From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mon Apr 9 10:44:41 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47C6CF985F3 for ; Mon, 9 Apr 2018 10:44:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mgamsjager@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yb0-x22f.google.com (mail-yb0-x22f.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4002:c09::22f]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D19C88050F for ; Mon, 9 Apr 2018 10:44:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mgamsjager@gmail.com) Received: by mail-yb0-x22f.google.com with SMTP id p126-v6so2812808ybg.8 for ; Mon, 09 Apr 2018 03:44:40 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=en5zNrmw1mfSh0KdXONQ2kmpOIc2SjrTHhWSqx/ptWU=; b=cQMlMEm+moPCbc7SBj4IIxYiUEHdxDbml5iCsREwnqIfTjq+OEpj9Nw39Tn6WQtESS RDqI7R1/7LPXoZzGIEDcZUeHmR2vnW/16avxO/jNF0zaxbznqBdQE8RZ04VcYz7BCNlN hpiywVA8ZSmDK5rCDF8qHfuOtW37q/aBb2zPgg4b863OUla97F241sveuYpyCnjvFeUd cRaNbBE8dOUxuKwlPU+eFw59ZLGjZ3ywsbjn8hv0OTfXKqEUgp12olwN8DPzm7E+mPKN 7zBH2u/vdOvTMDrUPDRCdPVxA5oVwgJZ1+ykpXlBfq6H1PuoSV+JJf9yS18PAk7VM7RO eelw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=en5zNrmw1mfSh0KdXONQ2kmpOIc2SjrTHhWSqx/ptWU=; b=Eu+MiRERButPORvN1yIgvP+/7NoOHDkv9yqtapkQeKvEP9m/6eGgmhjQMcY6/P7LDM d3AeWGgLQaI2XkTwWo8vmAuDdjrY2Amjv6FFI7N1A+bAypNZdAfXXjSukKJqSXiJfWgQ m6jggpMsBJPvWUGxi/uY+BS4s7YnOt5NC6afTS+BGQ1BIxsa7iLS0FXsTt39QovY9vvh uiyGxF2S45OKdQrSEZ3L8AgCl+N0M03D19dV6HoAXyuVTYcZJZCnCqsbEk2+BEV7agtz D701NXNGBVl6L9miR5Q7IHJNQ2gt2zGNx9qWNnOi4pHT3ULK3XLGNBZNM2n0SCZcPx/E Vysw== X-Gm-Message-State: ALQs6tC/W+x3hZ+yfBa4rw3fAv162fi7CoPU3QeDy7hwmmDC2FqA+S59 fyK84+MNsIm7YliwubbHdO+OjY1Yp9MpaeO3zOT8ZLiB X-Google-Smtp-Source: AIpwx49HCgo51/dHL0tg0Gog2BQJEJANh/QAvflcln1Kgf0UIrqcLA/yOnpC1ozz/BiDZDrNVlLJDvphF143ZG6vqDg= X-Received: by 2002:a25:aa82:: with SMTP id t2-v6mr19042821ybi.430.1523270679861; Mon, 09 Apr 2018 03:44:39 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 2002:a25:a303:0:0:0:0:0 with HTTP; Mon, 9 Apr 2018 03:44:09 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <201804061418.w36EIN8g011268@scm-men-p0.men.bris.ac.uk> <20180406142425.GA4593@jail0199.vps.exonetric.net> From: Matthias Gamsjager Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2018 12:44:09 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Dell Precision 3520 laptop - help with dual graphics card To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.25 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2018 10:44:41 -0000 found it: https://github.com/ahacking/freebsd-gpu-off On 9 April 2018 at 12:42, Matthias Gamsjager wrote: > >> 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 >> > > I never got it to work on my XPS 15. But post you xorg,conf anyway. > > If I remember correctly there is a git repo/script to disable the nvidia > card via acpi. So afer that you could try with kms-next >