Celebratory fireworks from me.
It seems to work. For ubuntu the only difference is [Service] ExecStartPre=/usr/share/gdm/generate-config becomes [Service] ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/xinit /usr/share/gdm/generate-config I have a proper ubuntu gnome session running with gdm, an external monitor and laptop panel, with prime sync on and no flickering, running 'ubuntu on xorg' *** FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER *** on my thinkpad W520 which is old but is a genuine Optimus laptop with Quadro graphics on the nvidia 387.34 binary driver in Optimus mode. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1716857 Title: gdm3, hybrid nvidia with modeset=1, no external monitors detected To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1716857/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
