Brieuc Desoutter composed on 2025-03-04 10:02 (UTC+0300):
> I have installed Debian 12.9 from the live image on my System76 Oryx Pro
> (Intel Xe Graphic + nvidia 4060) yesterday.
> I have NOT installed the nvidia-driver yet (previous attempt failed and I
> re-installed fresh), only i915 and nouveau are installed.
> Now my second monitor connected via HDMI port is not detected.
> After after a while, I realized I am running Wayland. When trying to login
> using "GNOME on Xorg" it does not start although all xorg packages are
> installed, and I return to login screen.
[quote: excerpts from inxi output in private email]
Kernel: 6.1.0-31-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
Distro: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Device-1: Intel Raptor Lake-P [Iris Xe Graphics] vendor: CLEVO/KAPOK
driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-13 process: Intel 7 (10nm) built: 2022+
ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, DP-4 bus-ID: 00:02.0
chip-ID: 8086:a7a0 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA AD107M [GeForce RTX 4060 Max-Q / Mobile]
vendor: CLEVO/KAPOK driver: N/A alternate: nouveau non-free: 545.xx+
status: current (as of 2023-11) arch: Lovelace code: AD1xx
process: TSMC n4 (5nm) built: 2022+ pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 8
bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:28e0 class-ID: 0300
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.9
compositor: gnome-shell driver: X:
loaded: amdgpu,fbdev,intel,modesetting,nouveau,radeon,vesa,vmware
gpu: i915 display-ID: 0
[/quote]
Your hardware appears to be newer than your operating system, so it will be only
partially supported at best without either adding optional (backport) repo(s),
and/or using a newer operating system than Bookworm.
Inxi is misreporting your supposed "loaded" display drivers, which may be due
either to a broken (WRT graphics) old inxi version, or the newness of your
GPU(s)
and/or CPU and/or chipset - or, because X is exiting so very quickly, before it
is
able to unload the inapplicable drivers that it succeeded to load. Inxi's
listed
as X having loaded virtually every display driver in existence for current
GNU/Linux distributions. Absent for hardware you do have are Xe (FOSS) and
(proprietary) NVidia. One of the loaded drivers, modesetting, does support
various
Intel and NVidia GPUs, likely including yours, but only with required kernel
support available.
Without proper drivers both available and installed, second displays are not
supported, and primary displays typically have inadequate or no support. Due to
the presence of two GPUs newer than the OS in your laptop, I suggest to upgrade
to
Debian Testing (Trixie) as the probable simplest way forward overall.
Alternatively, start as the next step installing a backport kernel, to see
whether
or not a newer kernel alone might be sufficient for your individual needs.
https://backports.debian.org/
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