Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2018 14:24:25 +0000 From: Anton Shterenlikht <as@cmplx.uk> To: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell Precision 3520 laptop - help with dual graphics card Message-ID: <20180406142425.GA4593@jail0199.vps.exonetric.net> In-Reply-To: <201804061418.w36EIN8g011268@scm-men-p0.men.bris.ac.uk> References: <201804061418.w36EIN8g011268@scm-men-p0.men.bris.ac.uk>
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On Fri, Apr 06, 2018 at 03:18:23PM +0100, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > Please help > > I got a Dell Precision 3520 laptop with 11.1-RELEASE. > I cannot figure out how to setup X: > > [ 92.583] (EE) open /dev/dri/card0: No such file or directory > > And indeed there is no /dev/dri directory at all. > > I seem to have a dual graphics card (or 2 cards): > > vgapci1@pci0:0:2:0: class=0x030000 card=0x07a91028 chip=0x191b8086 rev=0x06 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Intel Corporation' > device = 'HD Graphics 530' > class = display > subclass = VGA > > vgapci0@pci0:1:0:0: class=0x030200 card=0x07a91028 chip=0x13b410de rev=0xa2 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'NVIDIA Corporation' > device = 'GM107GLM [Quadro M620 Mobile]' > class = display > subclass = 3D > > Which apparently is the source of my problems. > In this thread the suggestion is to disable > one card in BIOS: > > https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/dell-precision-m7710-laptop-and-xorg.55899 > > Unfortunately I don't see any such or similar > option in my BIOS. Indeed my BIOS does not mention > 2 cards. It only lists the Intel graphics device. > > I searched all possible BIOS options - power, devices, > etc., but can find nothing to disable one card. Just spoke to Dell support on the phone - not possible to disable one of the cards via BIOS in this model. So I guess I need to go the X config file route... Would still be grateful for any advice. Anton
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