPU in bios:
https://i.imgsafe.org/8eefdef15c.jpg

Now when I tried to get this work on arch linux I got nowhere, I tried to use xrandr and it found my second monitor and everything, but it only shows this:

https://i.imgsafe.org/8ef3ce0055.jpg

Ok so I tried to connect both screens in my dedicated card and it worked instantly.

So what I'm hoping I can get some tips on is

* Anyone know what this iGPU is exactly? Do the dedicated card still do the heavy lifting but output it to the integrated gpu?
* Anyone experience using a different video card for each display?

I'm using the nouveau driver and not the official nvidia drivers as they make my pc crash
im using xfce4 desktop environment

would appreciate help a lot

MickeyMouth

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Registered: 2017-02-18

Posts: 7

Re: bios option "iGPU multi-monitor" with nvidia

Anyone know if there's somewhere else I might post this? I don't know how to proceed with this issue

olegabrielz

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From: Norway

Registered: 2015-12-23

Posts: 255

Re: bios option "iGPU multi-monitor" with nvidia

Bumping your own thread to get peoples attention is not the way to do it.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Co … ct#Bumping

This is a good read to get some tip on how to write a good post (increasing the chances of getting peoples attention):
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Co … ow_to_post

About your questions:
I don't know anything about this iGPU BIOS feature. I have never heard about it. But the archwiki are well documented on the subject of Hybrid graphics. A possible starting point in getting your GPUs up and running as you wish may be found by starting there:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/hybrid_graphics

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ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

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Re: bios option "iGPU multi-monitor" with nvidia

Anyone know if there's somewhere else I might post this? I don't know how to proceed with this issue

Please use the 'report' link and ask the moderators to move the thread rather than cross posting.  One of us are usually around, so the request is usually handled in a few minutes.   I might suggest kernel and hardware

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MickeyMouth

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Registered: 2017-02-18

Posts: 7

Re: bios option "iGPU multi-monitor" with nvidia

Bumping your own thread to get peoples attention is not the way to do it.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Co … ct#Bumping

This is a good read to get some tip on how to write a good post (increasing the chances of getting peoples attention):
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Co … ow_to_post

About your questions:
I don't know anything about this iGPU BIOS feature. I have never heard about it. But the archwiki are well documented on the subject of Hybrid graphics. A possible starting point in getting your GPUs up and running as you wish may be found by starting there:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/hybrid_graphics

Thanks for the links I will check them out, though I have already read many articles on the subject before I posted. Also this post had fallen down to the end of page 2 so I didn't assume anyone would see it anymore. The code of conduct actually says

"If people are reading your thread without answering or offering help, you may try supplying more details, or ask to be pointed in the right direction."

So I disagree that it's not how to do it, also I did actually get help by doing this. I appreciate your effort finding info I can read but I'd also like to point out that I'm experiencing your tone as mildly annoying and condescending. I am new to this community and I have spent countless of hours learning something new, I do my best to follow the guidelines and to do my own research, if everyone knew exactly how to find everything and what do look for then these forums and certainly the newbie forums would've been completely obsolete.

jasonwryan

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From: .nz

Registered: 2009-05-09

Posts: 30,424

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Re: bios option "iGPU multi-monitor" with nvidia

Moving to Kernel & Hardware as requested...

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