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How to configure iGPU for xserver and nvidia GPU for CUDA work

I have an Intel onboard GPU and NVIDIA GPU. I am running Ubuntu 18.04. How do I configure a dual GPU setup so that Intel onboard iGPU will drive the monitor, leaving NVIDIA GPU exclusively for ...
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Internal laptop screen not detected when using Nvidia driver

So, for a bit of background: I'm using Ubuntu 18.04 on an HP laptop, which uses a dual GPU setup. Before, I have been using it with just the Nouveau driver, but recently I wanted to add in a second ...
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How can I run glmark2 on the dedicated GPU?

My laptop has a dedicated GPU, it is an AMD Radeon HD 6300. How can I test it with glmark2? By default it is using the iGPU. glmark2 man page doesn't show an option to choose the dGPU.
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Dual GPU, Dual monitor: second monitor black with a shadow of the mouse

I have a monitor connected to each of my GTX 980 Ti, on Ubuntu 16.04. The NVIDIA X Server setting is successfully detecting two monitors and two screens with the absolute position of screen1 set to +...
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lspci | grep VGA does not detect my dedicated AMD Radeon HD 8550M / R5 M230 in ubuntu 14.04 64 bit

My Ubuntu 14.04 in Lenovo b40-70 do not detect my AMD/ATI Radeon HD 8550M / R5 M230 , it shows only Intel integrated graphics card here's the output : 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel ...
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Swapping between video cards on Ubuntu 16.04

With Ubuntu 16.04, fglrx and Catalyst Center is no more. How can I change my primary video card on dual graphic systems like Intel/AMD or AMD/AMD. Is there a script for this, or a good manual? Update ...
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Use integrated GPU for desktop display and leave dedicated GPU for computing tasks on Ubuntu 22.04

I have just built a desktop for Deep Learning, using Ubuntu 22.04. My purpose is straightforward - use IGPU (i7 13700K) for display purposes and leave DGPU (RTX 3090) free for Deep Learning tasks. In ...
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Cannot run Ubuntu after installation. Black Screen

I installed Ubuntu LTS 20.04 beside Windows. When I'm running Live version by USB, it's working. But when I'm trying to run from grub, i see only black screen and my keyboard is not working also. So i ...
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Ubuntu will not detect integrated graphics card on Macbook Pro

I have been attempting to enable graphics card switching through bumblebee or Nvidia Prime. I successfully installed both, however I was unable to get Nvidia Prime to actually give me the option to ...
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Ubuntu 16.04LTS extended display not working - 2 cards

New build with 2 Geforce 710 cards and 3 monitors. Loaded Ubuntu 16.04. and with the standard driver all 3 monitors showed in system settings => display. But, experienced problems such as screen ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 Hangs when "Try ubuntu" on install

When I boot an external HDD (fat32) and click on "Try Ubuntu", the system hangs, it has no cursor and the hard drive is doing nothing, I have no choice than to hard shutdown the laptop. I have a ...
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PCIe Error Ubuntu Server 18.04

I am encountering the often-seen PCIe error on a relatively new build PC after installing Ubuntu server 18.04. It occurs immediately after installing the nVidia 410 driver set. The error rolls ...
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Dual graphics set up: NVIDIA and Intel, possible?

I'm running Ubuntu 14.04 on a system with an NVIDIA Geforce GTX 950 graphics card. I had no problems until I switched on the iGPU (Intel HD Graphics 4600) in the UEFI settings. I want to use the ...
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White screen on second monitor Ubuntu 22.04

When I boot up Ubuntu on my dual boot laptop, the Ubuntu logo appears on both screens (connected with HDMI through Nvidia 1650) along with the HP logo, but the second I login, everything goes white on ...
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Set Xorg and gnome-shell to run on a single graphics card

I have two Nvidia graphics cards in my PC. I would like to have gnome-shell and Xorg to run only one of them. In this case on GPU 0 only. How can I configure that? Here is the output of nvidia-smi. I ...
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Keyboard backlight not working after fresh install of Ubuntu bionic

I have a Samsung Odyssey laptop which has both Nvidia and intel graphics. I am dual booting windows10 and Ubuntu18.04 but the keyboard backlight doesn’t work after pressing the hot keys (Fn + F9) when ...
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Suspend machine with Ubuntu 18.04 and Amd Pro WX 3100 dosen't work the second time

I'm quite new to the beautiful word of Ubuntu, really. This is my first question, so excuse me but I can not provide the right number of details, because I don't know the right command. The problem: ...
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Why is my computer crashing when the discrete graphic card is turned off?

