[LGA 1155 motherboards] Multi-Monitor does NOT work when 1 monitor uses Intel GPU and another monitor uses Nvidia GPU -- (Sandy Bridge & Ivy Bridge iGPU)
Submitted by Malcolm
Assigned to Xorg Project Team
Description
This bug was originally filed in the Fedora Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=830619
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGA_1155
The above article lists all the LGA 1155 motherboards which "Allows using built-in GPU" also known as Integrated GPU / iGPU. But basically it is talking about the Integrated GPU which comes with the Intel Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge microprocessors. As you can see, (except for the lone exception P67), all motherboards support using iGPU along with a Dedicated GPU card.
It basically allows using the Integrated GPU along with a Dedicated GPU like Nvidia or ATI.
Using my MSI H67 Motherboard, and Windows 7 was able to successfully make a multi-monitor set up (with Extended mode, so we can get more work done faster): One monitor was connected to the VGA output on the Nvidia GT 520 GPU. The other monitor was connected to the VGA output on the motherboard (Core i3 - integrated graphics).
The same multi-monitor setup unfortunately fails in Fedora (edit: xorg? ).
http://www.smolts.org/client/show_all/pub_9b118418-5637-4127-9c4b-506fd6bfb436
I know some of you will suggest getting a new monitor, or getting a Convertor to convert DVI to VGA or HDMI to VGA. But that's not the point, which is that Fedora (edit: xorg? ) is not keeping with the technological improvements.
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