Hello,
I use Thinkpad T530 and I have 2 video cards: Intel and NVIDIA.
The problem with this laptop model is that the Intel card is hardwired to the VGA output.
And the NVIDIA card is strictly attached to the output of DP.
(I don't know why they did it...)
I started using the Hybrid driver from NVIDIA and in the BIOS I set the video card mode to Optimus.
What it turns out is that I can only connect a second monitor via VGA.
I can't use the DP output for the monitor.
Nvidia runs Xorg in headless mode on Display 8.
Reading the Internet and FreeBSD forums, I understand that it is impossible to use a hybrid driver and DP output in this laptop model, right?
But these post were two years ago, maybe something has changed?
Or maybe I can start the second Xorg in normal mode...
Someone faced this problem?
Best regards,
I use Thinkpad T530 and I have 2 video cards: Intel and NVIDIA.
The problem with this laptop model is that the Intel card is hardwired to the VGA output.
And the NVIDIA card is strictly attached to the output of DP.
(I don't know why they did it...)
I started using the Hybrid driver from NVIDIA and in the BIOS I set the video card mode to Optimus.
Code:
# pkg version | grep nvidia
nvidia-hybrid-graphics-390-0.5 =
nvidia-secondary-driver-390-390.154 =
nvidia-settings-470.86_1 =
nvidia-xconfig-525.116.04 =
# freebsd-version
13.2-RELEASE-p1
# kldstat | grep nvidia
15 1 0xffffffff8251c000 e6dd0 nvidia-modeset.ko
16 1 0xffffffff82800000 db7e30 nvidia.koI can't use the DP output for the monitor.
Nvidia runs Xorg in headless mode on Display 8.
Code:
root@FBSD:~ # ps auxww | grep 'Xorg '
root 1879 4.7 0.7 262156 116164 v0 D 16:48 2:10.16 /usr/local/libexec/Xorg :0 -auth /home/user/.serverauth.1866
root 2274 0.0 0.3 6395524 43024 - I 18:21 0:00.13 /usr/local/libexec/Xorg -sharevts -novtswitch -noreset -config /var/cache/nvidia-headless/xorg.conf -configdir xorg-nvidia-headless.conf.d :8Reading the Internet and FreeBSD forums, I understand that it is impossible to use a hybrid driver and DP output in this laptop model, right?
But these post were two years ago, maybe something has changed?
Or maybe I can start the second Xorg in normal mode...
Someone faced this problem?
Best regards,
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