I have a laptop with two graphic cards. Report is below. How do I change the GLX renderer to Nvidia one instead of integrated Intel while retaining the output for external screen on the Intel card?
System: Host: comp Kernel: 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64 (64 bit) Desktop: Gnome Distro: Linux Mint 13 Maya
Machine: System: ASUSTeK (portable) product: K53SC version: 1.0
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: K53SC version: 1.0 Bios: American Megatrends version: K53SC.204 date: 05/30/2011
CPU: Quad core Intel Core i7-2630QM CPU (-HT-MCP-) cache: 6144 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx)
Clock Speeds: 1: 2001.00 MHz 2: 2001.00 MHz 3: 2001.00 MHz 4: 2001.00 MHz 5: 2001.00 MHz 6: 2001.00 MHz 7: 2001.00 MHz 8: 2001.00 MHz
Graphics: Card-1: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller
Card-2: NVIDIA GF119 [GeForce GT 520MX]
X.Org: 1.11.3 drivers: intel (unloaded: vesa,fbdev) Resolution: 1680x1050@59.9hz
GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Sandybridge Mobile GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 8.0.2
Audio: Card: Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: 1.0.24
Network: Card-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller driver: r8169
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: 14:da:e9:1a:a5:fe
Card-2: Intel Centrino Wireless-N 100 driver: iwlwifi
IF: wlan0 state: down mac: 78:92:9c:0e:dc:90
Drives: HDD Total Size: 500.1GB (16.8% used) 1: /dev/sda ST9500325AS 500.1GB
Partition: ID: / size: 255G used: 79G (33%) fs: ext4 ID: swap-1 size: 2.33GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 58.0C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 196 Uptime: 4:59 Memory: 3446.4/5880.6MB Client: Shell inxi: 1.7.33
