X1 Extreme Gen2 - no external screen in Other Linux Discussions https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Other-Linux-Discussions/X1-Extreme-Gen2-no-external-screen/m-p/5014535 Other Linux Discussions topics Sun, 10 May 2020 12:16:27 +0000 Special_Interest_Linux <![CDATA[ X1 Extreme Gen2 - no external screen ]]> https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/27/5014535/5048608 Hello,

I'm running a X1E with openSUSE Tumbleweed (tested rolling release). So far everything is fine. 

Now I tried to plug-in an external monitor to the HDMI port: KDE notices that a monitor is attached and offers the usual options (extend to left, unify output etc). But the ext ]]> Sun, 10 May 2020 12:16:27 +0000 https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/27/5014535/5048608 Doc.B <![CDATA[ Re:X1 Extreme Gen2 - no external screen ]]> https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/27/5014535/5049300 OK, 

 

seems I can answer this myself: External screen seems only to work with NVIDIA card enabled. When I tried the above, only the Intel card was enabled, and the nvidia was powered off (using suse-prime-bbswitch package)

 

X1E:/home/docb # pri ]]> Mon, 11 May 2020 16:10:23 +0000 https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/27/5014535/5049300 Doc.B <![CDATA[ Re:X1 Extreme Gen2 - no external screen ]]> https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/27/5014535/5061239 Thu, 28 May 2020 03:11:03 +0000 https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/27/5014535/5061239 MarkRHPearson <![CDATA[ Re:X1 Extreme Gen2 - no external screen ]]> https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/27/5014535/5061474 Hello Mark,

thanks for your answer.

I'm using the latest driver, and it is pretty easy to include: https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:NVIDIA

Additional I'm using suse-prime to switch between Intel and Nvidia graphics. Nvidia driver have a nasty bug, as written above, so it is more conv ]]> Thu, 28 May 2020 11:13:07 +0000 https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/27/5014535/5061474 Doc.B