"Reverse PRIME" support has just been added to the upstream xf86-video- nouveau driver, which should allow your NVIDIA GPU to scan-out what's being rendered by the Intel graphics processor. This should make it's way into Ubuntu at some point in the future.
Patch details: author Dave Airlie committer Dave Airlie commit 1fdd7db94b55c65ea62cc9eaefff620b20e9e4ea nouveau: add reverse prime support This allows the nvidia card to scanout Intel cards rendering. Signed-off-by: Dave Airlie -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/926264 Title: No HDMI through NVIDIA graphics card with hybrid Linux Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: This computer is a Dell Latitude E-series (E6420) and I have been unable to get HDMI working through to a second display monitor. The monitor swithces back and forth between recognizing that it's connected to something and not, while the laptop (running Ubuntu 11.10, Oneiric Ocelot) sees nothing in the monitor pane of the display panel. This computer has optimus graphics and is using bumblebee for switchable graphics. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu7.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-15.26-generic 3.0.13 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-15-generic x86_64 .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,gnomecompat,snap,resize,place,grid,move,regex,mousepoll,imgpng,session,animation,unitymtgrabhandles,wall,fade,expo,ezoom,workarounds,scale,unityshell] CompositorRunning: None CurrentDmesg: Error: command ['sh', '-c', 'dmesg | comm -13 --nocheck-order /var/log/dmesg -'] failed with exit code 1: comm: /var/log/dmesg: Permission denied Date: Fri Feb 3 10:32:12 2012 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: oneiric DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: bbswitch, 0.4.1, 3.0.0-15-generic, x86_64: installed nvidia-current, 290.10, 3.0.0-15-generic, x86_64: installed ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, whatever it takes to get this fixed in Ubuntu GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0126] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0493] nVidia Corporation GF108 [Quadro NVS 4200M] [10de:1056] (rev ff) (prog-if ff) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111011) MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude E6420 ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.0.0-15-generic root=/dev/mapper/hostname-root ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xorg UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) XorgConf: Section "Device" Identifier "Default Device" Option "NoLogo" "True" EndSection dmi.bios.date: 10/18/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A08 dmi.board.name: 032T9K dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A02 dmi.chassis.type: 9 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA08:bd10/18/2011:svnDellInc.:pnLatitudeE6420:pvr01:rvnDellInc.:rn032T9K:rvrA02:cvnDellInc.:ct9:cvr: dmi.product.name: Latitude E6420 dmi.product.version: 01 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.6+bzr20110929-0ubuntu6 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu26 version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.26-1ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.11-0ubuntu3 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.11-0ubuntu3 version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu7.1 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.6.0-1ubuntu13 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20110811.g93fc084-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.15.901-1ubuntu2.1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110411+8378443-1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers/+bug/926264/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
