I think it might be a general problem with Wayland (which is what gets
used if you set modeset=1):

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94851

So GDM/Wayland uses the first GPU only, which is your Intel GPU, the one
wired to the laptop screen.

** Bug watch added: freedesktop.org Bugzilla #94851
   https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94851

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