[ltp] Debian on Thinkpad W540 [GRAPHICS]

[José Luis García Pallero]

2014-06-27 17:33 GMT+02:00 Micha Feigin <michf.post@gmail.com>:
> Nvidia only currently works with xorg.conf which is created by running
> nvidia-xconfig
>
> You will need the kernel driver to run cuda though. Blacklist nuovou (or
> however its spelled) as well.

Thank you for your answer, Micha.  I've blacklisted the nouveau
module, created a xorg.conf for Intel via the Xorg -configure command
and installed the nVidia driver. All works: integrated graphics for
normal use and nVidia for CUDA.

As a detail, I've tried to use the nVidia as defaulr card generating
the corresponding xorg.conf via nvidia-xconfig but it not works. I
don't know if additional configuration is needed. For me is not
neccessary.

Thanks again

>
>
> On June 27, 2014 10:54:08 AM EDT, "José Luis García Pallero"
> <jgpallero@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I've installed Debian Sid on my Thinkpad W540 and now I need to
>> configure the graphics in order to use the Intel integrated graphics
>> as the default choice for the monitor.
>>
>> My laptop is equipped with the processor integrated graphics (an i7
>> 4800MQ) and with a nVidia Quadro K2100M. I want to dedicate the
>> integrated graphics for the normal use, i. e., monitor et al., and the
>> nVidia only for CUDA computations
>>
>> Since some years, the default Debian installation does not provide the
>> /etc/X11/xorg.conf file for configure the graphics. As far as I know,
>> Debian inspects the system during boot and configure automatically the
>> graphics, being in this way all the proccess transparent to the normal
>> user. By the moment I have not installed any nVidia driver, being the
>> only graphics related package the xserver-xorg-video-intel, so the
>> system is using the integrated graphics (and the
>> automatic
>> configuration is perfect: the monitor works at all possible
>> resolutions).
>>
>> But as I haven't xorg.conf, I don't know which will the behavior if I
>> install the nVidia driver. I don't know which of them will be selected
>> in the automatic configuration.
>>
>> So I would like to create a xorg.conf only containing the integrated
>> graphics configuration. Is this the correct way to do what I want? How
>> can I create it? Should I change something in the BIOS related with
>> graphics?
>>
>> Thanks!
>
>
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