From: Brian Inglis <Brian.Inglis@Shaw.ca>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: Cygwin X11 on second (Nvidia) graphics card
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2023 12:58:56 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <cf2e5cda-403e-af13-97d8-015e41fc924d@Shaw.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <tr0q79$5tu$1@ciao.gmane.io>
On 2023-01-27 08:22, Franz Fehringer via Cygwin wrote:
> I have a question which seems quite natural but i cannot find anything useful
> using google & co.
> My (business) notebook has two graphics cards, one builtin identifying as Intel
> Iris Xe and an additional one, a Nvidia MX550.
> I start X11 (xwin) with defaults (-listen tcp is the only extra option).
> Using nvidia-smi and the Nvidia activity dialog i see that the Nvidia graphics
> card is not used.
> Using glxinfo i see that the builtin Intel Iris Xe is used instead.
> I already prefer Nvidia over Intel via the Nvidia control panel.
> How do i make X11 and OpenGL use the Nvidia graphics card instead of the Intel one?
$ man Xwin # See OPTIONS FOR SPECIFYING X SCREENS
In your XWin Server shortcut etc., add server options -multimonitors or -screen
... after startxwin ... -- ["--" required to allow server options].
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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis Calgary, Alberta, Canada
La perfection est atteinte Perfection is achieved
non pas lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à ajouter not when there is no more to add
mais lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à retirer but when there is no more to cut
-- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-01-27 19:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-01-27 15:22 Franz Fehringer
2023-01-27 19:58 ` Brian Inglis [this message]
2023-01-29 17:18 ` Franz Fehringer
2023-01-29 22:05 ` Brian Inglis
2023-01-30 1:08 ` Duncan Roe
2023-01-30 18:50 ` Franz Fehringer
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