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Nvidia drivers Ubuntu 18.04 - Dell G5 15
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It might be an “18.04 thing”: External monitor not detected on Ubuntu 18.04. I’ve never experienced it upgrading to 18.04 or 19.04 but I’m already using LightDM.
I have a close but not identical system. Dell AW 17R3, I-7 6700HQ Intel HD 530 iGPU, nVidia GTX 970M GPU. Besides comments above, I’ll share my xorg.conf in hopes it might help:
$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "layout"
Screen 0 "nvidia"
Inactive "intel"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "DP-1-1"
Modeline "3840x2160_54.00" 637.50 3840 4152 4568 5296 2160 2163 2168 2230 -hsync +vsync
Option "PreferredMode" "3840x2160_54.00"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "intel"
Driver "modesetting"
BusID "PCI:0@0:2:0"
Option "AccelMethod" "None"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "intel"
Device "intel"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "nvidia"
Driver "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:1@0:0:0"
Option "ConstrainCursor" "off"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "nvidia"
Device "nvidia"
Option "AllowEmptyInitialConfiguration" "on"
Option "IgnoreDisplayDevices" "CRT"
EndSection
Ignore the DP-1-1 monitor section. It is only for my 3rd monitor which has a finicky; 4K TV, or Thuderbolt 3 adapter, or cable or all three.