[ltp] Debian on Thinkpad W540 [GRAPHICS]

Fri, 27 Jun 2014 11:33:40 -0400

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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.

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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<html><head></head><body>Nvidia only currently works with xorg.conf which is created by running nvidia-xconfig<br>
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You will need the kernel driver to run cuda though. Blacklist nuovou (or however its spelled) as well.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On June 27, 2014 10:54:08 AM EDT, &quot;José Luis García Pallero&quot; &lt;jgpallero@gmail.com&gt; wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<pre class="k9mail">Hello,<br /><br />I've installed Debian Sid on my Thinkpad W540 and now I need to<br />configure the graphics in order to use the Intel integrated graphics<br />as the default choice for the monitor.<br /><br />My laptop is equipped with the processor integrated graphics (an i7<br />4800MQ) and with a nVidia Quadro K2100M. I want to dedicate the<br />integrated graphics for the normal use, i. e., monitor et al., and the<br />nVidia only for CUDA computations<br /><br />Since some years, the default Debian installation does not provide the<br />/etc/X11/xorg.conf file for configure the graphics. As far as I know,<br />Debian inspects the system during boot and configure automatically the<br />graphics, being in this way all the proccess transparent to the normal<br />user. By the moment I have not installed any nVidia driver, being the<br />only graphics related package the xserver-xorg-video-intel, so the<br />system is using the integrated graphics (and t
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automatic<br />configuration is perfect: the monitor works at all possible<br />resolutions).<br /><br />But as I haven't xorg.conf, I don't know which will the behavior if I<br />install the nVidia driver. I don't know which of them will be selected<br />in the automatic configuration.<br /><br />So I would like to create a xorg.conf only containing the integrated<br />graphics configuration. Is this the correct way to do what I want? How<br />can I create it? Should I change something in the BIOS related with<br />graphics?<br /><br />Thanks!<br /></pre></blockquote></div><br>
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