Problems Switching Between Graphics Card and Integrated Graphics

[Mort]

Hi Everyone,

My computer has both an Nvidia RTX 3060 GPU and an AMD Ryzen 7 5700G APU, and I had always been able to switch between the two on the fly without having to change any settings. After a recent update, the computer was unable to boot into the display manager with the monitor plugged in to the GPU. After some troubleshooting, I was able to get it working again by generating a

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/etc/x11/xorg.conf

file via the

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nvidia-xconfig

command. (This still worked even though nvidia-xconfig was deprecated as of version 535.171.04 of the drivers. After starting an X session, I updated the file to reflect version 535.216.01 using nvidia-settings).

My problem now is that I can't start an X session on a monitor plugged in to the on-board graphics unless I first delete the /etc/x11/xorg.conf file, which is most inconvenient. When I first installed the Debian OS, the Radeon graphics worked out of the box. I had to install the proprietary nvidia drivers to get the GPU working, as the nouveau drivers didn't get the job done. I didn't pay close enough attention to notice what the X11 settings/configuration were/was when everything was working. Does anyone know of a good way to get the GPU and integrated graphics working alongside one another once again?

Thank you.