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Questions tagged [hybrid-graphics]

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Kernel modesetting hangs my boot, but the ATI driver requires it

I have a late 2011 MacBook Pro. It has an integrated Intel video card and a discrete ATI video card. Ideally, I'd like my Xorg to use the ATI card with the free driver (no Catalyst). Here's the problem: kernel modesetting hangs my boot (verified by…
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regenerate xorg.conf with current settings

Many people have talked about this issue but I've not found a satisfactory answer. I'm on a debian jessie. Currently I have tried nvidia-driver as the driver but it caused the system to crash; so I have purged all the nvidia packages. But the…
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How to check which graphics card is driving my display?

The system is setup with one of those hybrid Intel/ATI offerings (muxless). After a bit of fiddling with kernel settings and drivers I got both cards working, I think (adding radeon.dpm=1 in kernel settings and using only the opensource…
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Enable Radeon graphics (hybrid with Intel) card in Debian 9

I have a laptop with hybrid graphics: Intel + AMD Radeon. I am trying to enable Radeon card, however without success. I have installed drivers according to the AtiHowTo - Debian Wiki: xserver-xorg-video-amdgpu firmware-linux-nonfree Command lspci…
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How to activate the AMD GPU manually?

i have some trouble with my Intel/AMD-GPU-Setup. I am using a laptop with an "Intel Core i3-2350M 'Sandy Bridge'", which has the build-in iGPU "Intel HD 3000". In addition to this iGPU my laptop has the dGPU "AMD Radeon HD 6490M". A few weeks ago i…
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Getting error while using xrandr --setprovideroffloadsink in Manjaro after update

I am using Manjaro KDE edition. I have a system with Skylake i5 processor and hybrid graphics. System: Host: aditya-laptop Kernel: 4.4.8-1-MANJARO x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 5.3.0) Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.6.3 (Qt 5.6.0) Distro: Manjaro…
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What does KDE Compositor Tearing prevention ("vsync") do under the hood?

I have screen tearing issues. When I set Tearing prevention ("vsync") in Compositor to something else and then back to Automatic the screen tearing is gone. I would like to know what configuration files Tearing prevention ("vsync") changes to…
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How do the GPU drivers *actually* work on Linux?

Note: I think this should be distro-agnostic, but if it is relevant, I am using Arch Linux with KDE Plasma 5 and SDDM. I'll try to keep this brief and keep only the absolutely relevant details. I did a clean install of Arch Linux, and I wanted to…
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Linux Mint/Ubuntu - hybrid graphic card drivers (AMD® Radeon HD 8570 + Intel HD Graphics 4000)

I've read almost every topic on every discussion board, blog posts etc. about my problem. I've tried many tips, but nothing seems to work. I've even changed Linux distribution from Ubuntu to Mint, nothing. I'm trying to install drivers for my…
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Script to launch an application with dedicated graphics card (Fedora 25)

As shown from this blog, Fedora 25 now has NVida graphics binary driver support and users has an option to launch applications with "Launch with Dedicated Graphics Card" with right click on an icon, if your computer has hybrid GPU (Intel/NVidia)…
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A distro that supports intel/nvidia hybrid graphics out of the box

I've spent so much time trying to get various flavours of Linux to run on my Dell XPS LS02 laptop which only has a HDMI output. I've tried all sorts of solutions and methods including http://bumblebee-project.org/ However none have managed to get me…
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How to install GPU drivers in a ryzen/vega + nvidia laptop with Fedora?

I'm a newbie and trying to get my machine working properly in Linux, my Native language is not English so I apologize in advance for any grammar errors. I installed Fedora in my laptop: ASUS FX505D CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3550H with Radeon Vega Mobile…
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How to disable GPU without bbswitch

BBswitch is apparently dead with the last commit being 5 years ago and it no longer works with more modern kernels. During shutdown, it just hangs the system. Nouveau doesn't support power management on my GPU either. I'd like to know what others…
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Installing a video card switcher

I tried to install using the documentation found here (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Bumblebee), but when running: optirun glxgears -info I get this output: [ 309.531594] [ERROR]Cannot access secondary GPU - error: [XORG] (EE) Failed to…
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Power saving with Optimus

Some context before I ask this question: I thought I understood how Optimus works, until I encountered this https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-prime/+bug/1765363 issue, with the prime tool on Ubuntu. Note that my question is not…
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