I have experienced overheating with the default installation of Ubuntu 16.04 on my MSI Destroyer notebook with dual graphic card (see relevant part of output of sudo lspci -v at bottom). After some ...
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Right side of touch pad becomes too hot while using Ubuntu

I have installed Ubuntu 14.10 alongside Windows 8.1. Everything seems correct in Windows but whenever I use Ubuntu, portion near right of touch pad gets too hot. My laptop have 2 GB dedicated Nvidia ...
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Two separate session/user/{something}

New here, might be a repetition. Not even sure of correct tag. Thanks for bearing. I have ubuntu LTS 24.04 LTS in my local machine. I want to have two separate {something} to solve my problem. I am ...
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Unresponsive GUI - dual Nvidia GPU

I recently installed a second RTX 3090 Ti GPU into my system and Ubuntu 23.10 cannot handle that change. Whenever I start the system the GUI is unresponsive and every 5-10 seconds or so one of the ...
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two different gpus in single computer/server

i am building a computer from scraps. I have NVIDIA P1000 as GPU with output and just got my hands on NVIDIA Tesla T4 I am asking if i can use both GPUs and if there will be no issues regarding ...
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Unable to start X service in Ubuntu 20.04 with GTX 1080ti and K80 on board

Currently I'm running a dual GPU setup with gyx1080ti and Tesla K80, but I am not able to boot into the X service. My plan is to use the 1080ti as my display GPU and the Tesla K80 for CUDA computing. ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 dual boot not booting, only boots with acpi = off

My laptop cannot boot properly. If I turn off it right now, I ll only be able to boot it again if I use the APCI = off in parameters, how do I solve that ? I m in dual boot ( actually triple ) SSD ...
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Ubuntu is unable to detect my GPU

I have an MSI laptop which was working fine with Ubuntu 18, but I decided to upgrade. It has one of these dual graphics setups, which and Intel HD 630 and a NVIDIA GTX 1060 6GB. On Ubuntu 18, I simply ...
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dual monitor not working

I tried to connect a second monitor over HDMI (my laptop has not VGA) and it is not detected. I tried with the live version and it works. Hypothesis: a missing package or a something in a ...
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Run multiseat using AMD & Nvidia GPUs?

I recently bought an RX 480 4GB to go with my Ryzen 2600 build. I want to run dual GPUs, for me that I can run 2 monitors under normal work, and for my roommate that he can play PC games. I tried ...
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ubuntu alienware aurora r7 gpu + intel graphics

I recently installed ubuntu 14.04 and ubuntu 16.04 on dell Aurora R7 that has 2 Nvidia 1080ti GPU's + 1 intel HD graphics cards. In windows I have video outputs from all graphics cards working. ...
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One monitor unresponsive upon startup

I am running 16.04 with two monitors. One is connected via vga on my motherboard and the other via displayport on my (Nvidia) graphics card. Upon resuming from a suspension, during which both monitors ...
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Dual graphics. Ubuntu 16.04

I have a Samsung series 5 notebook (NP510R5e-S05) with dual graphics (Intel HD4000 + and AMD hd8750m). Also Ubuntu 16.04.1 is installed on my laptop. I have a problem with amd card. This card doesn't ...
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How do I install my dual graphics card drivers?

I want to install my dual graphics card drivers, but I have no idea what I’m doing and I’m not really sure what I’ve done so far. My laptop’s specs: AMD a8 4500m 1.9 GHz 8 GB RAM Radeon dual ...
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