From: Franz Fehringer <fehrin2@gmail.com>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: Cygwin X11 on second (Nvidia) graphics card
Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2023 18:18:43 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <tr69pl$ohp$1@ciao.gmane.io> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cf2e5cda-403e-af13-97d8-015e41fc924d@Shaw.ca>
Am 27.01.2023 um 20:58 schrieb Brian Inglis via Cygwin:
> 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].
>
Using these options does not change anything.
The XWin server simply doesn not detect the second (Nvidia) graphics card.
I think i will repost with a more concise subject.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-01-29 17:18 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
2023-01-29 17:18 ` Franz Fehringer [this message]
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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