I have the same behaviour as you: HDMI with the binary drivers gives me a rather fuzzy display on the external screen, but it did work a couple of times after rebooting the system, plugging the hdmi cable, _then_ detecting it with nvidia-settings... Weird...
On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 10:49 PM, Jérôme Petazzoni <jerome.petazz...@dotcloud.com> wrote: > On my Dell Latitude 6420 (Intel HD3000 + Nvidia NVS4200M), it seems that: > - the LVDS panel is obviously wired to both GPU; > - the VGA output on the laptop is wired to the Intel GPU; > - all HD outputs (HDMI on the laptop, DVI and DP on the docking station) are > wired to the NVidia GPU. > > When using the Intel driver on Linux (or before installing the Nvidia driver > on Windows 7), I only see the LVDS+VGA output. > Installing the Nvidia driver on Windows 7 gives me the option of using the > HDMI port. > Disabling Optimus (which turns off Intel GPU) and using Nvidia proprietary > driver shows HDMI and DP outputs (but the 27" attached screen seems to be > locked in an average resolution, and no configuration tweak seemed to make > it use it's full rez). > > How does it work on your laptops, guys? Can you hook up an external screen > on any port and use it with both GPUs, or do they seem hard-wired like > mines? > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux > Post to : hybrid-graphics-linux@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux Post to : hybrid-graphics-linux@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
