Can not boot to desktop

Desktop Environments XFCE
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The issue is that the boot stuff appears in the hdmi screen.

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Okay so the display is only working on the hdmi that is hooked to the nvidia card. I would still try shutting down and disconnect the hdmi and see if you get display on the vga after booting back up.

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The thing is that for boot and choosing drive( the motherboard screen) only comes up on the hdmi.

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What do you mean choosing boot? Is it dual boot?

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Yes so I have to choose the drive.

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Well i guess then we could try installing nvidia drivers and see what happens first?

Edit:

sudo nvidia-installer-dkms
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Sure ,how do I go about that?

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If the nvidia-installer-dkms is not installed then you would have to install that first.

sudo pacman -S nvidia-installer-dkms

Then you have to run the installer with sudo

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Once you get it installed and then reboot and see what you got.

Edit: If necessary shutdown and disconnect the vga and see.

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Getting anywhere?

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The hdmi screen works but the other doesn’t.

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Okay so before both worked?

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Yes , I am going to reboot with the vga unplugged.

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Is it set in the bios to use the IGPU?

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It is all set to auto but not on iGPU. Should I change it?

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Can you post

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Graphics:  Device-1: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915 v: kernel
           bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0412 class-ID: 0380
           Device-2: NVIDIA GP106 [GeForce GTX 1060 6GB] vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: nvidia v: 495.44
           alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1c03 class-ID: 0300
           Display: x11 server: X.org 1.21.1.1 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.16.1 driver: loaded: nvidia
           resolution: <missing: xdpyinfo>
           OpenGL: renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 495.44 direct render: Yes
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Okay so now the nvidia drivers is installed and working. So now lets go back to nouveau driver.

sudo nvidia-installer-dkms -n

Then reboot when it’s totally finished.

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Just a point here - you can get an adapter for the vga to run it from the a port on the main card. Here are some quick example prices from amazon.ca:

  1. VGA → Displayport - $12.99
  2. VGA ->HDMI - $ 9.99
  3. VGA → DVI - $8.99

That might simplify things as you can run it all on the nvidia…

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It again like the beginning. I guess I will have to live with the nvidia drivers.