"Reverse PRIME" support has just been added to the upstream xf86-video- nouveau driver, which should allow your NVIDIA GPU to scan-out what's being rendered by the Intel graphics processor. This should make it's way into Ubuntu at some point in the future.
Patch details: author Dave Airlie committer Dave Airlie commit 1fdd7db94b55c65ea62cc9eaefff620b20e9e4ea nouveau: add reverse prime support This allows the nvidia card to scanout Intel cards rendering. Signed-off-by: Dave Airlie -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/904476 Title: HDMI wired to Nvidia does not work in a Nvidia Optimus Enabled Laptop To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers/+bug/904476/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs