Bug 109187 - [NVC1][optimus] nouveau black display, only mouse cursor visible when using intel driver for integrated GPU
Summary: [NVC1][optimus] nouveau black display, only mouse cursor visible when using i...
Status: RESOLVED MOVED
Alias: None
Product: xorg
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Driver/nouveau (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Linux (All)
: medium normal
Assignee: Nouveau Project
QA Contact: Xorg Project Team
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Reported: 2018-12-31 00:03 UTC by Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski
Modified: 2019-12-04 09:47 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Attachments
Xorg.log with intel+nouveau drivers (40.36 KB, text/plain)
2018-12-31 00:03 UTC, Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski 		no flags Details
Xorg.log with modesetting driver (61.82 KB, text/plain)
2018-12-31 00:04 UTC, Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski 		no flags Details
Xorg.log with intel+modesetting drivers (53.66 KB, text/plain)
2018-12-31 18:24 UTC, Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski 		no flags Details
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Description Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski 2018-12-31 00:03:29 UTC 
Created attachment 142919 [details]
Xorg.log with intel+nouveau drivers

I'm getting black output on HDMI-connected display driven by nVidia GeForce GT 525M (GF108M). Mouse cursor is visible on both built-in display and on the external HDMI-connected display. This used to work on Fedora 27. I can see this on Fedora 29, but I can't pinpoint which package update broke it because I haven't checked the external display (a projector) for quite some time. This machine is a Dell XPS 15 L502X with Intel HD3000 integrated graphics and nVidia GeForce GT 525M discrete GPU in Optimus configuration. Here's my xorg.conf snippet:

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier "Internal LCD"
        DisplaySize 345 195
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        VendorName "Benq"
        ModelName  "W1100"
        Identifier "Projector"
        DisplaySize 16900 9400
EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier "Internal Graphics"
        Driver     "intel"
        Option     "Monitor-LVDS1" "Internal LCD"
        Option     "TearFree" "on"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier "Optimus Graphics"
        Driver     "nouveau"
        Option     "Monitor-HDMI-1-2" "Projector"
EndSection

Switching both drivers to "modesetting" makes the issue go away. I'm attaching Xorg logs for both configurations.
Comment 1 Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski 2018-12-31 00:04:23 UTC 
Created attachment 142920 [details]
Xorg.log with modesetting driver
Comment 2 Ilia Mirkin 2018-12-31 00:13:09 UTC 
Do you still get the problem if you use intel as the main driver and modesetting as the "GPU" driver?
Comment 3 Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski 2018-12-31 18:24:51 UTC 
Created attachment 142925 [details]
Xorg.log with intel+modesetting drivers

Yes, the same thing happens with intel driver for the integrated GPU and modesetting for the nVidia GPU. Xorg.0.log attached.
Comment 4 Martin Peres 2019-12-04 09:47:42 UTC 
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