Re: Keeping the Screen Turned off While Getting Inputs

On Mon, 28 Aug 2023, Ahmad Nouralizadeh wrote: The laptop model is `Asus N501JW` running `Ubuntu 18.04`. The discrete GPU is `GeForce GTX 960M`. The link below says that by default the system uses `Intel HD graphics` (the iGPU) and using the discrete GPU requires a proprietary driver! Does

Re: Keeping the Screen Turned off While Getting Inputs

The laptop model is `Asus N501JW` running `Ubuntu 18.04`. The discrete GPU is `GeForce GTX 960M`. The link below says that by default the system uses `Intel HD graphics` (the iGPU) and using the discrete GPU requires a proprietary driver! Does this mean that having `nouveau` is not enough?

Re: Keeping the Screen Turned off While Getting Inputs

On Mon, 28 Aug 2023, Ahmad Nouralizadeh wrote: Is it possible to prevent the Xserver from using the iGPU and only use the discrete GPU. I found no BIOS options for this. Why should the two GPUs work simultaneously? Urmm.. BIOS is the wrong place to look for this - if you are trying to

Re: Keeping the Screen Turned off While Getting Inputs

Is it possible to prevent the Xserver from using the iGPU and only use the discrete GPU. I found no BIOS options for this. Why should the two GPUs work simultaneously?